Thanks for the reply. What I was trying to suggest by my statement above is that most younger/ less experienced magicians aren't likely to have a true respect for the older/ more experienced until they have been around long enough to really appreciate what has come before them.

Your comment above about finding value even in those who "did not appeal to me" is an even larger step up the ladder of respect.

In the fall, I worked in a magic shop for a short period of time just to get the practice, as I was starting to perform again.

When the younger guys would come into the shop, sometimes a little session would develop.

After performing a trick, I would begin to explain to the other guys who were usually a bit younger and less experienced; the origin of the routine as best as I could.

It would usually go something like this:

"Well, that was a Frank Garcia effect, but I believe the genesis of the routine was really Ed Marlo's...

"I don't really care too much about who created it", one of the younger guys would say. It dosen't interest me." Just show us the trick."

Another example-

The shop sold a little booklet by Billy McComb called, "Card Routine for Klutzes". Until I picked it up I had a mediocre oppinion of Mr. McComb. From what little I had read and seen about him, I respected him as a performer and a comedian but to the best of my knowledge was not that thrilled with some of his pet routines as the style was different from my own. The slow motion vanishing bird cage and the half dyed hank were not killers to me.

Then I read this little booklet-

It has changed the way I view the multiple card revelation routine in many ways. It is so practical and so smart. The oppening paragraph of the little booklet was also inspiring.

So I recomended it to all of the young hot shots that frequented the shop. I said for the money it is the best thing we have in the shop. Not one of then picked it up despite it's low price.

It takes time to develop a real respect for the elders in magic.