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MarkinMadison Regular user 174 Posts 
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I am exploring a show focusing on the con man side of magic, and I am trying to get an idea of who does or has done that type of character and show. I know Harry Anderson is probably the most well known at it, Pop Haydn and Simon Lovell had some incorporated, but hoping to get more names of more prominent magicians who've done this type of character. I thank you in advance for any assistance!
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts
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Pop has a good site - Scoundrels.
I like Ricky Jay best, me being a card guy.
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Pop Haydn Inner circle Los Angeles 3691 Posts
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Pop Haydn is NOT a con man. He is a man of science and medicine, and an entertainer and vaudevillian. He gets mad when people talk about the Gold Rush, Doc Baggs, Soapy Smith and all that. That is all in the distant past. He has been an upstanding citizen for the eleven years he has been here in the 21st Century. In his impetuous fifties he made some mistakes--like many youth--and was involved with some people that weren't the best of company. But he doesn't think that should be held against him.
My friend Nicholas is Australia's "Honest Con Man": http://www.conman.com.au/ R. Paul Wilson is a a con man expert. Apollo Robbins is a con man style performer. What is it that you are looking for? |
Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts
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On Sep 4, 2016, Pop Haydn wrote: LOL 
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MarkinMadison Regular user 174 Posts
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That's what I'm thinking!
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lynnef Inner circle 1407 Posts
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Check out Daryl's tape on the 3 card monte. At the same time he does magic; he also has hints on how to get the "moolah". BUT, it's all in fun! I also like Bob Sheets' 3 shell game, where there's faux-betting... and he adds "It's OK, we're just playin' for love." ps I heard that Pop Haydn discovered the principle of magnitized water.. so there! Lynn
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Alan Wheeler Inner circle Posting since 2002 with 2038 Posts
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Chef Anton on Fool Us
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MarkinMadison Regular user 174 Posts
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This is great! Thanks everyone. Keep 'em coming!
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Thorn (UK) New user United Kingdom 52 Posts
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R. Paul Wilson is probably one of the best experts on cons that I know of.
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korttihai_82 Inner circle Finland 1880 Posts
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Gregory Wilson would certainly fit the bill
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts
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ALEXANDER "The man who knows", was in the "big con" category! His real name was CONLIN. He made MILLIONS! Check him out on Google!
HANNUSEN (spelling ?) was Adolf Hitler's "fortune teller". He was "high up" in the Nazi Party, and, another "big con". He was a violent anti-Semite. He was finally "executed" by high ranking Nazi officers.
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts
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Chung Ling Soo springs to mind not that I regard him as a conman.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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