I had the pleasure of appearing in my other incarnation on two family variety show bills in two California cities in June with Las Vegas magician Jason Andrews. He was a superb emcee and totally captivated audience members of all ages with his magic act.
Here is what I predict will be a classic for magicians, entertainers, and fans of magic. Andrews and his friend, fellow magician (who is also an anthopologist and mind-reader) Paul Draper, did this video of stuff hack magicians say. I love this so much I’m going to post it on my new Facebook page. Entertainers take note (and some may take notes):
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.