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TV Review: Brian, Lance, Mac and Sisuepahn Make Magic

Master Magician, Lance Burton

So, I told you ?Magic Road Trip, Part 2? would rock! It was great to see Lance Burton and Mac King at length rather than the usual snippets we?ve come to expect from television. The show even included Mr. Burton?s version of ?The Boy, The Girl and The Donkey.? He performed it with the class and style we?ve come to expect from the Master Magician. I am sure that Howard Thurston was looking down in pride at the presentation of one of his favorite illusions.

Mac King on a $5.00 Casino Chip

Mr. King?s interview was pretty interesting as well. Again, there were no sound-bites but complete answers to questions we all wonder about. It is neat to see the difference between the stage persona of Mac King and the backstage/real-world version. He, like Mr. Burton, clearly loves his job and loves the art. That?s refreshing: successful people who know they have an enviable position.

But the part that got me very excited was the segment featuring Brian Gillis and Sisuepahn doing street magic. As dedicated readers of Inside Magic know, I am the world?s biggest fan of Mr. Gillis and Sisuepahn.See, “An Honest Critique of Brian Gillis”They have brought back routines that are classics in magic including the Georgia Magnet (they call it ?Mind Over Matter?) and Two Person Telepathy.

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June 19th, 2003 | Category: Magic News | Leave a comment

Lance and Mac Take Magic Road Trip

Master Magician, Lance Burton

Check out the Travel Channel tonight at 10:00 pm (Eastern Time) for some great magic from great magicians.

The show is called “Magic Road Trip” and will feature Mr. Burton and Mr. King performing some of their best work. The show begins with Mr. Burton barely surviving his escape from chains holding him to a rollercoaster track. His comments, “That was really stupid,” were not fake or part of the effect. He really did almost lose his life in the escape. It was only his coolness under pressure that allows him to leap to safety right before being struck by a coaster traveling 60 mph.

Mr. Burton told reporters, “I was just glad it was over. It kind of cured me of these escape things. I think I’ll concentrate more on audience participation from now on. It seems a little safer.”

Of course anyone seeing Mr. Burton’s sold-out stage act at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas, realizes he risks injury (including hanging or injury from a sword) every night. But his modesty is part of the reason audiences return to see the grand champion and Master Magician.

Mr. King is caught performing with plenty of help from the audience during his twice a day show at the Harrah’s Casino. Like Mr. Burton, Mr. King’s act has brought him great notice in a town that has magicians clamoring daily for attention. His act is not to be missed if you get within, say, a thousand miles of Vegas. It is funny, sure, but it is also great magic.

Mr. Burton and Mr. King have been friends for years; long before either moved to Vegas. “Mac and I have been best friends since we were 14,” Mr. Burton said. They used to work theme parks as teenagers and gained the practice with both magic and audiences that were suffering from differing degrees of dehydration. Perfect training for Vegas.

Check out the Travel Channel tonight for a great show about two great magicians.

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June 19th, 2003 | Category: Magic News | Leave a comment