Lance and Mac Take Magic Road Trip
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| 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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Corrections
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| We Regret The Error(s). |
The May 3rd edition of Inside Magic incorrectly
identified an illusion performed by Danny Spain as “Chick with No
Innards” rather than the correct title, “Woman Without a Middle.”
Inside Magic regrets the error.
In the May 2nd edition, Inside
Magic (International Version) incorrectly stated that Danny Spain had
stolen his entire act from David Copperfield. The article should have
read, “Danny Spain stole his entire act from David Copperfield and David Blaine.” Inside Magic Regrets the error.
In
the May 5th edition, Inside Magic reported that Danny Spain’s assistant
was responsible for the spreading of Monkey Pox throughout the
Midwestern United States. The article should have said she was
responsible for spreading “Rabies and possibly SARS.” Inside Magic
regrets the error.
In the May 31st edition, Inside Magic
incorrectly reported that Danny Spain was suing Inside Magic for
“defamation of character and some other bogus nonsense.” The article
should have read, “Danny Spain, a spineless, act stealing, fopp, has
filed a lawsuit claiming he has had his character defamed. Inside
Magic’s attorneys defend that you can’t defame what doesn’t exist.”
Inside Magic regrets the error.
In the June 12th edition, Inside
Magic incorrectly reported that Danny Spain and his Assistant were
married and had moved to a new home. The article should have read
“Danny Spain and Darla Spain, first cousins, married and were promptly
jailed.” Inside Magic regrets the error.
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Magician Coming Up Down Under
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| Joel Howlett and Alakazam |
The comparisons to Harry Potter won’t be easy to avoid. Joel looks much like the legendary, book-selling, movie making, fictional character with glasses. But as Joel points out, he may look like the junior wizard but he is an illusionist.
Joel will be one of six junior magicians to appear in the Stars of Tomorrow show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will go on in July (which is winter for Joel) in Sin-City.
Joel had intended to show the crowd a billiard ball routine as well as rabbit productions and dove work but in this Mad Cow Disease, SARS and Monkey-Pox world we live, Joel ran up against”The Man.” “The Quarantine Service would not let me.”
He’ll juggle boomerangs instead.
This is the first time an Australian has been invited to perform by the Society of American Magicians.
Read the full story in the New Castle Your Guide
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