Roy Moved to L.A. Facility

Roy Moved to New Hospital

Published reports on the Associated Press as well as The San Francisco Chronicle say Roy Horn has been moved from the University Medical Center in Las Vegas to an undisclosed hospital in the Los Angeles area.

Roy was brought to the University Medical Center immediately after being attacked by a tiger during a show at the Mirage on October 3rd. There have been very few details released about Roy?s condition other than to say he is ?improving? and that his recovery will be a long one.


The Mirage would not provide further details about Roy?s new location at the request of his family. We continue to pray for Roy as he fights through this apparently long process back.

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Oz Pearlman’s TranspOzition Gets Highest Marks

Any Deck Any Time – Incredible

The neat thing about this effect is the visual manner in which the cards instantly change places. Four blank cards are fairly shown and set on the table face down. Four face cards are counted and with a wave of the hand, they instantly turn blank and the blank cards are turned over to show that they have now turned to the four face cards. No cards are added or taken away. It looks like real magic.

One of the advantages of buying magic over the web is that no one knows you did it. I mean, the kind folks at Penguin Magic could search their database and find that someone with my id ordered TranspOzition but they?d have to do some looking. On the other hand, if you used the same money to buy a 3-day pass to a site that showed real pizza delivery girls delivering real pizza to people who really ordered pizza, you?d likely be busted by some sort of Internet sting-operation.

You?d be shamed from the proper circles of society, your name would be put on the blacklist at all pizza outlets, puppets would call you ?mommy? and try to snuggle with you while you sleep on a bus terminal bench. I don?t know if you?d really get blacklisted at pizza outlets, I was just being dramatic.

So, back to the review.

Let?s talk technical for a second. I like the instant download as a method of teaching me magic. I like the idea that I can rewind the video instructions over and over until I learn what I need to know. And in the case of TranspOzition, I needed the instructional video to be replayed often.
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Blaine’s Out of Box — Who Cares? World Press Reacts to “Trick”

He’s Not the Messiah

Scott Johnson of the Anchorage Daily News is rather kind to the emaciated “Christ-Looking Magician”.

He writes, “Blaine is an elitist magician snob” (Scott Johnson with the Anchorage Daily News) . Mr. Johnson begins his article by apologizing to “all the real magicians out there for concentrating my efforts on David Blaine . . . . I’m sure you’ll at least enjoy the ridicule.”

Mr. Johnson analyzes Blaine’s place in the world of entertainment thusly:

Oh no, what he’s doing isn’t entertainment. Be very clear about that. It’s so much deeper. Just listen to this spiel:

“This has been one of the most inspirational experiences of my life,” Blaine told the crowd that turned out to cheer his last few hours of isolation above London. “I have learned more in that box than I have learned in years. I have learned how strong we are as human beings.”

(Translation to language used on Planet Blaine: “I am so great.”)

He added: “Most importantly, I…
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Siegfried Promises Roy Will Return to Act

Siegfried Accepts Award And Vows Duo’s Return

Siegfried promised an audience in Hamburg Germany that he and Roy will return as a team when he recovers.


He was in Germany to accept a special World Entertainment Award for his partner Roy. He appeared at the Third Annual World Entertainment Award show and asked for a duplicate award for Roy, still recovering from the October 3rd attack.


“The
Siegfried who you see before you here will soon return again as
Siegfried and Roy,” the German-born magician told the cheering crowd at
the ceremony recognizing outstanding contributions to society by men.

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FAB Magic Rocks — And I’m Broke!!

FAB Magic.

FAB Magic is but a stone’s throw from the famous showroom of Abbott’s Magic Company. Colon, Michigan, is a small town with a new Marathon Gas Station (with hot dogs that will knock your socks off) and the famous Magic Caf?. But unlike my hometown of Mystic Hollow, Michigan, it has two world-famous magic shops.

Rich and Cheryl Fisher have joined with the Abbott family to establish a new and improved magic store in the heart of The Magic Capital of the World. Not far from my favorite restaurants, is the graveyard and the final resting place of magicians such as Harry Blackstone, Karrell Fox, and others. Harry Blackstone, Jr. is memorialized by a wonderful Moore-esque statue in the center of the yard. He is actually buried in California.

But Colon is not dead and not about dead magicians. The addition of FAB Magic to the town has only increased the competition – always a good thing – for both Abbott’s and FAB to produce great magic. We benefit by their efforts to outdo the other with more quality and lower prices. Think Abbott’s isn’t concerned? Check out the mailing you received recently from Abbott’s proclaiming their dominance in the market and their long history in Colon. While not a direct attack on FAB, it is at best a veiled one.

The Fisher’s have offered only those effects that they are ready to produce. Their Die Box is exactly what you remember when you first bought the D. Robbin’s version of the die box. It’s not the Abbott’s Shenanigan Die Box…
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