Michael recently brought his magical know-how to the set of CBS?s long-running daytime drama, The Bold and the Beautiful.His student, the beautiful Adrienne Frantz, will show what our buddy has taught her in the episode airing October 10th. Michael was hired as ?magic coordinator? to create and teach a magical illusion to Miss Frantz.
Apparently Miss Frantz plays two characters on the show: She’s Amber Moore Forrester and her twin April Knight.Amber wants to convince her friend to keep his nightclub open and so she performs different acts such as singing, dancing and, of course, magic.
Miss Frantz is a three-time Emmy Nominee and she recently won an Emmy for her role.
So what kind of tricks could Michael teach Miss Frantz?
Michael said, “I wanted to create a simple visual effect that Adrienne could learn and perform that would go with the theme of the scene and it was an interesting challenge taking the writer?s ending outcome and working backward to create a magical effect to fit.”
Still, a job is a job, right Michael?Nope, he responded, this was different. “I had a great time.?
Michael’s next role will be as the hands portrayed in an U.S. Treasury commercial set to be airing this fall.
After reading all of the reviews of The Flicking Fingers, I knew I had to hate them.I tend to run the opposite direction from any crowd and jump away from any bandwagon.Still, the people that liked The Flicking Fingers (hereinafter ?the Fingers?) were all people I?ve met and respect.They were good people who cared about magic and were not likely to jump on bandwagons.
Sure, I saw their video excerpt at Penguin Magic and found it to be cool, but still.
But still, how could I like the Fingers if everyone else liked them?I?m a Cubs Fan and have been since 1960.I know what it is like to live in the world of the lonely fan convinced there are things that I should and should not do.I should like something because it is truly good (or in the Cubs? sense, not horrible) and not because others like it.That?s why I still wear leisure suits ? I?m not a trend-follower.
But let me tell you, the Fingersare all that you and I have heard.They are deserving of the greatreputation that has moved across the six continents like the special, distinct smell that fills an office during a job interview.
(I know there are seven continents but I was talking to a guy on the Internet from Antarctica last night and he never heard of the Fingers. He was not a magician but a chess player but still, he wasn?t aware of the Fingers or even the David Blaine in a box deal.He kicked my chess playing butt in seven moves.What else could I expect, the guy doesn?t keep up on current events and doesn?t know magic phenomenon so he probably just spends all his frozen time… Continue reading The Flicking Fingers Movie: Jump On the Bandwagon!
Although the advertisements for Mr. Brown’s death defying effect say that it will be shown “Live,” Channel Four tells the Guardian that it cannot broadcast the show live. Under the regulations that govern such things in England, they must present the attempt with a sleight tape delay.
This weekend’s “live” program will be on a slight tape delay to allow the network to comply with British requirements that you can’t show some person, magician or not, kill himself.There is no such rule in the United States.In fact, Mr. Brown will not be permitted to use a real gun within the confines of the U.K. because they are not legal.Again, in the United States, he could use an Uzi if he wanted to.I don’t know if these differences are good or bad; maybe they are just different.
The New York Times reported on the history of the Flosso-Hornmann shop from the days when it was Martinka & Company, formed in 1872 and in 1902, it was the site for the formation of the Society of American Magicians (?SAM?).Harry Houdini, the first President of the SAM, was a part-owner of the store.The store evolved from the purchase and acquisition of other magic stores going back into the 1850?s.
The Times described the old store as: ?an atmospheric fraternity house where a visiting European magician, a superstar like David Copperfield and a curious teenager from Queens might rub elbows, ideas and magic wands. The younger and older Flossos held court on an old sofa, both making smart comments in an accent not unlike that of W.C. Fields. Over the years, they, former owners and generations of customers liked to say that the store was the oldest magic store in continuous operation in the world, but it was not. With its dust and cobwebs, it just looked it.?
Mr. Flosso?s father, Al Flosso bought the store in 1939 and he inherited it from his father in 1976.Mr. Flosso told his friend that he anticipated he would be seeing his old friends and even catching his departed grandfather?s act soon. Mr. Flosso never married and had no survivors.
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