Bristol, England magician Mike Clarke brought together his skills and interests in forming his new show to entertain and educate the children of Bristol with his brand new show ?The Magic Inside.? The show uses magic to interest the children and talk with them about a variety of motivational subjects
Mr. Clarke has worked as a professional amongst us since 1996 and loves his work. His current offering brings stories about Thomas Edison, Harry Houdini, and Albert Einstein as well as personal stories all relating to the magic effects he presents. Mr. Clarke urges his audiences to not give up, learn from their mistakes, say no to drugs, and to set goals during the 40 minute assembly program.
“I love doing this show,” says the young (he’s 27) Mr. Clarke. “It energizes me every time I present it. I have to be an up, positive person in order to do my job correctly. I’ve written the show so that school children can hear positive messages more often than they currently do. Every time the kids turn on the television or radio, or pick up a paper, they’re told their generation is going to be worse off than the previous.”
Mr. Clarke argues against these negative messages. “I strongly disagree ? there is opportunity everywhere we look. Where else could someone make a good living presenting magic shows? Times are good and Britain is the best place on earth to be.”
Mr. Clarke is one of the southwestern UK’s leading family magicians and he’s recently written a book to help anyone planning an event of any kind. He is currently booking shows for the fall and seeks to motivate schools interested in signing-up with a discount of fifty percent to the first ten schools signing up. Continue reading Mike Clarke’s Motivational Magic
Penn Jillette, 50, and his wife, Emily, 39, welcomed 6-pound, 6-ounce Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette on Friday, according to publicist Glenn Schwartz. It was the first child for the couple, who married last year.
“We chose her middle name because when she’s pulled over for speeding she can say, ‘But officer, we’re on the same side,’” Jillette explained. “‘My middle name is CrimeFighter.’”
His show sidekick – the typically mute Teller – had no comment on the new arrival.
Lance Burton, the Master Magician, visited home sweet home Kentuckiana along with the other favorite son, Mac King. They weren’t just hanging out at the Waffle House getting it scattered, splattered, smothered, and covered. Nopey. They were live last night for Channel 11′s 52nd Annual WHAS Crusade for Children Variety Show.
The digs were pretty good too. The show took place in the wonderful Bomhard Theater at the Kentucky Center in downtown Louisville.
In 2004, the WHAS Crusade for Children raised more than 6 million dollars and provided 177 grants to 146 different agencies and programs. Over 100,000 children are receiving help this year because of the generosity of Kentucky and Indiana residents, as well as people from across the world.
The WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc. is supported by almost 200 paid and volunteer fire departments, hundreds of churches, civic groups, employee clubs, payroll deduction withholdings and thousands of individual donors. One hundred percent of every donation given to the WHAS Crusade for Children goes to help a special needs child. Since 1954, residents of Kentuckiana have given more than $108 million to help better the lives of special needs children in all 120 counties in Kentucky and more than 50 in southern Indiana. The WHAS Crusade for Children is the most successful single station radio/telethon in the nation.
Update: “It took about 50 minutes to read all of the pledges but when the grand total was read Pleasure Ridge Park’s fire department had raised $300,001 for the 52nd annual Crusade for Children.
It is hard to believe that 50 years ago, they raised $400,” said Chief Doug Atwell. “We are very proud not on of our firefighters but the people in our community.”
Mr. Sorcar is well-known in and out of India for his illusion work. The news service notes the magician “made the Taj Mahal vanish for several minutes and an entire passenger train vapourise with a twirl of his fingers.”
The “misuse” of magical acts or magic tricks comes when a magician copies or steals for one’s own selfish desires, says Mr. Sorcar.
Because of the recent increase in such “misuse,” Mr. Sorcar sees no alternative. He says patenting of magical acts has now become a necessity.
It is a tribute of the highest order to me if my magic is copied by other magicians but then these days a lot of upcoming magicians take credit for tricks that are not their creation. I have thus begun to apply for copyright for every new act. But then, those who copy cannot go far, as magic is not only about the trick itself but also presentation.
Mr. Sorcar was in Guwahati to raise funds for the Assam Olympic Association. He plans to appear and perform at the 33rd National Games. “I trace my magical roots to Kamrup in Assam and have often thought of repaying the state for all it has given me. These upcoming performances there will give me a chance to do just that,” Mr. Sorcar told the news service.
There appears to be some confusion in the story whether Mr. Sorcar would have the methods patented or the presentation protected by copyright. The article uses the terms interchangeably although they protect two very different types of intellectual property.
We don’t proclaim any expertise in India’s Intellectual Property law but it seems unlikely their patent or copyright system would be able to protect magic effects or “magical acts.” We’ll follow this story closely and let you know if anything develops.
It is interesting; however, the newswire cites two effects seemingly in line with illusions performed by David Copperfield. Both magicians have apparently vanished a train and a famous landmark without any intellectual property dispute arising.
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