The Asbury Park Press (NJ) heaps well-deserved praise on Inside Magic favorite The Spencers.

The audience typically raises the roof when magician Kevin Spencer walks through a wall.

"That
is usually the showstopper," he said. "It’s a favorite. We bring
someone up from the audience to make sure that I really did it."

The
Spencers: Theatre of Illusion, which stops Saturday at the Count Basie
Theatre, features the husband-and-wife team of Kevin and Cindy Spencer.
The duo leads the second-largest illusion company in America (behind
David Copperfield’s organization), and delivers an eclectic brand of
prestidigitation.

The Spencers’ show shifts from the dramatic to the lighthearted to the emotional.

"We
try to bring it all," Kevin Spencer said. "We want the audience to feel
what we do. What we’re about is edge of your seat entertainment."

Kevin and Cindy Spencer view their approach to Magic as uniquely tied to the proud history of our art.

Spencer
and his wife, who appears for parts of the show and works behind the
scenes during the rest of the production, are old-school magicians
unlike David Blaine and Criss Angel, who deliver epic tricks such as
floating between buildings.

"We’re turning into a rare breed,"
Spencer said. "The younger generation is limited to people like David
Blaine and Criss Angel. They’re not as familiar with our type of
illusion. But when families do come out, they can’t believe what
they’ve been missing."

After witnessing magician Doug Henning’s ’70s television specials, Kevin Spencer, who grew up in Western Indiana, was hooked.

"I knew from when I was a child that magic was for me," he said. "There was never a doubt about it."

Check out the full article here. 

Visit The Spencers’ Home Page here.

Be sure to read our review of their DVD here.

As if we needed to tell you . . .

Tonight, Wednesday, January 23rd, at precisely 8:00 PM, ABC Television’s Wife Swap features a magician from the Toledo, Ohio area.

We have on very good authority brother magician Martin is a funny guy and outstanding magician.   We have no idea how he does with a brand-new, less relaxed wife.

According to ABC, Mr. Martin swapped his "easy-going Melissa, for the micro-managing Jennifer Galvan from California.
Mr. Martin’s wife was required to live with Jennifer’s hubby, Richard out in California.

Andrew is a full-time magician for 25 years, and Melissa, his  wife of eleven years, manages his career.

Their children, Eli and Emma, also perform; Eli has an act that his sister Emma assists him with.
Apparently things do not go so well. 
Watch for the magic.

Magicians Dani Marco, Apollo Robbins and Ryan Oakes star in the first new series for TruTV, the former Court TV.

The cable outlet changed its name to move their focus from the courtroom to reality-based crime shows.  

The Real Hustle premiers tonight on TruTV.

Briefly described "A trio of photogenic faux con artists, some with
background as magicians, execute cons on unsuspecting New Yorkers and
then reveal their deceptions to their marks."

Yes, the stars expose the secrets to their heists but it is okay, says the network.  The reveal methods as "a good warning for viewers but it might also
show would-be cons how to get in the game."

Congratulations to the trio for the new show and best of luck.