Columnist: Scott Wells
“Hey Dave, show this guy that you can shove a cigarette through a quarter.” “Hey Mike, can you show these guys that one where you stick the card on the ceiling?” “Hey guys, watch Frank change this one dollar bill into a hundred. You CAN do it can’t you, Frank?” “OK everybody, hang on to your watches and pocketbooks. This guy is good!”
How often have we been put in a situation where two thing...
Columnist: Scott Wells
By Scott Wells
Magic Jack. THE Magic Jack. Seen everything and been everywhere. He was at the pinnacle of his career as a magician. So what was he doing in this one horse town? Sure, Jack was born in a small town like this but that was thousands of shows ago.
“Glad you could make it. IÃm Delmer.” Delmer Lee was JackÃs local contact. “Any trouble finding us?” he continued in his Southern dr...
Columnist: Scott Wells
The Problem With Magic Clubs
By Scott Wells
This month I would like to get on a soapbox for a bit and perhaps stir up the cauldron that has been simmering for years. What I am about to address is not symptomatic of any one magic club exclusively but rather an observation on the many magic clubs of which I was a member and/or have visited.
Members of magic clubs come and go like the tides in...
Columnist: Scott Wells
By Scott Wells
Have you ever approached someone to entertain him or her with magic only to be told that they were not interested in seeing your tricks? Is it your style, your manner of approaching them, your timing, your appearance, or perhaps the unwilling volunteer him/herself? It could be any of these things or a combination of them. It could even be something unrelated to you that is bey...
Columnist: Scott Wells
The Lecture Analysis Form
By Scott Wells
In a September 1992 column in M A G I C, Paul Gertner briefly alluded to a method of measuring the effectiveness of lecturers. He suggested that perhaps some way of rating the lecturers should be established. To my knowledge, no club or lecturer has come up with such a system. What a valuable tool such a system could be for both the club and the lect...