- Grandfather
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I'm the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't obsessed by magic. People say, 'How you can you claim you practiced eight hours a day and weren't obsessed?' Well, people go to a job they don't even like for eight hours a day; it's not obsessive if it's something you like.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was considered a comedy magician. And - how do I put this without sounding egotistical? - it didn't take me long to realize that comedy magicians usually couldn't do comedy or magic.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like every art form, there are jealousies and angers and competitiveness in magic. But there's camaraderie among magicians, whether you perform it for a living or you're an enthusiast.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the most part, magic secrets are available on a level that's overwhelming and frightening, and they are very accessible if you do the tiniest bit of digging. But, that said, there's a certain group of individuals, in which I am included, who are very tight about secrets and don't share them with anyone.
- Bad One
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what first got me to attack melons. It's not like I ate a bad one and got an upset stomach. It just eventually seemed like the appropriate fruit.
- Guys
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the best sleight-of-hand guys I know is a plumber.
- Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up like Athena - covered with playing cards instead of armor - and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020