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Summer,  and TV, good for Magic on the Strip..

Summer,  and TV, good for Magic on the Strip..

By Mike Weatherford for the Las Vegas Review-Journal..

The home stretch of summer preserves some uniquely Las Vegas traditions for magicians and the TV exposure that helps them. Especially the one in the green dragon costume…

Piff the Magic Dragon (John van der Put) sailed to the live competition of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” after Neil Patrick Harris, who makes no secret of his fondness for magic, used his “golden buzzer” to send the comic magician straight to the next round of competition at Radio City Music Hall starting Tuesday, bypassing the rest of the preliminaries.

In the long term, at least, that’s good news for “X Comedy — Uncensored Fun” at the Flamingo. Producer Angela Stabile says Piff will return to the show Sept. 3, so he would be flying back and forth to New York until the “Talent” finale Sept. 16 if he goes the distance.

But next week, he goes straight from “Talent” to the Edinburgh Fringe festival to do the long version of his act, “Breakfast at Piffany’s,” Friday through Aug. 29. Piff is being spelled in “X Comedy” by the funny juggling dude comedian Todd Paul, so audiences are still getting a strong variety show.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/mike-weatherford/summer-and-tv-good-magic-the-strip

Want to know more about Piff? Check out this interview with the Magic Dragon himself.. http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2014/may/01/interview-issue-piff-magic-dragon/

MASTER MAGICIAN JAN ROUVEN PLANS TO BE ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP FOR YEARS TO COME..

MASTER MAGICIAN JAN ROUVEN PLANS TO BE ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP FOR YEARS TO COME..

Jan Rouven has performed an inestimable number of tricks on the path to Strip-headliner status, but it looks like a majority of his future escapes and sleight-of-hand demonstrations will be in Las Vegas. The German magician first arrived in Vegas in October 2009, performing some of the escapes from his current Tropicana show The New Illusions before awestruck crowds on Fremont Street. His star rose quickly, and by November of last year he was not only a headliner on the south end of the Strip but one of fewer than a handful of marquee magicians branded on billboards and playing the biggest casino-resort rooms. With no plans to leave Las Vegas, Rouven’s ascent can only continue.

“I love it here,” says Rouven. “I’m happy.” And it shows in his performances. Rouven’s effervescence is contagious, and his sly sense of humor—often self-deprecating, playing up his Teutonic-accented pronunciations—contributes to the charm offensive that wins over audiences.  Read more..

http://lasvegasmagazine.com/entertainment/2015/aug/07/jan-rouven-tropicana/#/0

Another week, and another solid episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

Another week, and another solid episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

Robert B. Marks offers a very insightful, very well-written review of Penn & Teller’s FOOL US each week on THE ESCAPIST – 

FOOLING GARWULF. He explores the performance of each participant, more so from the perspective of an informed layman. You won’t find any reveals, but you may glean a useful hint or two… Check it out. ( And thanks to Mel Klentz MAGICIAN’S LIFE for pointing me to this resource several weeks ago…)  Be sure to read Mr Marks other commentaries on the state of magic while on Garwulf’s Corner..

 http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/columns/foolinggarwulf/14386-Penn-Teller-Fool-Us-Episode-5-Review-Recap-Mission-Impossi-ball

Magician Performs the Most Amazing “Trick” For a Young Girl With Deployed Parents..

Magician Performs the Most Amazing “Trick” For a Young Girl With Deployed Parents..


On what seemed like an already special morning due to a magic show at school, Addison Woodburn couldn’t have known that her day was going to get even more special when the magician chose her to help with a big trick.

Addison — whose mother and father are both in the military and were both deployed at the time — was carrying around a red, white, and blue “mommy doll,” which the magician asked to borrow for his trick. The little girl stood by wearing a mini army jacket in complete awe as the magician made her doll disappear — little did she know that he was about to turn it into something even better.
http://www.popsugar.com/moms/Military-Mom-Dad-Surprise-Daughter-School-Magic-Show-38021949