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Sneak Peek – The Carbonaro Effect – Thursday 7/31 @ 10pm

Sneak Peek – The Carbonaro Effect – Thursday 7/31 @ 10pm

Working as a salesman at a sporting goods store,Michael receives an order for an autographed sports bottle and autographed tennis ball. He uses this opportunity to ‘teach’ his new assistant how to properly package shipments. However, Michael realizes that he may have made a mistake and asks his assistant to unpack everything, only for her to find that the tennis ball has impossibly gotten stuck inside the small sports bottle! As Michael heads to the back of the store, she frantically tries to dislodge it from the bottle- giving viewers one entertaining reaction to watch!

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Scoop: MASTERS OF ILLUSION on THE CW – Friday, August 15, 2014 (new series)

Scoop: MASTERS OF ILLUSION on THE CW – Friday, August 15, 2014 (new series)

Masters of Illusion logo NO GIMMICKS, NO TRICKS – Hosted by Dean Cain, “Masters of Illusion” features amazing magic performed by cutting-edge illusionists, escape artists and performers displaying skills ranging from perplexing interactive mind magic to hilarious comedy routines – all in front of a studio audience. Magicians featured in this episode include Rob Lake, Michael Finney, Nathan Burton, Michael Grandinetti, Michael Giles, Eric Buss, Johnny Ace Palmer, Spencer Horsman (#103). Original airdate 8/15/2014.

Thanks to BroadwayWorld.com for the info… http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-MASTERS-OF-ILLUSION-on-THE-CW-Friday-August-15-2014-2014072456#.U9LFp_ldVgl

Getting to the meat of a magic act – Corey Mintz pulls cooked rabbit out of a hat to impress his guest, visiting magician David Ben, an “honest” trickster.

Getting to the meat of a magic act – Corey Mintz pulls cooked rabbit out of a hat to impress his guest, visiting magician David Ben, an “honest” trickster.

It’s hard to choose a playlist for dinner with a magician. Just “Final Countdown” on a four-hour loop? I settle on the early ’70s smooth jazz sounds of Bob James. I don’t know a lot about magic but I feel that this could be the soundtrack to a Doug Henning television special.

Planning a menu for David Ben was easier. I only had to figure out how to execute the most obvious food allusion, to pull a rabbit out of a hat. My butcher sold me a whole animal, kidneys removed. I didn’t have enough duck fat on hand, so I make a confit in the smoked pork fat left over from last week’s pigtail barbecue. Rabbit, with so many small bones, is among the most time-consuming meat to pull. But once I had a pile of soft, shredded meat, I blended it with lemon zest, basil and chilies, packing the rillettes into a jar.

When Ben and the other guests arrive, there’s a cowboy hat on the table, with a note reading “Magic hat. Do not touch.” Between the wine glasses and candles I’ve add some 20-sided Dungeons and Dragons dice, for misdirection… ( TheStar.com )

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A scientific approach to magic – Jason Latimer, the World Champion of Magic, creates an original show for the Reuben H. Fleet..

A scientific approach to magic – Jason Latimer, the World Champion of Magic, creates an original show for the Reuben H. Fleet..

Jason Latimer is an official “World Champion of Magic” who travels the world performing mystifying illusions.

This summer, however, Latimer, 33, is settling in San Diego for his project, “Perception: See Beyond the Illusion.” The show combines magic and science and is performed weekends through Aug. 31 at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.

Latimer, who lives in downtown San Diego, studied economics, math, physics and psychology when he was a student at UC Santa Barbara.

He tells us about the life of a traveling magician.

Q: How did you get the idea to use your scientific knowledge for magic?

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