THE KATS REPORT: LANCE BURTON REAPPEARS WITH THE FILM ‘BILLY TOPIT’
For two weeks after he attended the Frito-Lay company Christmas party in Louisville, Kentucky, 5-year-old Lance Burton incessantly checked his hair and ears for silver dollars. Maybe we need a backstory here.
Burton’s mother made potato chips at the plant in the family’s hometown. During this particular Christmas party, a guy named Harry Collins got up to entertain the employees and their guests. Collins was sales manager at the plant, but on this night he was a headlining magician. “He was an excellent magician,” says Burton, who for decades in Las Vegas has been aptly known as “Master Magician.”
Collins asked for a volunteer, and little Lance hustled to the stage. Collins then reached behind the child’s ear and produced a silver dollar. Then another, from the opposite ear. Then from his arms and elbows. The kid who would one day star on the Las Vegas Strip had become a little slot machine. Read more..
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Blind magician riding subway fame to bigger stages..
Blind magician Justin Sight came to the city with one vision in mind — to show New Yorkers a little magic on their commutes.
Sight, who is 25 and legally blind, has spent the past few years on subway platforms, performing awe-inspiring tricks with cards and coins.
“I don’t focus on grand illusions. I like to work close up,” said Sight, who lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. “It is about illuminating anything that looks suspicious and weird.”
Now, Sight, whose real name is Adam Jaslikowski, is attracting serious attention. He has performed his magic tricks on ESPN and has been hired to performer at corporate parties for Tumblr and Gawker employees. Read more
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