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Did trigger finger ruin my magic? Not a lot… thanks to my doctor’s bag of tricks..

August 3, 2014 Rick Carruth

By Angela Wintle for MailOnline

Paul Daniels is renowned for his sleight of hand, whether dealing a pack of cards or (appearing to) saw his wife and assistant, ‘the lovely Debbie McGee’, in half.

But a year ago, while the veteran magician was performing a card move for a packed audience, he realised things weren’t going according to plan. The old dexterity was missing.

‘The ring finger of my right hand had locked into a bent position,’ he says.

‘I improvised my way out of it by pressing the finger against my body and clicking it back into shape, before continuing the trick.

‘One of the reasons my magic tricks don’t go wrong is because I never tell the audience what I’m going to do, so I can swing round and change direction. But it was a close-run thing!’

Magician to the stars who dreamed of helping police fight crime ends up behind bars after trying to rob an off-licence wearing a monkey mask..

July 17, 2014 Rick Carruth

Curtis James Watson, 23, demanded cash from shop worker in Macclesfield
DNA on dumped monkey mask disguise used to trace him to crime scene
Weeks before told local paper he wanted to use his magic to help police
Fled to Tenerife to work as a magician and pay back debts while on bail

‘I think the BBC has lost the plot’: Paul Daniels on talent ‘freak’ shows and why modern magic leaves him cold..

July 13, 2014 Rick Carruth

Very nice and thorough article by Sarah Oliver for the MailOnline..

Primetime TV has no new ideas, says the former king of magic… who’s still stunned that his show – with 15 million viewers – was axed. But do Paul Daniels and his devoted Debbie have one last trick up their sleeve?

I would have liked to have run the BBC because I honestly think they’ve lost the plot,’ said Paul Daniels

Paul Daniels loves an audience, any audience.

By the time I arrive at the Thames-side pub where I am to meet him and his wife, ‘The Lovely Debbie McGee’, he is already standing by the bar with one leg in the air looking pretty nimble for a man who’s four years shy of 80.

He’s showing off a well-turned ankle inside a candy-pink sock.

Since there are no other customers it is for benefit of the lone barmaid and no, he’s not about to levitate or saw it off – he’s just trying to prove his footwear matches the stripes on his polo shirt.

The point is, that he can’t help himself: he has to entertain…( Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)

Healing Hands the Tommy Cooper Way..

February 2, 2014 Rick Carruth

Informative article by Roger Dobson for MailOnline, including the basics of three Tommy Cooper magic tricks to help the ailing…

For comedy fans, they were just brilliantly entertaining – but the legendary Tommy Cooper’s magic tricks could help patients with damaged hands, a new study has shown.

Practising some of his routines, such as linking two paperclips without touching them and tying a knot one-handed, could help restore hand movement for patients weakened after surgery, arthritis, stroke, nerve damage, fractures and burns.

It could also help children with developmental disorders, who often have problems with co-ordination. Manipulating paperclips and ropes, and making coins and banknotes vanish and reappear, all require sequences of dozens of movements and provide an engaging alternative to normally laborious rehabilitation.

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