This is a brilliant presentation. It says a lot about the proper mix of theater and illusion–of fantasy story and the live experience of the impossible.

I think it is one of the most complex presentations of story and magic I have seen.

As many of you may know, Frank Popovich, known as Black Fox, is in prison, convicted of the murder of his friend. He was well-known in the magic community as a creator of shells for the shell game, magic art and magic tricks, as well as American Indian costume replicas and supplies.

For those of you who knew and liked Black Fox before this terrible event, he is the same guy you knew before.

Good people can make terrible mistakes.

Frank can use some help to buy some necessities.

Money can be put on his account through “jpay” or a check or money order can be sent to:

Frank Popovich BG6516
SOL Level lll. B9-141
PO Box 4000
Vacaville, CA 95696

55% is taken out for restitution but he can still get some stuff from the canteen.

Funds can also be put on a company that he can order quarterly packages from.

Walkenhorst has an incredible variety of products that can make life a bit more bearable in prison.

Any love is appreciated.

He feels like he has been abandoned and forgotten.

Let’s show him that he is cared about.

Thanks,

A caring Friend and Brother

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I was the chief magic consultant for Bogus by Norman Jewison, 1996. It is a movie with a lot of magic and several different magicians.

It stars Whoopie Goldberg, Gerard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment.

Johnathan Pendragon, Johnny Thompson, and Tony Clark all worked on various magic effects throughout the show.

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Wonderful overview of the career of an incredible person, my dear friend Diana Zimmerman. I have known her since I first arrived at the Magic Castle. We worked in the Palace of Mystery together many times. I watched her and her then husband, Dick Zimmerman, constantly working on new material.

One of my favorite acts was a wonderful talking straight magic act that featured an excellent thumb tie with a beautiful, very sharp Samurai sword, and the Hydrostatic Glass. Diana had a direct, engaging and forceful personality on stage, and that act highlighted that. She much later did a wonderful pickpocket act that I loved for the same reason.

This new chalkboard for the Mental Epic is just starting production. They are crafted by Marc Charisse and have a usable blackboard surface on front and back. It will be large–more than 24″ by 16″. It will be sold by Pop’s Magic and include a new dvd of Pop Haydn teaching every detail of his routine Killer Epic.

We should know the release date in a month or so, so stay tuned…

Marshall Brodien spent 26 years dazzling daily television audiences with magic tricks as the clown-wizard character Wizzo the Wizard on WGN-Ch. 9’s legendary “Bozo’s Circus” and its successor program, “The Bozo Show.”

Brodien wasn’t solely a children’s show cast member, however. Sans makeup, Brodien performed magic and stage hypnosis for years at lounges, clubs, county fairs, parties and trade shows. He also ran his own magic and novelty company.

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