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Miser’s Dream
Working on a Miser’s Dream routine. Just got these Morgan Dollar steel palming coins back from the plater. Also had a bunch of steel Morgans nickel plated. They look really good with nickel plating.
The Teleportation Device
My routine for the Bill in Lemon is called the Teleportation Device.
I first came up with the concept in the early Eighties:
The idea began when I was reading Wilfred Johnson’s Magic Tricks and Card Tricks. There was a routine described where the magician borrowed from the audience a dollar bill, had it signed and then made it disappear.
At that point he asked to “borrow” a raw egg from anyone in the house. A gentleman on the first row stood up and reached into his pocket and matter of factly drew out a fresh egg and handed it to the magician.
The magician then cracked the egg with a spoon and using tweezers pulled out the soggy signed dollar.
I loved the joke, and it sold me on the routine. But by the time the routine was fully developed, the joke was left on the cutting…
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It’s my birthday!
I turn seventy years old today. It is hard to believe. I am having way too much fun. Cheers, everyone!
Photo by Taylor Wong.
Pop Haydn shows the Shell Game
Pop Haydn performs the Shell Game in the Close Up Gallery of the Magic Castle in Hollywood. July, 2019.
Pop Haydn Six Silver Coins
Pop Haydn performs his coins across routine, Six Silver Coins in the Close Up Gallery of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. July, 2019.
Turning Seventy Years Old
Pop Haydn will be seventy years old on Friday, July 19th–just two days! Still getting myself in situations. Doesn’t seem possible. You’d think I’d have grown up by now…
The Intricate Web of Distraction
Pop Haydn performs his own routine, the Intricate Web of Distraction in the Close Up Gallery at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Nancy Magill
Pop Haydn
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