Magic Tricks

Hadn't planned on becoming a children's magician, but my grandmonkeys and their friends had different ideas. Fortunately, most of what Richard Osterlind worked just fine with kids. Then I found David Ginn's works and really became popular. And Silly Billy showed us how to go right over the top.

Now, I think I would add Christopher T. Magician to those masters. Though he spends a goodly amount of time teaching the methods, his real focus is on what the kids want: They want to laugh! They want to feel a part of the show! And they want to believe that they're not fooled! You'll see great responses to "I Know How You Did That" in his show - and he does present his entire show. (Disk One) He even uses a very effective cartoon voice for himself.

Disk Two is "the secrets" which includes the methods of the tricks and the methods of presentation. And a clever and kid-friendly force that can be quite funny.

Disk Three doesn't work, returning the dreaded "DISC ERROR" and a blue screen. *sigh* It's always something. As long as we have to deal with the post office, there are going to be bad or ruined DVDs arriving on our doorsteps.

Penguin was closed for the weekend by the time I got to Disk Three, so I'll just be sitting in the corner singing the "Stubby Index Song" until Monday morning.

Meantime, I think I'll watch Disk One again. I may be over 60, but CTM makes me feel like a kid again!