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MARTIN GARDNER Page 36 OCTOBER 2014 MARTIN GARDNER Page 36 MAGIC - UNITY - MIGHT Editor Michael Close Editor Emeritus David Goodsell Associate Editor W.S. Duncan Proofreader & Copy Editor Lindsay Smith Art Director Lisa Close Publisher Society of American Magicians, 18915 East Briargate Lane, #1F Parker, CO 80134 Copyright © 2014 Subscription is through membership in the Society and annual dues of $65, of which $40 is for 12 issues of M-U-M. All inquiries concerning membership, change of address, and missing or replacement issues should be addressed to: Manon Rodriguez, National Administrator P.O. Box 505, Parker, CO 80134 [email protected] Skype: manonadmin Phone: 303-362-0575 Fax: 303-362-0424 To file an assembly report go to: www.mum-magazine.com For advertising information, reservations, and placement contact: Cinde Sanders M-U-M Advertising Manager Email: [email protected] Telephone: 214-902-9200 Editorial contributions and correspondence concerning all content and advertising should be addressed to the editor: Michael Close - Email: [email protected] Phone: 317-456-7234 Submissions for the magazine will only be accepted by email or fax. VISIT THE S.A.M. WEB SITE www.magicsam.com To access “Members Only” pages: Enter your Name and Membership number exactly as it appears on your membership card. 4 M-U-M Magazine - OCTOBER 2014 M-U-M OCTOBER 2014 MAGAZINE Volume 104 • Number 5 S.A.M. NEWS 6 From the Editor’s Desk 8 From the President’s Desk 28 11 M-U-M Assembly News 22 Broken Wands 24 National Council Minutes 26 Good Cheer List 69 Our Advertisers 44 Cover Story Page 36 Cover photo courtesy of the Charlotte Observer THIS MONTH’S FEATURES 28 Nielsen Gallery • by Tom Ewing 32 Not Just Kid Stuff • by Jim Kleefeld 35 Tech Tricks • by Bruce Kalver 46 36 COVER STORY • by Tom Ewing 42 Hit the Road • by Scott Alexander 44 Illusions of Grandeur • by David Seebach 46 Cheats and Deceptions • by Antonio M. Cabral 48 Messing with your Mind • by Christopher Carter 50 El Roberto Enigmatico • by R.D. Michaels 52 The High Road • by Mick Ayres 54 You Bet Your Life • by Michael Close 57 Cinematrix • by Max Maven 58 Informed Opinion • New Product Reviews 67 Chicago Magic Competition • by Neil Tobin 68 Salon de Magie • by Ken Klosterman 69 Inside Straight • by Norman Beck 70 The Dean’s Diary • by George Schindler 68 70 Basil the Baffling • by Alan Wassilak 57 M-U-M (ISSN 00475300 USPS 323580) is published monthly for $40 per year by The Society of American Magicians, 6838 N. Alpine Dr., Parker, CO 80134 . Periodical postage paid at Parker, CO and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to M-U-M, c/o Manon Rodriguez, P.O. Box 505, Parker, CO 80134. OCTOBER 2014 - M-U-M Magazine 5 before the wonders happen on-stage. The Naked Magicians is a really fun show and an entertaining, outrageous way to showcase amazing world-class close-up magic.” The show Editor’s Desk runs from October 17-31, 2014, at 4 p.m. daily at the Tommy Photo by fivebyphotography.com Wind Theater on the Strip. Michael Close PNP Dal Sanders sent me an email with the following infor- mation about National Magic Week: I don’t recall when the name Martin Gardner entered “On Monday, April 28, 2014 the United States Congress my consciousness, but it must have been when I was twelve recognized magic as an art. Magicians in the United States can or thirteen. At that time I bought as many magic books as I now refer to this Congressional Record for support in obtaining could afford, and one of my purchases was Bruce Elliott’s arts grants. Now it’s time to promote and educate the public on The Phoenix. Gardner was part of the Friday Night Sodality, the art of magic. National Magic Week is October 26-31, 2014. a group that included Dai Vernon, Doctor Jaks, Jay Marshall, This is a perfect time to launch and promote the art of magic and other prominent New York magicians, who met regularly to the general public. at the Elliott apartment. I learned Gardner’s 1-10 Sponge “This year, S.A.M. members and assemblies have more Ball Routine and studied his columns in Hugard’s Magic reasons than ever to celebrate National Magic Week because Monthly. And then, of course, there were the columns in Sci- we are also celebrating the recognition of magic as an art. To entific American and his great book, Mathematics, Magic and help promote the celebration, official press releases will be sent Mystery. to major newspapers around the country. They will also be sent This month marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the to the local assemblies to encourage them to reach out to their birth of Martin Gardner. Tom Ewing penned the cover story, local media outlets. which includes remembrances of several of Martin’s friends “Mayors across the country will be contacted, requesting and colleagues. The tricks this month from regular contribu- each of them to submit a proclamation in their cities acknowl- tors Bob Farmer, Christopher Carter, and Mick Ayres have a edging the art of magic. The goal is to have the highest number Gardner theme. In addition, there are two tricks, one by Max of proclamations ever proclaimed by mayors from around Maven and one by me, that are Gardner-ish in their methodol- the country for a single event. Local assemblies and S.A.M. ogy. I think you’ll really enjoy them. The Farmer offering is a members will just have to contact their local city governments remarkable bar bet that is completely counterintuitive. Unless and pick up the proclamations. you make up a set of dice and play around with them for a “National President Kenrick ‘ICE’ McDonald has set a goal while, you won’t believe that the game is a losing proposition for S.A.M. members to give one thousand free performanc- for the spectator. My trick is a recent invention. I came up with es for retirement homes, hospitals, orphanages, and for other it in May of this year and showed it to a few select friends at the groups not able to get out and enjoy a magic show. 31 North gathering in Toronto and at the combined convention. “We are also calling on all members to participate in an No one had seen anything quite like it, and the payoff of the event we are calling ‘A Magical Moment in Time.’ On October trick came as a big surprise. If you assemble the props and give 26, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. CST, magicians from Disneyworld in it a bit of practice (the patter needs to be memorized), you’ll Orlando, Central Park in New York City, the streets of New have something quite different with which to fool your friends. Orleans, Six Flags in Dallas, the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Columnist Norman Beck was featured in a short profile in the Magic Castle in Hollywood, and everywhere else are asked New Yorker magazine. The article discusses Norman’s day job to join together and perform a levitation at the same moment in as vice president of claims and security for S.C.A. Promotions. time to the American population. Anything can be levitated…a If you are unaware of this aspect of Norman’s life, you may be dollar bill, a paper rose, a silver ball, a table, or even a volunteer in for a surprise. You can find the article online here: www. from the audience. This one single event could highlight and newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/21/risky-business-2 promote the art of magic to over three hundred million citizens. I can only blame fatigue for the fact that I misspelled Steve This would be a perfect way to launch National Magic Week. Kline’s name three times on page 46 of the September issue of “We will need to reach out to every S.A.M. member and M-U-M. Steve’s last name is spelled “Kline” and he is the head assembly and even nonmembers in order to involve as many of Steven Kline Productions. And now that I’ve spelled his magicians as possible. If we all work together we can generate name correctly three times, I guess that makes it even. Sorry publicity and spread the word that magic has finally been rec- about that, Steve. ognized as an art.” If you’re going to be in Las Vegas during the last two Just as this issue was being finalized, the news arrived of weeks of October and you’d like to take in a new magic show, the death of Lubor Fiedler on September 3, 2014, at age eighty- consider The Naked Magicians, which features the sleight-of- one. Lubor was a chemical engineer by trade, but those in hand magic of Charles Bach, Chris James, Jason Baney, and the magic world will remember him as the creator of some of Andrew Goldenhersh. According to show-creator Bach, The the most ingenious magic tricks ever devised, including the Naked Magicians “are an elite group of close-up magic and Gozinta Boxes, Lubor’s Lens, and the Anti-gravity Rock. A sleight-of-hand artists who create extraordinary magic with large book of his creations was in preparation at the time of his ordinary objects displayed ‘naked’ for the audience to examine death. He will be missed. 6 M-U-M Magazine - OCTOBER 2014 The national council meeting kicks off the weekend on November 14 at 1:30 p.m., followed by The Magic Summit.
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