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Issue Number: #1534
Date: Sunday 29th September 2019
Editor: Alan Watson QSM
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E-mail: editor@magicnewzealand.com
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Hi here is the latest news
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1. Editor's Message
2. Preview of M-U-M's October issue
3. Genii For Our Halloween Issue
4. The Gold Medal Magic Of China At The SAM Convention
5. Dal Sanders On - The Magic Word Podcast
6. Midsection Force - John Carey #54
7. Ontario Week Of Wonder Magic Festival
8. Magician's Bicycle Unexpectedly "Disappears"
9. Gold Coast Magic Convention
10. Daytona Festival Of Magic 2019
11. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
12. E-zine Archives
13. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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2. Preview of M-U-M's October issue
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Message by Lindsay Smith (US)

Greg Davidson appears on the cover of M-U-M's October issue, and appears inside in a feature article by Rory Johnston. His story begins with his early years, much like many of ours, and his introduction to Adams magic tricks. His first professional booking was for a local Cub Scout pack. Magic conventions followed where he met many famous magicians. From there: table magic in a restaurant, shows at a Grand World Exposition in Canada, adding illusions to his show, followed by entertaining on cruise ships, performing in "Magic on Ice," working in Las Vegas, and corporate magic and trade shows. His experiences all lead up to "A Life Dedicated to the 'Real' Magic," as Rory explains in his article of the same title.

Greg Davidson offers "A Pair of Utility Devices" that you can make and add to your show. One is a clever Change Goblet; the second, a Portable Loading Table Top. Both are well explained and illustrated to help with construction details.

The name David Regal should be enough to draw you in to his drawing duplication trick using business cards, titled "You & Me." You'll want to take a peek at this one.

Another name well-known to card conjurors is Nick Trost who provides "3 By Trost" adapted from his latest book, "Subtle Card Creations, Volume 7." Although Nick has passed on, Charlie Randall was entrusted to edit and carry out a series of books that had been planned by Trost.

National S.A.M. President Steve Spence asks two important questions in this month's "President's Desk" column. "Why do you love magic and why do you choose to be part of the magic community?" They're both worth thinking about as you read how he answers them.

SAM Dean George Schindler and his wife, Nina, visited the Chicago Magic Lounge along with many other SAM members who were in town for the SAM National Council Meeting in June. He recounts his experience in the "Dean's Diary" and highly recommends a visit next time you're in Chicago.

Kien Meng Wee returns with his "Magic in a Bottle" column, discussing building characters and incorporating appropriate props. Mr. Bottle provides numerous examples of using the well-known compass trick, including a pop-up box routine.

Original does not need to be expensive, as "Taking the Stage" columnist Brian Lees has discovered through his habit of stopping at garage sales. He has picked up some unique magic treasures at bargain prices, like the egg tray he describes. May you be so lucky.

David Corsaro clarifies several things from previous "No Smoke, No Mirrors" columns that are worth rereading. While they were clearly stated in his original columns, they may have more impact on your thinking the second time around.

Strolling mentalism for children? Tarot card readings? "On Second Thought" columnist Paul Draper turns his column over to London Reynolds who explains both and provides applicable tips to any roving entertainment you offer. Yes, it works for kids.

Cinde and Dal Sanders continue with their "TV or Not TV" column, this month offering a dozen important suggestions and other tips on creating a demo video.

Five tricks, two books, and one download are carefully evaluated in this month's "Shop Talk." Six knowledgeable magicians review and recommend (or suggest caution) before purchasing. Their thoughts will give you a heads-up . . . before you invest.

SAM's technical guru and "Tech Tricks" columnist Bruce Kalver has discovered four items that may have appeal for you. One is his signature illusion, You're There, that Bruce has performed at The Magic Castle. For the price-conscious conjuror, the top price among these four is just $18.

Only Norman Beck could create a column and impart an important message just by asking for a second bag of pretzels. In "Thoughts on Thinking," he does just that. Learn from his experience on a flight back from this year's "MAGIC Live."

If you're looking for new ideas for a future assembly meeting, you need look no further than the dozens of "Assembly Reports" for suggestions. Throughout the issue, you'll find more "go-to" favorites, including Editor Alan Howard's "Preshow" column, SAM news and member information, "National Magic Week," and "Broken Wands." "Diversions" offers PNP Dick Bowman's "Magic IQ," "Magic WORDoodles," "1-2-3-Go!," and Alan Wassilak's "Basil the Baffling and Chloe," our favorite magical cartoon characters from the past to be enjoyed again. Our valued advertisers always appreciate knowing that you saw their ad in M-U-M.

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3. Genii For Our Halloween Issue
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Message by Richard Kaufman

Join Us At Genii For Our Halloween Issue of the best magazine in magic and subscribe for as little as $35 at www.geniimagazine.com Thousands of pages of our back issues are included.

As this is our October issue, our cover story is suitably bizarre. A petite girl in an oddly dated dress, a ratty doll her only companion. She rarely speaks, but twitches frequently. She brings evil. She is the most famous bizarre magician in the world, and her name is The Sacred Riana. She is also a construct-the end product of a team of creatives and producers looking to recast an ordinary female magician into an attention-getting shriek show. It worked. After many months of failed attempts, I was finally allowed to interview The Sacred Riana … but she refused to speak. Instead, her disheveled doll named Riani spoke for her. Well, how much is a doll going to say?

Coverage of MAGIC Live by our two Associate Editors, Dustin Stinett and Chloe Olewitz.
We see a lot of people doing the Linking Rings, but we rarely read innovative new material with them. (The recent "Hevia Proof" published here was an exception.) This month Jim Steinmeyer, gives us something new and good with the rings in "Conjuring."

You don't see a lot of magic with silks published or performed these days, as Jonathan Neal pointed out several months ago in his column. And if we did publish a silk trick, you would not expect it to come from Roberto Mansilla. A Halloween surprise, perhaps?

David Britland meets Mickey MacDougall in "Cardopolis" and wrestles with one of his Ace assemblies.

If I toss out the phrase "Card Tripod," you would most likely look at me oddly. John Gaughan knows what a Card Tripod is, and he lets you into his "Chamber of Secrets" to find out.

Linking Finger Ring routines are widely popular and have been so for a decade. Many variations have been published and they differ widely in the details. I particularly like the five-ring version Jonathan Neal shares this month in "Secrets Within Secrets."

My new book Tricks for Toddlers is coming out next week. In it I reveal the secret to my success … change diapers rarely, lots of sugary drinks, and mucho screen time. Ahem. It should be obvious that I know nothing about doing tricks for toddlers, but the world's best kids magician does, and that's the subject of David Kaye's column this month.

Ben Williams balances something on his fingertip in "Left-Handed."

Alexander de Cova knows a lot about the psychology of magic, and this month digs deep into what we call a "false transfer" in "Notizen."

"The Eye" brings us interesting news from the world of magic via Ms. Olewitz, and books, videos, and tricks are reviewed by David Britland, Joe M. Turner, and John Lovick.

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4. The Gold Medal Magic Of China At The SAM Convention
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Message by Dal Sanders (US)

The Society of American Magicians is happy to announce that they will feature The Gold Medal Winners of China at the 2020 S.A.M. National Convention in January 2020. The convention, which will be held at The Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas, will feature several "once in a lifetime" events.

The Chinese Gold Medal Winners include, Chen Jian, Xin Yafei, Yu Boran, Zhu Mingzhu, Yang Xaiolei and Mrs Ding Yang. While all of these artists have won China's highest awards for their magic, most are not well known to Western Audiences. Mrs Ding Yang however, received a lot of attention after her breakout appearance at the 2018 Magic Live Convention. Her dove act was breathtaking and resulted in an excited standing ovation.

According to her bio, Mrs. Ding Yang is an outstanding representative of Chinese outstanding young magician. Her masterpiece dove act demonstrates her aesthetic performance style and skills while bringing traditional magic performance to a new high level. In 2015, she won the "Golden Chrysanthemum Award" which is the highest magic award in China.

This show will be hosted by Juliana Chen and Vinny Grosso. To register for the convention and experience this incredible show go to www.SAMconvention.com. Don't forget, rates increase on October 1st so register right away.

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5. Dal Sanders On - The Magic Word Podcast
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Message by Scott Wells, M.I.M.C. with Gold Star

This week we return to our regularly scheduled podcast (after briefly interrupting our timing with the Derren Brown episode last week) as we broadcast a lovely chat with Past National President Of The S.A.M., Dal Sanders. After decades of working and performing for the McDonalds hamburger corporation, Dal has found new life with several interesting ventures. He is the producer of a new venue in Dallas, Texas called, "Magic in the Living Room", which is an intimate showroom in a local bar. He also produces the Magic Monday shows on Biz TV, "All In with Bryan Weatherford ", by providing magicians for their weekly series. He also teaches at his Dallas Magic Academy. And of course he is the editor of the online newsletter, The Magic Compass.

But what consumes most of his time is working on Kartoon Circus, an internationally distribute cartoon show featuring him as the Ringmaster and his wife, Cindy, as "Boopsie the Clown". This half hour show is truly making him an internet star.

You can see some videos promoting his cartoon show, read the blog, see some candid photos, listen to the podcast, and download the MP3 file at:
https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/519-dal-sanders

And be sure to enter the contest for the new Nick Trost book, "Subtle Card Creations Volume 7" offered by Charlie Randall of H&R Magic Books. The contest will end next week. A copy of this book will be randomly awarded to six lucky listeners. Details in the pod-letter and on the website at:
https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwellsmagic/518-derren-brown-secret

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6. Midsection Force - John Carey #54
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Message by John Carey (UK)
https://carey-scene.com/jc-main

J.K.Hartman

The following constitutes an easy method of forcing one or more cards in the setting of a free cutting action by a spectator. It can also be used to establish a key card for an "impossible location."

For the basic application, begin with the force card on the bottom of the deck. False shuffle, ending with the deck face-down in the left hand. Demonstrating what you would like the spectator to do, lift up a little over half the deck or so and shift it forward for half its length; lift off a smaller packet and shift it inward, aligned with the lower section; release it there, leaving the midsection outjogged. Pause for a second or two, and then square up the deck.

Execute a quick centre Hindu Shuffle or false cut, and extend your left hand to permit the spectator to follow your instructions. Point out that the neither the size nor the composition of the protruding middle section of the deck was controllable by you. Buckling the lowermost card with the left fingers, insert the right forefinger into the break above it. Clamp down on the upper section with the thumb at the inner right corner, and perform a Vernon Strip-out Addition as you pull the middle section free, secretly adding the buckled card.

Give the extracted block to the spectator, asking him to note the bottom card. Or, table the balance of the deck, grasp the packet yourself in right-hand End Grip, and turn it upright to display the apparently freely arrived at card. Alternatively, ask the spectator to repeat the sequence described above with the left-hand packet, seemingly randomizing the selection procedure further, as you perform a second Midsection Force. Display the face card of the surviving packet which, of course, is still the original force card. Conclude in either case by dropping the packet on the balance of the deck and proceed as required.

To use the move as a key card set, glimpse the bottom card and perform the sequence just as described, in this case a single time. After the Strip-out Addition, hand the packet directly to the spectator. Ask him to peek at the top card, cautioning him not to expose it or any other card, and have him give the packet a complete cut. He can then lift up half the balance of the deck, replace
his packet, and reassemble. The selection is directly beneath the glimpsed key. Or, glimpse the bottom card and have the midsection outjogged. Turn the deck upright and ask the spectator to note the face card of the jogged block. Lower the deck, performing the Strip-out Addition. Give the packet to the spectator, and have him give the packet a complete cut. In this case, the selection is directly above the glimpsed key.

The move works as well with a block of cards - e.g. begin with the four Aces on the bottom of the deck. Obtain a break over at least four cards, and go through the actions of the Midsection Force, giving the left-hand packet to a spectator. Ask him to deal it into four piles, and eventually show that an Ace is at the top of each.

As an obvious application with a face-up deck, begin with it face-down and the four Aces on top. Turn the deck face-up and perform a centre Hindu Shuffle. Execute the move, but in this case, following the Strip-out Addition, retain the deck proper in your right hand, immediately turning your left hand palm down and tabling the packet face down. Retake the deck with your left hand and go through the identical actions three more times. An Ace is on top of each of the piles. As an alternative to the precise cutting procedure, simply ask a spectator to pull a clump of cards partially out of the deck as you spread it, and demonstrate by outjogging a tightly spread block of six or seven cards.

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7. Ontario Week Of Wonder Magic Festival
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Message by Joan Caesar (Canada)

Inaugural Ontario Week of Wonder Magic Festival set for Oct. 24-31, 2019

FERGUS, Ontario - The picturesque town of Fergus has something special up its sleeve for magic lovers this fall.

The town best known for its scenic vantage point along the Grand River will host a week-long celebration of magic in a family-friendly festival featuring some of the world's top magicians and illusionists. The inaugural Ontario Week of Wonder Magic Festival from Oct. 24-31, 2019 is guaranteed to dazzle audiences with a combination of theatre shows, free busker-style street performances and intimate table-side shows at several restaurants.

"We're really looking forward to putting on a wonderful show," says co-organizer Ryan Joyce, a professional magician and illusionist. "It's going to be an incredible week. Festival goers are in for a treat. These are literally the magicians that magicians come to see."

Public shows will be held at the Fergus Grand Theatre on Oct. 24, 25, 26, and 27, featuring internationally acclaimed magicians who have appeared on some of the biggest stages in the world, as well as popular shows such as America's Got Talent and Netflix specials. A full schedule of performances can be found here. https://www.magicfestival.ca/order-tickets

In addition to evening gala shows and family-oriented daytime shows at the theatre, pop-up performances will take place in downtown Fergus throughout the festival. Buskers will entertain crowds on the street, while magicians will serve up tricks in up close and personal table-side performances at select restaurants.

Joyce, a native of Fergus, said the pre-Halloween festival coincides with what is already a magical time in the area. The beautiful neighbouring town of Elora hosts Monster Month throughout October, scaring up 31 days of activities and events that capture all that's fun and frightening about Halloween.

"There's just an incredible atmosphere here in the fall because everyone embraces the Halloween spirit and there are so many exciting things for families to do. The magic festival adds to the fun and goes hand-in-hand with Monster Month," he says.

Tickets for OWOW Magic Festival performances at the Fergus Grand Theatre are vanishing quickly. Visit magicfestival.ca for tickets and information.

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8. Magician's Bicycle Unexpectedly "Disappears"
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Message by John Kaplan (Canada)

Magician's Bicycle Unexpectedly "Disappears" During Magic Show

After attending an evening performance of celebrated magician Shawn Farquhar's Hidden Wonders magic show in Vancouver's Chinatown district, fellow magician John Kaplan returned to his vehicle and discovered that his bike, along with the rack it had been securely locked to, had mysteriously vanished.

"I've no idea how he did it!" said an amazed Kaplan. "As a magician myself, I was able to follow pretty much everything Shawn did. He never left the stage, yet somehow my bike managed to vanish. Incredible!"

When reached for comment, Farquhar said "It's not normally something I do in the show, but whenever there's a friend or other magician in the audience, I like to create something special."
Kaplan's wife Heather was also in attendance. "It certainly added to the experience!" she commented.

"I'd have been impressed if just the bicycle had disappeared", added Kaplan, "But to find the entire rack gone as well ... I mean, it just blew me away!"

Farquhar, renowned as two-time World Champion of Magic, is considering whether to feature this illusion for his third appearance on Penn & Teller's hit TV show Fool Us, where he has already duped the duo twice previously. "I guess the first step is to find out whether either of them rides a bike."

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9. Gold Coast Magic Convention
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Message by Helen Coghlan (Australia)

GC Magic 2019 Magic Convention, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Audition for Penn & Teller: Fool Us

US Card Magician sensation, Richard Turner - lecture, performance and meet and greet in the dealer's room.

Master of Levitation, Losander - will show you how to levitate any small objects.

Australia's Legend of Magic, Arthur Coghlan - will be revealing how he did his famous 44-gallon drum escape.

International Award Winner, Joel Howlett - brand new lecture.

Learn how to bring your magic into the 21st century with Technology Magic - presentation with Nathan Buzza.

Brush up on your Close-Up skills with Barry Govan.

See two-time Penn & Teller Fooler, Helen Coghlan - you could win $1,000 with her escape.

Stage Magic, Close-Up, Children's Entertainer Competitions.

You could win $4,000Aus worth of electronic mentalism thanks to Illuminati Magic.

Also includes Gala Show and Buffet Dinner valued at $100Aus.

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10. Daytona Festival Of Magic 2019
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Message by Harry Allen (US)

November 1-2-3
https://daytonamagic.com/convention/

Lectures-Stage Shows- Close-Up Shows- Contests- Dealers Room- Auction

Lance Burton and friends show
See first time at a magic convention.....performed on a full stage (like Broadway) look who else you will see :

Fielding West
Rocco
Mondre
Stuart Macdonald
Kyle And Mistie
John Ferrentino
Chad Long
Giovanni Livera
Harry Allen
Erick Olson
Scott Humston
Keith West

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11. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
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Written by the late Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante)

Message from Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante) (UK ex-pat Kiwi)

1961/62
It's a Time Warp! - I'm stuck in the '60s - (well, I was, for 10 years). I have a very large aluminium trunk - stuffed full of programmes, newspaper clippings, magazines, write-ups, posters, etc., from 1960 to 1996 (if I hadn't contracted Emphysema, I'd still be stuffing them in).

Charles Hikana, 'The Voice of the Pacific' (he had won the Canterbury heat of Joe Brown' s Talent Quest 1960) teamed up with Trevor King of Christchurch, and put a show together, featuring some of the Artists from Joe Brown's show. They called it 'TALENT TOPPERS - RADIO AND STAGE SHOW - on Tour'.

This hit the road around March 1961. I found the original programme (in 'the trunk'), but unfortunately it doesn't show the touring dates. The following, from the programme, are the brief descriptions (not by me) of myself; in the first half - Quote: 'Act Three - The Amazing Mr Orchard, versatile teen-age magician who created a sensation in his previous tour through the Islands, and New Zealand' Unquote. The second half - Quote; 'Act Eleven - The Amazing Mr Orchanti (spelled with an I instead on an e) sensational teen-age Fire-eater of the Mysterious Orient' Unquote. (The Mysterious Orient?!! Gawd almighty! I ask you!)

Looking in the mirror, a reflection of silver hair, goatee, been there, done that, seen-it-all, craggy face, stares back, and I think 'Dear God - it's 2001 - was that sixteen years old teenager really me, all those years ago?!!!

There is one incident from that tour (forty years ago) which I have never been allowed to forget, to this day. I decided how clever it would be to 'show off' my juggling skill, using 3 'Fire-balls' approximately 3" in diameter, during my fire-eating act. I can tell you, it looked quite spectacular as the Theatre lights were faded to 'black-out' during the fire performance. One night, in the Invercargill Town Hall (Invercargill - the most Southerly City of the South Island of N.Z) I dropped a fire-ball. It ambled across the stage, and bounced off the front upstage side curtain. Now, curtains in old theatres become quite dusty, (dust is extremely flammable) and these were no exception.

When the ball 'hit', the dust (not the curtains) caught fire. It ran continuously, like a child's sparkler, right up the curtain, 20 feet above the stage, to the pelmet curtain, then uninterrupted, took off on that, across the 30 foot wide stage to the other side front curtain, sparked and spat all the way down again - then just petered out! The packed auditorium had gone 'WOOOAAAHHHHH' at the start, then fell into a hushed silence during this rather startling episode, spontaneously bursting into wild applause at the finish!! As far as they were concerned, it was all part of the act. The late Frank Stapp, then Theatre manager ('The Master' - another New Zealand legend among entertainers far and wide) was in hysterics - he nearly had a fit!!!

All these years, Trevor King has never stopped reminding me of 'that' incident - it's become our 'running joke'. Let me quote, word for word, from his latest letter received last week, where he is telling me about Mary Throll (a retired Auckland agent) who is writing a book about New
Zealand 'Stars and Entertainers'. Quote; 'I will tell her of the fire-eater (Tommy Orchard - Orchante) who set fire to stage curtains in Invercargill - Council sent A/c to promoter (Mr King) in Christchurch. Both late Charles Hikana and Max Merritt (H.M.V. recording Star, now
resident and still working in L.A) are still laughing over this 'accident'. Poor Mr King, he is still paying $20 a week to Council at Invercargill - (ha, ha!)' Unquote. Do you see what I mean? Come on Trev., old mate - $20 per week since 1961 - 40 years - that's $41.600 - so far! The whiff of manure is as strong today, as it was yesterday!

The Mime Act
I stopped using a record player off stage, switching to a Cassette Deck. Bought a semi-Professional, 4-track, stereo Tape recorder of near Broadcast quality. Also, a Technics Direct drive variable speed turntable - you could alter the speed with total precision. Using
editing, dubbing, and 'sound on sound' facilities, plus various sound effects (commercially available from BBC and others, specially produced, with just about any sound or noise you could want) then splicing in other recordings you could turn the original into something very funny.
The finished recordings were then transferred onto a high quality cassette tape.

Example; - 'Mule Train' (as sung by Frankie Laine). There is one part on the record where he sings 'clippety clop, clippety clop, through the hills and rain'. By using the editing facilities, I had this 'clippety clop' repeat itself over and over, creating the impression that the 'needle was stuck 'in the groove'. This always got a big laugh. By using 'sound on sound' I 'clomped' off stage' to the 'sound effect' of footsteps thudding across the floor - once I got into the 'wings' the
audience heard a loud 'thump' like a kick, then, the sound of a needle 'screeching' across a record - I 'clomped' back on stage with 'clippety clop' still repeating, leapt into the air, and THUMPED down onto the stage - and the needle came 'out of the groove'- apparently! It was very funny.

My 'whip' was a short stick, about 12" long, with a 2 foot length of red ribbon tied to it. When the 'CRACK' of the whip sounded on the tape, (enhanced by adding more volume during the recording). I would twitch the stick slightly, so the end of the ribbon curled up a few inches,
then dropped straight down at the precise moment of the 'Whipcracks'. The incongruous sight of this little piece of ribbon apparently producing the sound of enormous 'Whipcracks', would have audiences in stitches!

You would not believe what I did to Jerry Lee Lewis's 'Great Balls of Fire', or Charlie Drake's 'My Boomerang won't Come Back' Stan Freberg's 'John and Marsha', or Spike Jones's 'Beedlebomb' 'Tea for Two', or the 'Hawaiian War Chant'!, among many others. Nothing - no recording - as far as my Mime act was concerned - was sacred!

Next Week - Fire-eating and Bed of Nails -'I did it my way'

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