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Tod Todson
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What would you consider the best term for labeling juggling and magic tricks?

Magical arts seems too magical. Performance arts may be too vague. Vaudeville too archaic. Etc.

Looking for thoughts,
Tod
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SeasideShowman
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I am a variety entertainer. That means you never know what I'm going to do from one minute to the next ... as a matter of fact, neither do I !!

(rim shot here)

Hello? I this thing on ...?

Cap'n Mike
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Al Angello
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I've been called a vaudvillian entertainer.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
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One Man
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Al, that's because you played vaudeville...LOL

I usually use variety entertainer/artist. Most agencies call us multi-talents. How about a multi-tainer.

Kevin
SeasideShowman
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Quote:
On 2008-02-11 19:21, SeasideShowman wrote:


... Hello? I this thing on ...?

Cap'n Mike
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Of course I meant to say, "This thing I on ...?"
Or, "Is this thing on ...?"

What were we talking about again ...?

Cap'n Mike
Multi-tainer
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itshim
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I like multi-tainer, suggests I entertain the multitudes.
Which of course I do.

Nigel
I knew a man who kept saying "pliers, pincers, scissors". He was speaking in tongs.

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One Man
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And if you perform for inmates you are a con-tainer.

or if you do the same gig every year you are a re-tainer.

or if you perform for large frecocious felines you are a lion-tainer....

OK the last one really stunk but comedy has to come in 3's

Kevin
AntonDreaming
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Gloucester by the sea
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I too have struggled with what to lable an act that containes magic juggling escape. Its hard not to be to vauge.

Anton