|
|
|
|||
| Go to page 1~2~3 [Next] | ||||||||||
JaymesR New user Minnesota 53 Posts 
|
Who are your magical heroes? If you could, assist, sitdown for dinner with, or have mentor you who would it be/have been?
I would have to say that Cardini, Slydini, Vernon, and Robert-Houdan would be at the tops of my list. |
|||||||||
Steve Landavazo Special user Northern California 654 Posts
|
Hi Jaymes!
It would have to be in no particular order: Dai Vernon Doug Henning Michael Skinner Simon Lovell Michael Ammar Doc Eason So many possibilites Jaymes, but these are a few of my favorites! 
Courage is the willingness to be afraid and act anyway!
|
|||||||||
|
Magicman0323 Special user Just outside parts unknown. 713 Posts
|
Hmmm interesting post.
I would have to say ..... Dai Vernon Eugene Burger JAY SANKEY (One of my favs of all time) Harry Blackstone Sr Paul Harris and there are others but those come to mind first. 
You'll wonder when I'm coming, you'll wonder even more when I'm gone. - Max Malini
|
|||||||||
|
Dorian Rhodell Inner circle San Francisco, CA. 1633 Posts
|
Vernon
Charlie Miller Ed Marlo Mike Skinner Roger Klause Larry Jennings Steve Forte Steve Freeman Paul Chosse Faucett Ross Francis Carlyle Ross Bertram |
|||||||||
|
Dorian Rhodell Inner circle San Francisco, CA. 1633 Posts
|
One more.........BOB SHEETS!!!!!!!
Bob is DA' MAN!!!! |
|||||||||
|
donaldlaporte New user new hampshire 46 Posts
|
great post,
well let's see. Vernon for sure Daryl Milt Kort Tommy Wonder John Bannon Chairman of the board Lovell Johnny Thompson (the stories this guy could tell) Sankey Harkey (I have spent a little time with him, but not enough) Martin Nash Jeez, my list keeps growing. So I’ll pick the ultimate for me, it would have to be Max Malini don 
|
|||||||||
Lee Marelli Special user Aurora, Colorado 876 Posts
|
May a mentalist chime in. I am only listing those who are no longer with us.
Anneman Dunninger Punx George Anderson Bascom Jones
"Mentalism is a state of mind." Marelli
|
|||||||||
|
Chris Becker Veteran user New York, NY 371 Posts
|
Richard Ross and Jeff McBride
There are no others!
- - -
<BR>Cards don't cheat people. People cheat people. |
|||||||||
|
Stephen Long Inner circle 1481 Posts
|
Paul Harris.
What an inspiration he has been to me. I would love to meet the man, he is also the source of my current signature look. _________________ Never argue with a fool. He may be doing the same thing.
Hello.
|
|||||||||
tctahoe V.I.P. Lakeland Fl. 739 Posts
|
Captain Kangaroo, watching his show was what made me believe there was magic. Of course, it did give an odd aversion to ping pong balls.
|
|||||||||
|
JaymesR New user Minnesota 53 Posts
|
WOW, a lot of you mentioned ones that I had brain lapsed that I would love to meet/met. I forgot one of my own though who was the one who got me started in magic when I was young. My 4th grade teacher, Mr Moline, who has passed since then.
Thanks for the replies. |
|||||||||
Ian Rowland Special user London 889 Posts
|
Good thread!
1. Houdini. So much to talk about, especially all his ’debunking’ work. 2. Anneman. Having read every word of every ’Jinx’, I think I’d find him fascinating dinner party company. 3. Al Koran. I never got a chance to see him perform, not even on TV or film. And he invented so many great feature items for mentalists. 4. The Fox sisters. Did they ever realize what it would all lead to... 5. Erdnase. Just so I could ask him what his real name was! _________________ http://www.ian-rowland.com. The most amazing cards in the world and the famous Levitating Cat.
www.ianrowland.com . Working Magic.
|
|||||||||
AndiGladwin V.I.P. UK 587 Posts
|
Quote:
Trust me... this guy tells some great stories! If I have a life half as interesting as John's I'll be very happy indeed. His stories about gamblers are out of this world, his stories about performing are really inspiring and his sense of humor is brilliant. --Andi
View my Close-up Magician website or Vanishing Inc Magic
|
|||||||||
|
Carl Rheuban New user Malibu, California 90 Posts
|
The following would have to top my list:
Hofzinser, Robert Houdin, Maskelyn and Devant, Houdini, and Dai Vernon |
|||||||||
Mya Angel Special Assistant California 1396 Posts
|
Merlin
Allthough, I like Gandalf too. 
There is nothing that remains so constant as change. Don't end up like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
He who slings mud will surely lose ground. |
|||||||||
Jeb Sherrill Inner circle Elsewhere 1161 Posts
|
A long list, here’s the abridged version:
Houdin Houdini Pollock Slydini Wonder Shamada Finn Copperfield McBride :dance: 
I don't believe in reincarnation, but I may have in another life.
|
|||||||||
Eric Grossman Elite user St. Louis, MO 429 Posts
|
Doug Henning
Dai Vernon Harry Lorraine Lance Burton Guy Hollingworth (must learn his "Restoration") I'm sure I will remember many others after I submit this!
family/magic/music/life
|
|||||||||
|
Fredrick Loyal user Seattle 248 Posts
|
It is amazing to see so many names on so many lists, but here is my list:
Burger McBride Paul Harris Robert Neale Kenny Woodward Jr - an unknown semi-pro who has passed on, but was a great influence to me.... oh yeah - me 
"Try to find the humanity in the magic and maybe you'll come up with something of your own. It's the humanity that gets you there, not techniques." Michael Moschen on Creativity
|
|||||||||
korneille New user québec/canada 44 Posts
|
Mine would be:
Eugene Burger Harry Anderson Jay Sankey Richard Sanders David Acer Tony Andruzzi 
"if we don’t take action now we settle for
nothing later we’ll settle for nothing now and we’ll settle for nothing later!" rage against the machine |
|||||||||
Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5447 Posts
|
My list includes some of the people that have actually taken the time to sit down and try to “teach” me face-to-face. I loved just talking to these guys’s.
Don Bowles Don Allen Monk Watson Karroll Fox Harold Rice Denny Haney Al Cohen Gene Anderson Patrick Page Aldo Colombini The following is a list of folks that I would have loved to talk to, assist, learn from or just hang around with. These are ones whose writings have most influenced me: Roy Benson Bruce Elliott David Hoy J. G. Thompson Jr. Ned Rutledge J.B. Bobo Karl Fulves June Barrows Mussey Harry Lorayne John Scarne Jos Bema Alex Emsley Eddie Joseph Marvin Kaye Ted Annemann Cordina And of course - Harlen Tarbell And the author of the first magic book I ever read - John Northern Hilliard. This guy seemed to be an encyclopedia of knowledge.
The artist formally known as Mumblepeas!
|
|||||||||
Posted: Dec 15, 2001 01:41 am 