Magicians: Life in the Impossible Page #5

nobody would write anything.

And they spelled

your name right.

It's the most

important thing.

For me it seems like

he tried to get away with it,

Doing it, and thinking

I'm not important enough

anyways,

Nobody will jump on that.

But of course everybody

jumped on it

Because they said, "jan,

we saw you performing it.

It's a very magic thing,

magic business thing.

They pretend to be

each other's best friends--

they are not.

They just pretend.

It's just because you're here,

performing in vegas,

You're younger,

you're good looking,

You still have your hair,

you're not too fat.

You can't be

everybody's friend.

I don't know,

it's not possible.

It's just not possible.

It's sad, but you can't.

It's not possible.

--mm-hmm.

We have a meeting with mark.

okay, go ahead

and have a seat,

I'll let her know

that you're here.

Over there?

I see siegfried and roy.

--hello.

- hi.

-I'm mark travis.

-Hi mark, I'm jan.

-Jan, nice to meet you.

Hi, frank.

Hi, nice to meet you.

-Very nice to meet you.

-How are you guys?

Now how are

you two related?

- He's my manager.

- -he's your manager, okay.

-And he's your manager.

-No, he's-- he's my--

He's my dear colleague,

peter.

Okay, hi.

It is different in europe.

Here in america,

it seems like everybody's

suing each other

And by getting more successful,

I think there are more

people who want something.

There are multiple levels

of protection to shows.

But if I see a magic trick

somebody else invented,

99.9% I know anyway

how it works, and vice versa.

It's not about the secret,

it's about the idea,

the basic concept.

The people in the audience,

they don't care how you do it.

Perhaps you have the idea

to make this flower appear,

And then, another magician

sees that and says,

"okay, I make a flower

appear, too.

I do it in a different way,"

but for the people,

You know, that's not

a difference.

They just see that "oh,

he makes a flower appear."

So could you

protect a visual...

-An idea?

-...What people see?

-The basic concept?

-If it's really

nothing simple,

If it's something really

never has been seen,

And you make a little drawing

of what the spectator sees,

Without explaining the secret,

to protect it

Even though someone else

in a couple of years

steals it?

Can a trick become

so well-identified

With one individual,

so clearly associated

with him,

That any time someone

sees that trick,

They think of

a particular magician?

-Hmm.

-And the answer

is yes.

That becomes

their trademark.

when you go out and

you see a bad singer,

You think, "well,

that's a bad singer."

And if you go out

and you see a bad actor,

You go, "well,

that's a bad actor."

But if you see a bad magician,

you go, "oh, magic sucks."

You don't blame

the one guy.

You think of

the entire thing.

And I don't know why

that is that way.

I lecture all across

the country,

Doing magic and also

teaching magic.

If I can help

these amateur performers,

magic enthusiasts.

Hobbyists,

whatever they might be,

Make their own magic better,

That makes magic better.

How many times have you

gone up to a group of people,

Spread a deck of cards

And they say,

"I've seen this before"?

Card magic is wonderful,

and I've made my living

As a card magician.

95% of the material

that I perform

On a regular basis is with

a deck of playing cards.

Thus, if people really

don't like card tricks,

Then for the last 20 years,

everyone's been

very nice to me.

Tell you what.

Let's do a little experiment.

Think of a card, any card

in a deck of cards.

Got one?

Okay.

Go through the cards,

take out the card

you're thinking of.

Hold on to that card.

Give me back the rest of them.

And look where I am, guys.

I'm in the part I would be

if I would have said

"here, pick a card."

This is a tiny plunger,

The newest member

of the show,

And uh, he's about

a year and a half old.

I love this thing.

--got it?

Young man.

Give me a number

between one and ten.

-Eight.

-Eight.

Any particular reason

why "eight"?

-No.

-Just liked

eight, okay.

The plunger has heard you

say "eight."

One, two, three, four,

Five, six, seven, eight.

Perfect, okay.

Tiny plunger.

So, um-- so yeah.

Did I mention

I'm selling them?

- And...

Yeah, so there's that.

So, uh,

thank you very much.

It was a pleasure

meeting all of you.

$40.00, sir.

There.

Four bucks, sir.

$45.00.

Yes!

in order to buy...

The plunger you

have to buy a cd?

Yeah.

can you show me something?

Yeah.

A magician always should

find where he puts the aces,

So could you cut the deck

into four spots?

Now, um, put one there.

Put one there.

And that should...

Very nice.

Thanks, buddy.

Good work.

- See you guys.

- -take care.

Here, let me see

what I got in my trunk.

All right, you, sir,

are a proud owner

-Of a light blue plunger.

-Cool.

-Thank you so much.

-You're welcome.

I would hug you,

but I'm a guy.

It's okay.

Guys can still hug,

But it's okay,

you don't have to.

-Thank you.

-No problem, man.

that must make you

feel good, though.

It does.

It does.

It works.

hello?

Hey, it's david minkin.

-Come on in.

-Thanks.

there's all this

good stuff going on,

But my dog is basically,

you know...

I have to put him down,

so...

Aah.

Yeah, this is, uh...

I can't f***ing

do this, man.

This is...

He's still got his dog smile

once in a while,

But it's--

he's not--

I don't think he wants

to be around anymore, so...

Hey dr. Holmes.

It's david minkin calling.

Just wanted to go ahead

and schedule

Uh, that appointment

with you for cosmo.

And if you're

back in town on Sunday

That might be

a good day, so...

Uh, whenever you have a moment,

just give me a call back.

Okay, thanks.

Bye bye.

Yeah.

All right, I'm gonna...

I'm gonna go roll.

I'll be back.

So you're gonna

take your coin,

And you're gonna put it

into the bottom of this bottle.

Not through the top.

Actually, you can't even

get it in that way, either.

But through the bottom,

so take the coin.

Think of a goal in your life

that you're trying to reach

That feels like there's

an obstacle in front of you.

Now imagine just going

through that obstacle,

Take the coin-- you're gonna

hit it into the bottom

of the bottle.

-Great.

-Whoops, oh!

That's awesome.

let's run one through,

And just kind of review

as we go.

You're gonna take

your coin and you're

gonna put it in this--

Into this.

How about this,

right here?

So...

All right, good.

Think of a goal, think of

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

Now think of a goal,

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

The goal thing... Sh*t.

Okay,

take that one more time.

Maybe if you got

a little higher and were

shooting more down on it.

Are you good?

Okay... F***.

It's just knacky,

you know?

It's one of those things

that's like,

We might have to shoot it

a few times to get it right.

Not through the top

to the... Grr.

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