Ivan’s tells stories from his book
Listen to me talk to iTricks.com about my book Magic's Most Amazing Stories and tell some great stories from it.
Harry Kellar Story from my book
Harry Kellar (July 11, 1849 – March 3, 1922) was an American magician who presented large stage shows during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kellar was the predecessor of Harry Houdini and the successor of Robert Heller.
Here's a great story from my book about this great magician.
“Real Magic” from Magic’s Most Amazing Stories
Doug Henning was a huge force in the world of magic during the 70's. Though I never saw him perform live, I almost had the chance to see him on Broadway, but he had an understudy that night.
I was disappointed, but I still really enjoyed the show and it had a huge impact on me. His understudy even looked exactly like him. That was a great trick in itself.
Here's an inspiring story about Doug from my book.
Radio Interview about Ivan’s Book
The "X" Zone Radio Podcast did an interview with Ivan in 2009 about the book.
Magic’s Most Amazing Stories -The Book
A Collection of Incredible Stories From World Famous Magicians
Nominated by ForeWord Review for book of the year for 2010 in the humor category. This book has no effects, no tricks to learn and no moves to master.
Filled with inspiring, hilarious, gripping, remarkable and shocking stories for all! Over 75 contributors, over 100 stories, beautifully illustrated, completely in full-color and over 250 pages of incredible stories, crazy facts, great anecdotes and fantastic tales about famous magicians of the past and present.
Magicians of the past and current magicians including: Houdini, Doug Henning, Dai Vernon, Tony Slydini, Tommy Cooper, Jimmy Grippo, Harry Blackstone, just to name a few.
Reports from the road, at the airport, technical problems, hecklers, lost props, fire, animal mishaps and anything else you can think of IS ALL HERE! Get an inside look to what happens to the pros while they travel and work in this exciting profession.
Compiled by Multiple Award-Winning Magician Ivan Amodei
Jasper Maskelyne
"Clever Disguise" as Told by Ivan Amodei (from the book)
“Lock Picking” as Told by Avani Mehta
Here's a great story from my book about Harry Houdini.
Here’s a funny story from my book: “Call the Cops”
One night I was working at a private home, and it was late. I had just finished my show, placed everything back inside my bag, and closed it. I noticed a few teenagers were really anxious to get their hands into my bag and have a look around. Nevertheless, I decided to grab a bottle of water in the kitchen. When I returned, one teenager had actually opened my bag and was rummaging through it.
“Excuse me,” I said, “but I don’t think it’s right for you to just open my bag and look through it. What did you expect to find?”
“I’m sorry,” he said, “but I thought all your stuff had gimmicks, and I could easily figure out your tricks if I got my hands on them.”
“Well, that’s not the case,” I said.
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