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THE UNSEEN HANDS OF JOHN GAUGHAN

An excellent article profiling illusion maker John Gaughan appears in the New York Times Style Section under the title “Magicians Ask: What’s Up His Sleeve?”. “That Mr. Gaughan, 68, is not easily found befits an artisan who has spent most of his life creating large-scale illusions for many of the world’s most famous magicians and illusionists: Siegfried & Roy, David Blaine, Criss Angel,David Copperfield, Doug Henning, Mark Wilson, Ricky Jay. Yet while Mr. Gaughan’s artistry has, for instance, helped Mr.(Criss)  Angel seemingly jump through the body of another man, Mr. Gaughan doesn’t get the glory. In the world of legerdemain, his are vital but unseen hands.”

Pamela Anderson Gets Burned

Numerous articles on the net are reporting that Pamela Anderson was injured while assisting Illusionist Hans Klok during a performance in Berlin. Pam said, “I got scorched and I think I may have thrown a rib out. There’s one trick… where the spikes go through the box and it got really close and I ended up going backstage and going, ‘Woo, that was close. ‘ ” Pam and Klok worked together for much of 2007 until [Read more]