Magician Ben Seidman with a nice mix of comedy and magic tries to fool Penn & Teller.
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Jack Shalom
Musings, Memories, and Magic
Magician Ben Seidman with a nice mix of comedy and magic tries to fool Penn & Teller.
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I am always surprised by how often the magicians do not try to fool Penn & Teller, seemingly acknowledging at the start they are not doing anything innovative. I’ve read a few books on the early magic, like Steinmeyer’s Hiding the Elephant, and it seems like the competition to innovate was greater (and more fierce) in the early days. But my opinion is based solely on watching the P&T show. For all I know it still could be pretty dangerous out there. Any thought, Jack?
Hi George. That was a pretty old video–even before Alyson was the host. And Ben Seidman was pretty young, before any national exposure. So yeah, his plan was clearly to get his name out there with something he can do well, and that has a good audience impact, even though P&T are bound to know the origin of the trick. But he’s been on the show more recently, and I guarantee no one else is doing this original one of his:
By the way, I am intrigued by your radio show skits. Can you tell me about your own comedy writing? Are you involved locally with stand up comedy, or, magic?
Hi George, I wrote back to you at your trefology email address. I’m wondering if you got it.
I haven’t but I will keep an eye out for it and respond as soon as I get it.