Category Archives: Comedy

Avner The Eccentric

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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One of the great modern clowns, I first saw Avner perform sometime in the early 80s at the Hudson River Clearwater Folk Festival. He is still performing, and combines a love of clowning, new vaudeville, juggling, and magic to create a character always bound to amuse and amaze.

More of Avner here: Avner Eisenberg

Carpool Lane Magician: Zabrecky

08 Saturday Jul 2017

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A quirky, funny, and ultimately cryptic short film about a would-be magician who can’t seem to find his way in life.  Rob Zabrecky plays the stunted soul under the thumb of his mother. Zabrecky is a true film actor: his face, even in silence, reveals the anguish within.

Thanks to director and YouTuber Andrew Madsen Jasperson

Zabrecky’s Psycho-logy

04 Tuesday Jul 2017

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It’s hard for a modern magician to adopt an extreme persona without seeming corny, but Rob Zabrecky’s funny warped psycho magician character humorously illustrates what it might have been like had Norman Bates taken up magic as a hobby.

Thanks to YouTuber Simon Drake’s House of Magic

Safety Last: Harold Lloyd

02 Sunday Jul 2017

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One of the most hair-raising sustained scenes of physical comedy ever filmed. Only Buster Keaton could rival Harold Lloyd when it came to feats of physical stamina and inventiveness on the silent screen.

Magic tie-in bonus: Lloyd was an amateur magician who once had a magic trick published in Ted Annemann’s The Jinx.

Thanks to YouTuber ict4eso