Broken wand: Isreal Manchild

Our sincere condolences to Isreal's family and friends.

 

From the November 13th Facebook post by John Kaplan:

It is with deep shock and sadness that I report the sudden, unexpected passing of one of my dearest friends.  A week ago, on Friday Nov 6th, Isreal Manchild slipped on his basement steps. The resulting fall caused a severe head injury, bleeding of the brain, and he spent much of the past week in hospital in a coma.  A four-hour operation to reduce the swelling yesterday was, unfortunately, not enough for him to survive and he passed away at around 3:00 this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason Palter interviewed on Wes Iseli’s Magiclife Podcast

From the November 4th Facebook post by Wes Iseli’s Magiclife:

Check out this week’s episode of Wes Iseli’s Magiclife Podcast #16 with Jason Palter 

Eldritch Theatre presents The Deadly Doom of the Dungeons of Duodenum

Premiering ONLINE November 25th to December 5th, 2020 at 7:30 PM (EST) 

Tickets $50 for Adventurers
Tickets $10 for Spectators

 

From the Eldritch Theatre:

The Deadly Doom of the Dungeons of Duodenum is the newest ghoulish creation by Eric Woolfe (Space Opera Zero, The Harrowing of Brimstone McReedy) in which ticket buyers can choose to take part in the story using Dungeons and Dragons based role-playing, or merely witness the horrific adventure that will change each night! Adventurers will be given keys to The Forbidden Library, the entire Eldritch Theatre repertoire, as the online experience will take players on a quest through twenty years of Eldritch Theatre creations, meeting sword and sorcery versions of characters from past productions. The monsters and minions they meet will be performed by live actors, puppets, pre-recorded video segments and interactive maps.

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The great Moby Tiberius is here to devour... EVERYTHING.
Help us stop his fatal appetite for our universe in "The Deadly Doom of the Dungeons of Duodenum" our newest ghoulish creation completely online!

Happening November 25th - December 5th, 2020https://t.co/gz7SOmb1Y5 #theaTO pic.twitter.com/kAMXmWrmWb

— Eldritch Theatre 💀 (@EldritchTheatre) November 2, 2020

Winner of a Skype session with Michael Close

 
 

The contest to win a 1 hour Skype session with Michael Close closed last night at midnight.  

 

 

There were some terrific answers to the request to:

Tell us your favourite move, effect, technique, or magic product attributed to a Canadian magician.  

 

• Bammo Monte Monster (by Bob Farmer) 
• Fiber Optics (by Richard Sanders)
• Farquhar's deck switch 
• Miraskill (by Stewart James)
• Juggling to doves (by Greg Frewin)
  
• Flushtration Count (by Norm Houghton)
• Chico the Mind Reader (Bill Abbott)
  

 

And to the person who entered the contest and willfully ignored the intent of the qualifying question, while at the same time answering it with 100% accuracy, I applaud you.   Their answer:

• The move of the Browser's Den from the previous location to the current location, a move attributed to Jeff Pinsky.

Be sure to take advantage of 10% (ten percent) off any Michael Close downloadable ebook products (up to a maximum of $200 per person).  Use "CANADASMAGIC" (without the quotes) at checkout over at MichaelClose.com

 

Random draw results from Rafflecopter:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations Doug H.! We'll be in touch to let you know how to claim your prize.

Thanks to everyone for playing and a special thanks to Michael Close for making the prize available to you! 

Eric Leclerc with custom soundtracks

A terrific idea, beautifully executed!

 

From Eric Leclerc's October 21st upload to his YouTube channel:

SO FUNNY! I hired a professional musician to write a soundtrack about my daily activities. HUGE thanks so TrumanSound Studios for pulling through and creating this gem! 

 

Here's the sequel which includes footage with David Copperfield!

 

From Eric Leclerc's November 3rd upload to his YouTube channel:

A professional musician wrote a HILARIOUSLY brilliant song about the old clips in my iPhone. Eric Vanier from Trumansound studios really hit it out of the park with this one! Let me know in the comments what we should get him to sing about next! 

 

 

 

 

Danys Hamel to present a virtual Christmas show

From the November 4th Facebook post by the Festival de magie de Québec:

We are very excited to announce that FMQ and Caisse Desjardins de Québec are partnering with magician Danys Hamel to present a virtual Christmas show for the family, including some interactive numbers. Very affordable cost of $ 15 all inclusive: www.festivaldemagie.ca

 

 

Browser's Den turns 45!

From the November 3rd post in the Browser's Den of Magic Facebook group:

Dear Denizens,
This November is the 45th anniversary of 'Browser's Den of Magic'.
It is also the 25th year that Old Jeff took over the shop from Len and Bernice Cooper. Back then Old Jeff was Young Jeff and Young Jeff was Really Young Jeff.

Joking aside, for the past 45 years each November we have held a shop anniversary party. For obvious reasons this year we have to celebrate differently.

Over the next couple of weeks we will be making several eflyer announcements related to our 45th anniversary.

To start the celebration....

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