Jason Palter is the special guest at the Magic Café

Visit Jason Palter at the Magic Café:

I'm the Special Guest over at http://t.co/uWfnopEt3Q for the next few days. Bring on the questions, and discussions. Let's chat!
— Jason Palter (@paltergeist) August 29, 2014

HWDYKM answers: part 3

The third post in a short series of answers to those true or false questions asked in the post "How well do you know me?"

Question seven:  True or False?

The person behind the curtain at Canada's Magic performs / performed magic professionally.

All of you correctly guessed that I don't perform magic professionally.


Question eight:  True or False?

The person behind the curtain at Canada's Magic performs / performed magic semi-professionally.

Four of you (66%) of you correctly guessed that I don't perform magic semi-professionally either.


Question nine:  True or False?

The person behind the curtain at Canada's Magic performs / performed with live animals.

One of you (16%) correctly guessed that I've performed with live animals.  Well, demonstrated really.  Once.  Under duress.  In an ill-fitting borrowed jacket.  With a borrowed dove.  At a NYCAN in a room filled with magicians.   I don't know who was more surprised at the success of the dove production -- me or the dove.


Question ten:  True or False?

The person behind the curtain at Canada's Magic box jumps / jumped.

One of you correctly guessed that I've boxed jumped.  (I wonder, was it the same person who guessed I've performed with live animals?)  I've box jumped in front of a live audience for a Christmas show.  I have tremendous respect for the folks that box jump for a living.  Doubly so for the ones who do it and work with live animals.


Question eleven:  True or False?

The person behind the curtain at Canada's Magic has recently (within the past 5 years) published a book.

Two of you (33%) thought that I've recently published a book.  I have not.  Which means that I'm not Ariel Frailich, in spite of the fact that many of you thought I was.  Very high praise.  But not true.


How are you scoring so far?

Anyone out there want to change your guess as to who I am?

Top 5 posts in August 2014

It's been another busy month at Canada's Magic, with over 40 posts and more than 1900 page loads.  The most viewed posts were:

5. Grateful for our August sponsors - I'm very appreciative of your support!

4. Canadian magicians and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge - New links added as they become available.

3. Win tickets to see "An honest liar" in Toronto - Do any of last month's winners have a review to post?

2. Random thoughts from Sorcerers Safari 2014 - If you're a kid or teen interested in magic, definitely check out Sorcerers Safari Magic and Performance Camp!

and the most viewed post this month  ...

1. [Guest post] Kreskin at the CNE - Thank you to The Magic Demon for this popular guest post!

Video: Shawn Farquhar Fool Us REVEALED

From Shawn Farquhar's Facebook page:

Post by Shawn Farquhar.

Keep this comment from Shawn in mind,

"Josh Burch, the creator of this video, has a great sense of humor and with video "exposures" like this on YouTube it makes it much harder to find a more logical explanation."

Eric Leclerc and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Donations to ALS research can be made at ALS.ca

A reminder that  Eric Leclerc can be seen at le Festival de magie de Québec 2014.

One of my favourite video's so far ....

From the Lecleric Show's YouTube channel:

TFO 24.7 interviews Eric Leclerc

From TFO 24.7's YouTube channel:

Nous avons plongé pendant un après-midi dans le monde d’Éric Leclerc, un magicien franco-ontarien de la région d'Ottawa qui vous coupera le souffle avec sa dextérité et vous charmera avec sa joie de vivre.

Shawn Farquhar at TRICS 2014

From TRICS convention:

October 2-4

Talent includes:

• Shawn Farquhar
• Kostya Kimlat
• Kainoa Harbottle
• Francis Menotti
• Vincent Hedan
• Kozmo and
• Mark Zacharia

Read more and buy tickets.