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then end up saying, "Not for use by others."
You can be sure that David Copperfield, ever interested in new material for his show, came upon this routine in that manner, or made an arrangement with Seabrooke, Or both. So lower the eyebrows and compliment Copperfield on his good taste in material. All he needs now is a trip to the seal pond at his local zoo. David's bark is NOT worse than his bite! Listen to them, David. Deep and throaty and very sexy.
AS WE GO TO PRESS: "I was flattered that David Copperfield chose to incorporate my burnt bill routine and some other personal material in his C.B.S. special. Despite what the world of magic might think, David and I are the best of friends and an amicable agreement exists for his use of my material." .. Terry Seabrooke
Also, late news from the Desert Seminar. Reports of a fine first evening's show featuring Chen Kai, Charlie Miller, Wayne Dobson and Salvano. Special awards were presented to Charlie Miller and Slydini. In the contest, Third Prize was awarded to John Cornelius; Second Prize to John Carney and the First Prize was earned by Daryl Martinez.
Chicago had a great taste of David in March. Booked for three performances at our huge Civic Opera House, the time was expanded to six performances due to frequent T.V. ads and other media advertising. Then, the next week, the T.V. show. The talk among the magicians was excitable. Everybody had an opinion, but, on the whole, they were proud to be part of the same profession. And, of course, there were the inevitable comparisons - Copperfield, Blackstone, Henning. There is really no comparison. You have three different personalities, three shows full of widely diverse tricks, and aren't we lucky to have three such men to front for all of us to the world? Magic stays alive and healthy because of it.
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on the huge Opera house stage - especially designed to take such productions as Aida, with its procession of real live elephants.
Many years ago, probably before World War II, Dr. Harlan Tarbell hired that same theatre to present his own show. It so happened that the Aida sets were still in place and Doc Tarbell, slight of stature, was dwarfed by the magnificent Sphinx and the Pyramids that towered over him. Using only small equipment and no illusions, but calling on his powerful personality, Doc gave one heck of a show. He did well on ticket sales, received newspaper coverage and laid low all the gossipers who said he could never do it.
Now, almost fifty years later, that same Dr. Harlan Tarbell is being honored by I.B.M. Ring 96 in Long Beach, CA., with "A Salute To Tarbell" night, John Booth will be the moderator. John Sweers will do a biography, Gene Gloye will talk on Tarbell the Artist, Al Sharpe on Tarbell the Magician and Tarbell1s son on Tarbell, My Father. Acts will be done by personal friends of the good doctor, people like Mardoni and Louise, Glenn Falkenstein and others. The club gets a great response to this type of evening and it would seem an ideal pattern for other magic clubs to follow.
Many magicians are also puppeteers. They will meet this year in France for the Seventh World Puppet Theatre Festival, with a hundred shows from troupes from all over the world. If interested write to: Comite D'Organization du Festival Mondial 1985, Boite Postale 249, Charle-ville-Mezieres, Cedex, France (08103).
Abbott Get-together followers will be happy to know that one of the stars of the recent Chicago Auto Show was Lucy Smalley. She was working for Chevrolet Trucks doing a Vanishing Cane followed by Linking Rings, then the Miser's Dream followed by a routine with a fur raccoon... don't know if his name is Rocky or not. She looks beautiful, attracts the people and should have a great career ahead of her in this kind of work.
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