The Unseen Hands of John Gaughan

[Magic Newswire]

An excellent article profiling illusion maker John Gaughan appears in the New York Times Style Section under the title Magicians Ask: Whats Up His Sleeve?. That Mr. Gaughan, 68, is not easily found befits an artisan who has spent most of his life creating large-scale illusions for many of the worlds most famous magicians and illusionists: Siegfried & Roy, David Blaine, Criss Angel,David Copperfield, Doug Henning, Mark Wilson, Ricky Jay.

[Joe Pecore]

Here is the New York Time's Audio Slideshow that goes with the article.

[jerry lazar]

Profile of John Gaughan in NY Times

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[Jim Maloney]

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So people can't paste in all kinds of crap that would mess up the layout of the forum, among other things. For basic formatting needs, UBB code is available, as on most other forums.

-Jim

[Richard Kaufman]

That's a great piece on John.

[Jim Martin]

it's really a great piece.

Make sure to watch the Slideshow - John speaks over some very cool shots.

[Mark Paulson]

Joe, thanks for that link. Very cool.

[Richard Kaufman]

It's a good article.

[NCMarsh]

Enjoyed the peek in Mr. Gaughan's magical cave... The sentence I found very unfortunate: "Stooges, or audience plants, are commonly used by magicians and stunt performers."

N.

[Richard Kaufman]

Here's the entire paragraph:

Stooges, or audience plants, are commonly used by magicians and stunt performers. Thats kind of the assumption, Mr. Gaughan said. You know, I cant really say one way or the other because of I just shouldnt.

It's a deliberate statement by the interviewer that was meant to catch John offguard and elicit a positive response. John remained non-commital.

[Mats Kjellstrom]

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/fa ... index.html

[Donal Chayce]

That was fun. Thanks for sharing.

[Jim Maloney]

I've merged together three threads dealing with John Gaughan in the NY Times. Further discussion should continue here.

Thanks,
Jim