Let this be a lesson to us all...

[mrgoat]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oyV7n4WstMY

I think, although clearly a comedy act, there is something many magicians can learn from watching this...

[Richard Kaufman]

What room in The Magic Castle is that? I didn't recognize it.

[Timothy Drake]

Oh Dear.

[Gord]

Slightly funny. Mostly irritating.
I guess you had to be there.

Gord

[Randy]

This appears to be in the Pellar Theater downstairs next to the Castle Library. Lot's of impromtu shows, special events, smaller lectures, etc. take place down there.

[Timothy Drake]

Comedy act or Magic act or combination... he demands and keeps the attention of the audience.

[Richard Kaufman]

So does a man who pulls down his pants ...

[Timothy Drake]

So does a man who pulls down his pants ...

Yes but not for 6 minutes. LOL

[Rick Ruhl]

This is called 'Plan B', as we all know.

[Charles Spector]

It is not The Magic Castle. There are steps down the middle isle. The only rooms that have steps are the Close-up room and the Parlour and neither of them have the steps down the middle.

[Scotto]

This appears to be in the Pellar Theater downstairs next to the Castle Library. Lot's of impromtu shows, special events, smaller lectures, etc. take place down there.

Nope not the Magic Castle. There is no room like that with a raised stage and Terraced seating

[Ken Becker]

Pathetic! Maybe a case of St.Vitus Dance???

[Jonathan Townsend]

Was this supposed to be a Rick Roll?

[Rick Ruhl]

Was this supposed to be a Rick Roll?

I hate my name sounds so much like that. LOL

Two letters different and it's my name...

[David Vamer]

He trying to be deliberately inept. He was mistaking frenetic movement for "funny".

The tell came when he dumped the deck out of the blue box onto the table and floor. It was just a scosh too contrived.

Criticism aside, his comedic instincts are good. He just needs direction and experience.

[Gord]

He moves around too much. At the beginning he goes from center to right to center to right. He can't stand still except for when something small happens, which is a HUGE tell.
Maybe if he calmed down a bit I'd have reacted differently than I did, but he didn't so I did.

Gord

[Paul Q]

A Tell.....A TELL!!!!!?????

You are acting as if he was a magician!

He is obviously a comedian and the audience found his parody of a magic act hilarious! Thus....SUCCESS!!!

Lighten up.

[Dustin Stinett]

Scotto beat me to it, but I can verify that this is not at the Magic Castle.

[Terry_Holley]

I thought this was really funny. I wish I had thought of it!

Terry

[DrDanny]

He's got lots of clips on youtube, and I think he's pretty funny.
Just search for elliot the hawk. And the lesson is, don't take it so seriously, m'kay?

[Gord]

A Tell.....A TELL!!!!!?????

You are acting as if he was a magician!

He is obviously a comedian and the audience found his parody of a magic act hilarious! Thus....SUCCESS!!!

Lighten up.

Yeah a tell. Any comedian worth half his salt knows you don't let the audience see the joke coming. Every time he slows down a joke happens, therefore a tell.
With that said, yes, the audience thought he was funny. I didn't. So call it a 99.9% success.

Gord

[thumbslinger]

I don't understand why people never read any of the posted comments underneath a video.

They explain all.

That's an old video.

Sometimes, the comments posted are more entertaining than whatever the video was!

[A1exM]

I enjoyed it! and the comments!