The Genii Forum

Cellini and I first studied with Slydini when I was 15 in 1963, and Cellini was 21. We travelled together from Hartford down to NYC, did magic with Tony til 3, 4, or 5 in the morning, slept on his couch and floor til noon or one, and then repeated the cycle all over again. After a couple of years I ...

Bobby's neighbor and closest friend in recent years has asked me to post that she is trying to organize a New York get together next week or the week after. More info to follow.

After my adult and childhood mentor Slydini passed, I always said there was no magician I'd rather watch perform more than Bobby Baxter. I got to see him work in his restaurant a couple of times about a year ago, and it was a real treat. He'd gotten so blind he had to ask the customers whether the d...

Glad you liked them Jim. I find Pat's thinking on almost anything--magic, mentalism, life, relationships, etc.--to be totally refreshing and direct. I've been on the road with him several times for his lecture tours, and he is truly a great human being. He just also happens to, as Jay Marshall and C...

I've always thought Patrick Page's thoughts about creating and performing were especially useful, so I prodded him into letting me do these 4 short clips with him right after Fechter's. Although the topic is magical performance, I think quite a bit of it is relevant to mentalism. If you enjoy them, ...