Legionnaires disease hits Vegas

[MaxNY]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/1 ... 99695.html

I heard a rumor that a Magician's convention was at the famous Philly Hotel a week before the Legionnaires were there...and that this disease was almost called "The Magician's Disease" Any truth to that?

[Max Maven]

It was the 1976 SAM national convention. Same hotel, but no one got sick -- hence, I don't think there was ever a push to name the mystery illness after magicians.

I know of one magic dealer who was contacted by the FBI, wanting to know more about this strange chemically treated "flash paper" material. (Apparently, this FBI agent had never worked bunco...)

[Dave Klaiber]

I was at that convention along with my wife. We were checking out Sunday morning while some of the Legionnaires were checking in. In the first few weeks following the convention several magicians I heard were contacted by phone and asked if they had gotten sick or knew of anyone that had. I only knew of one that had some symptoms after but apparently it was not the Legionnaires disease.

While it was an excellent convention I'm sure most of the attendees were very worried after hearing about the disease. Fortunately for us, to my knowledge no magicians or family members were affected. It appears from later reports that the disease actually started after the Legionnaires began their convention and the magicians had left. A few days sooner and the name might have been The Magicians Disease....

Two interesting articles on the Legionnaires Disease and the downfall of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel:
http://www.philadelphia-reflections.com/blog/618.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01/health/01docs.html

Dave

[Richard Kaufman]

I hope you all have a good time at MAGIC Live. :)

[DGNYC]

Was there...They were selling skywriting fluid which smokes on contact with air...someone (not I) poured some down the vent shaft...

[Don Hendrix]

The only "diseases" that I encountered at IMX were lack of sleep and Daortiz paralyzing stupefaction syndrome. Dr. Green was no help with either.

[Richard Kaufman]

Yeah, Dani DaOrtiz kicked my butt around the block with his lecture. Damn he's good.

[Pete Biro]

Good? Good? He's freakin' AMAZING... nobody I know is even close.

[mrgoat]

Yeah, Dani DaOrtiz kicked my butt around the block with his lecture. Damn he's good.

Hehe I know that feeling. At The Session, I was the spectator sat next to him on the table throughout. People were commenting afterwards about my "Oh jesus not again" reactions.

[Steve Bryant]

And he is soooo funny, especially when imitating Lennart Green.

Here are a couple, but there are more:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIye-fQmuyE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwen5qD3BSA

[erdnasephile]

^^This

ROFL! :D