Stage Magic Gifts

"Returns"

Death of the Great Zolini

"Just be yourself."

Randall couldn't wait to see what else the 'Magic Trash Can' could make disappear.

'They all want to play the star.'

"This brew is quite hoppy - they must of added too much toad."

"And now, for your entertainment, I will drink a glass of water while Rempert, here, remains eerily silent."

'I said you're next, Hibblemeyer. . . Hibblemeyer!'

"I just need help getting the pit out."

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

"We're gonna entertain you for exactly the next 30 minutes."

"This will be a tricky operation."

"For my next trick, I'll need a volunteer, a fake knife, and a mirrored box with a secret compartment."

'After years of practicing in empty theaters, Horace's dream of becoming a soft-shoe dancer seemed as remote as ever.'

"Better luck next time, kid."

'I hate frisking magicians!'

'Hello, I'm your understudy.'

Harriet Walter

King and Jester

Business coach hiding in speach desk.

"Honey, the dog learned a new trick. And now I owe him twelve dollars."

'No sniffing.'

'Guess what I'd like to see disappear next.'

"For my next trick, I'll require an audience."

"Well, that's show business."

"Take it from the beginning. Act One. 'Gypsy.' 'May We Entertain You?' And this time, Mrs. Ritterhouse, without the Baby June split."

Fire starts at magic show while audience participant is left behind.

Ventriloquism For Beginners.

Magician creates magic square

I was more a financial magician myself. I could make money disappear very easily.

"How many surprise witnesses do you have in that little car?"

'Watch this! Open up a straw by scrunching up its wrapper! Now put a drop of water on that wrinkly paper tube! Check it out! It wiggles and grows!'

Ventriloquist's fete

"O.K., which cup is your job under now?"

Actors' dispute.