Stage Magic Mugs

"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."

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

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

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

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

"I just need help getting the pit out."

"This will be a tricky operation."

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

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

"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.'

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

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

"Well, that's show business."

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

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

Ventriloquism For Beginners.

Magician creates magic square

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

'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

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

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

Actors' dispute.