John Moehring

The Magical Life of Marshall Brodien

Creator of TV Magic Cards and Wizzo the Wizard

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Produktbeschreibung

This unique biography details the life of magician Marshall Brodien, most remembered for his long-running career as television's Wizzo the Wizard on WGN-TV's Bozo's Circus and The Bozo Show. Coverage begins in the late 1940s, when Brodien was a young magician in his first job as a Chicago magic shop demonstrator, then recounts Brodien's steady rise to show-business success, including details of his work as a performer at the Magic Lounge in Cicero and, as a nightclub hypnotist in Chicago's posh Cairo Supper Club. The work concludes with an examination of Brodien's current career as one of the most successful marketers of magic sets in the U.S.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780786431823
• ISBN-10: 0786431822
• Artikelnr.: 23017532

Autorenporträt

Magazine editor John Moehring lives in Henderson, Nevada.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
1. Whatever Happened to Wizzo?     
2. Sellers of the Secrets     
3. Riverview Park     
4. First Pitch on the Tube     
5. Odd Fellows and a Tall Tale     
6. Cicero, the Mob, and Beyond     
7. Trouping with an Alligator     
8. Carnival Knowledge     
9. Abracadabra, You're Drafted     
10. A Spell of Hypnosis     
11. Straitjackets and Shenanigans     
12. Nightclub Necromancer     
13. The Cairo     
14. Bozo's Circus     
15. New Girlfriend and a Prize Fight     
16. Pass on the Playboy     
17. Presto! Less Hypno     
18. Taking on Trade Shows     
19. The Mike Douglas Show     
20. A Movie and a Trip to the Moon     
21. Doody, Doody, Do     
22. TV Magic Cards     
23. Eicoff Enters the Scene     
24. Friends in the Biz     
25. The Best Partner Is No Partner     
26. Old Chicago     
27. The Restaurateur     
28. Visit from the FBI     
29. DBA Marshall Brodien Magic Co.     
30. Circus Daze Over     
31. Home Shopping     
32. Ships Ahoy     
33. Mansion for Sale     
34. A New Bozo     
35. Check, Please!     
36. ToTo's     
37. Ventures in Toyland     
38. Viva Las Vegas     
39. A Shot at Producing     
40. Marshall Meets his Match     
41. Magic Boom of the '90s     
42. Farewell to 40 Years of Fun     
43. Sh-h-h-h... It's a Secret     
44. Pressing On     
Index