Long before David Copperfield was pulling rabbits out of a hat, kids in the 1960s were glued to the TV set every Saturday morning to watch the Magic Land of Allakazam, starring Master Magician Mark Wilson, the beautiful Nani Darnell and Rebo the Clown (Bev Bergeron). This show was responsible for inspiring many of these kids to become the magicians of today.
Although I didn’t select magic as a career, the show did inspire me to learn as much about magic as I could. But learning magic is a double-edged sword; mastery of each trick comes at the price of losing the awe for the illusion.