My 'First Magic Trick' Experience!

Learn about my FIRST MAGIC TRICK experience!

[frenchie]

In the UK in the 60's to 80's it was Paul Daniels, Tommy Cooper, David Nixen, The great suprendo, magic shows were many and superb. Now at 72 I'm showing them to my grandchildren, having brought my kids up on magic tricks and still do them today. That moment of 'What!? How did you do that?' Never fails to give me a buzz. I recently showed a grand daughter your coin in the elbow and sliding knot trick and showed her how to do it. She loves them. Thanks for all the tutorials man, isn't it fun to keep the magic art alive?

[earlarrowood]

@ Age 14…( I’m now 68) … I had a girl friend whose father was a magician. One night he occupied my time while visiting her at her house…. He brought down a trunk of magic stuff from their attic and went all “ magician” on me for about an hour! 😂
The single most powerful effect that caught me for life…he showed me an entire 4 minute routine of sewing thimble manipulation. Disappearing, reappearing, cloth penetration, multiple, the whole deal. I still do the routine. I’m retired from my occupation of 50+ years since 2019, however I’ve kept my SAM and IBM memberships active since the early 1970’s. I’ve met some wonderful magicians from New York to Miami, kept it all close as a rewarding hobby, had a great “ $$ making hustle” while in college, and now MY attic is full of Magic! It’s an amazing art form, keeps my mind sharp, and I’m never bored.

[MagicalMs.Charley]

I was 10 or 11 and my dad took me to see Doug Henning. He had Andy Kaufman as a “Special Guest” and all Andy did was bring Doug the lemon for the “Bill in Lemon” effect. That moment changed me. “How did the signed bill get into a lemon that was nowhere on stage?” Is what I kept asking myself. It was during this performance that I was hooked.

[GeoffJRC]

I was a kid and my grandfather showed me the cops and robbers trick.
Sealed my fate then and there, I knew I wanted to make people feel the amazement I felt.

[matic]

When I was 12, watching Ann Reardon, and she mentioned your goldfish trick. Been hooked ever since. Thank you for changing my life for the better!

[jonkc]

I was into this show Mystery Hunters when I was a kid and there's always this part of the show where David Acer would perform science experiences and magic tricks. That's when I started to enjoy magic. I met him a few times and told him I love the show.

[RitchieRosson]

Lovely video Jay. For me, the Axtell Drawing Board at a kids party. The trick combined with the kids reaction was amazing.

[krispeterson]

My dad was a great with coins.... blew my mind so smooth .... he had an old friemd who taught him.. they were drinking buddies... ill never forget the old man who was his friemd.. i guess he was semi famous back during WWII. He name was Dean Cobbledyk.. weird name . Great slight of hand. . Cards coins you name it... he'd do it right smack in front of know it alls men who thought they were smart.... Dean would make the men act like babling children.. . he died back in the 70s .. crazy times

[StoneColdMagic]

It was my dad when I was about 5. The tag on my denim pants fell off, and he made it vanish and reappear inside my mouth. I can still feel it materialize in my mouth. It feels (still to this day) like real magic. I've been chasing that feeling ever since -- for nearly 50 years.

[davedavis]

A cut and restore rope when i was 7 or 8. Blew my mind and got me interested in magic

[danielhanson]

My dad taught me a "string through the neck" trick, followed by a "string through fingers" trick. I was just a wee lad at the time, perhaps five years old; and I got myself a loop of sting and practiced both tricks a few hundred times.

[timbaldwinmagic]

The World's Greatest Magic specials on TV in the 90s. In particular, there was a performance by Joseph Gabriel called "The Mistake of Righteousness." Blew my mind as a kid and I wanted to be a small part of the magic world after that.

[rays]

I have three early magic experiences but I can't remember what order. I had an uncle who was a magician that left a very early impression on me. I remember being really into those Worlds Greatest Magic specials with Alan Thicke so either Mac or my uncle taught me my first trick. And the first VHS tapes/magic kit I got was one of the Mark Wilson courses from an infomercial.

[redchandler]

Gosh I wished I could remember the very first trick i ever saw. But I i cant. But i was completely hooked on Magic Land of Alakazam with Mark Wilson. Some of the tricks by him that stand out in my memory are the Squared Circle, Spirit Slates, and Multiplying Balls. Then there were all of the other great magicians I i saw in the 1960s. A big WOW for me was watching Lewis Ganson produce cards! And believe it ir not Clippo completely floored me. Another one was watching the Coin In The Bottle by a magician on the Steve Allen Show. So i don't know if any of these were the first tricks I i saw but they certainly sold me on my love for magic.

[AlfredKennedy-gs]

I saw Harry Blackstone, Jr., perform an amazing coins thru the table routine on the Merv Griffin Show 1:14 w.As a kid, that routine is the one that did it for me.Many know of Blackstone Jr's big stage, illusion magic, but know also that he was master sleight of hand performer.Very versatile, and mind blowing ❤

[stefanredwater]

Tom Auburn was the only one in the province of Quebec, as far as i can remember. It was on a kids tv show. It was the usual classics from the time like ''Pom pom'' , ''Strat-O-Sphere'' or a ''vanishing silk routine''.

[gibbonzo]

I was 10 or 11. My dad used to take me to the local joke shop... They also sold magic tricks. I got a magic kit fr my birthday. Loved it ever since.

[zambiniescapes]

What got me into magic was the movie "Houdini" staring Tony Curtis, I was 10. First trick was Jiffy Coin Trick !

[ooohla]

I was 15, and my mom told me that there was this magic shop next to her workplace, so one day we went in, it was Dominique Duvivier's shop, but I didn't know anything about magic, so we come in, and we ask for a trick, and the man performs the printing cards, and I was flabbergasted (I think that's the perfect word for that!) I was so fooled, we bought it right away, and I remember practicing, watching the DVD for hours! And yeah, here I am!

[jimvercphoto]

I think it was a rubberband transpo from two fingers to other two, on a tv show.