Tom Mullica’s love affair with show business began in 1953 in Waupun, Wisconsin when, as a five-year-old child, he decided to be a clown. Two years later he discovered magic and not long after combined the two. In addition to magic and clowning, he is a highly skilled ventriloquist and pantomimist. Tom is now CEO of Van Blaine Productions. Tom enlisted... Read more
Archive for August, 2011
Hodge Podge – Harry Opel Chapter 10
August 31 | Posted by Joe Ganger | Featured ColumnsMemoirs of a Small Town Entertainer Harry Opel (1883 – 1955) was a professional stage magician, juggler and amateur poet. Opel became a professional stage magician around 1900 and toured the United States in vaudeville, fairs, and theaters. Later he gave mainly full-evening shows. From Abbott’s TOPS Magazine, August, 1966; by Harry Opel: CHAPTER TEN; “When the Davenport show went... Read more
Vent O Rama Pics
August 25 | Posted by Abbott Magic Co | Featured ColumnsPictures from the 2011 Get Together Vent O Rama event are in and we are posting them here. Our many thanks to George Schindler for sending us these pics and also for the wonderful job he does putting on Vent O Rama during the Get Together. For those unfamiliar with Vent O Rama it happens at each Get... Read more
Latest Newsletter – Instant Downloads
August 22 | Posted by Abbott Magic Co | Abbott NewsThis newsletter focused on Abbott’s instant downloads and nothing else (we had just hit our 100th instant download and thought it would be a nice way to celebrate the event). The especially when you look at the results. Basicly two links got almost 2/3 of the traffic, the big winner being”View All Downloads” with 31% and the... Read more
Hodge Podge – Tom Mullica
August 15 | Posted by Joe Ganger | Featured ColumnsFrom TOPS Magazine, Did you know that Tom Mullica used to work at Abbott’s in Colon, Michigan. What a treat it was to go into the showroom on a Saturday and have Tom, Tim Wright and Neil Foster all demonstrating magic. No kid could have walked out without buying something, or several things! Tom Mullica’s love affair with show business began... Read more
4 Free Gifts With Purchase of Any Item In this newsletter
August 11 | Posted by Abbott Magic Co | Featured ColumnsThis newsletter was sort of a way to get back into the swing of things after the 74th Get Together. All the items that were in the dealer room are now back at Abbotts and we are back to business as normal for a few weeks. We had a few extra “freebies” from the Get Together and thought... Read more
Hodge Podge – Harry Opel Chapter 9
August 9 | Posted by Joe Ganger | Featured ColumnsHarry Opel (1883 – 1955) was a professional stage magician, juggler and amateur poet. Opel became a professional stage magician around 1900 and toured the United States in vaudeville, fairs, and theaters. Later he gave mainly full-evening shows. From Abbott’s TOPS Magazine, July, 1966; by Harry Opel: CHAPTER NINE; ” Yarmouth, where we took the boat which returned us to the... Read more
Sturgis Journal Article on Blindfold Drive at Abbotts
August 9 | Posted by Abbott Magic Co | Abbott NewsBelow is the link to the Sturgis Journal article on Dan Stapleton’s blindfold drive. http://www.sturgisjournal.com/features/x555040400/Blindfolded-drive-kicks-off-Magic-Get-Together ... Read more
75th Get Together Announcement
August 9 | Posted by Abbott Magic Co | Abbott NewsJust to bring everyone up to date, the loss of Hank Moorehouse as show producer is certainly a blow to any organization and we certainly could never replace him, however someone will succeed him… but not until the 76th Get Together because Hank had 90% of the 75th arranged and we plan on doing our best to follow his instructions... Read more
Historic Friday At Abbotts Get Together
August 6 | Posted by Abbott Magic Co | Featured ColumnsPerhaps one of the busiest and most exciting days in the Get Together history took place Aug 5th, starting 9am with the Magic Ministers, followed by highlights such as the Stage Talent Contest, James Dimmare Lecture, closeup Show, evening show, fireworks… But for certain history was made Friday evening when John Calvert walked on stage and performed a dancing hank routine... Read more
First Images From Wednesday’s Get Together
August 3 | Posted by Abbott Magic Co | Featured ColumnsHere are some early pictures of the Colon and the Abbott Magic Get Together taken in the early stages of the day. The Dealers Room was ready to go and survived an early run on the discounted books, the Blindfolded Drive went off without a hitch, hosted by BJ Mallen with Dan Stapleton doing the actual driving. The... Read more
36 Hours and Counting to Magic Get Together
August 1 | Posted by Abbott Magic Co | Featured ColumnsAnother really nice day in Colon, looks like the weather is going to cooperate. Temps look to be in the high 80′s so it won’t be that high humidity heat we had a couple weeks past. As you might imagine everyone is extra busy with the task of running a magic shop and preparing for a huge convention, but all... Read more