Now in our 10th big year!

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A little story telling...

...From the California Magic Blog

MY MAGICAL INFLUENCES... BY GERRY GRIFFIN

We all need to be inspired, encouraged, influenced and these influences help mold us into the person we are. So, let me tell you a little bit about the people who influenced me in magic. There are four specific individuals. But first a little history... My first interest in magic started in about 1969, I remember watching television and there it was the "TV Magic Cards." I was hooked.

Then came the "TV Magic Set." Fortunately for me, these were available at a local store. My dad, being the kind soul that he was, bought me these for Christmas. Shortly after that, I found an advertisement in the back of Boys Life magazine. There was this page filled with advertisements for all sorts of fun things, one of which was a catalog from a magic store in Evanston, Illinois, the "Top Hat Magic Company." For any of you who have been around the magic scene at least for a while, may remember this company. I remember ordering from them, the Chinese Rings, the multiplying billiard balls and a Dove pan. Needless to say, I was in "hog heaven."

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THE MAGIC CELLAR... MY REMINISCENCES BY GERRY GRIFFIN

Let me tell you about my days at the Magic Cellar nightclub. It was located at 630 Clay Street in San Francisco. "Earthquake McGoons" was the name of a famous jazz nightclub located at that address and there in the basement was housed the collection of Carter the Great, the famous magician.

A little history to go with this first and the story I am about to tell you is as amazing as the Magic cellar was itself. Back in the 1950s two brothers, Peter and Cedric Klute had purchased some old cars and had them stored in a building where they were planning to fix them up. During this time the owner of the building told them they needed to move the cars out as soon as possible. While the brothers hastily prepared to remove the cars they accidentally broke through one of the walls, it was a false wall and on the other side they discovered packing trunks. In these trunks was the collection of the great magician Charles Carter, known to the world as Carter the Great. In all there was approximately 20 tons of memorabilia. There was apparatus, posters, costumes and large illusions that Carter had used as he traveled the world performing.

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