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Tag Archives: tom interval
Blogcast #11: Dinner at the Magic Castle with Kristen Connolly
By Tom Interval About six years ago, I wrote a blog about the night John Cox and I had dinner with actress Kristen Connolly (The Cabin in the Woods, House of Cards). Kristen was researching the role of Bess Houdini, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogcasts, Famous Magicians, Harry Houdini, Podcasts, Productions, television, Television Shows, Videos
Tagged adrien brody, harry houdini, history, houdini, john cox, kristen connolly, miniseries, series, show, television, tom interval, tv
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Easy Cups and Balls Tutorial
By Tom Interval One of the oldest, if not the oldest, magic effects is the cups and balls. While some magicians still believe it dates back to around 2500 BCE—based on a simple painting on the wall of a burial … Continue reading
Posted in Cups and Balls, Learning, Lessons, Magic Classes, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Services, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged cups & balls, Cups and Balls, instruction, instructors, interval magic, Learning, magic instructors, magic lessons, magic tricks, magicians, san diego, teaching, tom interval, tutorials, videos
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Say Stop Card Prediction Tutorial
By Tom Interval Usually when an audience member says “Stop!”, it’s not a good thing. Unless you’re doing the card trick I’m previewing in the following video (below). Someone stops you at any one of 52 cards. Example: jack of … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, crowdfunding, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Tricks, tutorials, Videos
Tagged card magic, card tricks, classes, colleges, Learning, lessons, magicians, mental magic, mentalism, predictions, san diego, san diego state, sdsu, stop trick, tom interval, tominterval, tutorials, universities, university
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The Four Burglars Tutorial
By Tom Interval Some card tricks are old. And some are really old. The Four Burglars is really, really old. Its origin dates back to 1591 in A Notable Discovery of Coosnage and continues through such classic magic texts as … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, crowdfunding, Famous Magicians, Learning, Magic Classes, patreon, Paul Daniels, Paul Daniels, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Tricks, tutorials, Videos
Tagged card magic, card tricks, cardmagic, cardtricks, classes, four burglars, four jacks, instructions, intervalmagic, lessons, Paul Daniels, tom interval, tutorials
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Appearance on KFMB CBS News 8 with Jenny Milkowski
By Tom Interval Yesterday morning, KFMB CBS8 invited me to appear on Morning Extra with Jenny Milkowski. A few days before, they heard about the five-week adult magic class I’m offering and thought it would be fun to have me … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Interviews, Jenny Milkowski, Learning, Lessons, Magic Classes, Multimedia, Performances, Photos, Services, Social Media, Television, Television Shows, Tricks, Videos
Tagged anchor, cbs8, coloring book, harry kellar, Jenny Milkowski, jennymilkowski, kfmb, magic, magic tricks, magician, news, programs, television, tom interval, tominterval, tv
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Blogcast #4: Meeting Harry Blackstone Jr.
By Tom Interval If you’re a fan of famed classical illusionist Harry Blackstone, Jr., the son of The Great Blackstone, you’ll love Blogcast #4: Meeting Harry Blackstone Jr. On June 4, 1981, I was fortunate enough to meet him and … Continue reading
Posted in Biographical, Blogcasts, Famous Magicians, Harry Blackstone Jr., Multimedia, Podcasts, Productions, The Magic Castle
Tagged blackstone the great, Blogcasts, famous, harry blackstone, harry blackstone jr, jnr, jr, junior, magic, magicians, memories, tom interval, tominterval
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Beyond Reality Radio 2016 Interview
By Tom Interval A couple of years ago, Jason Hawes and JV Johnson of Beyond Reality Radio interviewed me about Harry Houdini and magic in general. In the weeks that followed, I had some trouble getting in touch with someone … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Radio
Tagged beyond reality radio, brr, harry houdini, Interviews, magic, magicians, Radio, san diego, tom interval
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My Split-Second Appearance on a 1990 Busch Gardens Commercial
By Tom Interval Even in 1988, $50 didn’t seem like a lot of money to be in a television commercial. But who was I to complain? I was doing what I loved for a living at a super-cool theme park … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Multimedia, television
Tagged ad, advertisement, ball trick, busch gardens, commercial, costume, england, flash, hastings, magic, magic trick, magicians, sleight of hand, sponge ball, television, the old country, tom interval, tominterval, trick, tv, va, virginia, williamsburg
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Harry Blackstone Jr. Died 19 Years Ago Today
By Tom Interval In memory of Harry Blackstone Jr., who died on this day 19 years ago, I’m posting this photo again. I met him in Pittsburgh on June 4, 1981, when my father, Jerry Interval, a professional photographer, was … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Famous Magicians, Harry Blackstone Jr., television
Tagged 1981, blackstone, blackstones, car, commercial, harry blackstone jr, holiday house, interval magic, jerry interval, magic, magicians, monroeville, pa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, san diego magician, san diego magicians, television, tom interval
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