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I have been an entertainer for 60 years. studied hypnosis originally withpioneer Harry Arons. Magic with Ted Collins though I took some lessons with Slydini. Mentalism mentors, Chet Miller, Bob Cassidy, Tony Raven, Ted Karmilovich Had two cable tv series Was Consultant to Psycho- Physical Research Lab in Princeton, NJ A large parapsychology laborotory Appearance National tv on Oprah, Geraldo, Joan Rivers and Jackie Mason TV shows Was on Governing Council and Board of Directors of the Psychic Entertainers Assoc. An organization, I'm barely asffillated with cyurrently if at all

Monday, April 19, 2010

For those of you that didn’t know me in my youth A few words about mom & pop. Pop was born at the end of the 19th century In East Harlem, New York To a family of 8 children Six boys ,two girls Pop was next to youngest He had more education than his siblings As he went to Public School through the 8th grade He was then intrigued with the life of bootlegger & professional gambler And was a craps dealer on the lower East side of N.Y. At one time he roomed with famous gangster Legs Diamond. At the outbreak of World War I He enlisted in the U.S. Army And was sent to France to fight Upon hearing of my father’s arrival The Kaiser surrendered And with no war to fight He ran floating crap games And sent homes bags of diamonds to his mother Coming home he became interested in Labor Unions and was an organizer for the Retail Clerks Union Later he became a VP of that Union as well as a salesman for Bond’s Clothes Pop on his tippy toes was 5’5” and tipped the scales at 110 pounds He had his clothes custom made (bit of a peacock) Had his clothes made by Skip Gambert who now makes shirts for Bill O'Reilly among others
Mom was 17 years younger Came from a wealthy Newark NJ family Zayda (grandpa) had a Rolls Royce Unusual for her generation she went to business college and worked as a store detective for the Wilmark Agency Also unusual she moved out of her parents home before her marriage
Her family did not approve of her marriage to Pop because of the age difference and his unsavory background
At their marriage two of Pop’s former girlfriends broke in to the ceremony & threatened to kill themselves if Pop married Mom Mom laid them both out Mom had quite a temper She once flattened a policeman who hit my kid brother It didn’t pay to mess with Mom
In young pictures Mom was a flapper As she grew older sort of looked like me with long blonde hair Also got heavier in her last few years Mom truly had supernatural powers Perhaps I’ll share some of those legends later on
Just rec'd word that my friend & fellow 13 member Allen Swift passed on For those of you unfamiliar with Allen, he was known as "Man of 1000 voices Among the most famous Howdy Doody when Bob Smith had his heart attack. Mr Bluster on the Howdy Doody show Simon Bar Sinister on a cartoon series President Eisenhower on the satelite Voyager Because the President had a heart attack And many many more He was a navigator in the Army Air Corp during WWII
(Corp is pronounce core Pres. Obama) Alav HA Sholum Allen

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