[Ring211] Fwd: Mark Wilson's Magic Message Newsletter
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- Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 11:39:08 -0400 (EDT)
Since I dine at Burger King almost daily, I was amused by the photo of Mark
Wilson below with a zillion "Burger Kings"... Scary stuff... I saw Mark
Wilson perform at the Michigan State Fair on the huge main stage in Detroit
more than 30 years ago- it was a GREAT big time show! Roger
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. . . . Message # 24 . . . . Copyright Magic International 2012
To my father's many magical Friends,
Magical Messages has reached the milestone of its first year of
publication. I hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as I have enjoyed
working
with both my father and mother to put it together a couple of times a month.
It indeed has been a labor of love!
This issue is a little different. I'd thought I would chime in here and
share with you some information about Mark and Nani that I ran across the
other day. Many of you know some of the achievements of my well-respected
parents, but I doubt all of you know their full list of credits. As dad is
not quite ready to draft his next message, I felt compelled to share this
with all of you so you can truly appreciate some of the things brother Greg
and I are truly proud of.
As the "ole' magish" always says,
Happy Magic
Mike Wilson
In This Issue: _A Little About Our Parents_
(mip://0785e4c0/default.html#article1) _A couple of videos I really want you
to consider_
(mip://0785e4c0/default.html#article2) _Allakazam 50 Year Commemorative Book
Available_ (mip://0785e4c0/default.html#article3) _Magic Bingo - Everyone
Wins_ (mip://0785e4c0/default.html#article4) _Lecture Opportunities_
(mip://0785e4c0/default.html#articlelead)
A Little About Our Parents
Last week brother Greg and I had the pleasure of attending the 9th annual
gathering of the Branson Magic Bonanza! presented by Marty and Brenda
Hahne of Dazzling Magic.
It was a terrific event where not only did Greg open the big show on the
beautiful stage of the Hamner Barber Theater, but we also were invited to
speak about the magical legacy of our parents. The two-hour lecture was
largely presented by Greg with innumerable video clips of our parents (and
ourselves performing with them) chronicling a 60+ year span of the Wilson's
pioneering performance history. My thanks to the bro' for applying his
amazing editing talents to this labor of love!
As many of Dad's Magical Messages readers may not be familiar with some
of the incredible accomplishments of our talented parents, I thought I would
share with you (in brief) a few of their lifetime achievement credits.
But first a few headlines!
“This nation’s leading authority on magic.”
New York Times
“One of the world's cleverest, most spellbinding magicians . . ."
ChicagoTribune
“ . . . a think tank of ledgerdemain . . .“
Newsweek
“Mark Wilson is excellent, so respected, and never fails to put on a
superb show.”
Cary Grant
“Mark Wilson's vast knowledge and experience in marketing has changed the
whole course of our art. Many magicians are working today in areas that
didn’t exist until he opened them. Their income is the result of Wilson’s
pioneering.”
Fr. Photius (Charles) Bouton, Greek Orthodox Church
Among their many accomplishments, Mark Wilson along with wife Nani
Darnell, pioneered magic on television with the first network television
series,
The Magic Land of Allakazam, which aired from 1960 to 1965 . . . first on
the CBS network sponsored by Kellogg's and then on the ABC network, for a
total run of five years.
In the 1970s, Mark & Nani Wilson created and produced for Pillsbury, a
series of six one-hour television specials, The Magic Circus, which aired
throughout the United States and international syndication in many foreign
countries, including Australia, England, Germany, Switzerland, Argentina,
Brazil, Peru, Canada, Mexico.
For syndication and barter by the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency,
Wilson produced 22 half-hour and 135 five-minute shows, The Magic of Mark
Wilson television series.
Mark Wilson's, production company, Magic International created and
supplied many theme, amusement parks, and world expositions with long running
illusion shows including--- Disneyland and Disney World; all Six Flags
parks, all Kings Entertainment parks, all Bush Gardens parks; Hershey Park;
Worlds of Fun; and many more.
He created for the General Cigar Company, the “Hall of Magic" at the 1964
& 1965 New York World's Fair, which entertained over 2,000,000
fair-goers; and created for Bell Telephone Co. the "Magic of the Telephone”,
which
appeared for capacity crowds in the Bell Pavillian, Hemisfair '68 in San
Antonio, Texas.
The Wilsons have performed their illusion show on seven continents around
the globe. In 1980 they were the first modern Western entertainers to
perform for the Chinese people, who had been cut off from the rest of the
world for over 30 years by the dominating Communist government. The Mark
Wilson Illusion Show, with a cast of twenty people and five thousand pounds of
props, was the first to take Western Magic behind the “bamboo curtain”, in
their history-making performing tour of the People’s Republic of China.
The Chinese television network CTV, aired the first magic show ever seen
in the Peoples Republic of China in 1981, Mark Wilson’s Magic Spectacular.
Mark Wilson's Alchemy Productions created and operated their patented
magical devices at hundreds of national and international trade shows. These
magical attractions included the Amazing Hand Machine, the Half Humanoid,
the Miraculous Materializer, the Robot Girl, the Man from Mars and the
Miniature Girl, representing many major corporations, including… United
States Atomic Energy Commission, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Martin Marietta
Corp.,
Edison Association , IBM, US Plywood, Hamilton Beach, 3M, International
Telephone and Telegraph, American Telephone & Telegraph, Honeywell and many
others.
Five US patents were issued to our father for these trade show display
devices all of which incorporate traditional magic illusion principles in
new and unique ways to bring attention to the exhibitor's products.
Mark Wilson's business credits are extensive. They include product
enhancers as package backs, package inserts, self liquidating premiums,
product
riders; giveaways and personal appearance promotions as sales or attendance
builders for many companies, including Kellogg’s, Dr Pepper, Frito-Lay,
Funny Face Drink Mix, 7-11 Stores, Pepsi Cola, Pillsbury, US Plywood,
Motorola, Westinghouse and many others.
Mark produced many projects for Burger King, including:
* The original design of the Burger King live character, in
association with the J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency. •
* His company organization handled the recruiting, training and
operation of the live Burger King character’s personal appearance program
* 22 actors & magicians were recruited and trained by and worked
for Wilson's company to be "Marvelous Magical Burger Kings", based in cities
throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Australia
* Mark Wilson Productions created and operated the Burger King
Puppet Shows. Traveling in five vans, these shows entertained over 750,000
children appearing nationwide for three years at schools, Burger King stores,
and other locations.
* The Wilson organization also created and operated Snuffy the
Talking Fire Engine, to promote the Burger King Fire Prevention Program.
Mark Wilson introduced Snuffy to the world on the Captain Kangaroo
television show.
To top it all off, Mark Wilson authored the world’s most popular book of
magic instruction, the “Mark Wilson Complete Course in Magic.” Now
published in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese, the book
has
a circulation of over 850,000 copies.
Mark Wilson may well be the world's most honored magician.
* Honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010
International Brotherhood of Magicians International Convention, which
celebrated
the 50th Anniversary of the Magic Land of Allakazam, as positively
influencing generations of magicians;
* Past President of Hollywood's Academy of Magical Arts/ Magic
Castle, and twice winning “Academy Magician of the Year” and “Life-Time
Masters Fellowship” Awards;
* Was honored by the prestigious “David Devant” Award from London’
s highly respected Magic Circle;
* Elected to the Society of American Magicians, “Magicians Hall of
Fame”;
* Awarded Show Business Shrine Club’s, “Magician of the Decade”;
* Named Superstar of Magic by the International Brotherhood of
Magicians;
* And received countless other national and international honors.
* Mark Wilson and Nani Darnell and their Hollywood based staff of
magic specialists produced and/or created many other magically oriented
network shows, television series and TV specials, including: Magic of China,
Children of China, Adventures of a Young Magician in China, Magic of the
Old County, Mr Magic, Magic of Astro World and World's Greatest Illusions.
These television specials aired on networks in the United States, Canada,
Australia, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and around the world.
* The Wilson organization supplied magical segments for many motion
pictures, television shows and commercials seen in United States, Japan,
Korea, China, Great Britain, Germany, Brazil and many other foreign
countries.
In conclusion, a note from an International Brotherhood of Magicians
member . . .
"To the legendary Mark Wilson & Nani Darnell,
“Your remarkable lives as magic's worldwide goodwill ambassadors, your
devotion to our craft, and your passion for giving others the same chance to
discoverthe real benefits of magic in their lives, is evident in
everything you do.”
Wow, what a life!
Mike Wilson
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Some things you might be interested in . . .
Never Broadcast Pilot of Kellog's Magic Circus
Discovered in a dusty box in our warehouse by Greg, until it's release
earlier this year, no one had ever seen that show outside of Kelloggs and the
Leo Burnett advertising agency.
The 1960 pilot show was originally called the "Magic Circus", but we were
delighted to change the name to "Magic Land of Allakazam" when it started
airing on CBS. Includes bonus material.
Flawless transfer from the original 2" master black & white videotape.
DVD $19.95 (plus shipping)
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The Magic of China
& The Children of China
The DVD programs of the history-making 1980 performing tour of the
People's Republic of China by Mark, Nani, Greg and Mike can now be yours.
Greg recently discovered that the magnetic coating on the master tapes of
these two TV specials was quickly deteriorating. Fortunately, using a
combination of the edited masters, sub-masters and original footage, he was
able to restore the two shows and make a very nice digital version which will
now withstand the test of time.
DVD $29.95 (plus shipping)
Allakazam 50 Year Commemorative Book
The most sought after Mark & Nani Publication
The wonderful 50-year commemorative book documenting the Magic Land of
Allakazam continues to be the best seller at the magic conventions Mark and
Nani attend worldwide. Learn the story of how this never-since duplicated
feat of a network television series came to be broadcast on CBS and how it
ran for 5 years.
Full color with hundreds of photos and commentary by all the surviving
cast members, this is a keeper for everyone interested in magic and the
selling of a television show to a sponsor.
$10 (+ $5.50 shipping & handling)
Want to make it truly special? Get yours personally autographed by the
entire family! Mark, Nani, Mike & Greg $25 including US priority mail
postage. (Additional postage for international buyers).
If you would like anything from our collection, visit:
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“Held our salespeople spellbound until that sensational ending.”
– Chris Shoenleb, Executive Vice President, Burger King Corporation
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meeting. When they mentioned they were going to wind up their day by going
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– David Seebach, professional magician, Milwaukee, WI
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