[Ring211] Re: Fwd: Mark Wilson's Magic Message Newsletter
- From: Rick Howell <rmhowell61@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 14:26:45 -0700 (PDT)
Roger- QUIT POLLUTING your BODY!!! Dr Rick!
--- On Wed, 5/2/12, RBusPs67@xxxxxxx <RBusPs67@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: RBusPs67@xxxxxxx <RBusPs67@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Ring211] Fwd: Mark Wilson's Magic Message Newsletter
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Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 11:39 AM
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
A couple of videos I really want you to consider
Allakazam 50 Year Commemorative Book Available
Magic Bingo - Everyone Wins
Lecture Opportunities
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
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)
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:
markwilsonmagic.com
Or, just send Nani an email to:
naniwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Or for more information, just give Nani a call at:
661-288-2517
Everyone is a Winner!!
•
“MAGIC BINGO™ is a winner in every sense of the word… The audience just dosen’t
see it coming… Try this once and I bet you’ll do it every time you do a show
for more than 10 people.”
– Danny Orleans, GENII Magazine.
“Held our salespeople spellbound until that sensational ending.”
– Chris Shoenleb, Executive Vice President, Burger King Corporation
“I was approached by a client who wanted some flash for a day-long sales
meeting. When they mentioned they were going to wind up their day by going
bowling, I suggested they play MAGIC BINGO™ before that. You know the rest.
They were happy with the outcome. MAGIC BINGO™ was crucial to getting the
$5,000 booking so it has more than paid for itself.”
– David Seebach, professional magician, Milwaukee, WI
Click above to learn about the on-line version. You can download and print
everything yourself, even customize the Bingo cards.
— • —
Or, you can buy the complete package with all the materials and instructions
from us by clicking below.
Click on above or call Nani direct to buy! 661-288-25178
LECTURE OPPORTUNITIES
MAGIC Magazine named Mark Wilson one of the ten most influential American
magicians of the 20th century.
Have a personal visit by Mark & Nani where they will share their incredible
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clips not seen in 50 years.
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Phone: 800-367-8749
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