The Audience Likes To Be

When The Time Came To Say, "mom, I Want To Do This As A Job," It Was Brutal. She Was Really Against It. There Were Screaming Matches. Some People Are Shut Down By That And Get Defeated By It, And Other People Are Empowered By The Negativity. My Father Kind Of Encouraged Me Through That.

Everything That You'd See On The Ed Sullivan Show Was At The Tannen's Magic. You'd Think That If You Could Afford A Trick Like Doc Nixon's Dove Vanish, Then You Could Be On The Ed Sullivan Show As An 8-year-old Kid.

If You Ever Saw All That Jazz [1979], Bob Fosse Was Kind Of Raised Dancing In Strip Joints And The Whole Era Of Burlesque, And That Form Ran His Visual Aesthetic, The Pacing And Rhythm Of What He Did.

I Act Like I'm 14, If You Haven't Figured That Out Yet.

Normally, I Do Magic On The Stage. But I Can Make Magic Credible And Resonate Through A Tv Screen.