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* Fish Flounce In It (a 1982 reversion to Jack's W.C. Fields patter for the production of eight aces plus a glass of whisky). | * Fish Flounce In It (a 1982 reversion to Jack's W.C. Fields patter for the production of eight aces plus a glass of whisky). | ||
He also submitted articles for | He also submitted articles for Tannen's [[Top Hat Topics]], [[Tops]], [[Invocation]] and to [[Magigram]]. | ||
Young served as Associate Camp Director of the [[Tannen Magic Camp]].<ref>This Is Your Life, Magic Circular, January 1988</ref><ref>[[Genii 1976 July]]</ref> | Young served as Associate Camp Director of the [[Tannen Magic Camp]].<ref>This Is Your Life, [[Magic Circular]], January 1988</ref><ref>[[Genii 1976 July]]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:36, 22 January 2012
| John B. Young | |
| Born | May 2, 1919 |
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John B. (Old Doc) Young, a U.S. Naval Officer in World War II, banker, magical entertainer, Magic Camp Director, magical writer and member of the Magic Circle (MIMC Gold Star), performs chiefly as a medicine-man,street performer,trickster. Old Doc Young has also appeared in his magical shows as: Ebeneezer Young and His Dream of Gold; Raffles the Baffler; Indiana Young and The Temple of Kaboom; and as Hoom Bog Yung and His Clinking Rings.
He grew up in a small town originally known as Horse's Neck (later changed to Verona), New Jersey near New York City.
Bill Larsen never turned down, and published in Genii every magic write-up that Young sent in, including:
- Pen-Ultimate Key (a 1974 skeleton-in-the-cupboard variation of Roy Johnson's "Seven Keys to Baldpate" Genii 1974 March;
- Square Head Rabbit (a 1974 squared-circle approach to a rabbit from a top hat) Genii 1974 October
- Soup to Nuts (a 1975 W.C. Fields-pattered presentation of three walnut shells and a pea) Genii 1975 March
- A Card For Crandall (with Jack writing as "A Friend" offering a bonus card routine prepared for Genii readers who were willing to send a greeting to Senator Clarke Crandall, then in hospital.
- Charles Dickens - Master Magician on Dickens' 1849 magic program, put on for his family on holiday in the Isle of Wight) Genii 1977 December
- Midriff Magic or Costive Conjuring (an adult variation of Fraidy Cat Rabbit)
- Jack Youngs Rabbit out of the hat (a combination of two effects given by Jack to Tannen's and marketed by them in Genii in 1979)
- Fish Flounce In It (a 1982 reversion to Jack's W.C. Fields patter for the production of eight aces plus a glass of whisky).
He also submitted articles for Tannen's Top Hat Topics, Tops, Invocation and to Magigram.
Young served as Associate Camp Director of the Tannen Magic Camp.[1][2]
References
- ↑ This Is Your Life, Magic Circular, January 1988
- ↑ Genii 1976 July