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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. | '''John B. (Old Doc) Young''' (1919-2011), 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. | ||
== Biography == | |||
Known to his friends as Jack, he grew up in a small town originally known as Horse's Neck (later changed to Verona), New Jersey near New York City. | Known to his friends as Jack, he grew up in a small town originally known as Horse's Neck (later changed to Verona), New Jersey near New York City. | ||
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He also had articles published in Tannen's [[Top Hat Topics]], [[Tops]], [[Invocation]] and to [[Magigram]]. | He also had articles published in 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><ref>Obit, Magic Circular, August 2011</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> <ref>Obit, Magic Circular, August 2011</ref> <ref>Obituary [http://hosting-1972.tributes.com/show/john-burgess-young-91666452]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:52, 22 August 2014
| John B. Young | |
 Cover of Genii (1976) | |
| Born | John Burgess Young May 22, 1919 Glen Ridge, New Jersey |
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| Died | June 3, 2011 (age 92) Juno Beach, Florida |
John B. (Old Doc) Young (1919-2011), 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.
Biography
Known to his friends as Jack, he grew up in a small town originally known as Horse's Neck (later changed to Verona), New Jersey near New York City.
In his spare time, he was a national director of the Boy Scouts of America and became passionate about magic.
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 had articles published in Tannen's Top Hat Topics, Tops, Invocation and to Magigram.
Young served as Associate Camp Director of the Tannen Magic Camp. [1] [2] [3] [4]
References
- ↑ This Is Your Life, Magic Circular, January 1988
- ↑ Genii 1976 July
- ↑ Obit, Magic Circular, August 2011
- ↑ Obituary [1]