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Mystic Craig

Mystic Craig (1900-1987), a professional magician who later owned a model railroad shop, was known for taking early movies of many magicians.

Biography

Bitten by the magic bug by the age of nine, he started working a few school shows. By the time he was 13 he quit school and decided to become a semi-professional. He joined a small carnival where he did his act and then sold slum magic afterwards. He learned to lecture in the sideshow, tried vaudeville, spent time with a medicine show and then with Chautauqua.

He had hired Walter Plummer as his personal manager who gave him the name, "Mystic Craig."

Max Holden, who bought out the Al Baker Magic Company and opened a shop in New York, hired Craig as demonstrator. There he met Todd Petrie, of Petrie-Lewis, who hired him to demonstrate the P&L Magic Sets at Saks Fifth Avenue during the Christmas season.

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-[[File: AliBongo1.png|right|thumb|200px|[[Ali Bongo]]]]
+[[File: MysticCraig1.png|right|thumb|200px|[[Mystic Craig]]]]
-'''Ali Bongo''' (b.1929-d.2009) was a British comedy magician who had an act in which he was known as the Shriek of Araby.
+'''Mystic Craig''' (1900-1987), a professional magician who later owned a model railroad shop, was known for taking early movies of many magicians.
 == Biography ==
-Bongo performed his first magic trick at the age of 5, which he learned from the children’s page of The Times of India.  He wrote many books on magic, many containing tricks of his own. As well as writing them he also illustrated them in his instantly recognizable style. He acquired the Ali Bongo name from a character he played in a national youth club pantomime as a teenager.
-Bongo was one of the most popular stage magicians in the 1960s. At the height of his stage career he had his own BBC TV series, Ali Bongo’s Cartoon Carnival. He acted as magic consultant for many TV shows and musicals, including the [[Paul Daniels]] Magic Show for the BBC. He was also for many years associated with [[David Nixon]], one of television’s earliest celebrities.
+Bitten by the magic bug by the age of nine, he started working a few school shows.  By the time he was 13 he quit school and decided to become a semi-professional. He joined a small carnival where he did his act and then sold slum magic afterwards.  He learned to lecture in the sideshow, tried [[vaudeville]], spent time with a medicine show and then with [[Chautauqua]].
-Ali traveled throughout the world as a consultant to many internationally famous magicians, including [[David Copperfield]] in Las Vegas.
+He had hired Walter Plummer as his personal manager who gave him the name, "Mystic Craig."
-Bongo was involved in a serious car crash in June 2003 on his way to perform at a charity function.
+[[Max Holden]], who  bought out the [[Al Baker]] Magic Company and opened a shop in New York, hired Craig as  demonstrator. There he met [[Todd Petrie]], of Petrie-Lewis, who hired him to demonstrate the P&L Magic Sets at Saks Fifth Avenue during the Christmas season.
-[[Ali Bongo|Read more about Ali Bongo...]]
+[[Mystic Craig|Read more about Mystic Craig...]]

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