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said ACE on my left foot ?╟÷ that's my Jumping Foot. I land on it when propelling myself out of the Bulb to great ovation. With such a gigantic house who's to see? (Donn did look askance during rehearsal, but deciding it was hopeless he didn't say anything.) Just getting better about 10 days into the run when the boy who opened the lid, didn't enough, and wang! I ducked, lost balance in midair and grunch! I HEARD it. I wobbled forward on one foot taking the bow with the sprained one dangling and quivering. Mary Jane, the stage-right dresser, dashed for the ICE and there I sat "very fat foot immersed". "I won't be able to work tomorrow", I told Marv, as close to tears as my ma turity allows. "Can never jump on it." A doctor would only have said, "Keep it bandaged and stay off it for two weeks." Great! So, I hobbled to the apartment for more ice and little sleep. Thinking-thinking. I came up with what I thought might be a solution. "M.", I said, "Why don't I just stand up in the bulb (after it's opened) and take the 'Hand' there?" "Then, you take my hand and I step out like a lady?" He wasn't sure, but I persisted. It was Terrific! Not only did we get one "hand" then, but, another as I walked(?) forward. Needless to say, we're leaving it that way. Both the longevity of the trick and my ability to DO it extended considerably. Never too old to iearn, and when you have an effect which is a Shocker expounding consistent "Oh, My God's" you surely DO hate to Forget It. Closing nite I knew it was time to say Bye-Bye. Sitting ringside leaning back in his chair, beer in hand was a rotund gentleman exquisitely attired in an impeccable olive green "T" shirt boldly emblazoned in large black letters ?╟÷ KAWASAKI GO, GO, GO! We DID, DID, DID! Told you this wasn't Monte Carlo. So, in closing, to All Up There Still in the high desert mountains on the shores of Lake Arden, just remember ?╟÷ "Blue skies and green lites". (Late, late, late movie sign-off.) Through it all though, Fellow Survivors, I must admit. .. we miss you, because ... IT WAS SIMPLY GRAND: AT THE GRAND! ?·:'*. ?√ß ?√ß ?√ß ?√ßH ?√ß j?·etten& ta t&e S< Dear Bill, I feel that the comments of Pete Biro concerning the David Copper- field TV Special must have escaped your editorial notice, and that they should not be allowed to pass unremarked. It is possible that some readers who had not seen the show may believe them. Pete Biro's comments were untrue, unjust, needlessly cruel, and being of a totally destructive nature served no purpose other than to bolster the writer's ego. The truth is that David's "same old stuff" which so "bored" Biro put the show in the highest category of TV/ ratings, and brought other appearances in TV Specials, a repeat of*one of his previous Specials .(to my knowledge the first time a magic TV Special has been repeated), and extensive bookings jdt a full hour show at Ceasar's P.aiace, Lake Tahoe. As an old Engl>Sn saying goes, "the proof of the padding is in the eating". This opinion of Biro's uncalled-for comments is not mine alone, but those/of everyone who had seen the show to whom I have spoken, both magicians and non-magicians. Writers more capable than myself have expressed my opinions, and I quote . . . "It is ridiculous for any man p criticize the works of another if he has not distingitished himself by his own performances" (Addison) "It is much easier to be critical than correct." (Disraeli) And to David I would say, "'Pay no attention to what critics say. There has never been set up a statue in honor 'of a critic." (Sibelius) It seems wrong that a picture of Rodin's "Thinker" should monthly accompany a plagiarized title, especially above an unprovoked and vicious attack upon the artistic integrity of a young and sensitive performer. Eric C. Lewis (Glendale, California) EDITOR'S NOTE: There will be a follow-up review of David's show as soon as I can get it written. Personally, I thought it was great but obviously Pete didn't care for it. f SUBSCRIPTION ORDER GENII, THE CONJURORS' MAGAZINE P.O. Box 36068, Los Angeles, CA 90036 a Please enter my subscription order. a Please extend my subscription 1 WAMF 1 AOnPF^ 1 1 r.iTY 1 c;TATF ZIP 1 1 / am enclosing my check or money order for: $ for years. Rates are: $15 per year in the United States: $18 per year outside the U.S. January, 1981 ?╟÷51 ?╟÷