Professor Scratch's Flea Circus

Well, this year my big Christmas Present to myself was my very own Flea Circus!

I've been thinking about this for several years now, ever since I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Katie Kangaroo at an ICBM conference. The idea had appealed to me long before then but Katie told me so much and so I began spending more time with the idea. Katie really inspired me to pursue the idea!

As of this coming New Years Eve I will begin offering my own Flea Circus Entertainment under the name of "Professor Scratch."

I've created a new website and I will be doing my first show New Years Eve! I'm very excited to add this to my show offerings. I've never wanted to do "kids magic shows" but doing "kids shows" is something that I've known I would maybe have to do in order to keep building my entertainment business. I don't view it as a stictly "kids show" offering but I recognize the potential of it in that realm.

It is certainly not going to be a "kids show" on New Years Eve!

As much as I love the coporate gigs and wedding gigs, I go through the occasional dry spell, which I wouldn't have nearly as much if I was willing to take the "kids shows" I usually pass up. I've never wanted to do magic for kids because magic for kids doesn't interest me and so I don't want to work at it very much.

The Flea Circus is a show that interests me and gives me enthusiasm. As such I have the focus I need to produce a worthy and worthwhile show with it and I will be able to offer it to Adults and Kids in the same way that a regular circus is for "children of all ages!"

I'm truly excited about it and I hope you'll all take a peek at what I've got up so far on the web. As you read the site you'll see the kind of humor I am going to inject into the whole thing.

It can be found at:

http://www.fleacircusentertainment.com

I already have a contact set up to see about performing this at Dickens Fair next year and this coming year will be more then enough time for me to develop the show completely for the fair market. It should be excellent.

Thanks all!

Another Look at The Protocols of The Elders of Magic

Well, as predicted there are now people who are selling their copies on eBay as well as people who are raving about how they got ripped off in buying this book.

Perhaps the stupidest argument I've heard is that this was a quick money scheme on the part of Max Maven. Yeah right. This guy is making money hand over fist in seven different countries, appears on Television regularly in those countries, has several other books that he makes a lot of money on because they are regularly selling and many different effects on the market. He gets booked all the time and doesn't need to make 'quick cash.'

This book was limited to 500 copies only and sold for $40.00. It took him three years to compile all the information that went into it. At best that means $2000.00 tops for three years of work. And he's not getting that much money because he's not getting all the money for it.

Do the math people. It doesn't make sense.

No, this book is clearly a labor with a specific purpose and it's going to take someone smarter then most of these people to figure it out.

I know that I've gotten something out of it and I've shared that knowledge with a limited number of people. They all have gotten much the same from this book as I have. Have we gotten what Max intended out of the book?

I don't know.

Next time I see Max I'll ask him.

'Tis the Season

Sorry I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. It's been busy.

As they say. "'Tis the Season."

Today's musing is more about the general state of the Holidays. Regardless of what belief you hold, this is the season when we all stop to celebrate "Christmas."

I have mixed feelings about that.

If you are a Christian, then "Christmas" is all about the celebration of the birth of Christ.

If you aren't, then what is "Christmas" about? Let's face facts here. There are a lot of people in this country and around the world who aren't Christian, and that's a good thing in my opinion. Diversity is what makes us great.

So "Christmas" is about something else then. It's about the "Spirit of Giving" and "The Joy of Family."

Unless you happen to be a big toy company or some other retail outlet, in which case "Christmas" is all about the "Spirt of Selling" and "The Joy of Making Money."

No, I'm not going to go into a long rant about Commercialism or something like that. I don't think it's necessary. I'm sure you've heard it all before.

Rather, I wanted to take a moment to simply say this...

'Tis the Season. The Season of Caring about something and someone. 'Tis the Season of looking outside yourself and reaching out to everyone in your life who is important. 'Tis the Season to understand one another.

And wouldn't it be nice if that season lasted more then just a month or so each year?

I think that would be a great thing.

'Tis the Season.