Archive for the 'Brian Brushwood' Category

Was That Brian Brushwood On America’s Got Talent Last Night

Posted by Editor on June 3rd, 2010

If you blinked you might have missed it. Scam School’s Brian Brushwood performing his Failed Russian Roulette routine during the opening montage of America’s Got Talent last night?

iTricks can now answer the following questions since the show has aired. Did Brian perform during the Dallas auditions for the show? Yes. Did he move on to the Vegas round? No. Is there more to this story? Yes, and he talked about it at length during a live stream last night. You can ask him on his Twitter stream @shwood.

Who is the next magician on this season of AGT? We are just going to have to wait and see.

TONIGHT! Brian Brushwood Is On The iTricks Clinic

Posted by Editor on May 17th, 2010

Click this link and you will see friend of iTricks, Dezrah performing his version of The Human Blockhead, which he learned from our Clinic guest at 8 p.m. EST TONIGHT Brian Brushwood. If he had submitted it for tonight’s show we would be able to get live notes from Shwood himself as he will be on hand to offer his tips and advice on all of the effects or cons taught on Scam School as well as anything else sent to MrCameronRamsay@Gmail.

Yup, you got it. Send in a link to a YouTube (or Vimeo, or Viddler, or a video file) clip of you performing to MrCameronRamsay@Gmail.com and Brian Brushwood will give you his two cents TONIGHT! Monday! at 8 p.m. EST right here on the front page of iTricks.

Bang. A. Gong.

The iTricks Clinic Returns Monday With Brian Brushwood, Send In Your Videos

Posted by Editor on May 13th, 2010

It’s back! The live show phenomenon known as the iTricks Clinic returns this Monday with Scam School’s Brian Brushwood and our new host Cameron Ramsay. Send in all the videos to MRCameronRamsay@Gmail.com or send him a link on Twitter to @RamsaySubtlety.

Listen to Justin and Cameron talk about the returning series on the latest Magic Stars Podcast.

C’mon Scam School fans, this is your chance to get tips from the man himself. You have four days (or as it’s known in college “The Weekend”) to shoot yourself getting a free drink from your friends with something from Brian’s podcasts or book.

Or just record yourself in front of a webcam. Either way, send it to MRCameronRamsay@Gmail.com and make sure you are here at iTricks on Monday at 8 p.m. EST when the iTricks Clinic returns with Brian Brushwood.

Justin is planning on submitting this video to see what tips Brian can offer on his fire eating technique.

iTricks.com Magic Week In Review: 05.09.10

Posted by Editor on May 12th, 2010

The Guests:
Brett Loudermilk

How do you dress up a sideshow act? We get the backstage scoop from Todd Robbin’s new play Play Dead. David Blaine’s new stunt is revealed and Criss Angel ruins a luau.

- Trick Shop Magic Find out what is new including great stuff from Bich, Hobson, Hondo and Sankey!

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iTricks Magic Stars Podcast 05.06.10

Posted by Editor on May 7th, 2010

We recap Magic Vs. Science week for the last time. David Copperfield makes first comments to press about legal issues. What is Keith Barry’s Discovery series about?


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Newsmaker Interview: The New Host Of The iTricks Clinic the iTricks Clinic is back! The first show will be May 17th! Listen to hear the first big guest!

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The Final Word On Magic Vs. Science, Awesome Pictures

Posted by Editor on May 5th, 2010
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Here is the final result of the photo shoot we creepily filmed. It is one of 48 incredible pictures taken by Curious Josh during the final days of Magic Vs. Science week at the Magic Castle.

We’re partial to this one of Andrew Maybe blowing liquid nitrogen smoke in Marilyn Manson’s face.

We would also like to take this time to publicly thank Rudy, Matt Patton, his Special Events crew, Jack Goldfinger and the rest of the Castle staff specifically those at the front desk and valet for being so patient with us. All of the performers including old friends like Bizzaro, Sperry, Kenner and Brushwood and new ones like Johan Stahl and Brett Loudermilk.

Magic Vs. Science Breaks Castle Records, Whispers Of Sequel

Posted by Editor on May 3rd, 2010

When the final curtain came down on Magic vs. Science week at the Magic Castle, it left behind a week the likes of which the venerable institution has never seen. iTricks learned over the weekend that only five days of Magic vs. Science (not including Saturday, the busiest) was enough to mint April 2010 as the most profitable April in the history of the Castle.

While the MC is seamlessly transitioning into another themed week of performances (The Magic of Israel begins tonight) there are already rumors of when some semblance of the MvS line-up could stage a repeat performance.

Even with the rough numbers in, the combination of talent and creativity presented by this bill paid massive dividends for the Magic Castle and we wouldn’t be shocked to see similar events like this before 2010 is out.

As for the original cast? Might they ever storm the Castle as a unit once again? As always, stay tuned…