I am going to FISM

deBergerac · 28th July 2006, 12:57 AM

Just to brag actually, not that I am competing or anything, but it should still make a few of you envious.
I leave for Sweden today and FISM starts the 31st. Is anyone else from here going?
www.fism.com

Brown · 28th July 2006, 12:02 PM

I'm not going, but I am dutifully envious.

NoZed Avenger · 28th July 2006, 01:48 PM

Bastard.

Me, envious? Not at all. Why do you ask, bastard?

Bob Klase · 28th July 2006, 08:32 PM

I was lucky enough to go in 1988 when I was stationed in Germany. I had hoped I might be able to go again this year, but the cost was just going to be too high for me.

rebecca · 2nd August 2006, 10:09 AM

deBergerac: If it's not too late, the guy in the picture on the page you linked to is an old friend of mine, Gazzo. Tell him Rebecca from the Magic Hat in Boston says hey!

RSLancastr · 5th August 2006, 12:54 AM

I thought I was going to fism, but it turns out it was just gas.

I have no idea what I meant by that either.

deBergerac · 5th August 2006, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by rebecca

deBergerac: If it's not too late, the guy in the picture on the page you linked to is an old friend of mine, Gazzo. Tell him Rebecca from the Magic Hat in Boston says hey!

It is done. He says he remembers you but I am sure that is just a line.

The whole "the guy in the picture" was not necessary, Gazzo is quite well known.

rebecca · 6th August 2006, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by deBergerac

It is done. He says he remembers you but I am sure that is just a line.

Heh, well last time we talked was about six years ago when he knew me as Becky, I didn't wear glasses, I was giving his kid free Pikkachu toys, and I refused to quit college to take him on as a street performing tutor. If he still doesn't get it, I blame the stroke . . .

Tim Van Haitsma · 9th August 2006, 01:47 PM

How was Rick Merril? He won the Close-up. He is a friend of mine. I love his flip stick routine.

deBergerac · 11th August 2006, 03:33 AM

He was great, and his routine worked really well. He had a lot of jokes in it and a few that were targeted to the Swedes in the audience.

Brown · 20th September 2006, 12:14 PM

The current issue of Genii magazine includes special coverage of FISM 2006, along with a special supplement describing the competitors and their acts.

Rick Merrill took Grand Prix (which I think is French for "Grand Pricks") for close-up magic. He also received honors for comedy, and he was the recipient of the Swedish Magic Circle Award. The description of his performance says that his coin manipulations caused the coins to seem to "appear an vanish at his fingertips effortlessly." A coin-Sharpie routine "really has to be seen to be disbelieved." And he also performed "Sharpie impressions" of folks such as Penn, Teller, Uri Geller, Jeff McBride, Doug Henning and Shimada. I don't know what "Sharpie impressions" are, but apparently they were a big hit with the crowd.

Considering some of the unflattering (if not downright insulting) descriptions of the acts of some others, the description of Merrill's act is positive in the extreme.

deBergerac · 22nd September 2006, 05:20 AM

I have not read Genii but I thought all the competitors that made it to the final were really good. Though I confess that I felt that the acts in the close up competition were more interesting and inventive than the stage acts.

Unfortunately I missed some of the really bad acts in the stage competition but I did get to see the “sound of magic” act in the close up competition, words cannot describe that one.

The sharpie imitations were great, that is all I am going to say.

28th July 2006, 12:57 AM	#1
deBergerac New Doc on the Block Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Uppsala (Sweden) Posts: 445	I am going to FISM Just to brag actually, not that I am competing or anything, but it should still make a few of you envious. I leave for Sweden today and FISM starts the 31st. Is anyone else from here going? www.fism.com

28th July 2006, 01:48 PM	#3
NoZed Avenger Bitter Whiner Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 8,793	Bastard. Me, envious? Not at all. Why do you ask, bastard?
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5th August 2006, 12:54 AM	#6
RSLancastr Philosopher www.StopSylvia.com Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Los Angeles Area Posts: 8,572	I thought I was going to fism, but it turns out it was just gas. I have no idea what I meant by that either.
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9th August 2006, 01:47 PM	#9
Tim Van Haitsma New Blood Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Holland, Michigan Posts: 7	How was Rick Merril? He won the Close-up. He is a friend of mine. I love his flip stick routine.
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28th July 2006, 12:02 PM	#2
Brown Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Twin Cities, Canada Posts: 9,117	I'm not going, but I am dutifully envious.

28th July 2006, 08:32 PM	#4
Bob Klase Master Poster Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,445	I was lucky enough to go in 1988 when I was stationed in Germany. I had hoped I might be able to go again this year, but the cost was just going to be too high for me.

2nd August 2006, 10:09 AM	#5
rebecca Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some other spring Posts: 6,852	deBergerac: If it's not too late, the guy in the picture on the page you linked to is an old friend of mine, Gazzo. Tell him Rebecca from the Magic Hat in Boston says hey!

5th August 2006, 05:50 AM	#7
deBergerac New Doc on the Block Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Uppsala (Sweden) Posts: 445	Originally Posted by rebecca deBergerac: If it's not too late, the guy in the picture on the page you linked to is an old friend of mine, Gazzo. Tell him Rebecca from the Magic Hat in Boston says hey! It is done. He says he remembers you but I am sure that is just a line. The whole "the guy in the picture" was not necessary, Gazzo is quite well known.

6th August 2006, 10:24 AM	#8
rebecca Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some other spring Posts: 6,852	Originally Posted by deBergerac It is done. He says he remembers you but I am sure that is just a line. Heh, well last time we talked was about six years ago when he knew me as Becky, I didn't wear glasses, I was giving his kid free Pikkachu toys, and I refused to quit college to take him on as a street performing tutor. If he still doesn't get it, I blame the stroke . . .

11th August 2006, 03:33 AM	#10
deBergerac New Doc on the Block Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Uppsala (Sweden) Posts: 445	He was great, and his routine worked really well. He had a lot of jokes in it and a few that were targeted to the Swedes in the audience.

20th September 2006, 12:14 PM	#11
Brown Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Twin Cities, Canada Posts: 9,117	The current issue of Genii magazine includes special coverage of FISM 2006, along with a special supplement describing the competitors and their acts. Rick Merrill took Grand Prix (which I think is French for "Grand Pricks") for close-up magic. He also received honors for comedy, and he was the recipient of the Swedish Magic Circle Award. The description of his performance says that his coin manipulations caused the coins to seem to "appear an vanish at his fingertips effortlessly." A coin-Sharpie routine "really has to be seen to be disbelieved." And he also performed "Sharpie impressions" of folks such as Penn, Teller, Uri Geller, Jeff McBride, Doug Henning and Shimada. I don't know what "Sharpie impressions" are, but apparently they were a big hit with the crowd. Considering some of the unflattering (if not downright insulting) descriptions of the acts of some others, the description of Merrill's act is positive in the extreme.

22nd September 2006, 05:20 AM	#12
deBergerac New Doc on the Block Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Uppsala (Sweden) Posts: 445	I have not read Genii but I thought all the competitors that made it to the final were really good. Though I confess that I felt that the acts in the close up competition were more interesting and inventive than the stage acts. Unfortunately I missed some of the really bad acts in the stage competition but I did get to see the “sound of magic” act in the close up competition, words cannot describe that one. The sharpie imitations were great, that is all I am going to say.