Let Sleeping Dogs Lie — Who Wants

When I Was A Kid, People Wanted To Be An Astronaut. Today, Kids Want To Be Famous, And That's Totally The Wrong Approach. You Have To Have Authenticity In What You're Doing. You Have To Really Care About The Core Message Of What You're Saying, And Then Everything Else Will Fall Into Place.

Science And Technology Were Often Used By [the Magician Of Old], Even Before They Came Into The Marketplace On A Mass Basis. For Example, Prior To The Moving Picture Going Into Theatre, Magicians Were Using The Technique Of Images In Motion As Illusions In Their Shows. At That Time The Process Was So New, An Audience Perceived It As Magic. Also In The Early Stages Of Holograms Magicians Would Use These Images To Baffle And Mystify Their Fans. Hence, You Always Need To Stay One Step Ahead Of The Technology Game To "wow" The Audience.

What I've Tried To Do In My Stage Magic Is To Take A Trick And Give It An Emotional Hook.

Actually, I Started As A Ventriloquist And My Music Teacher Said, "why Don't You Emcee The Talent Show?" My Act Was Out Of The Back Of Boys' Life Magazine-they Had A Whole Series Of Jokes In The Back Of Boys' Life Magazine For Boy Scouts. So My Act Was Jokes With My Ventriloquist Figure, And It Was Really Bad, But I Walked Into The Classroom Afterward And The Kids Went, "wow, You're Cool." I Wasn't Cool At All, But I Thought, "well, This Is A Pretty Good Deal."

Tommy Chong Connects To The Pipe A Lot.