It is a parody which makes fun of the leading magic magazine, it's advertisers, columnists and the magicians it reports on. Even though much of it is hysterical and produced for entertainment purposes, many have been offended and some are threatening legal action. M agie Montreal will be held in Montreal on March 21-22. One of the new slot machines will have a magic theme. On top of a magician's trunk, a top hat and a magic wand come to life, making cards appear and disappear in combinations that approach 21 - and sometimes more.
Players get the opportunity to split, double down, and buy insurance.
Another slot will have a Fortune teller theme. K arrell Fox, Magic legend and mainstay at the Abbott's Get-Togethers, National I.B.M. Conventions and the Desert Magic Seminar died in Las Vegas yesterday. Fox went to sleep and never woke up. In Paradise held in Honolulu, Hawaii will honor Jimmy Yoshida and feature Daryl, George Schindler, Curtis Kam, Harry Monti, John Hirokawa, Shintaro Fujiyama and Alan Okawa on Mar. 13-15. P aul Commins, Tony Griffith, Kevin James, Chad Long, Vito Lupo, Irlene Mandrell, Mark Merchant, Bob Sheets, Landis Smith and Meir Yedid appear at the 1998 Winter Carnival of Magic in Gatlinburg, TN on Mar. 12-14.