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Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Kent Cummins
181 episodes
3 days ago
Kent Cummins has spent more than seventy years in a lifetime of magic. It began when a six-year-old received a magic set for Christmas and declared he was going to be a magician. He made that prediction come true with an extensive career and performances all over the world. Kent takes you behind the curtain and shares a back-stage view of history, personalities, and personal experiences in the life of a magician, presented from his personal museum, The Fantastic Magic Center. Become a supporter at https://www.patreon.com/FantasticMagicCenter
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Kent Cummins has spent more than seventy years in a lifetime of magic. It began when a six-year-old received a magic set for Christmas and declared he was going to be a magician. He made that prediction come true with an extensive career and performances all over the world. Kent takes you behind the curtain and shares a back-stage view of history, personalities, and personal experiences in the life of a magician, presented from his personal museum, The Fantastic Magic Center. Become a supporter at https://www.patreon.com/FantasticMagicCenter
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Episodes (20/181)
Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Kent's Tragic Magic Career, Part 2

What could possibly go wrong in the life of a professional magician? As it turns out, plenty. Kent spends a little more time visiting some of the less magical moments, while acknowledging that, overall, it's been pretty fantastic.

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1 day ago
23 minutes 26 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Kent's Tragic Magic Career

While Kent is fantastic not every moment in his long career have been. He shares a few bumps on his magical road.

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1 week ago
21 minutes 26 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Celebrities I Have Met

There are many celebrity magicians, but some of them have intersected directly with Kent Cummins. He tells the tales.

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2 weeks ago
18 minutes 28 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
More Celebrity Magicians

It makes sense that actors would be interested in magic. They are performers, after all. But there are celebrities from other walks of life who are also magicians!

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3 weeks ago
15 minutes 58 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Celebrity Magic

Many celebrities that we know as actors, business people, and even a king are also magicians. Kent shares some stories that may surprise you.

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4 weeks ago
16 minutes 30 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Motivational Magic Books

Are motivational books magic? They can be if they change how you view yourself and the world. Kent Cummins talks about some books that aren't about tricks, but that have changed his life.

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1 month ago
17 minutes 38 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Jack Kent

Kent Cummins remembers cartoonist and children's book author, Jack Kent, and shares some surprising connections.

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1 month ago
16 minutes 53 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
More Houdini Stories

Kent Cummins wraps up his October series of Houdini stories with some miscellaneous bits about Houdini's fascinating life and how they affected Kent's own journey as a magician.

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1 month ago
13 minutes 33 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Houdini's Family

Houdini was a family man, a trait Kent Cummins shares. Follow the overlapping family journeys as Kent continues to share his connections to Harry Houdini.

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1 month ago
16 minutes 21 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Harry

Last episode we met Ehrich as a young boy as he started on his path to fame. This time we look at him as he begins making his way in the world has Harry, along with stories of his lasting legacy.

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2 months ago
15 minutes 17 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Ehrich

Kent discovered his love of magic and entertaining as a boy. This is true of many other famous magicians, including one boy named Ehrich who grew to make an indelible mark on the art which has resonated for more than a century.

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2 months ago
12 minutes 34 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Magic Island with Scott Wells, Part 2

Kent continues his discussion about the history and future(?) of Magic Island, an unique, magic-themed club in Houston.

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2 months ago
19 minutes 18 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Magic Island, with Scott Wells - Part 1

Magic Island was a magical venue in Houston, Texas for many years. It sadly shut down, but may be back soon. Kent talks with friend, Scott Wells, about the history of this unusual club.

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2 months ago
14 minutes 58 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Costumes

What you wear says something about you. This is especially true of performers. Kent explores his own costuming over the years and why he made those choices.

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3 months ago
21 minutes 8 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Real Magic

What is the greatest kind of magic that exists? Kent makes a pretty good case that the greatest magic is love as he describes his journey with his companion, Margot.

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3 months ago
14 minutes 28 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
I Love Teaching

Kent has talked about his various works on the path of teaching, but now he delves more into the personal experience of teaching and how he discovered that it was something he found truly fulfilling.

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3 months ago
13 minutes 19 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Now You See It, Now You Don't

Kent closes out his discussion of sleight of hand with one of the best books on the subject, Now You See It, Now You Don't, by Bill Tarr.

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3 months ago
16 minutes 2 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Sleight of Hand with Playing Cards

Kent talked about sleight of hand techniques with coins and other objects. Can those things be done with playing cards as well? Yes, but, oh, so much more. Kent focuses on the specialty sleights learned by skilled card magicians.

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4 months ago
15 minutes 44 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Sleight of Hand

One of the magician's tools is sleight of hand, but what exactly does that mean. Kent draws back the curtain a little and shares.

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4 months ago
16 minutes 40 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Being a Magician

Kent has talked about many of his experiences as a magician, but what does it feel like to wield the wand. He reflects on how magician is his true identity.

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4 months ago
13 minutes 21 seconds

Tales from the Fantastic Magic Center with Kent Cummins
Kent Cummins has spent more than seventy years in a lifetime of magic. It began when a six-year-old received a magic set for Christmas and declared he was going to be a magician. He made that prediction come true with an extensive career and performances all over the world. Kent takes you behind the curtain and shares a back-stage view of history, personalities, and personal experiences in the life of a magician, presented from his personal museum, The Fantastic Magic Center. Become a supporter at https://www.patreon.com/FantasticMagicCenter