Magic Club Bloopers

The "Magic Club" TV show was taped as if it were live. In other words, when the cameras began rolling, it was a straight 30 minutes...no edits or cuts. I used to believe that a kid in the audience would have to throw-up for us to edit the show.

During one taping, I asked the kids if they knew any jokes. They all held up their hands. When I approached them with a microphone, they would pause and say something like "...I like Ice Cream". That was their joke. One kid, however, began..."what is the difference between roast beef and pea soup?" I repeated, "I don't know, what is the difference between roast beef and pea soup?" The little boy replied .."any body can roast beef!"

That was one of the few times we edited the show.

Diva Bunny!

Butterbean the Baffling Bunny was an absolutely beautiful rabbit...and she knew it. Butterscotch color and lop ears...she looked so sweet and precious. In reality, she was the meanest rabbit I have ever had or seen! What a prima donna!

On stage, or on the TV show, she loved the attention and applause she received upon making her magical appearance. She let people pet her and was so docile. At home, she became a little Tasmanian Devil! She would bite, scratch, and even growl at me.

When Butterbean wanted to get out of her cage and run around the den, she would start gnawing on her cage door. I would open the door and she would hop out and bounce about for a while, then stretch out and watch TV (really!). Sometimes, she would hop up on the sofa and get in my lap. There, she would force her head under my hand for me to pet her. If I didn't, she would use her four razor sharp teeth to nibble holes in my pants.

Like I said...she knew how to get what she wanted, and do only what she wanted to do. Butterbean went to the big Magic Hat in the sky a couple of years ago. I still run into people who watched the "Magic Club" on TV who ask me "where's Butterbean"?

She was a star... but what a meanie!

The Power of Television

I was the opening act for The Roy Clark Show at the Hiawassee Mountain Fair this summer. The theater seats 3,000 and there were several people already in the audience while I was setting up on stage.

Doing this show was so exciting because of the size of the live audience. All of the publicity promoted "Roy Clark and Magician Mike Fuller".

Naturally, I was setting up to do a big show and was lost in the "magic" moment of arranging my props on stage. Then, a lady among the early arrivers shouted, "Hey...that's my weatherman!".

Ah, the power of television!

Will There Be McDonalds Afterward?

A few years ago, we were taping one of "The Magic Club" TV shows with a group of very young children from a McRae pre-school. Normally we would not have had children this young for the taping, but the teacher and parents wanted them to be on the show.

I knew I would have to have a very special "mystery guest' for a group this young, so I asked Ben Jones to be on the show. Everyone knows and loves Ben, and I thought the kids would have fun with him.

Did I mention the kids were very young?

We magically produce Ben, who came out very bright and exciting ,as only Ben can be. The kids could not have cared less. They didn't know who Ben was... they didn't know who I was... they didn't know what WMAZ-TV was... all they knew... all they cared about? They were going to McDonalds when they left!

Mike Fuller...The Magician Has A Blog?

It's just as big a shock to me...I promise you.

But I got to thinking...I've been performing magic around the Southeast for years and years. No, I'm not going to fess up to the actual number of years, but you can check the ratio of salt to pepper in my hair if you really must! Add my years doing the Magic Club for 13WMAZ, as well as my time spent as a meteorologist - also for 13WMAZ...and I realized something! I've got a lot of memories and stories from all my time spent on the road and in Middle Georgia!

I've been told that you might like it if I shared some of these stories with you. Hence, the blog!

Hope you enjoy the blog and the new site!

Mike