I have a friend who does magic shows. He sells his shows as magic and stand-up comedy. It's both live entertainment, okay, but he is the only person I've ever seen use that tagline. We went to see him perform once and everything became clear when he opened the night.

"This is supposed to be a magic show," he told us. "But if my tricks fail you can laugh at it and we'll just do stand-up comedy."

Zuck, for a modest and totally-reasonable fee, I will introduce you to my friend. You can add his tricks (wink wink) to your newly-assembled repertoire of human charisma.

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monooso 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

If your friend isn't already aware of Tommy Cooper [1], he's in for a treat.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Cooper

	▲	Poomba 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		He was so funny, people laughed when he died!

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fluoridation 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

So, wait, is he just a shitty magician and a funny guy, or does he fail on purpose?

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yallpendantools 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Haha. I honestly don't know. Which makes him...a great entertainer at least? The show was a real good time though.

Take this with lots of salt but I read somewhere that circus shows "fail" at least one jump to help sell to the audience the risk the performers are taking. My friend did flub his opening trick with a cheeky see-I-told-you and we just laughed it off.

He incorporated the audience a lot that night so I thought the stand-up comedy claim was his insurance policy. In his hour-long set he flubbed maybe two or three tricks.

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whoisthemachine 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The AI, or this person's friend?

	▲	fluoridation 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		The friend.