If you could see anyone.. and I mean anyone lecture.. who would it be?

I'm pretendig it's a perfect world and money is no object. Who would you like to see?

Thanks!

~DJD

Erdnase!

Slydini and Gary Kurtz.

David Devant

Eric Jones and well .... Just Eric:)

Ok on a serious note ... Eric Jones.

No really .... uhm let me think ..............................yeah Eric Jones

Let's see...

Michael Vincent
Tom Stone
David Stone
Eric Jones
Fred Kaps

are just a few on my list...

Cellini.

Michael Vincent.

Cellini again

Penn and Teller if they lectured.

The Pendragons
Lance Burton
Jeff McBride (already have but would definitely go again)
David Blaine

Doug Henning, Jim Stienmyer, Terry Evanswood, Jeff McBride.

P.S. Matthew- The Pendragons have an excellent lecture.

I'd have to say Juan Tamariz and Eugene Burger. I've seen both lecture, and would love to see them both lecture again. Oh, and Tommy Wonder, sadly never got to see him.

KOZMO!!! and I hear hes out there lecturing

signed
KOZMO

Oh yeah...that's what I meant to say. Kozmo. And I will see him lecture a week from today. As philosopher David Lee Roth once said "This must be just like living in paradise."

Seriously, I'm looking forward to it.

Blackstone Sr. and Jr.
Cardini
David Devant
Thurston
Houdini
Geoffrey Buckingham
Fred Kaps
Charlie Miller
Lewis Ganson
Al Baker
Alan Wakeling
Roy Benson

I've often wondered what one needs to be a good lecturer. I've seen amazing ones and terrible ones. Hmmm, I could talk for days about Magic Fridaying...

Would love to see Ricky Jay.

~jamie d. garnt
http://www.whatizit.net

Thanks to all y'all!

I see some great suggestions.. now I'm going to modify my origional request. They must be living..

Simply put, my local ring is looking for a big name, to bring in. Even if they aren't currently on a lecture tour.

So.. I see some great suggestions.. keep 'em coming..

So far coming soon...

Pop Hayden, Eugene Burger, John Carney.

Chad Long
Eric Jones

Ed alonzo
jim steinmyer
doug henning
fielding west

Jim,

Here are a few more I think you can use.

Kozmo
Darwin Ortiz
Richard Sanders
Todd Karr
and I agree, as posted above, John Carney

Phantini

Since money is no object (or at least, supposedly), how about David Copperfield? Personally, I'd love to hear how he went from working with a TT in his bedroom to having the biggest stage show in the world. Probably has tons of fascinating stories and business tips. Plus, he has the knack of being able to present both the simplest, least expensive illusions alongside the most complex, hugely expensive ones with equal panache.

Others that have been mentioned already that I'd put at the top of the "dream" wishlist are Lance Burton and Jim Steinmeyer.

More realistically, though, Giacomo Bertini puts on a great coin lecture, if you can convince him to leave Italy. He just completed a U.S. tour that I missed; Denny Haney reassured me that I completely blew it by not showing up. Said it was one of the best lectures he's ever hosted.

I mentioned Chad Long and Eric Jones earlier - they stand out for their technical ability, their engaging performance style and their proven ability to teach. Couldn't go wrong with either of them.

And then there's David Stone; Penn and Teller; Kent Gunn; Steven Youell; Shoot Ogawa (you'll need a translator); Darwin Ortiz; Bill Malone; the Pendragons; R. Paul Wilson; Aaron Fisher; John Carney; Scott Guinn; "Michaels" Vincent, Close, Ammar and Rubinstein... the list goes on and on (if you can get any of them)!