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kihei kid Inner circle Dog House 1039 Posts |
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On 2011-07-11 16:59, Mr. Pitts wrote: No need to apologize whatsoever. Your actually correct. No doubt, there are funnier/better options then the random list I posted. Hey Ken! Are you using some kind of machine to read there minds? If you are what about accidently ppointing the machine at yourself? That maybe a good spot for the crickets. OR, when accidently pointing it at yourself how about the song from America "you can do magic". Another song for your consideration that you could work into the routine somewhere is by Napoleon XIV "there coming to take me away".
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Ken Northridge Inner circle Atlantic City, NJ 2392 Posts |
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On 2011-07-11 22:25, kihei kid wrote: Yes, I'm using a device and as of right now I end the routine by reading my mind and poking fun at myself.
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TonyB2009 Inner circle 5006 Posts |
Guys, whether you like it or not the most popular children's and family entertainment for the past two decades is The Simpsons. All the family watch it. I have not heard of the show causing massive offence. And Homer drinks like a fish. Go figure.
I stand by what I say; you are all being sensitive way out of keeping with the situation. Such hyprocasy is unhealthy for a society. As Starpower rightly points out, I don't make the rules. But neither do you guys. The market dictates what is appropriate. And The Simpsons does better than any of us. I'll keep doing things the way I do. Ken, go with your instincts. Ignore what all of us (including me) say, and go with those instincts. Keep or drop the gag. You have the experience to make the call. As a matter of interest, I have once been strongly criticised for mentioning marriage in a show. The booker felt that it was encouraging a particular outlook and limiting the expectations of the girls in my audience. I have once had a complaint made to a venue over remarks I made about cars. But I have never been criticised for harmless gags about drink.
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Ken Northridge Inner circle Atlantic City, NJ 2392 Posts |
You have a point Tony. Most of the popular children's entertainment today is full of border line material. I, and most of us, do not get upset by this. Its funny you mentioned The Simpsons. My wife hates that show because she thinks Homer is a bad example for a father. But that's what makes it funny! Anybody in their right mind knows that's not how to raise children. But Homer is so dumb he doesn’t know it.
I would not be upset if an entertainer read my mind and revealed that I thinking about drinking. I know its a joke. However, I believe that maybe 5% of the population might be upset. So, why risk it? I can get plenty of laughs without it. Thank you for all of your responses!
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bsears Inner circle Cincinnati, Ohio 1040 Posts |
As someone who performs weekly in restaurants that serve alcohol, I am often performing for children while their parents are drinking. Sometimes the parents will make a joke about it.
The only "line" I use around kids that has anything to do with drinking is while performing Tom Ladshaw's "sleeping pill." The line is a standard one about being "hungover." I've never had a complaint about it. |
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Leland Inner circle St Louis 1180 Posts |
I drink but I don’t over do it.
If there are a large portion of adults in the audience, I will throw out an adult line. The kids will look at the adults laughing and they laugh but the kids have no idea why what I said was funny. There will always be one parent that will roll their eyes but they get the joke and smile anyway. I always look at them and say “hey, hey, it’s a kids party keep it clean.” Which for some reason makes it even funnier. I have never had a parent complain to me about what I said. I also make balloons and when I make a mermaid, I purposely put the bra on lower than normal, so that they hang, think granny style. Then I say “oh this middle age mermaid just doesn’t work, let’s take some years off her”. Then I adjust the bra up and say “there much better”. Adults love it. Never had one complaint.
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magic4children Regular user Cheshire UK 127 Posts |
Hi Ken
I work as a counsellor with recovering alcoholics. For some people alcohol is sources of huge pain and misery, people lose their families, dignity and sadly their lives. If the joke offends just one person in all the time you use the routine, my opinion is that that would be one too many. |
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Pecan_Creek Veteran user The Nation of TEXAS! 323 Posts |
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On 2011-07-15 15:07, magic4children wrote: Wow! Really? |
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TonyB2009 Inner circle 5006 Posts |
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On 2011-07-15 15:07, magic4children wrote: That's a receipe for mediocracy if ever I heard one.
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*Mark Lewis* V.I.P. 1325 Posts |
It must be remembered that Tony is from Ireland. In that country you are considered slightly abnormal if you don't drink. When I was living there I couldn't believe how many pubs were there. Probably one on every street corner and sometimes two or three even in fairly smallish street. It is one stereotype of the Irish that is one hundred percent true. It was exemplified to me by one Irishman who said to me, "The difference between you Brits and us is that when you go to a pub you go to talk. When we Irish go to a pub it is TO DRINK!"
I hardly drink at all but I still remember that the Fiat car company hired virtually every magician in Ireland to perform at car dealerships all over the country. I was supposed to do kid show magic and walk around all day at one particular dealership. It was fairly quiet in the morning and the owner of the dealership kept plying me with whiskey even though I kept refusing him. But in Ireland it is a massive insult to refuse alcohol and he wouldn't take no for an answer. I protested that it was unprofessional for me to be drinking while performing and he laughed and said, "Ah Jaysus, Fiat are paying for all this and I won't be telling them. Have another drink" I was staggering round all day trying to do the sponge ball trick and Run Rabbit Run while quite intoxicated. And the customers didn't seem to mind a bit. It was a highly paid gig too. I am still wondering how I got home that day. I did tell Quentin Reynolds about it and of course he was quite horrified in his usual prissy way since he doesn't drink at all. I do remember him being terribly pompous about it saying how unprofessional I was accepting the Devil's Buttermilk. Alas, not being a drinker in Ireland is considered to be most unnatural so of course he eventually had to leave the country because he felt it inappropriate to indulge in unnatural behaviour that his fellow countrymen would not approve of. But no. After all this I am not in favour of mentioning alcohol at a children's party. However, I was late for a show once (lateness is also part of the Irish culture) and the *** five year old piped up saying, "Why were you late, Mark? Did you stop off at the pub to have a few drinks?" Yes. Ireland is a special place. |
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