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− | Born on a farm in Iowa, Crandall would grow up to buy the "Studio of Magic" shop from [[Al Sharpe]] in 1957. He would run it for two years before closing it. | + | Born on a farm in Iowa, Crandall would grow up to buy the "Studio of Magic" shop from [[Al Sharpe]] in 1957. He would run it for two years before closing it.<ref>''[[MAGIC Magazine]]'', January 2005</ref> |
He became a host at the [[Magic Castle]], introducing the acts and fending off people who were improperly attired (there is a strict dress code). He was the original grumpy old man and his wit and sarcasm were accepted and expected by all. He would do a weekly X-rated show on Saturday nights at midnight.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1969 March]]</ref> | He became a host at the [[Magic Castle]], introducing the acts and fending off people who were improperly attired (there is a strict dress code). He was the original grumpy old man and his wit and sarcasm were accepted and expected by all. He would do a weekly X-rated show on Saturday nights at midnight.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1969 March]]</ref> |
Revision as of 06:16, 2 January 2015
Clarke Crandall | |
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Born | Clarke Caryl Randal April 23, 1907 Iowa |
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Died | June 01, 1975 (age 68) Veteran's Hospital in Los Angeles |
Clarke "The Senator" Crandall (1907-1975) was an American comedy magician and magic dealer. He developed funny routines for such effects as the Card Duck and the Cups and Balls.
Contents
Biography
Born on a farm in Iowa, Crandall would grow up to buy the "Studio of Magic" shop from Al Sharpe in 1957. He would run it for two years before closing it.[1]
He became a host at the Magic Castle, introducing the acts and fending off people who were improperly attired (there is a strict dress code). He was the original grumpy old man and his wit and sarcasm were accepted and expected by all. He would do a weekly X-rated show on Saturday nights at midnight.[2]
He wrote books and various columns for magazines like "It's A Mystery To Me" for The New Tops.
The Abbott's Get-Together presents the "Senator Crandall Award" for comedy excellence each year.
Columns & Newsletters
Senator's Pink Sheet
Senator's Pink Sheet ran from April 1957 to June 1959.
"It's a Mystery to Me"
"It's a Mystery to Me" was the name of a long-running column The Senator wrote for The New Tops, from 1963 to March 1974. A compilation of some of the columns, selected by Neil Foster, was published as Now You Can Get the Best of "Senator" Crandall in 1969, by Abbott's. Crandall also self-published his Little Pink Booklet in 1972, which was a reprint of more columns from "It's a Mystery to Me."
Little Pink Booklet
Senator Crandall's Little Pink Booklet was published "irregularly" for a brief period in 1972.
"It's Only My Opinion But..."
"It's Only My Opinion But..." was Crandall's column in Genii, from November 1972 to May 1975.
Vol. | No. | Date | Page |
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36 | 11 | November 1972 | 498 |
36 | 12 | December 1972 | 546 |
37 | 1 | January 1973 | 22 |
37 | 2 | February 1973 | 68 |
37 | 3 | March 1973 | 112 |
37 | 4 | April 1973 | 154 |
37 | 5 | May 1973 | 200 |
37 | 7 | July 1973 | 288 |
37 | 8 | August 1973 | 332 |
37 | 10 | October 1973 | 422 |
37 | 11 | November 1973 | 464 |
37 | 12 | December 1973 | 512 |
38 | 1 | January 1974 | 20 |
38 | 2 | February 1974 | 64 |
38 | 3 | March 1974 | 106 |
38 | 4 | April 1974 | 148 |
38 | 5 | May 1974 | 207 |
38 | 6 | June 1974 | 247 |
38 | 7 | July 1974 | 294 |
38 | 9 | September 1974 | 380 |
38 | 10 | October 1974 | 426 |
38 | 11 | November 1974 | 474 |
39 | 3 | March 1975 | 120 |
39 | 4 | April 1975 | 189 |
39 | 5 | May 1975 | 226 |
Crandall Comments
Clarke The Senator Crandall Comments was published in Hollywood "at 50¢ a copy once a month sometimes" in 1974 and 75.
Bibliography
Meet the Senator
Meet the Senator came out circa 1950.
Contents:
- Page 2 Meet the Senator
- Page 3 Dear Friends
- Page 4 "Double Confusion"
- Page 7 "Everything Fair Poker Deal"
- Page 12 "Palm Reading Routine"
Entertaining With Magic (1952)
The Senator Returns (1959)
The Senator Returns was published in 1959.
Contents:
- "Twenty One Card Trick"
- "Too Many Sevens"
- "Lecture on Perseverance"
- Newspaper Clippings
- Optical Illusions
Gwendolyn and the Duck Deck Routine
See Senator Crandall and "Gwendolyn".
How to Stack Dice for Fun and No $! (1974)
See How to Stack Dice for Fun and No $!.
How to Add More Magic to Your Comedy
This was the working title of a book of Crandall's magic that Bruce Cervon and Ron Bauer had planned to write. After Cervon died in 2007, Bauer stated:
Unfortunately, several years of procrastination followed by Bruce’s illness delayed our progress on the book. Now that Bruce has passed on, I doubt that I'll ever write and publish it, mostly because he was the connection to Clarke's family who should be part of the project.[3]
Other Works
- Politicking Magic was published circa 1955, and was written by Jay Marshall and Crandall.
- Page 1 How I Came to Do Politicking Magic by Jay Marshall
- Page 2 The Political Speech
- Page 4 Clarke "The Senator" Crandall's Political Thoughts
- Page 5 The Clarke Crandall Style
- Senator Crandall's Cut-Up Card Trick was released in 2003 as No. 13 in the Ron Bauer Private Studies Series.
Contributions to Books
Title | Book Title | Author | Date | Pages |
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"Triple Divincation" | 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do | W. F. Rufus Steele | 1946 | 22 |
Some gags (as given to Don Alan) | Ireland Yearbook 1950 | L. L. Ireland | 1950 | 31-32 |
"An Impossible Transposition" | The Last Word on Cards | W. F. Rufus Steele | 1952 | 26-27 |
Cards in pocket anecdote | With Frances In Magicland | Frances Ireland | 1952 | 117 |
"The Sands of Time" | Ireland Yearbook for 1953 | L. L. Ireland | 1953 | 32-33 |
"On the Linking Ropes" | Ireland Yearbook for 1953 | L. L. Ireland | 1953 | 33 |
"Cup and Balls" | The Tarbell Course in Magic, Vol. 6 | Harlan Tarbell | 1954 | 39-48 |
"One Hand Six Card Repeat" | The Tarbell Course in Magic, Vol. 6 | Harlan Tarbell | 1954 | 78-83 |
"Crandall on Kids" | Kid Stuff, Vol. 2 | Frances Ireland Marshall | 1959 | 72 |
"Crandall's Original Routine" (Sponge balls) | The Sponge Book: How to Do Sponge Ball Tricks | Frances Ireland Marshall | 1960 | 35-41 |
"Around the Block" | The Sponge Book: How to Do Sponge Ball Tricks | Frances Ireland Marshall | 1960 | 42-43 |
Multiple table shift (with Ed Marlo) | Revolutionary Card Technique, Chapter 11: The Multiple Shift | Ed Marlo | 1960 | 21-23 |
"The Senator Explains ESP" | Comedy Mentalism, Vol. 2 | Robert Nelson | 1963 | 13 |
"Some Thoughts on Mentalism" | Comedy Mentalism, Vol. 2 | Robert Nelson | 1963 | 26-27 |
"More Than Coincidence" | Comedy Mentalism, Vol. 2 | Robert Nelson | 1963 | 55-57 |
"A Short Anatomy of Humor" | Comedy Mentalism, Vol. 3 | Robert Nelson | 1964 | 13-16 |
Comedy card in the egg | Ireland Yearbook 1967-8 | Frances Marshall | 1968 | 17 |
"Magic Isn’t Funny" | Ireland Yearbook 1967-8 | Frances Marshall | 1968 | 20-24 |
"Triad-a-Maze" | Ireland Yearbook 1967-8 | Frances Marshall | 1968 | 99-101 |
"Open Force" | Expert Card Conjuring | Alton Sharpe | 1968 | 77 |
"30th Century Clip Board" | The New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mentalism | Burling "Volta" Hull | 1972 | 119-122 |
"Crandall's Rainbow" | Super Subtle Card Miracles | Frank Garcia | 1972 | 139-142 |
"The Joker Finds It" | Miniature Mysteries With Cards | Barbara Walker | 1980 | 55-6 |
"Gamblers' Nightmare" | The Bobo Magic Show | J. B. Bobo | 1984 | 48 |
Remarks (from lecture in New York, March 1952) | Magic For Bartenders - Encore! | Leo Behnke | 1992 | 9-13 |
Beer bottle gag | Magic For Bartenders - Encore! | Leo Behnke | 1992 | 38 |
"My Business Cards" | Magic For Bartenders - Encore! | Leo Behnke | 1992 | 65-67 |
"Crandall's Mexican Turnover" | Find The Ace: A Book About Three Card Monte | Leo Behnke | 1993 | 30-31 |
"A Backward Effect" | The Rainbow Deck | Randy Wakeman | 1995 | 1-3 |
"Crandall-Marlo Strip-Out Multiple Shift" | The Ron Bauer Private Studies Series, No. 17 "Second Finger Top Deal" | Ron Bauer | 2004 | 26-30 |
Contributions to Magazines
Title | Magazine Title | Vol. | No. | Date | Pages |
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"The Joker Finds It" | The Tops | 20 | 9 | Sept. 1955 | 7-8 |
"Jumbo Snake in Basket Routine" | The Tops | 13 | 8 | Aug. 1948 | 8-9 |
"A Backward Effect" | Abracadabra | 6 | 140 | Oct. 2, 1948 | 156-157 |
"Nothing At All" | The Phoenix | 163 | Nov. 6, 1948 | 657 | |
"Four Pips" | The Phoenix | 166 | Dec. 17, 1948 | 667 | |
"Senator Crandall's Card" ("Notes on the I.B.M. Convention" by Martin Gardner) | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 7 | 1 | June 1949 | 555 |
"Yakity-Yak Gag" ("Comedy Stunts" by Martin Gardner) | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 7 | 6 | Nov. 1949 | 605 |
"Tear It Up" | M-U-M | 43 | 11 | April 1954 | 470 |
"Rip 'Em Up" | M-U-M | 44 | 5 | Oct. 1954 | 202 |
"A Backward Effect" | The New Phoenix | 328 | Aug. 8, 1955 | 120-121 | |
"The First Magic Convention" (article) | Genii | 23 | 10 | June 1959 | 358-360 |
"A Letter to the Editor" (article) | The New Tops | 1 | 4 | April 1961 | 38-39 |
"Jay Marshall" (article) | The New Tops | 1 | 6 | June 1961 | 2 |
"Ricki Dunn: America's No. 1 Pickpocket" (article) | The New Tops | 3 | 12 | Dec. 1963 | 4-5 |
"William Russell Walsh" (article) | The New Tops | 11 | 7 | July 1971 | 27-28 |
"George McAthy: An Appreciation" (article) | The New Tops | 11 | 10 | Oct. 1971 | 22-23 |
"Abbott's 35th Annual Get-Together" (article) | Genii | 36 | 9 | Sept. 1972 | 412-416 |
"P.C.A.M. Convention Report" (article) | Genii | 37 | 6 | June 1973 | 252-256 |
"Clarke The Senator Crandall A Sketchy Autobiography" (article) | Genii | 37 | 9 | Sept. 1973 | 383-386 |
"On the Reputed Demise of Duke Stern" (article) | The New Tops | 13 | 10 | Oct. 1973 | 45-46 |
References
- ↑ MAGIC Magazine, January 2005
- ↑ Cover Genii 1969 March
- ↑ Ron Bauer, "Honest, Now You Can Cheat For Free!", Think Like a Conjurer, 2007
- The New Tops, Vol. 1, No. 6, June 1961, Cover Portrait, page 22
- Genii 1973 September, Vol. 37, No. 9, CLARKE “The Senator” Crandall, A Sketchy Autobiography, page 383
- The New Tops, Vol. 15, No. 4, April 1975, page 43
- Goodlife's Abracadabra, Vol. 60 No. 1536, Saturday, 5th JULY, 1975, obituary, page 23
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 55, No. 8, August 1975, Clarke, The Senator, Crandall Dies, page 92
- http://www.death-record.com/l/134553307/Clarke-Crandall
- "Senator" Crandall Front Page Personality/cover Goodliffe Gen Vol 10 No 6 October 1954 p. 173
- Genii Vol. 33, No. 7 by William W. Larsen, Jr. (March 1969) cover p. 273 WWL Jr.