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J. B. Bobo
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His family moved to Canada when he was twelve about the time he got interested in magic. Bobo later returned to Texarkana at age nineteen, where he started to perform locally. He met and married Lillian Carlow, who became part of his act. The Bobos traveled around giving school shows. At their peak, they performed 400 to 450 shows a year. It has been estimated that they gave more than 14,000 school shows over fifty year career.
In 1947, Bobo started to put many of his magic ideas into books that earned him a worldwide reputation. Bobo also excelled as an artist, cartoonist, photographer, cinematographer, and craftsman. He designed his own flyers and posters, and he made many of his own trick apparatus.
In 2006, a DVD tribute was created, which featured an interview, a complete children's performance by him and his wife, along with demonstrations and explanations of many of his tricks.
Books
- Watch This One! (1947)
- Modern Coin Magic (1952)
- New Modern Coin Magic (1966)
- The Bobo Magic Show (1984)
References
- http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4114
- "Broken Wand." The Linking Ring 76 (November 1996)
- Goodsell, David R. "Bobo: Magician of the Month." MUM (Society of American Magicians) 68 (May 1979)
- The Greater Magic Video Library. Vol. 23: Bobo