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[[File: ChuckJones1.png|right|thumb|200px|[[ Chuck Jones]]]]
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'''Chuck Jones''' (b.1942) is a magician, inventor, producer and creator of the [[Mismade Girl]] illusion.
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'''Bob Elgas''' (1929-2013), a piano store owner, performed as Elgas The Wizard and was a nephew of the [[Great Nicola]].
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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Elgas was an apprentice in his teen years to [[Harry Blackstone Sr.]]
 
  
He served in the U.S. Army, as part of the Musicians Corp. After getting out of the Army, he opened The Baldwin Piano Store in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  He also owned a magic store in Colorado Springs, which included a Magic Theater. He rebuilt pianos and built magic illusions for himself and other magicians.
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Inspired and taught by the female magician [[Dell O'Dell]] at her Hollywood magic shop as a child, Jones was performing up to six birthday parties a weekend in high school. Some for Hollywood celebrities’ kids such as Judy Garland and Anthony Quinn. Jones acquired Dell O'Dell's magic collection after her passing.
  
He was a member in the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]].
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After performing at a party for the writer of the [[Johnny Carson]] Show, Jones was asked to appear in a TV skit with Carson.
  
Elgas' two hour stage show took 8 hours set-up time.
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He later went on to produce and appear in his own a daily, live cartoon show at KCOP in Hollywood.
  
Elgas would move to Las Vegas where he continued to repaired pianos  and owned the Piano Store. He also was the proprietor of the Magic & Music Hall of Fame, on the second floor of the old Fitzgerald Casino in Las Vegas.
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His [[Mismade Girl]] illusion was featured by [[Orson Welles]] on the Jackie Gleason Show.
 
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Chuck Jones (b.1942) is a magician, inventor, producer and creator of the Mismade Girl illusion.

Biography

Inspired and taught by the female magician Dell O'Dell at her Hollywood magic shop as a child, Jones was performing up to six birthday parties a weekend in high school. Some for Hollywood celebrities’ kids such as Judy Garland and Anthony Quinn. Jones acquired Dell O'Dell's magic collection after her passing.

After performing at a party for the writer of the Johnny Carson Show, Jones was asked to appear in a TV skit with Carson.

He later went on to produce and appear in his own a daily, live cartoon show at KCOP in Hollywood.

His Mismade Girl illusion was featured by Orson Welles on the Jackie Gleason Show.

Read more about Chuck Jones…