The Holy Grail takes form in several new videos, both French and English. For the francophone viewers, I have the pleasure of offering a small extract from the "Bonjour Patof" DVD, thanks to the appreciated collaboration from Francis Gélinas and Jacques Desrosiers’ succession. You will also find an extract from "De Bonne Humeur", a televised show taped in December of 1989 at the TVA studios. This taping also happens to be the last television appearance of Magic Tom before his passing.
For the Anglophone viewers, it brings me great pleasure to present you with segments from the "Magic Tom Roadshow" due to the fact that the original tapes are being held under lock and key in the CTV studio archives and are unaccesable to the general public. An unfortunate circumstance to say the least.
Should you or anyone you know happen to have pictures/photos, videos or any other Magic Tom collectables and would like to contribute to this site, please contact me so that we may continue to offer a greater source of written, audio or visual documentation following the career of an exceptional artist that has influenced the lives of so many.
I have written an article for the magic magazine M.U.M. that will be published in a few weeks. What’s fantastic about this is that The Society of American Magicians offers their beautiful magazine across the world. This will be a once in a lifetime occasion to reach magicians from all continents and to let them know about Tom Auburn. Also, the magazine will have a text, written by Tom himself in February 1962 and reproduced with class by my friend Michael Close. I would like to say how greatful I am for his wonderful collaboration to this unique project.
In the upcoming months, we will add new photos and newspaper clips that I found in Magic Tom's personnal archives.
We also work very hard to add new videos on the website, but sometimes the legal authorisation to do so is difficult to obtain
I’m counting on you to let us know if you have, or if you know someone who has, any photo, video, film or text about Magic Tom. It would be great to share your treasure with everybody else.
Till our next update, spread the magic!
Enjoy the site and may your visit be magical.
All throughout our lives, there are people that affect us and most of the time, it is only later that we realize the impact that they had on us.
Way before Doug Henning and David Copperfield, there was Magic Tom who mystified us with his magic but also with his enormous charisma. I still remember the apparitions he made on channel 10, here in Montreal, with Gilles Latulippe, Fernand Gignac and Michel Noel aka Le Capitaine Bonhomme. Those were my first crossings with magic.
He marked my childhood and it’s because of him that I got interested in the works of great magicians such as Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Frank Garcia, Slydini and many more.
Magic Tom was for me the sparkle which made magic my passion, my career, my work. He loved people and cared for his fans so much that, as a child, I wrote to him and he took the time to answer back. That card is part of my most precious souvenir.
I met Magic Tom only once but I will never forget his big blue eyes and his silver hair accompanied by a great big smile which revealed our great big kids heart. It is when I shook his hand that day that I decided I was going to become a magician.
Thank you Magic Tom!
Alain Choquette
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