Help us get to over 8,748 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Difference between revisions of "Magicpedia:Today's featured article"

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m
Line 7: Line 7:
 
{{clear}}
 
{{clear}}
 
</noinclude>
 
</noinclude>
The [[Genii-Orben Poll]] was conducted in 1949 and reported in the [[Genii 1950 February| February, 1950 issue of Genii magazine]]. The article complained about how boring magic had become. "The largest single complaint about magic was its unoriginality." Amateur, semi-professional and professional magicians listed their most used tricks in their repertoire.  
+
[[Jochen Zmec]]], the patriarch of German Magic, was a consultant, magic judge and author (of over 50 books).  
  
The list consists of 85 tricks, the most popular first, with the total votes following the name of the trick. The ones with over 100 votes included:
+
His first magic show was at 14 years old, before he went on to become a teacher. After the World War II he taught chemistry in Bernau, a small town north east of Berlin, and would often show a magic trick if the class did well.
* [[Linking Rings]] (287)
+
* [[Cut and Restored Rope]] (246)
+
* [[Die Box]] (141)
+
* [[Billiard Balls]] (137)
+
* [[Paper Tear]] (123)
+
* [[Twentieth Century Silks]] (111)
+
* [[Vanishing Cane]] (107)
+
* [[Egg Bag]] (100)
+
  
[[Genii-Orben Poll|Read more about The Orben-Genii Poll...]]
+
Zmeck  worked for an East German movie company, DEFA, as a consultant and as an actor playing a magician in children specials. With his wife Helma as his stage assistant they traveled around the world performing starting in 1962.
 +
 
 +
In 1997 a serious accident put a stop to his many activities, retiring to a small village next to Bernau called Rüdnitz. He became an honorary member of the [[German Magic Circle]], the Magic Circle of Israel, The magic circles of Moscow, and  the Austrian Graz.
 +
 
 +
== Awards ==
 +
* "Writers of the Year", [[Magic Circle]] (1991)
 +
 +
[[Jochen Zmeck|Read more about Jochen Zmeck...]]

Revision as of 20:19, 8 June 2012

To view past articles or propose a new feature article for the main page, visit the discussion page.

Jochen Zmec], the patriarch of German Magic, was a consultant, magic judge and author (of over 50 books).

His first magic show was at 14 years old, before he went on to become a teacher. After the World War II he taught chemistry in Bernau, a small town north east of Berlin, and would often show a magic trick if the class did well.

Zmeck worked for an East German movie company, DEFA, as a consultant and as an actor playing a magician in children specials. With his wife Helma as his stage assistant they traveled around the world performing starting in 1962.

In 1997 a serious accident put a stop to his many activities, retiring to a small village next to Bernau called Rüdnitz. He became an honorary member of the German Magic Circle, the Magic Circle of Israel, The magic circles of Moscow, and the Austrian Graz.

Awards

Read more about Jochen Zmeck...