Don Alan

For the 2004 DVD release of The Greater Magic Video Library, Vol. 28, see Don Alan (DVD).

Don Alan
Born	Donald Alan McWethy February 22, 1926 USA
Died	April 15, 1999 (age 73)
Resting place	Lakeside Cemetery in Colon, Michigan.
Categories	Books by Don Alan

Don Alan (b.1926-d.1999), born Donald Alan McWethy was a pioneer in close-up magic on television.

Biography

Alan appeared on his own daytime TV show called Magic. Then worked as "Sir Dono" on Princess Mary Hartline's Magic Castle morning show. Alan also appeared on other television shows including The Ed Sullivan Show, Playboy After Dark, The Tonight Show, Mike Douglas, Dick Cavett and Garry Moore.

In the 1960s, he hosted his own TV show, Don Alan's Magic Ranch.

He is best known for his presentations of the Chop Cup, Invisible Deck, Rising Cards, Benson Bowl, Ranch Bird, and his many kicker endings that he liked to use.

Books

By

• Close-Up Time with Don Alan (1951)
• Pretty Sneaky (1956)

About

• Don Alan's Devano Card Rise, Ron Bauer, Ron Bauer Private Studies Special Edition (1999)
• In a Class by Himself: the Legacy of Don Alan by Jon Racherbaumer, published by L&L, 2000
• The Complete Don Alan’s Chop Cup, Ron Bauer, Ron Bauer Private Studies Special Edition (2005)
• Don Alan's Sneaky Nudist Rides Again, Ron Bauer, No. 24 in the Ron Bauer Private Studies Series (not yet released)

Videos

• Don Alan: How to Earn a Living, The Greater Magic Video Library, Vol. 28 (1988, VHS, Stevens Magic Emporium)
  • Don Alan, The Greater Magic Video Library, Vol. 28 (2004, DVD, Twin Cities Magic)