my next guest claims to be the only greek magician working in the united
states he will be appearing with red buttons this saturday night
uh at the mount airy lodge in the poconos two weeks later he will return to the cafe versailles
here in new york for a six-month engagement please welcome the david copperfield of greece kmar
hi oh my very nice what can i do for you tonight ah you're going to help me you're going to be my
assistant i'll be happy to sir okay let's start with the candle i uh i would like to celebrate
so many years here on television so let's uh light a candle lighting the candle it's a magic candle
what part of greece are you from do you mind if i talk to you i was born in a small island of
columnist is not even in the map but actually i've grown up in roads all right four losses
of roads rhodes is an island as well yeah yeah uh candle all right candle flame flame
tissue paper oh my god say the magic word one two say it too beautiful i didn't even
i didn't even get to the magic word there well it's not good to smoke david no it's
not a good idea no no okay tonight i'm going to teach you two things broken
english and magic after all orson welles johnny carson
however tony kerry started him as a magician is that right frankly yes his buddies
could you please take your uh your jacket off we're going to try to take this cigarette and
put them through the jacket and make the cigarette elite cigarette disappear
now do you do this in your in your house so last night the lady was complaining was hot so maybe
it's right tonight so now uh when you do this in a nightclub don't people worry that you're
going to ruin their valuable clothing well i uh i can't do them but i'm a good magician
never make mistakes is this a polyester by any chance no i'm sure it is there is
okay would you please make a hole what do you think see i'm guessing it
well greeks greeks make that's all right greeks make it with the thumb it's okay
david what's the lead cigarette did you get a chance to meet iris
as a matter of fact i was working at the el sanche hotel while she was working in
the caribbean in puerto rico a few years ago i'm sure they closed it down david watch the
cigarette okay and and be careful this is my jacket yeah you can afford it you're rich man
watch the lid cigar ladies and gentlemen watch the smoke watch my hands i'm starting to look
like liberace push the cigarette inside shoulder an empty say the magic word david one more time
oh god the secret of this gun how do you like
okay david i'm a little uh thirsty i want you to help me to make a glass of course
you are you've been knocking your brains out no wonder you're serious do you please i've never
seen a man work harder i'll bet you're dying there david i'm doing the show tonight please
i got i got very little time so please cooperate with me
now he's been showing a poster of joint calling so i brought a new poster oh that's she's lovely who
is that is that daryl i don't know who she is but i like the cover watch a life magazine whatever it
is doesn't matter we don't want to make publicity for anybody we're going to fold it just like that
no don't drink again why did i give you a present i'm sorry that's all right it's clean
shall we put them in the newspaper watch
watch coming out from the other side no could you please hold it yeah this is my original trick
by the way i brought it from greece ali it's gone dry pages no water no wetness no nothing
i have a present for you now you can drink it why you
what is this
that's very impressive you aren't drinking it well i don't i don't like to drink while i'm
working i i see you feel the same
so you make me a little nervous yeah i know yeah i'm still like magic you can't afford to do it
yeah is kmart your your first name is your camarados camaraderie camaradas
all right now i'm a little hungry you're hungry you eat a little cotton don't swallow it please
huh just put this in my mouth yeah of course but don't swallow it and we give something to
the audience no i like it i really should do this you're not gonna make me look like a jerk are you
hmm
that's that's something that was terrific we've got a couple i took mine out is that it
you got a couple more minutes david i want to show you how you scramble
now you're going to be a chef would you mind to put a hat you don't like hats i heard yeah
i'm not crazy about putting on hands unless you want a magic hut no i'll put on okay how about
an apron brought you an apron to make you look like a round please after you take a speed okay
now i brought the instructions down buttons in creek
now david scramble legs we need an egg i have here a handkerchief an empty handkerchief yeah okay
we're going to fold it there's nothing in there not a mountain you're still working with a cotton
now david go like this put your hand inside and let's see what you find a little mouse no no no no
oh yes one egg what are you doing all right okay we'll tell you what kmart uh let's do what
okay let's finish it we're all right i'm sorry my mistake please break the put it right in there
uh okay we can make some fire
all right the fire is under the pan but we do the greek way backwards up just like that watch
now we have a little uh tissue paper over here david watch honey oh my god hey this is very nice
and now before we have a really accident and need the fire department let's take the fire
down one two three would you please pick it up david one two three oh my god amazing
kmart ladies and gentlemen
we'll be right back folks