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Eddie
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Daniel Tosh
Going through the motions.
Eddie
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Daniel Tosh
Hey, guys, I have to remind you, wherever you're listening to this podcast to make sure that you rate it, but rate it 5 stars if you're gonna rate it 4 stars. You know what? Don't even bother. 5 stars. Please also subscribe. That matters.
Eddie
Subscribe and rate.
Daniel Tosh
But rate high. You joined the magic club at your high school?
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
How much did you guys get? Posh show. Posh Toss show from show. It's toss show time. Good morning, Eddie.
Pete
Good morning, Daniel.
Daniel Tosh
Eddie. Yeah. You know that I was made in Germany, right?
Pete
I do know that.
Daniel Tosh
Mm. And you know that my favorite band has always been Rammstein.
Pete
No. I don't know.
Daniel Tosh
Do.
Pete
Oh, nice.
Daniel Tosh
Do hask do husk me do hast mit koto if nif na koro fly.
Pete
I'm not familiar with that band.
Daniel Tosh
You don't like that song?
Pete
I don't know that I like it. I'm not familiar with it.
Daniel Tosh
Do. Hush. Seems like I'd love me if need not get off. I don't know the words. No, that's it. It's in the. It's. I'm in the wheelhouse. Oh, man. You play that song, nothing gets. Gets me going. You can save your black coffee. Give me some Rammstein. I'm in a good mood.
Pete
All right.
Daniel Tosh
Now, I don't like to pat myself on the back too often, but this. This is. This is one for the ages. The other day, I'm with my daughter. I'm holding her. We go into a coffee shop. Okay. I don't drink coffee.
Pete
Right.
Daniel Tosh
Getting a coffee for my wife. She didn't even ask for it. I'm just picking her up on iced hazelnut vanilla latte with oat milk. I don't know. I know a version of what she likes. Anyway, I'm going in there just to make her day a little brighter. I'm gonna pick her up a coffee now. In the coffee shop, waiting for their order were two black men in their early 20s. And I'm gonna say, this is probably wrong, but I'm gonna say Very gay. You know, a lot of mannerisms, dressed fabulous, okay? One of them looks me dead in the eye and goes, excuse me, are you a famous model?
Pete
Wow.
Daniel Tosh
Holy cow. I almost dropped my child. Right? I was like, are you kidding me? I looked at. I go. I go, you just. You just made my life. I am not a famous model. And this is what he says to me with no hesitation after I say, no, I'm not. He goes, well, you've got that factor.
Carl
Wow.
Daniel Tosh
How am I not supposed. And I know you're like, you know, we shouldn't care about their sexual preference or their race, but I care. And it made them so much cooler. And for them to, like, if somebody hillbilly looked at me and goes, you must be a famous model, I would be like, okay. I don't even know that I would report it. I would probably be terrified that I was about ready to get thrown in the back of a pickup. But from these two, who clearly knew style and fashion, to look at me and just go, oh, man. Like, I was. I was floored. I couldn't believe it. You ever had two gay men come up to you and just tell you how beautiful you are? I mean, I've never injected heroin into the eye of my cock.
Pete
Okay?
Daniel Tosh
But it's gotta be close. That's pretty neat. Well, anyway, so I'm in a great mood, so I thought, what better way to bring me down off my high than read some of the comments from our subscribers?
Pete
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
So, Eddie, go ahead, put me in a. Put me in a foul mood.
Pete
Let's see. This is from the Sergio episode.
Daniel Tosh
Okay? Sergio, the builder of my home, says, great interview.
Pete
Until he said he thinks Spain is the best country in the world. Nothing like a rich person working in the U.S. raising children in the U.S. and developing a life in the U.S. than saying another country is better.
Daniel Tosh
All right, stop, stop. Done. I'm done. See? And that's it. That's it. It took you reading half of a comment for me to realize that this was a horrible idea. Oh, God, you fucking people are so stupid. Do you know you're stupid? Or do you think. Do you think when you were hammering out that way too long comment that you were like, mmm, I got him here. First of all, let's start with the one thing, and I shouldn't talk about one of my friends, finances, but I think Sergio would be totally okay with this. He is not rich by any stretch of the imagination. He was the foreman on my job site. I hired his boss, his boss's company, and Sergio works underneath him, so people say, oh, he overcharged. He never charged me anything. He had somebody to report to. The fact that I gave Sergio stuff that we weren't using or extra stuff is not the point. So, anyways, let's start with that. Sergio's not rich now, liking his home country more than he likes America. How dare he? First of all, he has a Mexican wife who they met in Los Angeles, and they have a family here. That's why for the majority of the year, they live here, because that's where his family is. I just. It annoys me so much when people say, when a president gets elected and people threaten to leave, like, oh, if he wins, I'm leaving the country. I never say stuff like that. And I could. I could go anywhere on this planet if I felt like it. I don't, because I don't want to. It's like, this is where I live. This is where my family is. These are the restaurants that I like to go to or that I know about. So I don't want to have to find new places to eat. I just. It's so dumb. Do I think it's the best country in the world? I don't. Do. I do. I like living here. Yeah, it's great. I love the Miami Dolphins. I don't fucking live in Miami. I know that they are not the best team in football. They're not even in the top 50%. I don't believe. It's just so weird. How can he like where he was born and raised more than where he lives now with his wife and kids? I don't know. He just thinks it's great. Who gives a shit? You know, the person that's commenting. This isn't some guy that's got it all together, living in Laguna beach, going, I can't believe you're shitting on this place. No, it's some guy in some horrible part of this country hammering on the keyboard. You can love someplace more than where you live. If you don't think it's the best, then you shouldn't be here. That is so dumb. The other thing I can't wrap my head around completely is people that type things out that are shitting on the guests that we have. These aren't celebrities, so these people don't need to come on the show. They're doing me a favor. They don't have a PR team telling them, oh, no, this will help your image. So you guys are doing me a disservice when you write snarky things about A guest that didn't want to be on a show in the first place, they're not looking for any type of attention. I'm just asking, hey, as a favor to me, can I interview you? Because I find you fascinating and I want to share your story with people. So you're doing this show a disservice when you write nasty things about a guest makes it harder for me to get other guests to come on the show. And some people like to say nice things about me. Oh, you know, I do a good job interviewing these people, but some of these people are very. This is the first time they've ever been interviewed. They're very nervous. I have to ramble 30 minutes about what we're gonna eat later for lunch just to get em comfortable before we get into it. And then when we finally have a fun discussion, you hammer shit out about, fuck this guy taking jobs from us. Go around here. Eddie, what's your favorite country?
Pete
I'm gonna say France.
Daniel Tosh
France. Well, that's. That would upset Sergio, to be honest. John, what's your favorite? I'm going to go Spain. Oh, look at this. Two Americans, one military kid, the other one from Ohio, and both of them pick a European country. You guys are both deplorable. Dylan, what's your favorite country?
Carl
I'm going Norway.
Daniel Tosh
Nor actually pretty good. You might. You might be able to sway me on that one, Pete.
Carl
Spain.
Daniel Tosh
Pete was Spain. All right. Do you want to know my favorite country is. Yeah, okay, it's America. But I'm a Homer.
Eddie
I'm a Homer.
Daniel Tosh
In fairness, I like Tahoe, and Tahoe's in America, so the whole country wins because of Tahoe. You know what? I'm sorry, Eddie. I know we were going to do comments, but you've soured me. You soured me with the first one, and I don't want to hear from anybody else. Yeah, moan all you want, guys. One bad apple ruined the whole thing for everyone. I'm kind of in a good mood, though, because I'm thinking, thinking about Tahoe, which always makes me happy, because it's a magical place and I don't even believe in magic. But there's something about that altitude once you're over 6,000ft. Oh, smell of the pine. That's magic. Not like today's guest who dabbles in the dark arts. Enjoy. Hi, Daniel Tosh here. Now, you may know me as a comedian and a podcaster, but I'm also an entrepreneur, so I know firsthand that starting a new business can be overwhelming. Thanks to all the hats you suddenly have to learn to wear. But lucky for me, we had Shopify to help. Shopify is a commerce platform by millions of businesses around the world and 10% of all E commerce in America, from household names like Mattel and Gymshark to brands just getting started. When you use Shopify, your company doesn't need to hire its own design studio or marketing team. They take care of everything with ready to use templates, social media campaigns and AI tools for content creation. They have tons of experience in everything from managing inventory to international shipping to processing returns and beyond. If you're ready to sell, you're ready for Shopify. Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at shopify.com tosh turn your big business idea into With Shopify on your side, go to shopify.com tosh that shopify.com tosh.
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Eddie
You think is silly, you can't deny.
Daniel Tosh
How insanely impressive it is to see in person. He can take a deck of cards and magically make you pretend to care. Please welcome Hollywood's favorite magician, Jeff Black. Ta da.
Carl
So great to be here.
Daniel Tosh
Ah, it's nice of you, Jeff. What is this thing? Is this notes?
Carl
Yeah, just to remember some stuff.
Daniel Tosh
If I gotta get that off my desk, make that disappear. Boom.
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
First question. Do you believe in ghosts?
Carl
No. Is it better if I lie?
Daniel Tosh
Uh, oh, okay. Can magicians get into heaven? Yeah, I don't think they can. I like that. That's a serious question.
Carl
Anyone can get the forgiveness of.
Daniel Tosh
No. I don't know. I feel like you're. Because you're dabbling in the dark arts.
Carl
I mean, my last name is Black. All I do is black magic.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, man.
Carl
I get emails actually from people that want me to put curses on their family members and stuff like that. And I'm like, I don't really do that kind of black magic. It's like hard tricks, you know, Think nerdier.
Daniel Tosh
Can you do curses.
Carl
I know. I don't do that.
Daniel Tosh
No. All right, Jeff, where are you originally from?
Carl
I'm originally from Arcadia, California. You ever go there? Why not?
Daniel Tosh
Why'd you say why not before I answered?
Carl
Well, I'm already assuming that you haven't been there.
Daniel Tosh
When would have I gone to Arcadia?
Carl
It's next to Pasadena, so.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah, I mean, I'm sure I've been to Pasadena. I don't know. All right, so you're from Arcadia. How'd you get into magic?
Carl
I saw the David Blaine specials when I was a kid, and I always wanted to learn, and, like, it just seemed like the coolest thing ever. And then the library was really bad with the books they had at the time, so I didn't really get to learn until YouTube was a thing in high school for me.
Daniel Tosh
Let me tell you something. David Blaine had an influence on me as well. Cause he would be interviewed regularly on Howard Stern, and I would hear this monotone, and then I'd see his face on the E. Network when they would televise it. And I'm like. And then I would see the girls that he was dating, and I was like, what in the actual fuck is going on? Like, magic is real. If this sack of shit is. He used to date everyone in Hollywood. Mind blowing. That's the only part of it that interests me. None of it. Do you like what he does now?
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
Like, I'm gonna hold my breath for 12 minutes. Bullshit.
Carl
It's pretty cool. He's really pushing his body. A lot of that's, like, very real. And he's meeting the people that do it, learning how to do it.
Daniel Tosh
I just liked it when he was on the street doing tricks in front of black people. And then they would scream like crazy.
Carl
That's my favorite. That's the formula he innovated. I wish he would.
Daniel Tosh
He's the one that figured out black people are the best audiences.
Carl
That's the first magic special that really put that in the limelight. And he created the genre of street magic, basically by doing it.
Daniel Tosh
You joined the magic club at your high school?
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
How much pussy did you guys get? Do most high schools have a magic club?
Carl
I hope so.
Daniel Tosh
I mean, honestly, I've never heard of such a thing. What can you letter in magic letter?
Carl
Oh, like, is that. Oh, is that like a grade in school?
Daniel Tosh
No. This is so perfect that you don't know the reference of lettering. If you play football for your high school, you get a letter, like a letterman's jacket, and you get.
Carl
You Lettered. Okay.
Daniel Tosh
I never lettered. Let's be clear. It's like the chess club, I'm guessing.
Carl
Yeah, that's a much better comparison.
Daniel Tosh
Okay, how many people were in the magic club in your high school?
Carl
15, 20. Pretty good amount. Oh, we had a big high school, though. I had like 4,000 kids in my high school.
Daniel Tosh
Diversity in that club.
Eddie
Yeah, there was.
Carl
Arcadia is a diverse city.
Daniel Tosh
Okay. In general, magicians, diverse. Not diverse.
Carl
No. Not between genders. Definitely not gender wise.
Daniel Tosh
Why don't women become magicians?
Carl
I always assumed it was because magicians learn it to pick up girls, but there is a bigger magic presence from the women. At least at the Magic Castle now they have like, a women's night. They meet up. I can see a growing momentum there.
Daniel Tosh
How long does it take to get good at magic?
Carl
I felt like after three years, I was just like, feeling my hands. I'm like, whoa. Three years of, like, everyday practice card magic. I was like, I feel proficient. I can do anything I really want to do. Now that's with like 12, 16 hour practice days.
Daniel Tosh
What?
Carl
Yeah, I just no lifed it for a while.
Daniel Tosh
Do you prefer illusions or tricks?
Carl
I prefer tricks. You're just asking the term or the.
Daniel Tosh
Actual, like, what you refer to it. My tricks.
Carl
Yeah, I prefer tricks just because illusions to me means like, big stage props assistance, that kind of thing. And that's a lot of logistics I don't like.
Daniel Tosh
You do close up magic as your specialty. Is that fair? Yeah. Okay. But will you ever. Do you know how to do the bigger illusions? Are you building big props?
Carl
I'm working on stuff. Yeah. I'm messing with it, but I'm not, like, considering myself an illusionist. I'm just trying to make my stage show bigger and better.
Daniel Tosh
You have to have somebody handling all your music cues. That's. That's. That's a real job.
Carl
It is. I can do it myself in a lot of instances, unless the theater is too big.
Daniel Tosh
Okay.
Carl
Bluetooth, distance. I can do it myself.
Daniel Tosh
Mm. All right. A lot of work.
Carl
Like a real pro. Yeah, now it is.
Daniel Tosh
You know, I used to work in Shen Lin's theater for a long time.
Carl
At the Mirage?
Daniel Tosh
Yes. Oh, is he good?
Carl
Oh, he's phenomenal.
Daniel Tosh
I've never watched a single minute we pass each other in the hallway. I'm like, hey, Shin, how was your show? He's sprinting because he does a bit where he runs backstage like a maniac to get to another entrance and does some. I'm like, I always try to stop him and talk While he's like, he's got to hurry up and get to this other spot. And I'm like, shin, what's going on? How's the audience?
Carl
What a show.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah.
Carl
No, he actually won a competition called Fism. Have you ever heard of that one? Yes, it's called the Olympics of Magic within the community. And if you win that, pretty much every magician in the world knows who you are. And, yeah, he won that a couple of years before he won agt. So I was already a fan of his. I was like, yes, if someone's going to win agt, let it be this guy who's really putting the work in. He's not a fraud in any sense of the word.
Daniel Tosh
Are there frauds? How do you cheat your profession?
Carl
There's people who. I mean, not to say I haven't done this, but I feel soulless when I do it. If you just buy a magic trick and just copy and paste it into your act.
Daniel Tosh
In comedy, I think that's why we stick our nose up at a lot of magicians, because when they try to cross over and be funny and it's like, oh, you know who really buys acts? Hypnotists.
Carl
Really?
Daniel Tosh
A lot of hypnotists buy acts because for a long time at comedy clubs, hypnotists were taking over too much. They were, like, doing, like, two weeks. Normally, a comic is there for one week, and then they were like, they just buy their act from another hypnotist. And, you know, it's like, oh, here's what you do. You bring people up and you tell them it's cold and then it's hot, and they had all the jokes, whatever. And then, of course, everybody loves it because the audience is participating, but that doesn't mean it's good. The audience is fucking idiots. Like, I think we all have to always accept that. I mean, I say that to the audience. I don't mean it like a nasty, but they don't matter. They're just fucking people. I know how you're going to react.
Carl
That's not your first rodeo.
Daniel Tosh
No. Have you bought any tricks?
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
I mean, it seems like every trick is just a variation of another trick. Is that not true?
Carl
I wouldn't say literally every trick is, but most sure.
Daniel Tosh
Have you ever had to confront another magician that's done a trick that was eerily similar to one that you. That was like a personal trick that you had created?
Carl
Not too much. I really do pick stuff that's quite difficult on purpose, so that it's. If you're going to copy me. You're going to work really hard to do it, or you're going to do a really bad version of it.
Daniel Tosh
Are there magician. Magicians?
Carl
Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Daniel Tosh
That's a term that you guys say, like a comics. Comic.
Carl
Oh, yeah. Oh, that's the thing, too. I didn't know that was a thing. Comics.
Daniel Tosh
Comics, sure. Comics that, like, we all want to watch this comic perform. A lot of times they take a big, you know, bowl of shit in front of the audience because the audience doesn't like them. But it's like, we don't. Who cares?
Carl
Yeah, no, magicians. Magicians do exist. A lot of times they'll do, like, classics, but they'll change the method, and the magicians will be like, whoa. But for laypeople, the classics are a classic for a reason. So the method's probably not as good as the classic method.
Daniel Tosh
What's a classic? Just an example.
Carl
The linking rings. You seen that one?
Daniel Tosh
Yeah, well, sure. I mean, I've always had. You know, you always end up with a set of rings that you're playing with, and I'm always like, well, I don't know how to do this. This is. I don't want to. I don't want to learn.
Carl
I feel the same. No, I don't touch the linking rings, but it's a classic.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah. How often are you thinking of new tricks on your own?
Carl
Pretty often. Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
And what's your process? How do you. Do you come up with an idea or do you see something? How does it actually become a trick in your act?
Carl
The more I evaluate my own process, the more I think it's a product of being adhd. But I just see what excites me when I see it. What lights my heart up, and then I fan those flames, and I just try to recreate that for others and share that.
Daniel Tosh
The most bullshit answer I've ever heard. You ever try to con people? You ever do any of that in middle school? You did?
Carl
Yeah, I won like, 20 bucks from this kid. Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
What was the trick you were hustling him with?
Carl
You want to see it?
Daniel Tosh
Sure.
Carl
Okay.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, man, I'd love for you to take some money off me.
Carl
All right.
Daniel Tosh
See that right there? It's like chip tricks when you're playing poker.
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
It's just all you said to me right there by spinning, that was, hey, I was in my room a lot. Yeah, I worked at Best Buy. But hold on. Before you get too excited, you weren't.
Carl
On the geek squad.
Daniel Tosh
I was on the geek Squad? No, I wasn't on the Geek Squad. I worked at a Best Buy before it opened.
Carl
Whoa.
Daniel Tosh
Right? Like it was just in a Best Buy that was opening and they were getting ready and we had to alphabetize the CDs and get them all. This is back in the. And all I would do all day long was practice spinning a cd, a case, a square on my finger.
Carl
You still do it?
Daniel Tosh
Yeah, I got pretty good. Pretty cool.
Carl
I'd love to see it.
Daniel Tosh
Well, it wasn't as good as you, but it was. I could spin it for a bit and I thought that was cool. I was like, oh. And then the store opened and I quit.
Carl
All right, now this is a really basic trick. This is middle school, by the way.
Daniel Tosh
This I get you.
Carl
All right, go ahead and pull out any card you like. Show it to the camera if you want, I'll look away. Once you got it dialed in, go ahead and put it back somewhere. And then once you take the cards, you know how to cut the deck. Yeah. Perfect. Beautiful. All right, so I'm going to start dealing through the cards, face up, just like this. And you know what a poker face is, right?
Daniel Tosh
Uh huh.
Carl
So you're gonna keep a poker face. If you see your card, I want you to make sure you don't react at all. Okay. Now I noticed that you started to react a little bit there, so I have a feeling that we're pretty close. You know what? Okay. I'll actually bet you that the next card I flip over is gonna be your card.
Daniel Tosh
Okay.
Carl
What? Gentleman's wager, $1.
Daniel Tosh
I mean, that's not gentlemen. Gentleman's wagers, no money. All right. But I reacted too big when I saw it. I also forgot if it was the clubs or space.
Carl
That's what the camera's for, so. Yeah, that one's a real sucker bet. Yeah, you want to know how it's done?
Daniel Tosh
I don't know if I do.
Carl
Okay, then we'll move right on. That's how you win 20 bucks. Or $1 in your case.
Daniel Tosh
No, gentleman's bet is always is no money.
Carl
Trading Places gentleman's bet.
Daniel Tosh
What did Harry Potter mean to you?
Carl
Dude, it's great. I mean, so good for magic. And my.
Daniel Tosh
My son. We just finished reading the first book.
Carl
Oh, really?
Daniel Tosh
Yeah. I'm so torn because of her politics, you know?
Carl
Oh, sure.
Daniel Tosh
I'm just torn she really doesn't get.
Carl
Into it in the book, I mean.
Daniel Tosh
No, I know. It'd be great if she got into pronouns in the book.
Carl
How old is your son? Maybe you should go over that stuff.
Daniel Tosh
Six.
Carl
Oh, perfect.
Daniel Tosh
We talk, he listen. What about cruise ships? You ever work on a cruise ship?
Carl
Oh, I would love to. I got offered a really bad contract once for Carnival, and I turned it down. It was like six months, and I get, like, two weeks off. And it paid, but not enough to make it worth it. But there's some guys that have the great, you know, bookings where they go for, like, two weeks. They go to Greece and do a couple shows, come back like, that's the.
Daniel Tosh
That's the gig you want. I've never. I've never been on a cruise or. Or performed on one either.
Carl
Oh, I was on the nightmare cruise. The one the power went out, and then we were just drifting in the ocean and.
Daniel Tosh
You were on that cruise just for pleasure?
Carl
No, there was a magic convention on the cruise.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, magic isn't real. Look at that. Or was it just too much magic that caused the power out?
Carl
I think it was too much magic.
Daniel Tosh
How long was the power out?
Carl
We were out there for about two or three days, something like that.
Daniel Tosh
And how did they remedy the problem? I forgot.
Carl
Oh, they got, like, 20 tugboats from the area to tug the ship to the nearest port, I think San Diego.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, man.
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
Were you like, that's it. I'll never do this again. Was it miserable or did you have a good time?
Carl
Regardless, I had fun because it was a magic convention at the same time. So I'm with all my heroes, like, that are on this cruise with me, and we're all in it together. And I just thought it was so exhilarating.
Daniel Tosh
What about the food? Did they still. Could they prepare food for everyone?
Carl
No, the food immediately went bad. That's the first thing that went bad. And I. We had the craziest food, dude. I had white bread sandwich with just one beat on it. Just like in the middle. A beat. Like a slice of a beet. Like a canned beat. That was, like, some of the sandwiches they were putting out, like, they. They were out of everything. Everything that.
Daniel Tosh
Did you sue them?
Carl
No. Well, the military air dropped in like Pop Tarts and, like, stuff like that. Like.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah, but why wouldn't you sue them?
Carl
Oh, because they gave us another free cruise and a night in the hotel. They gave us a bunch of stuff.
Daniel Tosh
You're gonna get that regardless. Plus, sue them. You don't give me a piece of bread with a beet and then say, oh, we're even, Steven. That's permanently stresses. That stresses me out. And I wasn't even on that ship you should have just jumped over right away. Just jumped over like, I'm fucking out of here.
Carl
Walk the plank.
Daniel Tosh
And they're like, what? Why'd that guy jump? I don't know, Throw him a dinghy. Do you really consider LA to be the best city for magicians?
Carl
Yeah, I would make that argument personally. Yeah. But you could argue some. Any big city almost. But the Magic Castle alone, like, really takes LA to the next level.
Daniel Tosh
It draws magicians from everywhere to move here.
Carl
They call it the Mecca of magic. For sure it does.
Daniel Tosh
The Mecca. I've never referred to LA as the Mecca of magic, but I might start. There's not a lot of magicians now leaving L. A for Austin, Texas, more.
Carl
So during the pandemic.
Daniel Tosh
Oh. Explain to people what the whole thing is.
Carl
Yeah, it's a private nightclub for magicians. Opened in the 60s, I believe. And you have to audition to join as a magician member. I joined as a junger member. So they have a program for 13 to 20 year olds, so I was 17, 18 when I joined, that they.
Daniel Tosh
Allow 13 year olds to hang out in this cool Hollywood castle. That seems dangerous.
Carl
Yeah, it is dangerous. Yeah. I wouldn't let your kids go there if you don't want them to become magicians. Filthy magicians.
Daniel Tosh
If you want to go to the Magic Castle and watch a show, you can't. You have to be a member. How's it work?
Carl
Yeah, you have to be invited by a member or be a member.
Daniel Tosh
And how much does it cost to be a member?
Carl
It depends. There's a magician membership and a non magician membership.
Daniel Tosh
Non magician membership. What's that cost?
Carl
I think 5k, maybe 8k, something like that A year? Yeah, I think so.
Daniel Tosh
And then the food is just mediocre at best, or is it good?
Carl
Are you a real food snob?
Daniel Tosh
Yes.
Carl
Then mediocre at best. Sure, I think it's pretty good, but maybe I'm an easy target.
Daniel Tosh
My wife recently went and she with a group of girls and they were torn. Half of them were civilized and the other half were like, oh, my God, this is amazing. But I don't. It's confusing. They're just like eating shrimp cocktail in a small room. I went there once with Teller.
Carl
Cool.
Daniel Tosh
Just me and Teller.
Carl
What?
Daniel Tosh
Yeah.
Carl
You're friends with Teller?
Daniel Tosh
No.
Carl
Okay.
Daniel Tosh
But I mean friendly. Let me tell you something. Wouldn't shut up.
Carl
Sounds about right.
Daniel Tosh
Shut up. I'm like, oh, this would be nice. This is. This guy's gonna be quiet. Wasn't quiet at all. He had ideas man, he had ideas.
Carl
Yeah, I've seen him lecture. They call him the smartest man in magic, actually.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, do they?
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
Did he write that?
Carl
Not that I know of. I'm not too close to them, unfortunately. You gotta introduce us.
Daniel Tosh
I'll introduce you and then I'll walk away quickly. Talk about some of the celebrities you performed magic for.
Carl
Oh, yes. Probably one of my favorite experiences had to be Tarantino. I was working at the Magic Castle. It was his birthday. I found out. So this is late in the week. I'm working at the parlor of prestidigitation, the 70 seat theater. Rake seating. Before the show starts, the host comes up to me, they run the room and introduce me, and they said, hey, Quentin Tarantino is going to be in the next show with his group. Like 12 people. Don't bring them on stage. It's his birthday, but they don't want to go on stage. Okay.
Daniel Tosh
So Quentin Tarantino for his birthday is like, I want to go watch magic and get wasted. Mm, okay. All right.
Carl
Probably, yeah, the latter first. And then we do the show. And there's actually a new bit in that show where I open up my briefcase and all this red light pours out on me. And I'm just getting stuff in and out of it the whole show. But it's totally like a Pulp Fiction kind of reference. And then the show before that too, the palace of Mystery, they were using the Kill Bill Whistle song. And he thought that we had planned this whole night for his birthday. Just like that when he was watching the show too. He was a really good audience member. He was all the way leaning forward in his seat, smile, ear to ear. I thought he was gonna yell cut anytime, like he was in it to win it. But yeah, after the show, he thought it was all for him. And we told each other we're big fans of each other. I hope he remembers that. I doubt it, though.
Daniel Tosh
Do a trick if you'd like to. If you got something that I could see.
Carl
Don't tempt me with a good time. I'll show you my favorite one. So I was actually looking for a card to represent you, just based on the time we've got to know each other. Just from your energy, your way of being. You've never done a tarot reading? It's not that far off.
Daniel Tosh
All right. No, I've never done a tarot reading. Okay.
Carl
You live in la.
Daniel Tosh
No, I'm not that guy. Let's go. What am I doing?
Carl
Okay, so I made a couple predictions. I normally would just do one. But you have a lot of layers. So I'm like a four card prediction for you. All right. Can you think of a number one to 10? You don't have to tell me, but if you see a matching number, go and pull it out. So if you thought of a 10, you'd pull out a 10.
Daniel Tosh
I understand what matching means.
Carl
Okay. I work with a lot of drunk people. Okay. And then show the camera, show everyone who cares. Shouldn't take too long. And once you got that, go and put it back face down into facelift deck. That makes it easier.
Daniel Tosh
Face down?
Carl
Yeah, that's makes it easier for me. I appreciate early morning.
Daniel Tosh
This seems ridiculous.
Carl
People always wonder, what does your card have to do with the predictions from earlier? Well, all those give me clues as to the type of person you are underneath the mask, so to speak. For example, are you left or right handed?
Daniel Tosh
I am right handed, but I throw a frisbee left handed.
Carl
Oh, okay. Yeah, I'm the opposite. I'm left handed. I do the. Yeah, okay, that makes it a little bit harder. But I'll tell you what, the first card is going to tell me how much therapy you've done and how well it's worked. So in your heart, what color is it, red or black? It's very red. Nice work. You pretend like everything's dour and you're jaded, but you are living the life, aren't you? The next one tells me, are you well rounded or are you sharp? And I can see you're a very well rounded individual. Of course, the best people are. And then the third one will tell me how confident you are. And that's pretty rock solid, dude. Not bad. Got your own podcast and everything. The last one, tell me, most importantly, though, how kind you are. That's the most important metric, right?
Daniel Tosh
Yes.
Carl
On a scale from 1 to 10, you are a king.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, my goodness. You hear that?
Carl
Well, I only say that because I wasn't able to quite narrow it down, actually. Between the four kings, which one best represents you as a person? And people always wonder, what does these cards have to do with the one that you picked? Do you remember which one you picked? If I remember correctly, you put a card face down in the deck and it happened to be a four, if I'm not mistaken, right?
Daniel Tosh
A what?
Carl
A four.
Daniel Tosh
No.
Carl
You sure?
Daniel Tosh
Yes, I'm sure.
Carl
I don't mess this up. It's always the four kings at this point. And the one that I thought represented you, Daniel, that was always the six of hearts.
Daniel Tosh
You like that? Don't you? I mean, you just have to. And I'm not somebody that watches that and tries to figure it out in any way. I know I'm not gonna figure this out. Let's just watch and enjoy. Look at that.
Carl
That's the way to do it.
Daniel Tosh
It's ridiculous.
Carl
Why, thank you. One of my favorites.
Daniel Tosh
Can you imagine? Imagine being able to do that with cars.
Pete
Nope.
Carl
I always tell people, you're just born with it.
Daniel Tosh
The problem with magic, too, is so much reading and homework.
Carl
Yeah. And then you got to read it and reread it. And, I mean, to make a trick like, in your repertoire, it has to become a part of your soul. I'm sure it's like that with good comedy material. No, no, you just enter into your bones.
Daniel Tosh
Sometimes you can stumble across a good. Like, I can be on stage and I can just stumble into a joke that works. It's rare on stage for a magician to just be like, I'm just gonna see what happens here and just try to improvise magic.
Carl
It can happen. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's certain schools of technique. That's totally a thing.
Daniel Tosh
My wife was brought on stage at Copperfield's show when she was a child. Not a child, but, like, 13. I don't. How old was she?
Carl
I think she was, like, 13.
Daniel Tosh
I think she was 13.
Carl
How does he know?
Daniel Tosh
I don't know. Because he fucking loves Copperfield. So it was, like, fascinated by the story. And he knows the trick that she did. It was the floating rose.
Carl
I know that one.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah, right. So. And then. And then she. She tried to. What'd she try to do, Pete? She reached out to touch it. She tried to reach out and touch it. He swatted her hand.
Carl
Naughty, naughty.
Daniel Tosh
And. And. And then. And then after that, she did. She got her ticket canceled. She was supposed to go to the Bahamas with him. Can we do the floating mint? You guys, did you want to see this one?
Carl
Yeah, we can do the floating mint.
Daniel Tosh
What do I have to do? Those are the worst mints.
Carl
Do you have any mints?
Daniel Tosh
We can use them in strong.
Carl
Do you have the Fresh Maker?
Daniel Tosh
No, I'd like. Like an Altoid, maybe Mentos. Can Altoids float, or do you need a whole hole in the middle?
Carl
Outsides float, they're just smaller. This plays better.
Daniel Tosh
Okay, fine. Let's do this. What do you want me to do?
Carl
I want you to pick one and open one.
Daniel Tosh
Am I touching something that's going to go in your mouth?
Carl
Yeah. Anyway, this is how a magician eats a mint. Mind If I stand for this.
Daniel Tosh
Do whatever you got to do. Carl's nervous about this trick.
Carl
Here we go. Carl the dog is nervous about the streak.
Daniel Tosh
He fucking hates magic.
Carl
I did meet a dog that hated cards. I think he was like one of those, like, herding dogs. Something about cards.
Daniel Tosh
You like peacocks? That's pretty good. That's pretty cool. You like peacocks for real, though. Is it? Wait, did you pluck that off a peacock by chance?
Carl
So I grew up in a little town called Arcadia. Maybe you heard of it in our cardio. There's.
Daniel Tosh
Get this off my table. There's peacocks. There's peacocks in my neighborhood here. There are. Yeah.
Carl
No way.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah, they're loud as.
Carl
That's right.
Daniel Tosh
Sweet peacock noises.
Carl
Well, you have peacocks in your town. We got to get you a feather for your.
Daniel Tosh
No, I don't.
Carl
Pocket square. Get a feather.
Daniel Tosh
I'm not wearing a feather in, like, 50 years.
Carl
When you're. When your shirt is modernized, then you could have a peacock feather in there.
Daniel Tosh
I put this on specifically for you.
Carl
You knew my 70s kink.
Daniel Tosh
It felt like it was like a magician could wear a shirt like this.
Carl
Well, it's a little warm in here, so, you know, it'd be nice and breathable. I like that about it. Is that like rayon or like.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, I don't think it's rayon.
Carl
It's nice and light.
Daniel Tosh
It is. It is nice. It's got a little shine to it. I thought. Listen, I tried. I tried to coordinate. Fuck Mary. Kill David Blaine, Criss Angel. David Copperfield.
Carl
Fuck Criss Angel. Marry David Blaine and kill David Copperfield.
Daniel Tosh
Wow.
Carl
What about you?
Daniel Tosh
I don't know. I think I was with you. No, I'm not gonna marry David Blaine.
Carl
You marry for money and get the Copperfield route. Probably you'd be taken care of. That'd be nice.
Daniel Tosh
I wanna go to that island.
Carl
Do ya?
Daniel Tosh
Have you seen every magician's show?
Carl
Every magician's a big.
Daniel Tosh
Okay, but like, the big. You've seen the big guys.
Carl
I haven't seen Matt Franco yet. I heard it's phenomenal. I heard it's the best show on the Strip, but I haven't seen it yet.
Daniel Tosh
You might be too young, but did you ever see Amazing Jonathan in his heyday?
Carl
Not live. I've seen the recordings. I've met him a few times.
Daniel Tosh
I mean, he was good.
Carl
Yeah, he's a comic.
Daniel Tosh
I mean, he's a real comic. He's. He was the one comic magician that. That, like, bridged the gap because comics loved him and magicians knew that he was legit.
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
I remember one time, Criss angel did a thing, and it was annoying the shit out of him, but amazing Jonathan kept taking Chris's watch, and Chris wasn't catching it, and it was fucking killing me.
Carl
What a legend.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, so good. Is Criss angel good or no?
Carl
Yeah, I think he's good.
Daniel Tosh
Is he?
Carl
I mean, you know, there's a lot of talk in the community, but I.
Daniel Tosh
Stopped as soon as fucking. The chains that look. I'm not. I can't watch that look.
Carl
Mindfreak, he had like six or eight seasons or something.
Daniel Tosh
I don't care.
Carl
That's a lot of work, man.
Daniel Tosh
No, I'm not saying he wasn't successful. I don't want to look at him. By the way, let's talk about looks. Yeah, okay. When did you say, this is my thing? I'm doing the mustache. I'm growing that thing out in lockdown.
Carl
I was going full caveman, and then I got cast on an episode of Jubilee. Find the false magician some. It's big YouTube channel.
Daniel Tosh
Okay.
Carl
And my manager is like, jeff, what are you doing? Shave. I'm like, let me try the mustache. Just let me try it. So I was able to try it, and then all the comments mentioned me were talking about the mustache, and I was like, see? And he's like, all right, now you got to keep it.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, geez. You don't have to.
Carl
You know what the best part about it is?
Daniel Tosh
No.
Carl
Girls will tell you immediately if they love it or hate it. It saves so much time.
Daniel Tosh
They hate it.
Carl
Well, it's polarizing. And the few that love it, you're in, though.
Daniel Tosh
All right, well, you got to go to Silver Lake, and that's all you need.
Carl
That's close enough. Closer to Malib.
Daniel Tosh
Good for you. Rank these movies about magic. The Prestige. Now you see me. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and the Illusionist by Edward Norton.
Carl
Norton doesn't count for anything?
Daniel Tosh
No.
Carl
Okay. That's off the list.
Daniel Tosh
You want to put him in the Illusionist? Fine. We'll put the Illusionist in Sweet Prestige.
Carl
Would you be number one? Illusionist number two? Burt Wonderstone. Number three? I do like Burt Wonderstone. Oh, and now youw See Me. It's not on the list for me.
Daniel Tosh
Did you see it?
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
It's amazing. They made rain go up.
Carl
I hate it.
Daniel Tosh
They made rain go up, by the way. I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure. Now you see me has another one coming out right now.
Carl
They do.
Daniel Tosh
They do. They do that's good for magic.
Carl
It's good for magic. Yeah. It's just.
Daniel Tosh
I like magic when it's in movies because the tricks can be so much bigger because they don't have to be real at all.
Carl
I hate how it raises the expectations for magicians, and it's like, bro, I'm not gonna be in a giant bubble floating around the audience or whatever. Like, come on.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah, that's true. But making rain go up, up was really neat. I thought, that is cool.
Carl
Hot snow falling up.
Daniel Tosh
You don't. You don't you ever talk. That movie's great. Oh, man.
Carl
Wow. You don't like magic, but you like that movie.
Daniel Tosh
I love it. I love it.
Carl
Which is your favorite, the first or the second one?
Daniel Tosh
The second one was the rain one.
Carl
I don't think I even bothered to watch the second one.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, well, then are you not gonna see the third one?
Carl
I wasn't planning based on this conversation. I will now.
Daniel Tosh
You said you grew up watching magic specials on Fox. Yeah, Fox aired Breaking the Magician's Code. Did you regret supporting the Masked magician?
Carl
No. I found out that a lot of the stuff he reveals is like, some BS explanation. He didn't really give away the real secrets. In a lot of cases, some he did. But I mean, honestly, who remembers the methods these days? If you saw it back then, like, what do you remember? And anyway, it's good for magic. I think it's just any publicity type of thing.
Daniel Tosh
Will you tell people how a trick is done?
Carl
I've done it before for a price. So if. If I do a really good magic trick for your table, let's say. And then you're like, hey, how do you do that? I go, everyone's got a price. I did that one time. And this drunk guy, he's like, how about a thousand dollars? And I'm like, yeah. He starts counting hundreds on the table.
Daniel Tosh
And you did it for a thousand. You gave it to him.
Carl
I taught it to him. I gave it to him.
Daniel Tosh
A little bit of your magic soul died that night.
Carl
Yes, exactly. It was worth it.
Daniel Tosh
There's no chance he remember. The thing is, you can tell me how a trick works. That doesn't mean I can do the trick.
Carl
No, not at all. I told him, hey, hit me up for a zoom lesson or something if you want to go over it. He didn't give a care. Like, he couldn't care less.
Daniel Tosh
When I first started doing standup comedy in 1994, another open mic friend of mine was a magician, and we just hung out all the time, just the two. And I don't even remember his name. That speaks more about his friends. We were fun, we hung out, we had good times. He might be listening to this to this day and maybe he's successful, maybe he's killed himself. But here's what I remember the most about him. One time he changed in front of me and he had the sexiest underwear on. And I'm like, what the fuck are you wearing?
Carl
We go into the details.
Daniel Tosh
I guess I would only describe it as like a European like bikini thing. And I go, what the fuck is wrong with you? And he's like, no, man, this is for the chicks. Chicks love sexy underwear. And I'm like, magicians are fucking weird. That was my take from it. Yeah, Just remember his underwear.
Carl
Ah, that take away completely fair. By the way. They are weird. But. What, you never tried silk underwear before? You don't like being comfortable?
Daniel Tosh
Okay, I have tried it.
Carl
Treat yourself.
Daniel Tosh
Do you wear silk underwear?
Carl
Sometimes. I'll say. I get hot. I'm always wearing layers. Right when I'm working I get hot, man. And you know, I'm a bigger guy. So I found that silk underwear breathes the best. It doesn't cling to you, it just like wants to not touch you. And it's just airflow, man.
Daniel Tosh
I see. So me bringing this up, you didn't believe it. There we go.
Carl
I know what I'm getting you for Christmas.
Daniel Tosh
Do you own a top hat?
Carl
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
Get out of here. Is it a magic hat or is it just. Just a nice hat to wear?
Carl
It was a nice hat to wear that I've poured cake batter in and it's disgusting now, but it looks like a top hat.
Daniel Tosh
Does it smell?
Carl
No. No, I don't think so.
Daniel Tosh
Well, how do you clean cake batter out of a hat?
Carl
I just discovered white vinegar. Maybe I'll try that next.
Daniel Tosh
The smell. I don't like the smell of white vinegar.
Carl
Yeah, I don't either. But you dilute it. Maybe. I don't know. I'm not, I'm just.
Daniel Tosh
Listen, I appreciate what you're saying.
Carl
I'm a single guy. I'm trying to make things work.
Daniel Tosh
Do you want to be a single guy?
Carl
I mean, I'm enjoying it, but I would like to get married.
Daniel Tosh
Uh huh.
Carl
How's the married life?
Daniel Tosh
I love it. Yeah, I love. But I was, I was, I was designed to be married, but I also love that I didn't get married like at your age. I waited till I was 40 at least or something.
Carl
Were you worried about, like, you marry someone, and then all of a sudden, now you're walking on pins and needles and it's no fun and eggshells and stuff. You're never worried about that.
Daniel Tosh
No. I made sure I married somebody that I knew.
Carl
Yeah. You vetted them. Well, Okay.
Daniel Tosh
I mean, yeah, I knew her for years and years. She'd heard all the stories.
Carl
That's the way to do it.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah. What's the biggest difference between abracadabra and Alakazam?
Carl
Abracadabra is a real. I think it's a Hebrew word.
Daniel Tosh
Oh.
Carl
And it means, I create as I speak, so.
Daniel Tosh
See, right there, the interview. Worth it, right?
Pete
Absolutely.
Daniel Tosh
I'll be honest with you. Like, that was. I never in a million years did I know that that was a Hebrew word that meant. What does it mean?
Carl
I create as I speak.
Daniel Tosh
I create as I speak. Abracadabra and alakazam.
Carl
I think that's just.
Daniel Tosh
Shaquille o' Neal invented it.
Carl
Yeah, that was in Shazam.
Daniel Tosh
Did you like Shazam? What do you think of Harry Houdini?
Carl
He's the most famous magician of all time. He worked super hard to create the exclusion.
Daniel Tosh
Wait, was he, to me, an outsider? Of course. He seemed like a stuntman.
Carl
Yeah, sure.
Daniel Tosh
Is that fair or no?
Carl
Yeah, he created that for himself. Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
And then he took. Then he. How did he die?
Carl
He got punched in the stomach when he wasn't ready. Ruptured his spleen, I think.
Daniel Tosh
Yes.
Carl
And then he did the show with the ruptured spleen, and then they were taken to the hospital after when he died. But if he didn't do the show, he would have lived. The show must go on.
Daniel Tosh
See, it doesn't. It doesn't have to go on, because sometimes I have to go diarrhea. And you know what Pete does instead of bringing me up the bucket? Just fucking puts music back on. Just fucking. Wait.
Carl
You don't keep a bucket behind the stage?
Daniel Tosh
No. Oh, God. Everybody that's on the show gets gifts.
Carl
What?
Daniel Tosh
It's just stuff that is laying around my house. Then I give it to you. Cause I don't want it anymore. It's never good stuff. Okay, first thing I want you to have is a cape.
Carl
Yes.
Daniel Tosh
This is from.
Carl
If it's an adult. No, it's not adult.
Daniel Tosh
It's my son's.
Carl
Aha. Cool. Cool, cool, cool.
Daniel Tosh
He also. This. Eddie bought my son this. It's a magic kit. And I'm like, my kids. Not. It's too much. He's got too many magic kits.
Carl
The 200 trick liners.
Daniel Tosh
I don't know, there's stuff in there.
Carl
Wow.
Daniel Tosh
You know, wait. Oh, it's my son's thumb. You know, you give this to somebody, they'll love it.
Carl
That's great.
Daniel Tosh
Look at this. This is what Eddie buys my kid. Okay, tell me, in what world do you think I have a DVD player? I don't have a DVD player.
Carl
I know. A little outdated, huh?
Daniel Tosh
What else do you need? Look at this. What is this? Oh, wait a second. This thing. It's got a trapdoor in it.
Carl
Whoa. Exposure.
Daniel Tosh
Sorry, sorry. My fault, my fault.
Carl
You wanna see my wand?
Daniel Tosh
Yeah. You have your own wand?
Carl
I brought my own wand in my bag of tricks. Remember that?
Daniel Tosh
Holy shit. Am I. I'm not reaching out. Am I supposed to touch it or no? Bullshit. That'll be powers that transfer.
Carl
If it'll let you touch it. Yeah, yeah.
Daniel Tosh
Uh huh. Why? What is. Who care? What does this do not. Does this turn it into anything? You make it flowers?
Carl
Yeah, it's a stick, but it's. My friend Makoto made this by hand though. And it's like made out of ironwood, so it sinks in water, this wood. And I've dropped it in the pool before on accident. And it works. And then.
Daniel Tosh
Well, can you swim? Yeah.
Carl
Luckily it fell in a shallow part of the pool. I was at a gig and I was able to reach and grab it, but that was pure luck. And then the outside. You know what that material is on the outside?
Daniel Tosh
I don't.
Carl
All right, so this is a baseball stitch, just like on a baseball. But that leather is actually a stingray. Leather. Yeah, yeah. It's one of the most durable exotic leathers. It's covered in calcium nodules.
Daniel Tosh
Can you kill the stingray just to make your wand?
Carl
No, no, it regrows the.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, okay.
Carl
Yeah, the skin.
Daniel Tosh
Gross. You have to go. You have to go wait for a stingray to shed or you have to go peel them. How does it work?
Carl
Yeah, it's like a reverse skin graft. To think about it like that.
Daniel Tosh
This hat won't close. There's springs in it. There's weird stuff going on in here. Trap doors. I can feel stuff in here. Whatever. Take this off. This is your. I just want you to own my son's magic kit.
Carl
Thank you, Tom.
Daniel Tosh
Hold on. I got something else for you. Get all this off the desk. This is garbage. This is nice. This you're gonna love. My manager gave this to me recently. Okay. Something up your sleeve, right? Yeah, this. Where do you see this jacket? It's kind of like a Snuggie, but it's different. You're gonna love this. Here you go. There you go. Oh, put this on next time. You're cold. I know you're warm right now, but try this for a second.
Carl
Is this down?
Daniel Tosh
Oh, yeah, I guess so.
Carl
This isn't. Here.
Daniel Tosh
Here's your. There's your.
Carl
Oh, you wear. You wear it.
Daniel Tosh
No, no, that's the wrong sleeve. That arm.
Carl
Okay.
Daniel Tosh
There you go.
Carl
Like a normal one. Okay.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah. Now put that around.
Carl
Oh, wow. This is such a.
Daniel Tosh
You're.
Carl
Love it. All right.
Daniel Tosh
When do you see this jacket? The magic that you can do in this? I'm telling you, it's perfect for magic.
Carl
It's got a nice boxy shape to it. Yeah, yeah.
Daniel Tosh
You'll feel it flattering you kind of. To be honest with it, you look like somebody that would teach martial arts. You're gonna love this jacket.
Carl
I am gonna love this jacket. Wow. Your manager really hooks it up well.
Daniel Tosh
I hated it. Never once wore it.
Carl
What?
Daniel Tosh
Okay, take that off. Excuse me.
Carl
I'm still.
Daniel Tosh
It's too hot. It's too hot in here. You're gonna burn up. I have ideas for you.
Carl
Yes.
Daniel Tosh
Okay. We're just collaborating here for making the act bigger. No pun intended, with bigger. But have you thought about having an assistant?
Carl
I just had. I have done it on several occasions, including this past Saturday.
Daniel Tosh
Okay, here's my pitch for an assistant. And I'm not doing a fat joke. I would like a large man as an assistant.
Carl
Yes.
Daniel Tosh
I want him to dress kind of ridiculous. I also want him to be painfully bad, where you're having to fight with him and argue constantly. At some point, you might even tell him, you know what? Just sit in the audience. This show is worse because of you. And then just bring somebody else up and let them be your assistant. But I do. I like the idea of not the typical woman. I like a big man dressed silly. I like him being funny. I like him being too loud. You know, not knowing his role. This is my comedy angle into magic that I would find enjoyable.
Carl
I was thinking, like, a buff guy in a vest, and he's super loyal to me and, like, has very simple way of speaking.
Daniel Tosh
Okay, you're just trying to fulfill some weird fantasy from high school.
Carl
But I. I want him to do a ritual before every trick. Like, he's like. And then the assistant has to clean it up, and it gets more elaborate and more messy every trick. And the assistant's like, oh, come on.
Daniel Tosh
I like this big guy that you Tell to get into a box and he's like, I can't get in that box. Like, there's no physical way. Do assistants want to be magicians?
Carl
Most don't. Some do eventually, when they are rounded enough. I think usually they're dancers or actresses or something. So they just kind of.
Daniel Tosh
What kind of dancer?
Carl
Well, all right. If you're an illusionist and you got them going in your illusions and cutting them in half and stuff, you want a petite dancer, probably because they just are going to be the most.
Daniel Tosh
Pliable.
Carl
Yeah, pliable. And they can slot in, they can fit in anything. They're not gonna break your stuff because they're too heavy or whatever.
Daniel Tosh
What about a child? Are you allowed to use a child? Are there rules against that?
Carl
Yeah, people will use their kids if, you know they have kids or you.
Daniel Tosh
Can'T wait to use somebody else's kid. I don't want to cut my own kid in half, but there's a few of his friends I wouldn't mind fucking taking a whack at. How many magicians use identical twins for assistance?
Carl
Not too many, because I feel like.
Daniel Tosh
You could pull off some real cool tricks that way.
Carl
You can. Not regularly, that I know of, but that story in the Prestige, for example, about the magician being a twin, that's real.
Daniel Tosh
Stop bringing up the prestige.
Carl
You opened Pandora's box, bro. I can't.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, wait, that's right. I brought up prestige. My fault. I appreciate magic. I appreciate the amount of time that it takes to become good at it.
Carl
Mm.
Daniel Tosh
It's the same way I feel about stand up comedy. I would never go see it.
Carl
There's a lot of overlap. I can understand where you're coming from.
Daniel Tosh
Well, I'm just. I'm not gonna go see stand up comedy. That's how I've always felt about my profession. I've secretly been embarrassed by it.
Carl
Sure, I've been there. I hear ya. But there are people that I'm sure you would love to see, you know? Do you have heroes in comedy? None.
Daniel Tosh
I do. And when I get to see them, I'm like, oh, my goodness, they're amazing. Same with magicians that I see. Magicians that do things, I'm like, this is the most impressive thing I've ever seen in my life. But when I'm at home at 4 or 5pm and I'm planning the night, magic's not hitting the list.
Carl
Fair enough. It is for you. Gotta be pretty nerdy to be into it like that.
Daniel Tosh
Well, listen, thank you for being on the show. I appreciate it and you know I can't wait for my next birthday party. I'm gonna call you.
Carl
Don't tell me with a good time. We'll do it.
Daniel Tosh
Thank you.
Carl
Cheers. Thank you.
Eddie
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Daniel Tosh
You'Re just going through the motions.
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Paw Show Want to thank Jeff for being on the show? Oh, shit. Jeff turned into my dog Carl.
Eddie
You like magic Carl?
Daniel Tosh
Hmm? You like that one peanut butter trick we do?
Pete
That's not a trick.
Daniel Tosh
He loves it. He loves it. All right, well what do you think? Should we do our plugs? Toshshowstore.com hey, by the way, I saw somebody at my last show with a Carl shirt on and I gave my right up front. Okay. We got a lot of tours coming up. Eddie's on tour with me and without me. I'm gonna be all over the Midwest. I'm excited about that. And when I go to the Midwest, oh man, let me tell you all the activities I'm gonna do. Kansas City, I'm gonna eat, I'm gonna get some barbecue. Omaha, gonna go to the College World Series with my father in law. Okay. Minneapolis, might go to the mall America, to the Nickelodeon middle with my son.
Eddie
What do I do in Milwaukee?
Daniel Tosh
I'll probably rent a Harley Davidson. Why not?
Pete
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
Aren't they from Milwaukee?
Dylan
Yeah.
Daniel Tosh
Okay, then Madison, guess what? I'm gonna do mushrooms.
Pete
Okay.
Daniel Tosh
Yeah. Do mushrooms with the college kids.
Pete
Yep.
Daniel Tosh
Hang out with the college kids do some mushrooms, then heading over to Chicago. Guess what I'm gonna do there? I'll pop in on the Pope, say hi to him, Then I'm going to venge my father's beating. My father got jumped when he was like 19 or 20 years old when he was visiting Chicago. And I'm gonna find those guys and I'm gonna beat the shit out of them. Now, they're probably in their 80s or dead, but I'm gonna. It's a cold case. They never found who did it. A couple fellas took my dad's money and beat him real good. He's always hated the Cubs, you know, He's a diehard Cardinals fan, but always hated them extra special because of that beating. I think one of them might have had a Cubs hat on. It sounds like White Sox behavior, but honestly, I think one of them was a Cubs fan. We'll get to the bottom of it, daddy. All right, you ready? Should we do that? You don't call. I call my father daddy. I'm gonna vengeance beating. I'm gonna avenge his beating. All right, well, it's time for our free plug, so let's hit the music. There you go. All right. I don't want that music to stop. You know what? Let it play. It. Let it play a little longer. Carl, you like it? It's good, right? You know, what kind of. What genre would you say that? What a. They call that Big swing. Is that what that's called?
Pete
Big swing?
Daniel Tosh
That's big swing. I like it.
Pete
Voodoo cat.
Daniel Tosh
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Pete
That's the real fun.
Daniel Tosh
Oh, that's always fun.
Eddie
Fun.
Daniel Tosh
Ah, mail review. I've never been to a mail review. You've been to one?
Pete
Nope.
Daniel Tosh
Me neither. I wonder if they're. Are they gonna allow touching at this one? I bet usually mail reviews, they allow touching. I guess I'm going stripper club rules, where you always had to keep your hands on your side.
Pete
Touch. No touching.
Daniel Tosh
But I think I think mail reviews, they let you touch as much as you want. I hope so.
Carl
Encourage.
Daniel Tosh
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Carl
Get the podcast on the road.
Daniel Tosh
I like, I like this. If we broadcast live from the Girls Night out, the show first live podcast. Because you know, they call us the show.
Pete
It's true.
Daniel Tosh
I wonder if you know what you ought to do. They ought to be like another tier package where it guarantees that you get brought up on stage. You know, my wife and Pete's wife went to this show. What was it called?
Pete
Wait, that's a Thunder from Down Under. Oh, Magic Mike.
Daniel Tosh
They were at Magic Mike in Las Vegas and Pete's wife Sam got brought up on stage and they brought her up in the air in a harness and they asked her if she had any heart conditions. She didn't. She had the time of her life. She came back satisfied, a shit eating grin on her face. And I've never seen Pete more disappointed in his wife. He was just furious. I guess she didn't tell him that she was going. I knew because I have an honest relationship with my wife. But Pete, Pete was blindsided by Magic Mike and the boys running a train on Sweet Samantha. Well, anyway, see you next week.
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Podcast Title: Tosh Show
Host: Daniel Tosh
Guest: Jeff Black
Episode Title: My Magic Guy - Jeff Black
Release Date: May 20, 2025
In this captivating episode of the Tosh Show, host Daniel Tosh welcomes Jeff Black, Hollywood's favorite magician, offering listeners an intimate glimpse into the world of magic. The conversation spans Jeff's journey into magic, his experiences performing for celebrities, and the intricate balance between illusion and reality in his craft.
Starting Young with Influences
Jeff Black shares his early fascination with magic, inspired by icons like David Blaine. He recounts how watching Blaine’s specials ignited his passion:
"I saw the David Blaine specials when I was a kid, and I always wanted to learn, and, like, it just seemed like the coolest thing ever."
— Jeff Black [19:29]
Self-Taught Through Technology
Initially hindered by limited resources, Jeff turned to YouTube in high school to hone his skills:
"The library was really bad with the books they had at the time, so I didn't really get to learn until YouTube was a thing in high school for me."
— Jeff Black [19:41]
Performing at the Magic Castle
Jeff discusses his tenure at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, a renowned hub for magicians:
"Yeah, you have to audition to join as a magician member. I joined as a junior member... It's a private nightclub for magicians."
— Jeff Black [32:05]
Celebrity Encounters
One standout moment was performing for Quentin Tarantino during a Magic Castle show, where Jeff created a memorable illusion inspired by Tarantino's films:
"Quentin Tarantino is going to be in the next show with his group... There's actually a new bit in that show where I open up my briefcase and all this red light pours out on me."
— Jeff Black [34:22]
Magic Competitions and Community
Jeff highlights the significance of competitions like FISM (The World Championships of Magic), emphasizing their role in establishing credibility within the magic community:
"If you win that, pretty much every magician in the world knows who you are."
— Jeff Black [23:27]
Facing Imitators and Fraudulent Acts
The conversation delves into the ethical dilemmas magicians face, such as dealing with frauds who copy tricks:
"I feel soulless when I do it [copying a trick]. It was worth it."
— Jeff Black [45:37]
Protecting Creativity
Jeff emphasizes the importance of originality, explaining his strategy to avoid having his unique tricks duplicated:
"I really do pick stuff that's quite difficult on purpose, so that if you're going to copy me, you're going to work really hard to do it, or you're going to do a really bad version of it."
— Jeff Black [25:09]
Comparing Magic to Stand-Up Comedy
Both hosts explore similarities between magic and comedy, particularly in the necessity of timing and audience engagement:
"It's the same way I feel about stand-up comedy. I would never go see it. That's how I've always felt about my profession."
— Daniel Tosh [55:35]
Improvisation in Acts
Jeff notes the rigidity often required in magic performances compared to the flexibility in comedy:
"It's rare on stage for a magician to just be like, I'm just gonna see what happens here and just try to improvise magic."
— Daniel Tosh [38:01]
Magic Tricks and Demonstrations
Throughout the episode, Jeff performs basic magic tricks with Daniel, showcasing both skill and humor. A memorable moment includes attempting a card trick:
"Perfect. Beautiful. All right, so I'm going to start dealing through the cards, face up, just like this... The next card I flip over is gonna be your card."
— Jeff Black [28:25]
Lighthearted Banter on Magic and Daily Life
The hosts engage in playful banter about the practicalities and quirks of being a magician:
"What about a child? Are you allowed to use a child? Are there rules against that?"
— Daniel Tosh [55:20]
Personal Stories and Inspirations
Jeff shares personal stories, including his admiration for Harry Houdini and experiences during his performances:
"He created that [Magic Castle] for himself... He did the show with the ruptured spleen, and then they were taken to the hospital after when he died. But if he didn't do the show, he would have lived. The show must go on."
— Jeff Black [49:10]
Dedication to Craft
Jeff underscores the dedication required to master magic, likening it to the relentless practice needed in comedy:
"The more I evaluate my own process, the more I think it's a product of being ADHD. But I just see what excites me when I see it. What lights my heart up, and then I fan those flames, and I just try to recreate that for others and share that."
— Jeff Black [26:19]
Balancing Innovation and Tradition
He discusses the balance between creating new illusions and respecting classic magic methods:
"They are weird. But... There's a lot of logistics I don't like."
— Jeff Black [22:24]
The Importance of Authenticity
Both Daniel and Jeff emphasize staying true to one’s unique style in a field rife with imitation and expectations:
"It's completely a Pulp Fiction kind of reference. And then the show before that too, the palace of Mystery, they were using the Kill Bill Whistle song... I actually think."
— Jeff Black [34:22]
The episode concludes with light-hearted exchanges and a playful demonstration of magic tricks, leaving listeners entertained and intrigued by the art of magic. Daniel Tosh and Jeff Black's chemistry highlights the blend of humor and skill inherent in both comedy and magic, offering a memorable experience for fans of both genres.
For those intrigued by the art of magic and the stories behind it, this episode offers both entertainment and insight. Jeff Black's experiences provide a fascinating look into the dedication and creativity required to excel in the world of illusion.