You Won’t Believe THIS! Magic…Steve Martin Style! Hilarious!!!

In May of 1992, Johnny Carson, whose own career started in magic, presented “The Great Flydini” on ‘The Tonight Show’. For your entertainment, here’s one of the most unique acts in magic history!

Here is some background from our friend Mark Evanier: When Johnny Carson announced his retirement, we were saddened but there were consolation prizes. His last few months of shows were wonderful as performer after performer came by and made a little extra effort for his or her farewell appearance with Johnny. For Steve Martin’s last turn, which was on May 6, 1992, Johnny prevailed upon him to do The Great Flydini. This was a routine Martin had developed years earlier and performed here and there, mostly for personal appearances and charity affairs. As I understand it, he hadn’t done it in years, in part because of the long prep time involved and in part because he’d pretty much quit performing in front of live audiences. (He did the routine again at least once. A year later, there was a big charity concert at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown L.A. where Neil Young and The Great Flydini opened for Simon and Garfunkel. Bet that was an evening.)

By the way, as a teenager, Martin worked at The Magic Store on Main Street in Disneyland. There’s a photo of him at the store in the comment section below. Enjoy and share!

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