Elliot Zimet – No Cosmetics RequiredInside MagicMagic News Updated Daily for the Professional Magician

We think it was now-obscure philosopher, Moki
Vanderwallenjag who observed, "When I want, I can easily need." This quote is typical of Prof.
Vanderwallenjag and probably why there is only a single plaque to celebrate his
contribution to Harvard's then-burgeoning College of Philosophy.

But in surfing the net to find the very best in Magic news
for our readers, we found evidence of Prof. V's theory. As deadline approaches, our "wants"
convert to "needs." We no
longer would enjoy finding a clever story to fill the gaping hole that
currently exists on page one of our five web sites and occasionally daily
newsletter.

We also find truth in Prof. V's saying, "Man will
adjust his desires to the available stock but not because he does not want
more, but because he is willing to trade satisfaction for convenience."

Actually, we were looking for a much better quote to start
this article, but Prof. V's nugget will suffice.

We're running out of time.

And then we found the following news-ette we need/want to
share with you.

There is a web site specializing in reality television
shows. This site is ironically named, Reality TV Calendar. (Actually, it isn't the least bit ironic
that a site specializing in reality television shows would be called Reality TV Calendar but the word we
wanted to use didn't look right and we don't have spell-check on the
cutting-edge but still sparsely supported PDA we use. We'd rather use the wrong word than the right
word misspelled. Now we can't remember
if "misspelled" is spelled with two "s" or just one).

The appropriately named site is covering the television
show, America's Got Talent. Last night's episode featured many acts but
the one most fitting for an editor, publisher on deadline and formerly
over-the-counter cold and allergy drugs was the hip-hop magic styling of Elliot
Zimet.

The writer points out one important difference between Mr.
Zimet and all other magicians ever seen: he does not look like a magician.

Immediately taking the stage is
Elliot Zimet and just looking at him, I'd guess he'd be singing or doing
comedy. He takes his mic, but it doesn't seem to be working.

He takes it off the stand anyway
and throws it out where it magically becomes a dove! Wow, how'd he do that?

So I guess I'm wrong and he'll be
doing a magic act.

He does some cool tricks where he
turns a cell phone into sunglasses and makes more doves appear through various
means.

It's all set to a cool, hiphop
beat and he just goes from trick to trick to trick.

After pulling out a couple veils,
he even makes a parrot appear! With his act done, the audience gives him a
standing ovation.

The judges love him and put him
through to the next round.

Wow!

We've lost seven talent shows going back to 1972. The best finish was third at the South
Florida Fair in 1974 but even then there were only five acts. Magicians, we like to think, are unfairly
discriminated against by talent show judges.
So for Mr. Zimet to make it to the next round means he must be better
than any magician we've seen in any talent competition.

We wanted to check out this new face and force and so we powered
up the PDA – waited the seven minutes it takes to get to the web – and found he
is still building his own web site but is listed on a site titled TTE: TripleThreatEntertainment.

Here are his creds:

Ringling
Bros. Commercial
Ringling
Bros. Circus Tour
X-Box
Commercial
Columbia Records Showcase
Sean
"P.Diddy" Combs 4th of July Party
NSYNC
& Nelly Post Grammy Party
Caroline's
Comedy Club
David
Copperfield Birthday Party
Today
Show

As we say at the cosmetic counter we loiter near, "not
too shabby." The good news is he
does stuff like us – parties. Of course,
his clients are P-Diddy, NSYNC & Nelly, and David Copperfield. We performed our last three shows for Pete's
Daddy, USTINK & Wooly, and David Copperfield look-alike, Sherman Adams.

If our PDA had any power or normal applications, we could
look at his demo reel but it doesn't and we can't.

As soon as we get back to the Radio Shack (we're currently
writing this from a space equidistant between the Clinique and Shesheido
counters) we'll download the film-clip. You
can pull down the clip here.

But you don't have to wait.
Visit the TTE web site now and check it out.

We have to leave now – someone is getting an attitude
because they wear a white lab coat and far too much make-up.