The Magical Life of Marshall Brodien - by John Moehring (Paperback)

About the Book

This unique biography details the life of magician Marshall Brodien, most remembered for his long-running career as televisions Wizzo the Wizard on WGN-TVs Bozos Circus and The Bozo Show. Beginning in the late 1940s, when Brodien was a young magician in his first job as a Chicago magic shop demonstrator, it then recounts Brodiens steady rise to show-business success, including detailed accounts of his work as a performer at the Magic Lounge in Cicero, as a nightclub hypnotist in Chicagos posh Cairo Supper Club, and the work concludes with an examination of Brodiens current career as one of the most successful marketers of magic sets in the U.S.

Book Synopsis

This unique biography details the life of magician Marshall Brodien, most remembered for his long-running career as television's Wizzo the Wizard on WGN-TV's Bozo's Circus and The Bozo Show. Coverage begins in the late 1940s, when Brodien was a young magician in his first job as a Chicago magic shop demonstrator, then recounts Brodien's steady rise to show-business success, including details of his work as a performer at the Magic Lounge in Cicero and, as a nightclub hypnotist in Chicago's posh Cairo Supper Club. The work concludes with an examination of Brodien's current career as one of the most successful marketers of magic sets in the U.S.

About the Author

Magazine editor John Moehring lives in Henderson, Nevada.