I Lie for Money: Candid, Outrageous Stories from a Magician’s Misadventures, by Steve Spill
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In this funny, irreverent, unique, eccentric memoir, magician Steve Spill reveals how he managed to survive decades inside a rarely profitable, sometimes maddening, but often deliciously rewarding offbeat showbiz profession—magic!Spill tells of how his tailor grandfather sewed secret pockets in a magician’s tuxedo back in 1910, which started his childhood dream to become a magician. This dream took Spill on a journey that started with him performing, as a young boy, at a “Beauty on a Budget” neighborhood house party to engagements in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, to today in Santa Monica, California, where he’s been starring in his own shows since 1998 at Magicopolis, the theater he designed and built himself.Being a magician has given Spill the opportunity to interact with the world’s most famous and fascinating people. In his memoir, Spill reveals the many unique encounters that his profession has led him to enjoy and endure: hosting Sting as his opening act one night, spending two days on camera with Joan Rivers, and selling tricks to Bob Dylan, as well as encounters with Adam Sandler, Stephen King, and other celebrities.I Lie for Money . . . is a literary magic show that captures the highs and lows of an extraordinary life that will delight and amaze you with wit and wickedness. This book should be an obligatory read for anyone considering a creative career, and it serves as an inspiration to those who desire to craft an independent life.
I Lie for Money: Candid, Outrageous Stories from a Magician’s Misadventures, by Steve Spill- Amazon Sales Rank: #1110151 in Books
- Brand: Spill, Steve
- Published on: 2015-05-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.10" h x 1.30" w x 5.90" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 248 pages
Review • "This offbeat behind-the-scenes look at a magician’s life is as unpredictable, fresh, and distinctive, as witnessing one of Steve Spill’s shows in person."—Nolan Bushnell, Serial entrepreneur and founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese• "Steve Spill has been a pal of Penn's and mine since the 1970's. While we were still working for tips and eating dirt at fairs, Steve was running one of the classiest comedy magic clubs in the country, and still does (his current one is in Santa Monica). Nobody knows more about magic from the inside than Steve. And most important, Steve and I share the deepest bond of all: we both swallow needles."—Teller of Penn & Teller• "With his combination of writing and performing skills and his endless inventiveness, Steve Spill is a major asset to the world of magic."—Dick Cavett• "Steve Spill is one of my favorite storytellers. The man has pioneered more venues for magic than anyone I know, and along the way, broken lots of new ground as a comic, magician, bartender, busker, club owner, and now raconteur—and that's no lie!" —Joel Hodgson, creator/star of Mystery Science Theater 3000• "Steve Spill is one of the greatest magicians that’s ever lived. Fact. I Lie for Money is the most entertaining book about magic ever. Double fact. If you don’t buy this book, there will be a big hole in your life that you will never fill, a void that will haunt the rest of your days until you cry out in the night, ‘WHY DIDN’T I GET THE MEMOIR THAT CONTAINED ALL THOSE AMAZING STORIES ABOUT MAGIC?!’ Triple fact. The choice is clear." —Adam de la Pena, creator of the hit animated series Code Monkeys• "A unique eye-opening account of the backstage life of a fiendishly funny magician." —Kirsten Sheridan, Oscar-nominated screenwriter and film director• "A fantastic read packed with hilarious anecdotes and juicy tales of outlandish antics. Who would have thought the life of a family entertainer could be so wild?"—Michael Larkin, NBC Digital News Producer• "Instantly hypnotic! Before finishing page one I was drawn in and happily trapped in Steve's wild, surreal world."—Brian Brushwood, Host of Discovery's Scam School and National Geographic's Hacking the System• "I Lie for Money opens a secret door and lets the reader enter the almost unknown—and often misunderstood—world of the professional magician."—Brooks Wachtel, Emmy-winning writer and director• "An honest look at the hard work that accompanies doing what you love."—Steph Rodriguez, Manhattan Book Review• "Every person on the face of the earth who wants to laugh out loud and be amazed should read I Lie for Money."—Dustin Stinett, GENII Magazine• "As you turn the pages of the book you will travel along the amazing timeline that Steve has walked like a tightrope, stretched between his prodigious skills as a magician and his flamboyantly eccentric gifts as a showman."-Nick Lewin, Vanish Magazine• "A ridiculously entertaining book about [Spill’s] life and adventures as ajourneyman magician trying to make a living from his art."—Jack Shalom, segment producer, Arts Express, WBAI
About the Author Steve Spill has been starring in his own shows in his own theater, Magicopolis in Santa Monica, since 1998. Before that, he spent twenty years performing around the world in casinos, theaters, and nightclubs.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. I Bought. I Read. I Love! By Nebosuke I knew I was born a few years and a couple of states away from the mecca of show biz magic, but with Steve Spill's behind the curtain reminisces, I feel like Life has given me the gift of vicariously experiencing what I missed. Captivating, laugh out loud, can't put it down fare. And I'm only through the first few chapters (and my first sleepless night). I guess I could hash tag everything that immediately resonates with me, but I've been the kid who dreamed of seeing and knowing the greats, the legends, and of being able to entertain luminaries and the common folk with a sparkle in my eye and a sense of wonder. Steve Spill not only does that, he is that. And in his book, he tips his hat and out "spills" real magic. No spoiler alerts, just buy this story of a man's wonderful life, and treat yourself. It's a pleasure, and that's no lie. Thank you for sharing, Steve, and for inspiring a little more adventure and magic in me.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Liar, liar, pants on fire. By Stephen Bryant Six of the most enjoyable full evenings of magic that I have experienced were experienced at the Brook Farm Inn of Magic. The scheduling was ideal. All dinner seatings were at the same hour, and a close-up magician (my fav was John Kennedy) would greet you at your table with a quick miracle (John killed me with his Quarters to Glass). Following an excellent meal you stayed in your seat and settled in for the big show, a full evening of outrageous audience interactive tag team magic from Steve Spill and Bob Sheets. You might have seen a slapstick sub trunk routine complicated by flatulence, you might have seen a lady from the audience rising in the air despite her being convulsed with laughter as the magi swooned from whiffing her footware. Post show you could linger in the bar for still more close-up magic.In his new collection of reminiscences, I Lie for Money, Steve Spill recounts the venue's storied past, logs its 1450 performances over five years, and reveals that the classic sub trunk and levitation gags were organic, evolved during performance. (Glad I wasn't helping with the trunk!) But that's only five of Steve's sixty years and counting, and the book also encompasses Steve's childhood performance days, his Highdini rock and roll openings, his Jolly Jester days with Sheets (loved the Matt Schulien-like practical jokes), his Magic Castle days, his comedy club days, his Carter's Magic Cellar days, his travels galore, and his nearly two decades as major domo of his own venue, Magicopolis in Santa Monica.I was an instant fan, because Steve performed the screwball, somewhat gross, always hilarious pieces that also characterize the best of Amazing Johnathan and Harry Anderson. How could you not love seeing "a skeletal, smoldering, blown apart bunny" produced from a hat, the Rice Bowls performed with two halves of Timothy Leary's brain, or the stylings of an incontinent mindreading goose? (The book also includes a selection of ideas that did not work, my favorite being the Vomiting Milk Trick. What goes down must come up! There are times you simply do not want audience participation.)That Steve should have grown up to become a magician should have surprised no one, given that he spent his teen years hanging at the Magic Castle in the company of its Golden Age superstars. Steve's dad, Sandy Spillman, was an early Castle host and seance medium, and this gave Steve access to legends. A favorite chapter in the book is his memories of Dai Vernon, Kuda Bux, Carazini, Slydini, Charlie Miller, Senator Crandall, Francis Carlyle, and Albert Goshman.Nearly two decades of Steve's six-decade story are devoted to his dreaming up, designing, building, operating, and starring in his own performance space, Magicopolis. A delightful bonus was that he met his life partner Bozena along this path, and she is a major part of the show (and much cuter than Bob Sheets). I regret not having experienced it yet person, but nevertheless enjoyed its descriptions including large-scale illusions along with Steve's classic parlor routines.A life of performing is a life populated with interesting characters, not all of them human. There are riveting accounts of a tiger cub latching onto the pilot's head in a four-seater airplane, of poultry cruelty re Doolittle Wilder and His Dancing Chickens, and of one of Brett Daniels' macaws spontaneously joining Steve's act. Unforgettable patrons ranged from a disturbing fellow who took the Magician's Insurance Policy way too seriously to a Baptist "not allowed to watch magic" (reminds me of the Baptist edict against people having sex standing up, because it might lead to dancing) to a tribe of jungle natives straight out of a Tarzan movie. And then there are the celebs, dozens of comics, magicians, singers, and actors, with anecdotes on Stephen King, Cary Grant, Mort Sahl, Sara Gilbert, Joan Rivers, and Bob Dylan. Nice company!If you haven't guessed by now, I really like this book. These are more fun than books of card tricks. It isn't an entire biography: by design Steve included only the fun, interesting stuff. He cleverly weaves the patter from his signature tricks, such as his Bill to Lemon or Mindreading Goose, into the narrative, and this gives the reader a sense of "being there." I Lie for Money is a hardback from Skyhorse Publishing, aimed at the general public. (I look forward to a sequel. I was told that they had a matinee at Brook Farm, a pizza meal for kids only--no parents allowed. I'd love to hear more about that show.)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A funny, provocative and star-studded jouney By John Guastaferro Reading the book is like having a backstage pass through decades of Spill’s performing life—and it’s enormously entertaining. Spill is a superb storyteller, holding nothing back as he shares the twists, turns, triumphs, failures and wonderful surprises from his more than five decades as a performer. And he does so with insightfulness and uproarious humor.Spill went on to create Magicopolis, his 150-seat theater in Santa Monica, California. It was fascinating to hear about the road that led him here. Spill is seriously funny—and funnily serious. His contributions to magic have caught the eye of magic greats, celebrities, comedians and rock bands. Any magician will undoubtedly enjoy reading this book, and even more so, learning from it. I would have to think that even non-magicians would be inspired by Spill’s candor and lifetime of experiences. Whether you have an interest in magic, comedy or behind-the-scenes fun from someone who’s done it all, I recommend Steve Spill’s joyful ride of a book. And that’s no lie!
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