That Magic Touch!

From kids’ parties and low-paying gigs to corporate entertainment and beyond, it’s been quite a ride so far.

- Bobby Motta

Magic was always toyed with at family gatherings when I was young. My uncle was quite the joker, and when his practical jokes started to make my family go mad, he decided to learn magic. It was his outlet. It gave him the chance to be a joker, but this time everyone could enjoy it.

I don’t know if it was his first trick I ever saw or if it’s the only one I can remember, but all I recall is what I called the “Chiclet Trick.” He had a false tooth, which was unknown to me at the time. The trick was simply him pulling back his tooth and pretending to pull it out, revealing the Chiclet, which I thought was the actual tooth. I would look up, see the dark hole where the tooth used to be, and then suddenly the tooth reappeared. I was hooked. I needed to know how that was done and how I could do it, too!