The Radio-Medicine Show Cast and Guest Stars
Steve Mitchell
Steve Mitchell
Steve Mitchell is our artistic director, artist and producer, as well as Pop and Magill's partner in this exciting enterprise.
Steve is a well established graphic artist, based in California.
His work has met with great success in the corporate world, with clients such as IBM, Lockheed Martin, Disney and Memorex and periods of residence in France, Germany and Hawaii.
His love of magic led him to an ongoing involvement with the Magic Castle, where for almost two decades he has designed brochures, posters, awards, and much more, including many painted portraits of well known magicians that grace the walls of the club.
A founding member of the organization’s Board of Trustees, he is also editor (and designer) of the Castle’s monthly newsletter. In his spare time, he continues to follow his secondary calling as an oenophile.
For a look at some of Steve's incredible artwork, go to our Poster Gallery.
Steve is a well established graphic artist, based in California.
His work has met with great success in the corporate world, with clients such as IBM, Lockheed Martin, Disney and Memorex and periods of residence in France, Germany and Hawaii.
His love of magic led him to an ongoing involvement with the Magic Castle, where for almost two decades he has designed brochures, posters, awards, and much more, including many painted portraits of well known magicians that grace the walls of the club.
A founding member of the organization’s Board of Trustees, he is also editor (and designer) of the Castle’s monthly newsletter. In his spare time, he continues to follow his secondary calling as an oenophile.
For a look at some of Steve's incredible artwork, go to our Poster Gallery.
Nancy Magill
Nancy Magill
Nancy Magill Haydn, also known as “Lil,” is a native of Los Angeles, California and has been married to Whit “Pop” Haydn since 2000.
Nancy is an avid reader and enjoys walks in the park with her quirky dog and husband.
She worked in the banking industry for more than 25 years before leaving the corporate world behind to work with Pop Haydn and Steve Mitchell to produce both the stage and radio versions of Pop Haydn’s Medicine Show.
Nancy also runs Pop’s General Merchandise, the on-line store that sells a variety of Pop’s miracle products and other creations and memorabilia.
Nancy Magill is the business-end of the company, most of our common sense, and she keeps an eye on the money.
Nancy is an avid reader and enjoys walks in the park with her quirky dog and husband.
She worked in the banking industry for more than 25 years before leaving the corporate world behind to work with Pop Haydn and Steve Mitchell to produce both the stage and radio versions of Pop Haydn’s Medicine Show.
Nancy also runs Pop’s General Merchandise, the on-line store that sells a variety of Pop’s miracle products and other creations and memorabilia.
Nancy Magill is the business-end of the company, most of our common sense, and she keeps an eye on the money.
Professor Dave Bourne
Dave Bourne
Professor David Bourne is our music director, saloon piano player and head of the Medicine Show Band.
Dave has been playing piano professionally since his first job in the Calico Saloon at Knott's Berry Farm in Beuna Park, California in 1958.
He played bass with the "Wagonmasters", the cowboy group who entertained in the Wagon Camp at Knott's from 1955 until 1968.
Prof. Bourne has produced six CDs called "Saloon Piano" featuring authentic melodies of the Old West. For town band aficianados, his CD, "19th Century Favorites and Rarities" features Dave playing piano, cornet, alto horn, tenor horn, sousaphone, and banjo, in a re-creation of an early town band. The "Medicine Show Band" on our radio show is all Dave Bourne.
Bourne's Saloon Piano Vol I has been released for !RS Music Rolls.
His music can also be heard on HBO's "Deadwood" where he can be seen as the piano player in the Gem Saloon.
You can find out more about Dave Bourne and his music at: www.SaloonPiano.com
Dave has been playing piano professionally since his first job in the Calico Saloon at Knott's Berry Farm in Beuna Park, California in 1958.
He played bass with the "Wagonmasters", the cowboy group who entertained in the Wagon Camp at Knott's from 1955 until 1968.
Prof. Bourne has produced six CDs called "Saloon Piano" featuring authentic melodies of the Old West. For town band aficianados, his CD, "19th Century Favorites and Rarities" features Dave playing piano, cornet, alto horn, tenor horn, sousaphone, and banjo, in a re-creation of an early town band. The "Medicine Show Band" on our radio show is all Dave Bourne.
Bourne's Saloon Piano Vol I has been released for !RS Music Rolls.
His music can also be heard on HBO's "Deadwood" where he can be seen as the piano player in the Gem Saloon.
You can find out more about Dave Bourne and his music at: www.SaloonPiano.com
Judge Nelson
Mark "Judge" Nelson is our announcer. His professional
radio career began in Chicago in 1971, where he hosted and produced several radio programs devoted to big band jazz and nostalgia, including The Yesterday Shop, The Hall Closet, The Big Bands and Those Were the Days on Chicago stations WNIB, WLTD, WNUR, WXFM and WBEZ. Relocating from the Windy City to Santa Barbara, California, Mark was the producer-host of
Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear on KKIO and for many years served as the unseen TV spokesman for Breath Assure.
Mark has also written numerous teleplays for such animated series as The Bionic 6, The Real Ghostbusters, G. I. Joe and Smurfs, for which he received an Emmy nomination. He served as story editor on Showtime's The Hunger for producers Ridley and Tony Scott and penned four episodes of that series.
For the past six years, Mark has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle and for
fifteen years wrote and produced the Academy's Annual Award Show. He is a contributing editor of MAGIC Magazine, the country's most widely circulated independent journal for magicians.
His name was submitted for consideration for appointment to the judiciary to the County of Greater Umbrage, Tennessee, where he has served as Judge of the Marsupial District, to the surprise of many in the territory who never believed he could pass the bar.
He has done so. Once.
radio career began in Chicago in 1971, where he hosted and produced several radio programs devoted to big band jazz and nostalgia, including The Yesterday Shop, The Hall Closet, The Big Bands and Those Were the Days on Chicago stations WNIB, WLTD, WNUR, WXFM and WBEZ. Relocating from the Windy City to Santa Barbara, California, Mark was the producer-host of
Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear on KKIO and for many years served as the unseen TV spokesman for Breath Assure.
Mark has also written numerous teleplays for such animated series as The Bionic 6, The Real Ghostbusters, G. I. Joe and Smurfs, for which he received an Emmy nomination. He served as story editor on Showtime's The Hunger for producers Ridley and Tony Scott and penned four episodes of that series.
For the past six years, Mark has served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle and for
fifteen years wrote and produced the Academy's Annual Award Show. He is a contributing editor of MAGIC Magazine, the country's most widely circulated independent journal for magicians.
His name was submitted for consideration for appointment to the judiciary to the County of Greater Umbrage, Tennessee, where he has served as Judge of the Marsupial District, to the surprise of many in the territory who never believed he could pass the bar.
He has done so. Once.
Phil Van Tee
Phil is our political commentator, rabble-rouser, song writer and general gad-fly.
His love for this century is tempered by his feeling that ground has been lost that was dearly paid for by the working man.
This Tall Teller of Tales (6' 8" !) has spent 25 years as a clean standup comedian in addition to his 30 years as a magician. That means he is more entertaining than most comedians and funnier than almost all magicians.
He is a graduate of Ringling Brother's Clown College, and is a wonderful singer song-writer with his heart in Old Time, folk, union and protest songs.
Phil has appeared on:
Reno 911
Showtime's "Who's Got Jokes?"
The Man Show
Mad T. V.
A& E's "Comedy On The Road"
"The Latino Laugh Festival" (Si T. V.)
"Inside Joke" (Si T.V.) and several times on Nickelodeon!
You can find out more about Phil Van Tee at PhilVanTee.com
His love for this century is tempered by his feeling that ground has been lost that was dearly paid for by the working man.
This Tall Teller of Tales (6' 8" !) has spent 25 years as a clean standup comedian in addition to his 30 years as a magician. That means he is more entertaining than most comedians and funnier than almost all magicians.
He is a graduate of Ringling Brother's Clown College, and is a wonderful singer song-writer with his heart in Old Time, folk, union and protest songs.
Phil has appeared on:
Reno 911
Showtime's "Who's Got Jokes?"
The Man Show
Mad T. V.
A& E's "Comedy On The Road"
"The Latino Laugh Festival" (Si T. V.)
"Inside Joke" (Si T.V.) and several times on Nickelodeon!
You can find out more about Phil Van Tee at PhilVanTee.com
Black Fox
Black Fox plays the great grandson of Crazy Talk, Pop's Placebo Indian Medicine Man friend and partner.
Magician, Mentalist, Comedian, Storyteller, Psychic, Bartender, Counselor, Masseur, Makeup artist, Native silversmith and craftsman--these are just a few of the many talents of Black Fox.
A performing member of the Academy of Magical Arts, Hollywood’s "Magic Castle" and a member of The International Brotherhood of Magicians, Black Fox combines his style of magic with his Native-American heritage and with humor that delights children and adults alike.
Using props of his own design and dressed in either 19th century Native American Clothing or a black tux for formal affairs,
Black Fox considers himself to be a "Magicalist", a combination of
his love for Magic and mentalism. "Magicalism" is a blend of Magic and Pyshic entertaining which makes a quite entertaining and memorable show.
He is also one of the top "Three Shell Game" men in the business and has made several types of professional shells and other Magical product's. Black Fox has his own magic line in the Native American theme.
Part Aztec, Apache and Hungarian, Black Fox has worked as a film makeup artist and created dental
prosthetics for several cult film favorites and theater.
He owns and operates Black Fox Trading Post, a Native American Store in the historic Big Bear Lake Village, a favorite stop for locals and tourists, and does superb custom and repair work on American Indian made and other silver items.
Magician, Mentalist, Comedian, Storyteller, Psychic, Bartender, Counselor, Masseur, Makeup artist, Native silversmith and craftsman--these are just a few of the many talents of Black Fox.
A performing member of the Academy of Magical Arts, Hollywood’s "Magic Castle" and a member of The International Brotherhood of Magicians, Black Fox combines his style of magic with his Native-American heritage and with humor that delights children and adults alike.
Using props of his own design and dressed in either 19th century Native American Clothing or a black tux for formal affairs,
Black Fox considers himself to be a "Magicalist", a combination of
his love for Magic and mentalism. "Magicalism" is a blend of Magic and Pyshic entertaining which makes a quite entertaining and memorable show.
He is also one of the top "Three Shell Game" men in the business and has made several types of professional shells and other Magical product's. Black Fox has his own magic line in the Native American theme.
Part Aztec, Apache and Hungarian, Black Fox has worked as a film makeup artist and created dental
prosthetics for several cult film favorites and theater.
He owns and operates Black Fox Trading Post, a Native American Store in the historic Big Bear Lake Village, a favorite stop for locals and tourists, and does superb custom and repair work on American Indian made and other silver items.
Madame Pamita
Carnival Sideshow Entertainer Extraordinaire, Madame Pamita is also The Ukulele-Playing Mystic, A Modern-Day Wax Cylinder Recording Artist, and The Musical Prognosticator to the Stars.
She makes a delightful, fun interview on our first show, and talks about her album, "Madame Pamita's Waxworks," and we play a couple of selections from this wonderful album.
In early September of the year 2008, Madame Pamita set out for Long Island, New York to record a series of songs she had been performing for "Madame Pamita's Parlor of Wonders" on the Neo-Medicine Show circuit.
Along with her esteemed colleague, Mister Patrick Weise, she ventured into the utterly enchanting realm of Mister Peter Dilg, collector of antique recording devices, music historian and, most importantly, the only man in the United States with a state-of-the-art wax cylinder recording machine.
Using absolutely no electricity during the playing or recording process, Patrick and she projected their voices and instruments acoustically into antique metal cones and onto 100-year-old wax cylinders. Everything was recorded live with no tracking and no post-recording fixes. What you hear is the recording exactly as it was performed, with the same vitality and exciting recklessness of the early days of reproduced sound.
We are very proud to have this lovely lady and her music on our first show.
You can find out more about Madame Pamita and "Madame Pamita's Waxworks" at www.madamepamita.com
She makes a delightful, fun interview on our first show, and talks about her album, "Madame Pamita's Waxworks," and we play a couple of selections from this wonderful album.
In early September of the year 2008, Madame Pamita set out for Long Island, New York to record a series of songs she had been performing for "Madame Pamita's Parlor of Wonders" on the Neo-Medicine Show circuit.
Along with her esteemed colleague, Mister Patrick Weise, she ventured into the utterly enchanting realm of Mister Peter Dilg, collector of antique recording devices, music historian and, most importantly, the only man in the United States with a state-of-the-art wax cylinder recording machine.
Using absolutely no electricity during the playing or recording process, Patrick and she projected their voices and instruments acoustically into antique metal cones and onto 100-year-old wax cylinders. Everything was recorded live with no tracking and no post-recording fixes. What you hear is the recording exactly as it was performed, with the same vitality and exciting recklessness of the early days of reproduced sound.
We are very proud to have this lovely lady and her music on our first show.
You can find out more about Madame Pamita and "Madame Pamita's Waxworks" at www.madamepamita.com
Jagger Peyton Entertainment Group -- Our Distributor
Jagger Peyton has produced over 1000 radio shows for broadcast and has created commercially successful radio specials including The Rolling Stones’ “Blues Licks,” “On the Covers” and “Paint it Blue,” in addition to "The Blues of Zeppelin", "Ladies Sing the Blues", "Real Blues Brothers" and many more. The Blueseum of Fine Art currently airs in dozens of markets throughout the United States from coast to coast. In addition, Jagger Peyton structured a partnership for their Blueseum of Fine Art and Roadhouse Revival radio shows with ROK Entertainment’s ROK Radio, a revolution in mobile entertainment, by broadcasting to hundreds of thousands of mobile phone subscribers in Europe and China. Both The Roadhouse Revival and The Lone Star Revival radio shows air on The American Forces Network (AFN) in 177 countries, reaching over 1 million servicemen and women and their families each week.
John Peyton John Peyton
John Peyton - John’s experience as a recording artist, and his career in radio brings the blend of talent and radio experience to create and produce successful syndicated radio programming. John has an extensive background in advertising, media sales and promotions and has worked in both print and radio with advertising agencies, record labels and national clients. John has written many of the national commercials that air on the worldwide syndicated Jagger Peyton radio shows. John also created and voices two very popular syndicated radio characters, one being a worldwide spokesman for John Paul Mitchell Systems, Inc. and The Patron Spirits Company product brands. | Chris Jagger Chris Jagger
Chris’s career, unlike his brother Mick Jagger's has spanned many fields in the artistic spectrum, from clothes design for Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon to theatre and journalism. He has appeared in repertory at The Citizen’s Theatre in Glasgow (his first play there was with one Pierce Brosnan), Nottingham Playhouse and the ICA in London as well as in TV and film. His first records were made during the 1970’s for David Geffen of Asylum Records in Los Angeles and he toured the USA and the UK. Chris decided to concentrate on his own material and the result was the critically acclaimed Sequel C.D. ‘Atcha!’ in 1994, a mix of Cajun style with Chris’s individual brand of song writing. |
In Association with:
David Van Vranken
Known as Dave V on the internet, he has been helping maintain Pop's websites and forum for several years. He is our webmaster
and Internet technical consultant. He is a 19th Century man with a 21st Century technology at his disposal. He is in heaven here, folks!
From his humble beginnings as a fumble-fingered magic wannabee, Pop's training is starting to pay off, and Dave V can almost hold his own now with a simple length of chain for as long as the money holds out. (His, not theirs. He's much better on the computer.)
Dave lives in Las Vegas. He is never quite sure of his place on the space/time continuum...umm, It is Vegas...
www.DaveVMagic.com
and Internet technical consultant. He is a 19th Century man with a 21st Century technology at his disposal. He is in heaven here, folks!
From his humble beginnings as a fumble-fingered magic wannabee, Pop's training is starting to pay off, and Dave V can almost hold his own now with a simple length of chain for as long as the money holds out. (His, not theirs. He's much better on the computer.)
Dave lives in Las Vegas. He is never quite sure of his place on the space/time continuum...umm, It is Vegas...
www.DaveVMagic.com
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Pop Haydn is a professional magician in Los Angeles California
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Pop Haydn is a professional magician in Los Angeles, California
