Comedian Magician -Michael Finney- 1991 Rope Trick

[emajica]

Tough Crowd lol

[clintnesss]

its the worst thing when you get an audience that are all dead to life but he kept going

[crozboz]

good performance for a tough crowd!

[Magicman2694]

this audience was not respectful to Michael at all, i can tell that was the reason for his partial bad attitude during this performance. its not Michael's fault at all.

[FinneyisFunny]

Thanks Wontonga for clearing that up. and yes you are right I should have said the reverse, All I know is I have done my best. Nobody has given me anything. and I continue to try and get better everyday. Nobody is perfect all the time. You live and learn!

[wontonga]

Let me clarify my comment.

You are a great guy and entertainer I imagine that not only do you know great people I am sure that truly great people know AND appreciate you! I was just making a joke on the "trick" joke that you have in your routine. By the way, in the 3 volumed L&L DVD set, it would have been funnier had you said to Stan Allen, "I didn't know that anybody LOVED me" Doing the "reverse" technique.

[FlurryOfDestiny]

that was really good! i like the humor, the way he repeated the key parts was awesome, and i laughed so hard at that girl i got funny looks!

[firenmagic]

Joel, always a pleasure. ? is this Michael's original routine or was it taken from a book i.e. Mark Wilson? This routine is wonderful and everytime I've seen Michael perform it-always a crowd favorite.  God Bless you and your well deserved success. AC

[FinneyisFunny]

This is my own routine, The rope cuts and slights were taught to me By George Sands

[joelsamuel]

When your hot your hot and when your not your not, but to be acknowledged by your peers is the most important of acknowledgements and Micheal Finney, continues to do this and more- welcome to my show @ joelsamuelpresents

[szester]

i have a question for you. did he copy the amazing jonathon or is it the other way around?

[cheetmeister]

They are not even alike. amazing jonathans doesnt really do any magic, its mostly gags etc with maybe 1 or 2 magic effects whilst finneys humor is based off of the magic he does

[szester]

Your wrong, they are nearly exact. The acts they do are one in the same. Personally i prefer finney

[cheetmeister]

as a magician i can say that most of finneys stuff are magic tricks u can do for a magic show, where as jonathans is mostly full of gags etc with maybe 1 magic trick thrown in like the zombie

[FinneyisFunny]

No you are wrong, Aj and I are nothing alike. Ask Aj.

[szester]

lol wat, aj and I? So your finney? Lol if it were true i would be amazed being as he is one of my heroes. But the tricks are very similar, maybe not the act or all the tricks but some of them are. Finney is way better at magic though.

[FinneyisFunny]

No I did not copy Aj, we are totally different!

[magictruitt]

this time he really looks like he doen't want to be up tere. not one of his best performances. but he normally is a genious comic and magician, but not this time.

[FinneyisFunny]

You are so right. I did not want to be there, The lighting was bad the room was set up in a way that was not good for viewing by the audience.

[gismwism]

Total bad attitude .... I've seen Finney a few times and he's hit or miss, it's possibly that attitute that helped to prevent him becoming a household name perhaps.

[FinneyisFunny]

Keep in mind this was 18 years ago. I am not that guy you see in this video.

[kirbysir675]

excellent

[jazz123ayx]

he is well known! n one of the best bro...

[wontonga]

17 years later and still nobody knows him. He shouldn't have listened to his sister.

[korttihai82]

Not really true... Still one of the most working professional comedy magicians in the world. And its in corporate world where they make huge money and not in tv or comedy clubs where normal people get to know the performers.

[korttihai82]

Not really true... Still one of the most working professional comedy magicians in the world. And its in corporate world where they make huge money and not in tv or comedy clubs where normal people get to know the performers.

[FinneyisFunny]

I Like flying under the radar. You might be surprised who knows me. One thing is for sure you don't!

[wontonga]

The "17 years" is a comment on how before radio & TV, folks would pay entertainers to perform in their homes. Opera singers, quartets and magicians.

Magicians are the only entertainers still welcomed into today's homes. Nobody knows them. Except for Lance Burton, Blaine, Chris Angel, David Copperfield and Sigfried & Roy, Great Magicians are unknown. I'll give you a dollar for every person who will tell you that they know, of Johny Ace Palmer, John Tomson, Michael Ammar. etc,

[wontonga]

I have personally spoken about this with Michael Ammar, Juan Tamariz, Danny Archer, Jamie Ian Swiss and a few othe top notch Magicians and everyone agrees, it's a blessing and a curse. Johny Palmers mother told her friends that he won the FISM geand Prix and they asked if he does kiddie parties?

[wontonga]

Not that there isn't anything wrong with doing kiddy parties. The kids are the best. Well The 4,5,6 and 7 years olds are a lot easier than the 8, 9 10 and 11 year olds.