{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/339736e5-b21f-4af2-ada6-2d48cb8a1581/c07e1a6f-3a65-4ffc-a1a6-8a8884ecc961?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"374 - Piff The Magic Dragon (John Van Der Put)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611ee35c06c05e6c01f40f42/611ee403fbda3b0013c3b3e1.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>How did a grumpy table magician find a way to turn “being pathetic” into 400 shows a year in his own theatre at Las Vegas?&nbsp;&nbsp;Only&nbsp;Piff&nbsp;The Magic Dragon knows!</p><p><br></p><p>We’ll discover how a shop-bought dragon costume flicked the switch from sackable corporate table guy, to deadpan bulletproof performer and self-styled “loser of America’s Got Talent”. Along the way we’ll find out why the perfect show will never happen, and why a fear of failure turns most magicians into “hack copycats”…</p><p><br></p><p>30 mins of extra content available exclusively to the Insiders Club include&nbsp;Piff&nbsp;on the invention of his own tricks, and how something new with a block of jelly has already cost him two and half years and over $70,000; how own bad magic and guilty shortcuts; his evangelist uprising; and what comics can learn from magicians.</p><p><br></p><p>Go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders</a>&nbsp;for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&amp;As with Nish Kumar, James Acaster and Fern Brady and the incredible “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet.</p>","author_name":"Stuart Goldsmith"}