Talk:Michael Ammar

Need of reinforcememts

hey. list of ammar's publications including dates and publishers. and some more background and bakcup for why we shoudl think he is aparently suchs a big deal for the stubbie writeer... Tiksustoo 23:17, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

information which needs to be sourced

Ammar was born in Logan, West Virginia, and is the youngest of four children.

His interest in magic began when he read a comic book and noticed an advertisement which read "500 tricks for 25 cents!". Ammar sent his quarter and received a catalog. He began ordering tricks and practicing. Before long, he had a full magic show, complete with doves and a teenage assistant. The community, small as it was, supported him and booked him for local shows for schools and birthdays.

While in college at West Virginia University, Ammar developed friendships with others involved in magic. He began to publish his ideas in the early 1980s, and performed for Johnny Carson, as well as at the Magic Castle.

In 1983, Ammar entered the FISM magic competition and was awarded the Gold Medal for Close-Up Magic. In doing so, he became the second American in the history of the competition to do so.

After winning at FISM, Ammar traveled west and became friends with the great Dai Vernon who became Ammar's mentor throughout the following years.

He has produced over forty video titles, also books and magazines. In 1999 The Magic Magazine named him one of 100 most influential magicians of the century.

Michael Ammar was the 2008 special guest at Sorcerers Safari Magic Camp.

Okip (formerly Ikip) 18:18, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

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"recognized worldwide as one of the greatest living magicians" - really? What a claim.

Just where are the sources to support this claim? There is one tiny link to his own university alumni site which in the first place isn't even working and which, moreover, is not exactly what I'd consider "worldwide recognition".

This broken link is also the only "source" to support most of the other stuff in the article. Which makes it what it is: pure advertisement. --93.212.236.116 (talk) 14:55, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

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