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Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

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The Relationship Between Magic and Timing

Barry Julian is one of my co-exx and he used to be my head writer and he started off as a magician. My feeling about magic is not hostile but it's somewhat indifferent I don't seek it sure but but I don't avoid it yeah. Steve Martin in born standing up they're born standing up which is right just right up there on the shelfI'm born standing up talks about the relationship with the timing of magic and comedy how there's a relationship there. The real magic took place inside the mind and the heart of the person watching it, says Barry Julian.

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