Magicians have a long-standing reputation being on the leading edge of science and technology. After the television became a household item, several magicians found a home on air where they increased their visibility and spread joy to millions of viewers. Although some were able to parlay their local TV appearances to the national networks, most were content to be big fishes in small ponds. Buddy Farnan was one such magician who was well-known as a TV celebrity magician in a regional area. Buddy was the general manager of Funtown in Atlanta, Georgia, and a leading magician on a fledgling TV channel owned by Ted Turner. He later moved to Buffalo, New York, where he became known on local TV there as Buckskin Joe. All of this began in the early 1960’s and continued for many years. Now at age 89, Buddy looks back at his illustrious career.
On this week’s episode, Buddy Farnan talks about his roots in early television and some of the many celebrities we know still today. He chats candidly about his TV studio work as a magician and tells a few stories about the joy he spread to children as the magician from Funtown in Atlanta then later as Buckskin Joe. Meir Yedid recorded a short video interview with Buddy in 2019 that is located on Meir’s Magic Times website. I recommend that you take a look at this short video by Clicking Here.
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