Current location:	Hollywood, CA
Current mood:	happy

Thursday at The Castle.
This was Tony's last day here in L.A., so we did a little more site-seeing. We started at Grauman's Chinese Theater to look at the hand prints in the sidewalk, then walked down the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I already have photos of a lot of these Stars...but I saw two that I had missed before:



William Friedkin is an extraordinary film director. I believe his masterpiece is this little film:



The scariest movie of all time.

Period.

I also came across this star:



Robert Wise grew up in my home town of Connersville, IN. He went on to become...well...the Godfather of Hollywood. He started as an editor, then went on to become a director, producer, and president of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He directed some little know films, like:







And, one really close to my heart:



Our high school auditorium is even named after him.

We also stopped into the famous Hollywood Magic Shop on Hollywood Blvd:



After all this walking, I was BEAT! So I took a subway back to the hotel and left Tony to fend for himself.

I had a great nap and went to The Castle to get ready. I did two shows tonight, and both times the audience was THE BOMB!

I was pleased to have a great magician, and good friend, Robert Baxt, show up to see my show.

Robert is a comedy magician, and creator of great magic effects. For instance, he created the Coke Trick on which I get such great comments.

If you've never seen me do it, watch.

It's really weird to do someone else's routine with them in the audience.

After the show Robert and I visited and he was--as always--most charming. He was also very complimentary about my show in general, and presentation of the Coke trick in particular. He liked the way I made it my own.

Here we are together:



Robert is always very generous with ideas, and he worked with me on a few moves. Thanks Robert.

Also in attendance at The Magic Castle tonight was Mr. Bob Barker. Remember him?



I didn't get to speak with him--he didn't see my show--but he looked just like he did on The Price is Right, and his smile still fills the room.

My Grandma Weaver will be SO jealous.

Tony leave tomorrow, and I head into the busy weekend.

Wish me luck...