logo

Video encyclopedia

Carl Ballantine

Biography

1:30

All About Marionettes : How to Change String Placement on Marionettes

 

1:25

Carl Ballantine 1962

 

1:13

CARL BALLANTINE - 1961 - Standup Comedy

 

2:20

The Great Ballantine!

 

0:52

The Great Carl Ballantine Part 2

Carl Ballantine was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go "hilariously awry" to the wisecracking Ballantine's mock chagrin. He has been credited with creating comedy magic and has influenced both comics and magicians.