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Alan: - it's Alan CoolKay: - CoolKay, here do I have Alan Sands the famous then infamous comedic magician on the phone with me Alan Sands: - well I'm famous now because you got me on the phone I wasn't before CoolKay: - Hi Alan - so how long have you been a comedian? Alan: - How long have I been a comedy magician? my dad did comedy magic, so I've been doing it since before I was born CoolKay: - that sounds different and a kinky Alan: - yeah well - actually I began - I was on stage at the age of three and a half with my dad and but I mean as far as me doing magic - probably just six and I got paid for my first show when I was twelve so it's been a while CoolKay: - have you ever done anything else Alan: - minimally, I went to horse shoeing school, then I tried being a farrier for little while but I was still entertaining at the same time. I've worked in hotels when I was a teenager or up until I was about twenty one and I did everything one could imagine in the social activities departments of those resorts kind of like being a cruise director you know being the entertainment social host on a cruise ship in the Catskill Mountains where cruise ships that didn't go to sea You would move into the hotel for a week or weekend, and do everything that the hotel had to offer and you know I played miniature golf and volleyball and horseshoes and croquet and badminton and you know made up crazy zany rules for the game to keep the - you know guests entertained and to give those people that a chance that had never played before and so we play volleyball over the tennis net or you know things of that nature CoolKay: - mmhm okay so Alan: - I was a lifeguard and I rented equipment. Anyway but yeah I've always been in entertainment CoolKay: - what what was your first show which he did by yourself do you remember? Alan: - yeah I did a puppet show for the mentally disabled or mentally handicapped mentally challenged. There was a mentally challenged group school camp or something that was near me. And, I called him and said Hey I want to come and do a puppet show for you and they said please [...]