Carroll Baker Magician from Columbus, OH

35 years, 10,000 shows, and a money-back guarantee nobody has ever used. My job is to make the person who hired me look like the star of the night. I am a comedy magician and mentalist, and I have done this full time for more than 35 years and over 10,000 shows. Here is what that actually buys you. I know how to read a room of adults who are certain they can't be fooled, and I know how to keep an evening moving instead of letting it stall. Your guests get pulled into the show rather than performed at, so the night feels like it was built for that room. Mostly I do three things. A comedy magic and mind reading show, around 50 minutes, for a room of adults. Clean enough for a corporate crowd, and I can build a moment around your guest of honor or your company. Strolling close-up magic, table to table, the kind that happens in their own hands. Good for a cocktail hour, a dinner, or any stretch of the night where people are standing around waiting for the next thing to start. Or both, which is what most people end up wanting. Strolling while everyone arrives, then a show once they are seated. I also work trade show booths, school assemblies, libraries, senior centers, wedding receptions and family parties. The show is sensory friendly, nothing in it is loud or frightening, and no child or adult is ever put on the spot. A few things worth knowing. I have performed at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, spent 15 years working cruise ship showrooms, and been featured on CBS, NBC, Fox and ABC. The Society of American Magicians gave me the Houdini Thurston Award and named me Magician of the Year, and the International Brotherhood of Magicians has named me Close-Up Magician of the Year seven times. I have written three books on magic and on teaching it. Along the way I have worked for Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kroger, the Ohio State University, Nationwide, the Ohio Society of CPAs, the United States Marine Corps, Ohio Health, Mount Carmel Health, the United States Army, Wendy's, McDonald's, Ronald McDonald's House, a Kid Again, and Make a Wish foundation. And the part that matters most to you. If your guests don't enjoy the show, you pay nothing. That is my guarantee, and in 35 years nobody has ever asked me to honor it. I show up early, I start on time, and I do exactly what I said I would do.