Magic, Malissa said, “is a hobby that carries you into these wild experiences, if you let it.”
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Robert Malissa Believes
in Magic
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R obert Malissa, 60, was making magic on a street corner in Phoenixville. It was a First Friday,
and Malissa had a pretty good rhythm going, getting a couple of laughs, making onlookers
wonder just how, exactly, he did that.

A young man walked by and made a snide remark.

“Hey, a magician, the lowest form of entertainment,” he said, and kept walking.

Malissa had an idea. “I thought, you know, that’s a great opening for a show,” he said. And so
Malissa made that remark the intro for his new show, “A Case for Magic.”
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