Someplace else on this blog, I'm sure I've raved about one of my favorite close-up magicians, Johnny Ace Palmer. Here's an abbreviated version of his act which won the 1988 World Championship title at the World Congress of Magic held by the International Federation of Magic Societies. He was the first performer to ever win this for close-up and I believe he's still the only one.
Anyway, he had just brought home the gold when he appeared on a series called Live! Dick Clark Presents on October 15, 1988…