ryan_hayashi

I didn't tell them. They didn't ask. They talked to me about script writing and presentation.

Hello everyone! Ryan Hayashi here. This is my first attempt to communicate with other humans on Reddit. Please, ask me something.

Wow dude, that's a deep question. I have no idea. I have never thought about it, googled the answer to that question, or asked a penguin. Without knowing the true answer to that question, I have to ask on a philosophical level, would it be even funnier that penguins walk that way if they do have knees? If they do have knees, why would they walk like they do, which gives the distinct impression that they do not have knees? Are they trying to fool us into thinking that they are something they are not? Or do they just like waddling around like that? Maybe they are inspired by the great Charlie Chaplin. Who knows?

That's a great question. The act which in my opinion has had the greatest impact on magic in the last decade is Shin Lim's Dream Act, where the smoke comes out of his mouth. It reached a larger worldwide audience than any other close up act thanks to Fool Us, America's Got Talent, and YouTube. It helped spark a new current wave of interest in magic, and it demonstrated how close up magic to music can be performed in theater shows with large screen projection. I wish I had come up with that act. Other acts I wish I had come up with are Jason Latimer's Cups and Balls with clear glasses, Yann Frisch's silent pantomine red ball with tea cup, and Eric Chien's Ribbon Act.

Thanks for asking, Ip52. I moved here to Mannheim, Germany, in 2000 with the plan to work here for one year as an English teacher, then go back to Canada. That was 20 years ago. Now I feel at home in Germany and feel it is one of the greatest places on the planet to live.