Mac King


Mac King is an American magician who has performed on television specials, often as a co-host. He has his own family-friendly show, "The Mac King Comedy Magic Show", at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in the Thunderland Showroom, in Las Vegas, Nevada. King's show is currently the longest running one-man show in the history of Las Vegas.

Career

After college graduation King began touring the comedy clubs with his one-man comedy magic act. Over the next nineteen years his career took off, to such an extent that for years he did over 200 shows a year.
In the nineties he began to do television specials, and to appear at Las Vegas casinos.
In January 2000, King became a permanent act at Harrah's, performing 10 shows a week.
In addition to the TV specials and Harrah's performances, King performs at more than 60 private corporate events each year. Some of his better-known effects involve goldfish, Fig Newtons, and a yellow raincoat he claims is a magic cloak of invisibility.
In 2021 Mac King moved to the Excalibur after 20 years at Harrah's Las Vegas.

Television shows and specials

On the NBC The World's Greatest Magic specials, King taught the audience a minor effect before and after each commercial in segments referred to as the Mac King School of Magic. He is the only magician to be in all five of the network's specials.An Evening at the ImprovComic Strip LiveThe World's Greatest MagicThe World's Greatest Magic IIThe World's Greatest Magic IIIThe World's Greatest Magic IVThe World's Greatest Magic VHoudini: Unlocking His SecretsThe World's Wildest MagicPenn and Teller's Sin City SpectacularDonny and MarieThe Other HalfPenn & Teller: Fool Us
King's home was also featured on HGTV.

Personal life

King was born December 2, 1959, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He became interested in magic as a kid because both of his grandfathers were keen amateur magicians. King was a graduate from the J. Graham Brown School in Louisville, Kentucky in 1977, and attended Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on a National Merit Scholarship. He graduated in 1981 with a double major.
King performed, with fellow Kentuckian Lance Burton, over the summers he had off during college.
They did three shows a day, every day, at a western-themed park in Cumberland Falls, Kentucky.
King married Jennifer Sils in 1985, having met her when she was chosen from the audience by King to help with a trick. They have one child named Eli King who was born in Nevada.
He is also friends with Penn & Teller, who wrote the preface to King's book Tricks With Your Head.
In March 2022, King eulogized The Amazing Johnathan, who had died a couple of weeks prior.

Books

King has co-authored 3 books.Tricks With Your Head, a humorously written series of tricks mostly requiring few, if any props, co-authored with Mark Levy.Campfire Magic subtitled "Over 50 Amazing and Easy-to-Learn Tricks and Mind-Blowing Stunts" co-authored with Bill King.Great Big Ol' Book-o-Magic.
King also collaborated with cartoonist Jeff Knurek to create and market the "Magic in a Minute" line of children's promotions, toys, magic tricks, videos, books, and events.