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In this funny, irreverent, unique, eccentric memoir, magician Steve Spill reveals how he managed to survive decades inside a rarely profitable, sometimes maddening, but often deliciously rewarding offbeat showbiz professionmagic!Spill tells of how his tailor grandfather sewed secret pockets in a magicians tuxedo back in 1910, which started his childhood dream to become a magician. This dream took Spill on a journey that started with him performing, as a young boy, at a Beauty on a Budget neighborhood house party to engagements in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, to today in Santa Monica, California, where hes been starring in his own shows since 1998 at Magicopolis, the theater he designed and built himself.Being a magician has given Spill the opportunity to interact with the worlds most famous and fascinating people.