Apollo Robbins
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She was very off script for the typical person. And she had questions about why I was doing what I was doing, what got me into it. And she was very intense. And she says, can you steal something from me? She asked me, can I say?
She was very off script for the typical person. And she had questions about why I was doing what I was doing, what got me into it. And she was very intense. And she says, can you steal something from me? She asked me, can I say?
She asked me to steal a chocolate covered strawberry for her.
She asked me to steal a chocolate covered strawberry for her.
I had idolized them when I was growing up through my much older brothers. I saw them do stuff like pickpocketing at a zoo and other things.
I had idolized them when I was growing up through my much older brothers. I saw them do stuff like pickpocketing at a zoo and other things.
He was functionally a drug smuggler, working for a cartel, also moving into firearms and smuggling firearms into the Midwest. And when he realized that it was escalating, he was trying to get out of it, and he was turning into a state witness. And I happened to get exposed to some of that, seeing those deals going bad and seeing what was going on.
He was functionally a drug smuggler, working for a cartel, also moving into firearms and smuggling firearms into the Midwest. And when he realized that it was escalating, he was trying to get out of it, and he was turning into a state witness. And I happened to get exposed to some of that, seeing those deals going bad and seeing what was going on.
And in my basement, while we were cleaning up some stuff, I found a plastic finger. And I asked where it came from. Is it a Halloween prop or is it? And my mom said it's from a magic kit that somebody had given me. So I called a magic shop and I asked if I could come by and if they could tell me what this is. And they said, yeah, come down.
And in my basement, while we were cleaning up some stuff, I found a plastic finger. And I asked where it came from. Is it a Halloween prop or is it? And my mom said it's from a magic kit that somebody had given me. So I called a magic shop and I asked if I could come by and if they could tell me what this is. And they said, yeah, come down.
When I was like 12 or so, I shoplifted some cigarettes, and a clerk was checking me. He stopped me in the store, and he went to check me. And I took the cigarettes, and I put them in his apron. Um, they had been underneath my arm and the back of him. And then when he started to check me, I dropped him in his apron and it got me out of the store. And that's, it's reverse pickpocketing.
When I was like 12 or so, I shoplifted some cigarettes, and a clerk was checking me. He stopped me in the store, and he went to check me. And I took the cigarettes, and I put them in his apron. Um, they had been underneath my arm and the back of him. And then when he started to check me, I dropped him in his apron and it got me out of the store. And that's, it's reverse pickpocketing.
I was putting something on him. So the, when I started magic, I decided, let me see if I can bring some of the, that putting things on people, taking things off people that I'd seen. I had seen it mostly with my brothers and, um, I didn't have the nervousness. I saw other magicians who tried to do those things.
I was putting something on him. So the, when I started magic, I decided, let me see if I can bring some of the, that putting things on people, taking things off people that I'd seen. I had seen it mostly with my brothers and, um, I didn't have the nervousness. I saw other magicians who tried to do those things.
And if you get caught doing a magic trick, it doesn't have the kind of stakes that it does if you get caught stealing something.
And if you get caught doing a magic trick, it doesn't have the kind of stakes that it does if you get caught stealing something.
It functionally moved pretty quickly after those calls to meeting in L.A. and going to the Magic Castle for a first date, I think.
It functionally moved pretty quickly after those calls to meeting in L.A. and going to the Magic Castle for a first date, I think.
We went to go see the show. And then after the show, Penn and Teller invited us backstage to hang out with them. And as we're hanging back there, I said, I have something special for you. And I dropped down one knee and I brought out a ring box. And this is like our second or third date. And Penn, who knew me really well, was really surprised. Like, what on earth?
We went to go see the show. And then after the show, Penn and Teller invited us backstage to hang out with them. And as we're hanging back there, I said, I have something special for you. And I dropped down one knee and I brought out a ring box. And this is like our second or third date. And Penn, who knew me really well, was really surprised. Like, what on earth?