969: Bob Bengel - The Dream Job

969: Bob Bengel - The Dream Job

From The Magic Word Podcast by Scott Wells

May 21, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 969

About this episode

Bob Bengel shares his experiences working as an in-house magician for Hitachi and offers performing tips for trade shows.

Bob Bengal worked for Hitachi for many years as their “in house” magician. That meant that he had all the benefits like insurance, vacation, 401-K, etc. He was responsible not only for performing at their trade show booths around the world, but also for playing golf with their premiere customers and keeping them happy. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize In this week’s chat with Bob, he talks about how he got the job with Hitachi and why he left it. He also talks about and shares performing tips for “behind the trade show booth” to help attract crowds at the booth. You can find the trick we talked about in this week’s episode, “Fusillade” (multiple card location) on Doc Eason’s website as a DVD at: https://doceason.com/product/fusillade-the-dvd/ The original book is out of print but available for about a hundred bucks on Amazon or eBay. The Dream Job Scott Wells with Bob Bengel Download Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here . You can download or listen to the podcast through Pandora and SiriusXM (formerly Stitcher) by Clicking Here or through…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Wells

Guest: Bob Bengel

Topics covered

  • magic
  • trade shows
  • performing tips
  • career
  • customer relations

Keywords

  • magic
  • Hitachi
  • trade show
  • performing tips
  • Fusillade
  • Bob Bengel
  • Scott Wells

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hitachi

Products: Fusillade

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