It's odd to think how influential Ricky Jay was to me. I loved magic, especially card magic, when I was younger (I still do), but the way he told a story, and t

It's odd to think how influential Ricky Jay was to me. I loved magic, especially card magic, when I was younger (I still do), but the way he told a story, and the way he embodied this niche history. I wonder if he ever mentored anyone the way Dai Vernon mentored him. I know he held that form of learning very highly, and to my mind he was one of the most knowledgeable people about the artistry of illusion deception on the planet, possibly of all time. I truly hope he got to pass that on, even more so than the immense good he did passing on the history of the art form through his shows.