To Mark & Nani

Thank you for igniting the spark of magic and imagination in the hearts and minds of generations.

Sarmoti

Siegfried & Roy

Nani and Mark,

If Applause represents Affection and Admiration, here's a big standing O from all of us.

Love,

Rich and Sue Bloch

Mark and Nani,

How can any of us ever repay you for the generosity you have shown.

Thank you for five decades of friendship, inspiration, and joy. What you have given to magic is more than any single individual could ever give back. Here's to all those memories, and new ones yet to be created.

Love,

Diana Zimmerman

Congratulations on 50 years of Allakazam Magic

Milt & Arlene Larsen

Congratulations!

It was an exciting business to make the illusions for Allakazam. Hard to believe so much time has gone by. It was great fun!

Mark and Nani...Keep it up!

John Daniel

Mark & Nani

Thanks for the magic.

Lance

Sincerest and warmest congratulations to our dear friends Mark and Nani.

With great admiration and respect for all you have achieved,

Ruth and David Berglas

Mark and Nani, you opened the door for magic on television. And now I would like to hold it open for you to take your well deserved bow.

Thank you,

David

I so thoroughly enjoyed working on The Magic Land of Allakazam as Christopher Periwinkle the Toy Maker, that I even stole the name for our company Periwinkle entertainment productions.

Chuck and Bambi Burnes

Congratulations on 50 years of The Magic Land of Allakazam!

Love,

Paul and Betty Gross

Mark and Nani are two of the most special people in the world to me, because they literally "made me appear" in this world! I love them very much. Please enjoy the Allakazam Archives.

They were... are... my inspiration to continue learning and performing magic!

To learn to convincingly vanish a coin, we first study the "for real." We observe how our hands would look if we could really do it by magic, and then, using sleights, try to approximate this as closely as possible.

Mark & Nani: Your ground-breaking shows are the "for real." They are the gold standard which the rest of us try to reach if we could do it as magically as you. Thank you for setting the bar so high back then, for now, and for many generations to come.

-- Michael Brandwein

Mark & Nani: Your ground-breaking shows are the “for real.” They are the gold standard which the rest of us try to reach if we could do it as magically as you. Thank you for setting the bar so high back then, for now, and for many generations to come.

The best thing Mark did was to surround himself with smart creative people and I was lucky enough to learn from and be a part of that experience.

When I started I was just a kid and worked as a runner and Mark was the Pope!

John Gaughan

To Mark Wilson & Family, with fond memories of Nani, who was stolen from my show.

John Calvert

In a way Mark was the reason that I got into Magic. I always was interested in magic, but I had no connection. After the TV Series "The Magician" (where Mark was responsible for the magic) I went to a bookstore, where I bought a book which had the addresses of magic societies and dealers in it. So I got into Magic. Now I am the secretary of FISM and a board member of FISM Europe. Thanks again to Mark who inspired me.

When Magic Land first aired I was 2 years old. Yet I remembered watching episodes about a Magician, His Assistant, and a Clown. I became a fan & later when Magic Circus aired I wanted to learn to perform illusions. Ok it took me YEARS then... . One day I wanted to order one of Mark's training VHS. The CSR WAS PLEASANT and made ordering easy. Something about her voice I had heard before so I asked what her name was. She politely answered, " My name is Nani". I had a "crush" for Nani for years and she was the most pleasant CSR (second only to my wife) I have had the pleasure to talk with. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.

You have always been a hero in all of my magic life. I appreciate your commitment and professionalism through the years to the art. This is also being written to inform you that I, as a board member of the American Museum of Magic, am very interested in creating a display this season at the Museum highlighting your wonderful career.

I watched the "Magic Land of Allakazam" as a boy growing up. It is one of the reasons I became a magician.

This is awesome that this is happening & ironically, met Nani & Mark at Denny Haney's Magic Shop a few years ago. Meeting the two of them, was like meeting the Beatles. But, when I saw the TV Guide page of the Debut & saw it was going up against Sheri Lewis... I'm guessing Shari must have said, "Oh, crap..." Tell them THANK YOU, for making a place where I could smile & escape to, as a abused child.

Wow..way to bring back the memories! I'm sure I ate more than my share of the various cereals just to get down to the "box" (had to be empty before mom would let me have it!) Greg, thanks for taking the time and for making the enormous effort to archive and make available all of this, with more to come, to fans everywhere! Always been a fan of your mom and dad and always will be!

Hello Wilson Family,

The new website is looking well...MAGICAL and FANTASTIC! THANK YOU to Greg and everyone involved for putting in all the work to make this site another legacy milestone for the TV Shows and Mark & Nani Wilson.

I truly enjoyed watching and still remember a lot from the MAGIC CIRCUS TV Specials. I'm told by my parents that I watched many episodes of ALLAKAZAM. Through the special magic of videotape, I have many of the shows and can watch them anytime and relive the moments that made me want to be a magician too.

Just let me know HOW I can help!!!! I OWE a LOT to Mark & Nani!!! from inspiring me to do magic 47 years ago...