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 “Mr. Tricky”, a.k.a. Joe Lefler, became interested in magic when a magician performed for his second grade class. These interests were further peaked when he saw Blackstone perform at the Hanna Theater in Cleveland. After seeing an ad for a magic set in a magic magazine, given to him by a neighbor, he begged his parents for it and was given the magic set for Christmas. This was no ordinary magic set. It contained enough tricks to put on a little show, and Joe started doing shows for friends and neighbors. During his teen years, Joe performed many shows for birthday parties, church functions and anywhere else he could find to perform. Joe's love of magic continued, and in 1962 he met and married his wife, Sue. Joe and Sue worked hard to create a dove act that would be enjoyed by people of all ages. Together they performed this act for over fifteen years and were the opening act for several well-known performers. These include the New Christi Minstrels, the Ink Spots and the Michael Stanley Band to name a few. In 1975 Joe opened a magic store called Pandora's Box Magic Shop. This venture became the largest Magic shop between New York and Chicago. During this time, Joe honed his skills as a close-up magician and performed for many trade shows and hospitality rooms. Shortly after closing his store in 1985 to perform full-time, Joe injured his left hand while building something for a trade show. This left him unable to do the skillful sleight-of-hand magic he loved so much. As they say, "when one door closes, another door opens”. Joe decided to perform for children once again and “Tricky T. Clown” was created with that thought in mind. Joe performed as “Tricky T. Clown” for many years and built quite a reputation as the clown to have at your party. Then another slight sidestep happened when Joe became allergic to the makeup. Not wanting to disappoint the many children he performed for, “Tricky T. Clown” removed his makeup and “Mr. Tricky” was born. During the years that he performed as “Tricky T.Clown”, Joe became very skilled at balloon sculpture and was asked to create an instructional video on how to make animals with balloons. Joe's first video, Balloon Sculpture Made Easy by “Tricky T. Clown” is the number one selling balloon video in the world. Joe's second and third videos were done as “Mr. Tricky.” Today Joe continues to perform as “Mr.
Tricky” and is in great demand for children's birthday
parties, company picnics, open houses, grand openings, and
company Christmas parties. He has also trademarked the name,
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