Salvatore Manfredo:  

I was born in the last half of the previous century on the island of Manhattan in the state of New York. Within a few years of my birth we moved to northern New Jersey to live with my aging grandmother and downs syndrome aunt were me and my two brothers I attended school. I was one of the first of the TV generation and it did have an effect on me. I watched shows like Bozo, Magic Land of Alakazam, Ed Sullivan Show, Laugh In, and Red Skeleton. I guess that¿s where my interest in magic and clowning started. In my late teens I started reading books on magic and magicians peaking my interest on the subject. I purchased a few effects and started practicing. Reading the instructions I found out an important fact magic effect instructions are written for right handed people and I¿m left handed so I have to do things a little differently to achieve the same results. Each effect also comes with a story line but either they were too old or weren¿t my style so I started making up my own. I put the magic on the back burner for a few years when I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. After technical school I restarted doing magic again but only for my own enjoyment. I was on weekend duty at my first duty station reading a book on magic when a general came through for a tour of the facilities. He saw me reading the book and ¿requested¿ that I do an effect for him and not disappear....Expand for more