this is a picture of him in atlantic city.
toot is talked about in cellini's dreamer's highway.
i met him when i heard sonny holliday and gazzo were workin atlantic city and they were on my must meet list.
when i got there i saw an older fellah in all black w/ a fedora walking on the boards pulling a rig.
i asked him if he was a magician he said yeh and we got to talkin he said he was a cellini student..so i asked him if he knew sonny and i told him about how sonny was my idol.
toot laughed and said yeh i'll take you right to him.
anyway thats a different story.
i met him as riki. he took me under his wing and he told me stories about the old days.
he had a brilliant show, sheridan-esque. mixed a animal balloon show with a magic act.
used a warbler[whistling device you keep in your mouth] did the whole show wistling never spoke but you'd swear you heard him talk through the whole show.
a good friend and a genius.
a great teacher.
another thing about toot was for years he just worked with a small bag over his shoulder.
he could stop and work anywhere with that warbler any country.
hes 60 yrs old and i couldn't keep up with him he taght me to be young and live every day.
cellini was so impressed with him he wrote about him in his dreamers highway i was lucky to meet him.
heres his web site,
http://magicofriki.com/
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