GEORGE GILBERT

GEORGE GILBERT student of Jesse Stickley, Jimmy Talksalot, Eric Evans.

works Ocean city Md.

So me and Eric Evans were workin O.C. and we walked up to the pitch and there was these 2 guys hangin out. A big rough lookin one and a quiet small one. The big one came up and said you fellahs thinking about workin this and we said, “yeh we didn’t know anybody was here.” so the big guy says “hey lets share the pitch”

The thing about these guys is they were a comedy act. The one big guy beat up on the little guy and kept yellin at him that he was screwing everything up and the little guy kept apologizing and promising to do better. The bigger guy was teaching the little guy to busk, and the little guy didn’t want to go out, he was shy and awkward.

This went on for about a half hour and people stopped and watched….till we all realized this wasn’t a show!

this was REAL!

Finally the big guy went out to show the little guy how to do it. The big guy went out and did a mentalist show which blew me away and fooled me bad. He hatted em and then made the little guy go out.

The little guy went out and did silent manip. It was silent cuz you couldn’t hear him he was too quiet he only gotta small edge.

The next time around,

The little guy didn’t want to go out and finally we all urged him and I gave him a Cellini wand made by Eric Evans and he gotta a huge edge and did a beautiful show.[ Cellini’s power at work again].

The big guy was Jesse Stickley and the little guy his student George Gilbert.

Jesse Stickley, - George’s teacher, is a big abrasive outspoken guy with a heart of gold and amazing skills at magic. I’m jealous that he found George before I did.

Since then I have watched George improve. The thing about George is he is one of the few U.S. magicians that can stop em and build a crowd and make money with a silent manipulation act.

Watching George perform is watching poetry.

GEORGE GILBERT is a genius at our art.

As a young performer he has 2 things that few or none of the other young guys have,

1. he’s got some of the best parlor chops I have ever seen,

And

2. he has no ego problem to ruin it for the spectator.



George is humble and this is what makes him great loved and respected by anyone that comes into contact with him…..a rare quality.

Me and Eric taught him a lot, but we learned a lot from him. Not just tricks but about friendship and humility.


He’s a modern Cardini or sympathetic character. When you see him as a spectator first thought is, “wow! What just happened, oh hey, the poor guy’s having trouble, I want to route for him, I hope he can do this finale.”

And when George does the finale the crowd goes wild.

George is pure Buster Keaton silent film dexterous sad clown. I have seen no other in the U.S. that can touch him in this field on the street. I’ve seen many in Europe, but none here. Due to the tough conditions here I doubt that many of those European silent acts could compete with him here on crowd build and hats.

Here’s a photo of George with his proud teachers.



George Gilbert, Jimmy TalksAlot, Jesse Stickley, Eric Evans




check out his myspace for more info about him;

http://www.myspace.com/georgegilbertmagic