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The Magic of Rick Smith Jr.

The Magic of Rick Smith Jr.

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(11 reviews)
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Magician
  • Travels up to 200 miles
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Overview

Magician Rick Smith Jr. brings cutting edge breathtaking magical entertainment and illusions never seen before!
A 4X Guinness Book of World’s Records holder for card throwing, Rick Smith Jr.’s skills have been seen on television & YouTube shows nationwide.

Named Entertainer of the year, Rick Smith Jr. delivers polished performances for companies across the country.
Provide a unique corporate entertainment experience for employees, customers and prospects using breathtaking magic.

Cutting edge party entertainment makes every event unique and memorable!
Make birthday parties more special with interactive magic, comedic entertainment, and card throwing stunts as seen on DUDE PERFECT!


11 Reviews

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Jeffrey L. • June 23, 2022

Assisted Living Birthday party

My brother, who has been in an Assisted living facility for the last year due to a stroke. Had a birthday party and I hired Rick Smith Jr. "It made his day, his year", and he just can't stop talking about it. Not only did he lift the spirit of my brother but all the other residences, and staff that attended. Hats off to Rick.

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Magician

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Ramy • June 5, 2022

Very good and highly recommended

Highly recommend it’s was a short notice and he was able to help me out got me one of his friends Blake and was very nice of him that he tried to get me someone on the same day of the event. The kids were really happy thank you Rick so much

Hired as:
Children’s Party Magician
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John R. T. I. • January 30, 2022

Great entertainer

Kids and adults had a wonderful time.

Hired as:
Children’s Party Magician
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Carla R. • October 20, 2021

He’s amazing!

He wow’d our crowd! Rick was very kind and engaging of the residents-he knew how to play to the audience. We really loved having him out!

Hired as:
Magician
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Jeffrey J. • October 14, 2018

WOW factor

Rick was performing at my Aunts 85 birthday party. His performance and show were mind blowing. He is a true performer and everyone at the event was so impressed with Rick. I am still trying to figure out how it does it. AMAZING !!!!!

Hired as:
Comedy Magician, Illusionist, Magician
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James M. • September 10, 2017

Great performance

Talented magician, humorous, involves many audience members, and great tricks.

Hired as:
Children’s Party Magician
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Melissa A. • August 16, 2017

AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING

I hired Rick for a preschool graduation party and he was FABULOUS! The children and families absolutely loved his show and are already asking me to have him come back again!

Hired as:
Children’s Party Magician
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Heather G. • March 8, 2017

Phenomenon entertainment for ALL ages!!

I highly recommend Rick Smith, Jr. He's entertaining with his humor, magic, illusion and card throwing.

Hired as:
Children’s Party Entertainment, Children’s Party Magician, Comedy Magician, Emcee, Magician, Mentalist
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Reyd M. • January 22, 2017

He is...... magical!

Rick Smith Jr. performed a fundraiser show for our nonprofit today. It was a big hit! He facilitated a variety of complex illusions, they were all outstanding! We all loved his card throwing too. I highly recommend booking him. He is easy to work with, funny, professional and a real crowd pleaser. Thanks for the awesome show Rick! You brought smiles to so many :)

Hired as:
Illusionist, Magician
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Mrs. J. • June 10, 2015

Magician/Illusionist Presentation

Rick Smith and his assistant were great! Great interactions with the kids and great humor---we laughed the whole time.

Hired as:
Comedy Magician, Illusionist, Magician
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Nichole P. • March 22, 2015

Absolutely Amazing

We hired Rick Smith Jr. For my nephew's birthday party he was awesome!!! All the kids adored him as well as the adults. He brought along the iceman and he was also perfection!!!! We had a hiccup with crabby neighbor lol however they remaind very professional and accommodated every request! Will Def rehire and recommend to everyone I know....Thank u Rick Smith Jr. And the Iceman (all the sound effects and music was amazing ;-) )

Hired as:
Children’s Party Magician, Comedy Magician, Magician, Strolling/Close-up Magician

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Price Range: Contact for rates

Gig Length: 30 - 75 minutes

Languages: English

Insurance: $2,000,000

What to Expect

Having performed over 600 shows in 2019, I consider myself one of the hardest working entertainers in the business. I rarely say no to a client soliciting my services as they are the very reason I exist and each one has contributed to my success along the way.

My greatest compliment is a referral by someone who has seen me perform; I am absolutely thrilled any time someone asks if I am Rick Smith Jr., the magician, or says that I performed at their event or they saw me on television.

People energize me. I always give my very best in each and every performance! I am grateful that my magic brings smiles, laughter and utter amazement to my audiences. I get to know so many wonderful people as a professional magician.

— Rick Smith Jr.

About

The Early Years
At age 7, Rick started his career in magic by spending hours researching and developing a portfolio of illusions while other kids were playing little league and pop warner football. He tried and tested his early magic chops on friends and family, building his sleight of hand skills with every performance.
While in his teens, he stepped up his entrepreneurial side, promoting himself and his magic with flyers, business cards, and other collateral. He started being booked regularly for children’s birthday parties and family gatherings while still in high school.

The Unexpected Birth of a World Record Card Thrower
After high school, Rick attended Cleveland State University to study marketing. Also an athlete, Rick played for the CSU Baseball Team where he pitched a 90-mile-per-hour fastball. One pivotal day, while kidding with fellow teammates in the locker room, Rick had been involved in a sock fight. Lacking a sock to throw, he pulled out a card from a deck that he always kept in his locker, and threw a card across the room with such speed and precision that he cut his teammate’s arm.

Stunned, his teammates asked him how he was able to do that – having never done that before, Rick amazed himself as well. After graduating from CSU with a degree in marketing, he refined his new-found card throwing skill and in 2002, he threw a playing card 216 feet 4 inches, landing him international recognition and an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Since then, he has been performing acts that include “doing things that no one has ever seen before”, such as his signature card-throwing feat. Shows include a myriad of different magical acts including micro magic, close up interactive magic, comedy-filled magic shows, and big Las Vegas style stage shows that include grand illusions and specialty acts.

Corporate Magic Performances
Armed with a marketing degree, Rick was able to infuse brand messaging and marketing into performances for his corporate clients. When meeting with a corporate client, Rick learns what the venue’s goals are; typically they are to reinforce corporate messaging or corporate positioning that is part of an overall adoption strategy. Rick then comprises magical acts that play to the audience and employees’ internal culture with feats that include product transformations and illusions.

When Hyland Software asked for a more digital message in the performance, Rick took a huge paper-filled filing cabinet which disappeared, replaced by CDs, representing the transformation from paper to digital media. Additional illusions included including corporate employees, including conjuring a new CEO in a box, instantly replacing the outgoing CEO in the same box. To help reinforce key messaging of nationwide Real Estate Howard Hanna, he helped drive home a marketing message of the firm: “The Magic of Howard Hanna and wowed the real estate agency’s guests with his integrated feats of magic.

Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Rick travels nationally performing more than 600 shows every year including award ceremonies, fund-raisers, sales meetings, corporate events, new product introductions, motivational and training seminars and humanitarian missions to third-world countries.

For the past 20 years, Rick has been amazing audiences with trademark card throwing, close up magic, sleight of hand, and stage shows with unbelievable feats of mentalism. Grand Illusions include appearances, disappearances, levitations, cutting his assistants in half and Harry Houdini’s famous metamorphosis.

Rick has had guest appearances on national television including “ABC’s Shark Tank”, “America’s Got Talent”, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, “Last Call with Carson Daly”, “Steve Harvey’s Big Time”, “The Wayne Brady Show”, “Ripley’s Believe it or Not!”, “Master of Champions”, “Time Warp”, “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno and many more.

Services Offered

Magician Children’s Party Magician

Past Booked Events

June 23, 2022 • 1:00pm - 2:00pm Birthday Party
June 04, 2022 • 2:30pm - 4:00pm Children’s Birthday Party
May 27, 2022 • 7:30pm - 8:30pm Rehearsal Dinner
January 29, 2022 • 4:30pm - 5:15pm Children’s Birthday Party
October 19, 2021 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm Campus Event
April 13, 2019 • 5:00pm - 5:30pm Fundraiser
August 26, 2017 • 3:30pm - 4:15pm Birthday (Child)
August 11, 2017 • 10:30am - 11:30am Graduation

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Self Contained

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