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Richard Turner (born June 16, 1954) is an American card manipulation expert. ==Performances== Turner's demonstrations have been featured on television programs, including ''That's Incredible!'', ''Ripley's Believe It Or Not'', ''The 700 Club'', five appearances on Japanese programs, including ''World Geniuses'' and on Great Britain's ''The Paul Daniels Magic Show''. He has conducted motivational lectures for international corporations and government agencies, and created and performed a family entertainment program for school children across the nation featuring a comedy routine co-starring his wife as schoolmarm "Miss Guided", his assistant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://richardturner52.com/card-mechanic/ )〕 Turner performed his 19th-century riverboat gambler's act as "The Cheat" on a constant basis: * For seven years, two days a week at Marie Callender's Restaurant and five days a week aboard the Reuben E. Lee Riverboat-themed restaurant in San Diego, California, once logging 2,190 consecutive days worked; * Entertained VIPs for four years at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, Texas, the world's largest honky tonk; * Served seven years as Ambassador and Featured Performer at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, where he performed thirty-seven shows a week; * Nine years at the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum in downtown San Antonio, Texas; and * Demonstrated his skills at business expositions, magic conventions, private parties and as a Performing Member since 1975 at the Magic Castle, where he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame). Turner's audiences have included Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Muhammad Ali, and Secretary of State Colin Powell, who joined Turner and his wife at one of their school programs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About Richard ) 〕 Turner auditioned and was hired by his employers without revealing his visual impairment, and never informs his audiences that he is blind. The United States Playing Card Company employ his services as a "touch analyst" to evaluate the texture, flexibility and cut of dozens of decks of cards each year. Although semi-retired, Turner appears several weeks a year at The Magic Castle, performs his act and presents lectures to his peers, and performs at private parties at the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Turner (magician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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