John French's 2010 book Through the Eyes of Magic describes some of the " talks " which were initiated by his actions such as being heard playing a Frank Zappa drum part (" The Blimp ( mousetrapreplica )") in his drumming shed, and not having finished drum parts as quickly as Beefheart wanted.

Unfortunately, The Magic Box was not premiered until the Festival was nearly over, and only went on full release after it had finished.

The Magic finished an NBA worst with, 21 – 61.

The Magic finished the season 36 – 46.

The Magic finished the regular season 52 – 30, their best season since 1995 – 96.

After trading for Rafer Alston, the Magic finished the regular season with a 59-23 record, it was the most games the team had won in a season since the 1995 – 96 season in which they had 60 wins.

The Magic finished the season with 52 victories, good for 2nd in the Southeast Division.

In the Magic Lantern autobiography Bergman writes of the film's iconic penultimate shot: " The image of the Dance of Death beneath the dark cloud was achieved at hectic speed because most of the actors had finished for the day.

With future Hall of Famers Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, plus Michael Cooper, Byron Scott, A. C. Green, Mychal Thompson, and Kurt Rambis, the Lakers finished 65 – 17 in the regular season, third-best in team history.

' Magic ' ( Senna's nickname during the wet ) shone that day to give him another win despite engine troubles that also befell Prost with Mansell in third saying that problems like that he could certainly use-he finished less than two seconds behind Senna.

The Magic won 57 games, finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference, and won their first ever Atlantic Division title.

The Mavericks ' season only got worse from there, and they finished with a record of 28 – 54, the worst in the NBA, falling behind even the second-year Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic.

By Spring 1999, the band had finished work on their debut album, The Magic Treehouse.

Yano was also a regular touring member of Yellow Magic Orchestra.

Other regular features included The Magic Drawing Board and the Captain's " Reading Stories " sessions, which introduced kids to stories such as Curious George, Make Way for Ducklings, Stone Soup, and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

In one episode, Arthur's class is unnerved by an impending appearance in the regular mid-episode interstitial of a popular educational program, " The Magic Tool Box ", a play off of the popular children's program The Magic School Bus, which, coincidentally, also aired on PBS.

He is a regular featured performer at The World Famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA and has appeared on The Bob & Tom Show.

This led to a regular inking role on the newly launched Books of Magic series, taking over as regular penciler and inker with # 6 ; he would stay with the title for most of its run, writing as well as drawing its final 25 issues ( 1998 – 2000 ).

Of the four players who were dubbed as the ' Magic Quartet ', Ronaldinho and Kaká were the only players who had a regular place in the Brazil squad.

He also appeared in the second season Babylon 5 episode " Gropos " as General Richard Franklin, the father of regular character Dr. Stephen Franklin and on the fairy tale sitcom The Charmings as The Evil Queen's wise-cracking Magic Mirror.

Of the four only the Magic continue to use a parquet floor ( which was transferred to the Amway Center from the Amway Arena ); the Nets were the first of those teams to switch to a regular hardwood court ( although their old parquet floor continued to be used by the Seton Hall basketball team until 2007 ), with the Nuggets using their parquet in the latter years of the iconic ' rainbow ' era ( 1990-93 ) and the Timberwolves installing a new floor at the Target Center for the 2008-09 season.

Blackburn now presents BBC Radio 2's Pick of the Pops every Saturday from 1-3pm as well as BBC London 94. 9 on Sundays from 12-2pm and a weekly Sunday show on Magic 1161. Tony is regular relief cover for Anne Diamond on BBC Radio Berkshire ( 10am-1pm ).

By the time the series launched, the name had returned to The Books of Magic and a regular rotating team of artists Gross, Gary Amaro and Peter Snejbjerg was put in place to provide artwork for alternating storylines.

Magic Slim and his band were regular performers at the bar, playing week-long stints.

Season 3 ( which consisted of only 3 episodes ) included an all-star Christmas special featuring the regular cast, with appearances by Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Magic Johnson, Dinah Shore, Joan Rivers, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Oprah Winfrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Little Richard, Cher, Charo, k. d.

In the, Nash had another stellar campaign, averaging 18. 6 points and a career-high 11. 6 assists per game while becoming the first person since Magic Johnson in to average 18 points and 11 assists per game during the regular season.

In 2007 the Invitational returned to being a regular face to face Magic tournament, before being dropped from schedule altogether in 2008.

Devant became the first president of The Magic Circle, and in 1906, Maskelyne edited the first issue of The Magic Circular magazine, a regular feature for members ever since.

The Magic Circular claims to be the longest running regular magic magazine in conjuring history.

Other regular features included a narrated story about the adventures of Magic, Timmy's cockatiel, various phone-in quizzes ( typically at the end of the programme ) where a selected viewer would compete in some gunge-related competition, and a short five-minute cartoon, such as Batfink or Dick Tracy.

Armstrong first signed with the NBA as a free agent for the Orlando Magic in late 1994 – 95, playing in the last 3 games of the regular season with 10 points and 8 minutes of action including a spectacular one handed reverse windmill dunk late in a blowout vs the Indiana Pacers in his 2nd game.

The theme from Field of Dreams was played at the last game at Memorial Stadium in 1991, and the song " Magic to Do " from the stage musical Pippin was used that season to commemorate " Orioles Magic " on 33rd Street.

Brian Wilson and Sergio Romo grew out their facial hair, AT & T Park filled with " Fear the Beard " signs, and the slogan " There's Magic Inside " took the place of the one from the previous season, " Yes We Can ".

The halftime show was titled " Winter Magic " and featured a celebration to the winter season and the Winter Olympics.

* The Magic Box, under the ownership of Giles in season 5, and later Anya's ownership in season 6, with Giles as a silent partner.

Finally, it was decided that the NBA would expand by 4 teams, with the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat debuting for the 1988 – 89 season and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic beginning for the 1989 – 90 season.

The team started out the season by losing its first 17 games, including a blowout 138 – 91, to Magic Johnson's Los Angeles Lakers, at the time an NBA record.

Skiles was named the NBA's Most Improved Player at the end of the season, as the Magic heralded the NBA's most improved record that season.

The 1991 – 92 season was disappointing for the Magic as various players missed games with injuries.

With the combination of O ' Neal and Hardaway, the Magic became a dominant team in the NBA, compiling the first 50 win season in franchise history with a 50 – 32 record.

The Magic were in the playoffs for the first time, ranked the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference ; however, the Pacers swept the Magic 3 – 0 in the first round, thus ending the Magic's season.

In the 1995 – 96 season, the Magic again were near the top of the Eastern Conference and the Atlantic Division with a 60 – 22 record, led by O ' Neal and Hardaway ; however, the Magic were seeded number two, behind the NBA all-time best 72 – 10 record of the Chicago Bulls.

The Magic then hired Chuck Daly to be head coach for the 1997 – 98 season.

In 1998 – 99, with the drafting of Michael Doleac and Matt Harpring with the 12th and 15th picks in the 1998 draft, and a healthy Hardaway and Anderson, the Magic tied for the Eastern Conference's best record with the Miami Heat in the lockout-shortened season, 33 – 17.

McGrady, discontent with the Magic, wished to move on ; Weisbrod accused McGrady of " slacking off " and not attending practices ( McGrady later admitted that he did not give 100 % percent during the 2003 – 2004 season and wanted the team to bring him some help, but never wanted to leave Orlando ).

Throughout the season, bolstered by Hill's return, the Magic played spectacularly, defeating top NBA teams.

The 2005 – 06 season opened with high hopes for the Magic despite not being able to add first round draft pick Vasquez.

After beginning the season strong with a 13 – 4 record, the Orlando Magic began to suffer in the standings as the result of multiple losses, due in large part to the injuries of Tony Battie, Keyon Dooling, and Grant Hill.

The final few weeks of the season saw the Magic build momentum and confidence with an impressive late push towards the Playoffs.