Mike Abbott is one of the longest running entertainers based in Hong Kong. His skills include magic, balloons, games and much more! For more info, contact me at ben@thebigbenshow.com (+852 96678601), or visit http://www.abbottleisure.com/
This week I am talking to one of the legends of the Hong Kong birthday party and entertainment circuit. Before any of the other current batch of performers arrived, Mike Abbott had already been there, seen it and done it all. Taking on 600 bookings a year, he also found time to take part in the standup comedy scene in Hong Kong in the early 1990s, and (WOW!) to appear in masses of movies alongside stars like Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat! Innovative ideas for games, puppet acts and magic; he was doing childrens’ parties by day, and strip shows for adults at night. He’s still going strong.
You can find Mike online at:
http://www.abbottleisure.com/
And my website is http://www.thebigbenshow.com
(I love it when people contact me, so if you’d like to be interviewed or just want to say hello, you can reach me at ben@thebigbenshow.com)
THIS WEEK
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
HIGHLIGHT ONE: 00:21:45 Birthday party games: fancy dress relay and musical islands
HIGHLIGHT TWO: 00:22:00 and 00:32:00 Puppets at a birthday
HIGHLIGHT THREE: 00:24:00 Magic at parties. The “now you see it, now you don’t” principle
HIGHLIGHT FOUR: 00:26:00 Strippagrams
HIGHLIGHT FIVE: 00:35:00 Use of a table (behind you): Stationary performances (with talking) versus lively performances (with music)
COMPLETE CONTENTS:
00:00:00 Stripper recognized at kids’ party!
00:06:00 Early life
00:10:50 Movies in Hong Kong (1986- 1989)
00:14:00 Working as an entertainer – strippograms, gorillagrams, kids’ parties
00:19:00 Mobile discos
00:21:45 Birthday party games: fancy dress relay and musical islands
00:22:00 and 00:32:00 Puppets at a birthday
00:24:00 Magic at parties. The “now you see it, now you don’t” principle
00:26:00 Strippagrams
00:35:00 Use of a table (behind you): Stationary performances (with talking) versus lively performances (with music)
00:37:00 Standup comedy in Hong Kong in the early 1990s and 2002
