- André Kole
André Kole is the stage name of Robert Gurtler Jr., an American magician and inventor of magical effects.cite web
url = http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioKLM.htm
title = Brief Biographies of Magican Inventors
publisher =Magic Nook
accessdate = 2007-07-24 ] He is also a committedChristian and is a public speaker for the evangelical group "Campus Crusade for Christ International". [cite web
url = http://www.andrekole.org/biography.html
title = Biography on official website at www.andrekole.org
accessdate = 2007-03-06]Robert Gurtler was inspired to take up magic at the age of seven after seeing a performance by Moxo the Magician (Mark E. Barker). By the time he was 20, now known as André Kole, he was performing his "
Table of Death " trick on the national network television show "You Asked For It". In 1955 he received the annual Al Sharpe Award for Originality in Presentation from the Texas Association of Magicians.citation
url = http://www.magicmagazine.com/january05/january05extra2.html
title = Alton Sharpe 1921-2004
first = John
last = Moehring
journal = Magic magazine
publisher = Magic magazine
date = January 2005
accessdate = 2007-07-24]Among the illusions Kole is credited with devising are the Squeeze Box illusion (licensed to builder John Gaughan), and the
Head Mover illusion (as performed by David Copperfield, Tim Kole and Kirby Van Birch). [cite web
url = http://www.zigmont.com/backstage.html
title = "Illusion Guide: Proprietary designs and Intellectual Property information for new or used illusions"
publisher = [http://www.zigmont.com Zigmont Magic]
accessdate = 2007-03-06 and cite web
url = http://www.magicauction.com/IllusionHotline/Illusion_Rights.htm
title = "Illusion Hotline: Who owns the rights"
publisher = " [http://www.magicauction.com MagicAuction.Com] "
accessdate = 2007-03-06]He also uses his magical knowledge and skills to debunk frauds and hoaxes. He was reported in 2003 as offering US$1million to the Rev. Dr. Donald Stewart if Stewart could prove a statement made in the Jamaican newspaper the Jamaica Gleaner that Satan gives supernatural powers. [cite web
url = http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20031202/mind/mind1.html
title = "André Kole's million-dollar challenge'" by Mark Dawes
date =2003-12-02
publisher = " [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com Jamaica Gleaner] "
accessdate = 2007-03-06]He states on his website that he does not perform the classic trick of pulling a rabbit from a hat because he is allergic to rabbits. [cite web
url = http://www.andrekole.org/bio.htm
title = "André Kole Bio"
publisher = André Kole
accessdate = 2008-05-19] He is the father of illusionist Tim Kole.References
Books
André Kole with Jerry MacGregor, "Mind Games: Exposing today's psychics, frauds and false spiritual phenomena", pub. Harvest House (February 1998), ISBN-13: 978-1565078260
André Kole and Terry Holley, "Astrology and psychic phenomena", Published: Grand Rapids, Mich., Zondervan, (c.1998), ISBN 0310489210 (pbk.)
External links
* [http://www.andrekole.org Official website for André Kole the magician]
* [http://www.andrekoleministry.org/index.htm Official website for André Kole's ministry]
* [http://geniimagazine.com/forum/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=001922 "Genii magazine forum" page] dated December 2005 about a "walking on water" trick.
* Walking on water: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih1MSalaqdE] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGFHQpuXbjQ&NR=1]
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