Ricky Jay

Magician, illusionist, and magic historian from Brooklyn, New York. Despite his young age, Ricky Jay has already baffled experts with his sleight-of-hand; his proficiency with cards is almost unrivaled. In 1973, he's a recent transplant to the West Coast – a young, insouciant, chubby hippie kid with a kind of hard-edged ironic stage presence that he keeps up even when he's not performing.

Mitch and Marshall met Ricky Jay while attending the Carnival of Knowledge at the Stanley Hotel. He assisted them with their séance to summon Harry Houdini and later struck up a friendship with Mitch (though Mitch has had some trouble getting ahold of him).