"Magic", "The Art of Magic" and "The MAXimum Dimension". He appeared in television series in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Taiwan, England, Canada, Spain, Portugal, and Chile. Maven appeared as a part of the traveling science exhibit called "Magic: The Science of Illusion" and the "Magic of the Mind Illusion", which toured in science museums such as Los Angeles and Boston. He performed often in Japan, and spoke Japanese. Maven was a frequent speaker at the EG Conference on creativity and innovation. Maven starred as the title role in FOX's 1992 Halloween special Count DeClues' Mystery Castle. His performed his interactive magic on The World's Greatest Magic, NBC's highest rated special of 1994. Maven hosted his own show on Israel's Channel 2, a licensed version of Penn & Teller: Fool Us called Mi Yapil Et Ha Master ("Who Can Fool The Master?). He was a judge for a number of episodes of the 2008 TV reality tv series Celebracadabra. Maven appeared in sitcoms and television dramas, including as "The Great Mentos" in the 1995 Fresh Prince of Bel Air episode "Save the Last Trance for Me", the 1982 episode of Mork & Mindy entitled "Drive, She Said", and episodes of General Hospital and Top Chef. In 2019, he appeared on screen in the documentary about The Amazing Johnathan directed by Ben Berman and was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about recent developments at The Magic Castle. The well-reviewed feature documentary entitled Max Maven: A Fabulous Monster was released about him in 2007 by Reel Time Images. It is available for streaming on Amazon Prime. Awards and recognition Max Maven received a number of awards for his creativity and performance, including awards from the Society of American Magicians, International Brotherhood of Magicians, and the Academy of Magical Arts. In addition, he received the following recognitions: Academy of Magical Arts Lecturer of the Year, 1979 Academy of Magical Arts Creative Fellowship, 1997 The Magic Woods Award for Best Teaching Video for his mentalism DVD "Nothing", 2007. MINDVention Lifetime Achievement Award, 2015 The Allan Slaight Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2017. Selected works Max Maven's Book of Fortunetelling VideoMind - Phases 1-3: Mentalism (3 volume DVD) Prism: The Color Series of Mentalism Nothing (2 DVD Set) Kayfabe (4 DVD Set) Max Maven's Mindgames (video) The New Magic of Japan (translator) References External links Interview with Max Maven 1950 births 2022 deaths American magicians Mentalists Magic