Classic mistakesDespite the 90-foot plastic oxygen tube taped to her nose, the ailing Ms. Spina was animated and direct: Sir Pat Trick had sent her an audition video showing a doleful fat man making all the classic mistakes: avoiding eye contact, using bad music, doing ho-hum tricks. A different manAppearing before the seasoned magicians after her coaching, he was a different man - a hyped-up Oliver Hardy doing tango steps with a rose in his mouth, coyly fluttering his tie, and throwing handfuls of glitter into the air as he caused bouquets to vanish and miraculously morphed from a performer into an entertainer. Ms.