One of my favorite characters was Merlin the Wizard. I have seen many interpretations of Merlin, but when I think of this character the image of a big blue hat with yellow stars and moons always comes to mind.

I put together a costume back in 2000 and made my own magician's hat. I wore a blue cape and added a white beard and moustache. The song that I used for this video was "Magic" by The Cars.

During the movie, I did several different magic tricks. My mom does stage magic along with her clown skits for church and has quite a collection of tricks and props.

I borrowed a magic urn from my mom's chest of magic tricks and in the movie I pour water into the urn and empty it. Without adding any new water, I continually pour water out of the empty urn. I also borrowed my mom's magic coloring book for this film.

I also portrayed Merlin at Sykes in Eastern Kentucky in 2001 for our Bring Back the Magic promotion.

Our stats were lower than what they once were and we did a promotion to encourage the reps to raise our quality scores.

Merlin walked around the call center that day encouraging the team to "Bring Back the Magic".