The Genii Forum

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Vernon's Varient page 225 Ultimate Card Secrets.
First published in Genii sometime in the 60's.
There is a good variation in Apocalype that takes the heat off the spectator.

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Johnny's two books are
"Isn't That Good!" (1974) and "Go Ahead I'll Wait" 91975)

Both were written by Father Al Bandy
He also published a pamphlet on The Comedy Cut and Restored Necktie

There is some video of Johnny lecturing and performing, but nothing commercial.

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A great friend and all round nice guy. I first meet Johnny in 1963 as a youngster at his first TAOM. Over the years we became good friends. When he lived here in Irving we probably met at least once a week. I told Johnny once that I figured out the secret to his magic. He had such a good time perfor...

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Harry Lorayne One Man Parade, Linking Ring, March 1964

Aces Only - With Kings : "My Favorite Card Tricks"
Favorite Aces and Kings : "Deck-Sterity"

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Magicanna #48 & 49 in the November and December Genii for 1968. C.M.'s routine and instructions on their construction.

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In Johnny Brown's first book "Isn't That Good?!" on page 21 is a version with 3 coins that penetrate in the order named by the spectator.

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Check out Larry Becker's "Ten Card Poker Stand Up Presentation" from Apocalypse V11#11P1566,Nov88

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We are still here and going strong.
Non-denominational - Just a love of magic required.

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Mine came today. Stopped reading it to type this

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Michael Weber's Life Savers

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ust a quick list of the items missing from the original books: "Close Up Card Magic" No Looking Calculated Risk Mathematical Affinity Magnetic Reversals Fan Prediction #1 & #2 Black Out The Spectator Estimates Card Sandwich Plunge Thru 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 Absolutely Free Force Variation Ch...

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As I was reading Fulves' book on Bob Hummer I was reminded of the "Little Moonies" trick I bought at Dallas Magicland many years ago.

I am looking for a picture of the face of one of the cards and does anyone still sell this trick?

Thanks in advance,

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Second that!! :D

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Hi, Pete.
Didn't have any contact info for you. Drop me a email and I'll let you now about next year.

Jeremy, I suppose that the magazines that report on all the different conventions are just to rub in the fact we weren't there too. Talk to DeCamps, maybe he'll invite you.

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This years Dallas Super Session, a meeting of about 35 magicians from Texas mostly, with a few visitors from Connectecutt,New York and Louisanna, was held on March 12th and 13th at the Wyndam Hotel, with informal sessions on friday night. The only rule was that everyone perform at least once. Everyo...

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Last weekend at the Dallas Super Session I got to see Roger Klause perform an excellent trick. A steel ball bearing was passed around and the dropped into a glass of water where it promptly sank to the bottom of the glass. He then fished it out, dried it off and carefully placed it on the surface of...

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The faces of eight cards are shown to a spectator who names one. It is shown to have a different back from the other seven.

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It might be nice if the publishers of ebooks would factor out the printing and distribution costs when they price them. They could also follow Mike Close's example and embed videos of the moves and effects. Closely Guarded Secrets is the best use of the ebook format so far and well worth the money. ...

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Charles (Chuck) Windley was a goof friend of Scarne and told some great stories when he did a lecture here several years ago. The last address I have for him is: Charles Windley 752 Grandby Street Norfolk, Va. 23505 This was for subscribing to his magazine Backstage. If any of you guys know anything...

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I should have stated in my first post that I have absolutely no financial interest in the Line-Lo Card Cutter.

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Brad, The cuts are set at 1/32 of an inch taper. While I would love to have an adjustable cutter, this one works fine for what it intended for, in my case, a hobbiest who wants to experiment. Anyway, I like mine and have enjoyed playing with it.

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I got one of these about 2 weeks ago. It does everything it says and the cost is reasonable.
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Line-Lo Card Cutter

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The money isn't the important thing. The important thing is that everyone thinks they should get paid without going to the effort of establishing a reputation. Even Ed Marlo never asked for the big bucks for limited edition manuscripts until he had established himself by publishing in the magazines....

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Mr. Matney do you have any effects published in any of the magic magazines(like maybe Genii) so that I can get an idea if I like the type of effects you write. No offense intended but I don't know anything about you or the type of magic you do, so why should I spend any money to purchase your book? ...

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Charles "Chuck" Windley was a friend of Scarne and had many stories about him. A lot of them were in a magazine called "Backstage" that was published in the 80's. I think Chuck is still alive and lives near Norfolk Va.

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Monday nights 7:30 til closing
Bennigan's in Arlington Tx. next to Six Flags Over Texas on the highway 360 service road.

Drop me a line if you will be in the area.

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Steve Minch's Creations of a Magical Madmam contains a great routine called "The Match Monster"

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I am looking for a copy of
The Collected Works of J. Stewart Smith

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I've known Bob more years than either of us want to count. Bob has taken Vernon's advice to be natural as a guiding principle of his magic and spent 30 years working on it. I've been to both Dallas lectures and would come to this one if I could. Don't miss out on this.

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Dr. Faust(David Hoy)
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I am Dr. Faust ... A Mentalist (pause) and a fake!"

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I heard that Jose Carrol was no longer in magic.
Lovely book though.
Does anyone know anything about him?

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Just bought a deck of STUD cards and discovered that thay have replaced one of the four jokers with an advertising card. Still getting 3 jokers is pretty good.

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Rick Johnsson had a clever dice stacking routine in one of his Linking ring columns using a Brut deoderant container.

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And store all the cool stuff from the dealers and lecturers

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Once you enter an issue in the database, how long does it take to become available??

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What format do I use to submit an issue and how detailed info do you want?

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Arrived in Irving, Texas Dec.23

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Mine arrived today. Reading it as I type.

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The missing items are less than 1% of the effects in thse run of the magazine. If Sadowitz wants the material in print he could send it to another magazine(Hint) to be updated and printed. The rest of the material is so good that no one will miss the deleted items. By the way Richard, I would buy th...

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Mine was an even better bargin. The Collier paperback edition published in 1962 sold for $0.95. It and The Amateur Magician's Handbook were my magical foundations.

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