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- July 6th, 2018, 3:13 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic in the Night...Johnny Thompson-Penn Special Show Time
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1048
Magic in the Night...Johnny Thompson-Penn Special Show Time
I just finished watching the special on Showtime: "Gambler's Ballad: Johnny Thompson, The Legend." The special also features Penn who "put" this together with many others. It is worth your watching. The final special "bit', Gamblers Ballad with Penn and Johnny, is priceless,...
- June 11th, 2018, 3:20 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Disney Magic Themed Ornament
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2394
Re: Disney Magic Themed Ornament
And in CHSD order! Mickey really does know his stuff. Peace....Fred (Reisz)
- April 24th, 2018, 9:18 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Mindless Research for Impromptu Smoke
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8805
Mindless Research for Impromptu Smoke
MINDLESS RESEARCH for “IMPROMPTU” SMOKE: I had 20 minutes to kill today and was at a local gas station/convenience store. I am in South Carolina so it was a Parkers. I own a Vapr Watch. I am always looking for impromptu situations in which to use it as a “quick hit and leave.” Thus, I looked for and...
- November 10th, 2017, 10:26 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Hells Kitchen Sends Women to Magic Castle
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1585
Hells Kitchen Sends Women to Magic Castle
Tonight's (Friday) Hell's Kitchen episode sent a team of women to the Magic Castle as a treat. I was excited to see the Castle on the show. I forgot how TV often treats magic. The Castle is incredible, a treasure, an adventure, et cetera. Unfortunately on this show, for me, it was a real disappointm...
- May 29th, 2017, 1:49 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Most Unusual Gig You Have Had? LONG
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2676
Most Unusual Gig You Have Had? LONG
I thought it might be fun to share some unusual gigs we have had. I have been performing magic for over 65 years. Last Saturday, I had a gig unlike anything in all those years. About 4 months ago I was booked through an on-line booking Board. The client, a woman, wanted a magician for an adult birth...
- October 15th, 2016, 10:03 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Having Gimmick Coins Signed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1903
Having Gimmick Coins Signed
Please excuse this "amateur-ish" question on Coin Magic. I am primarily a close up magician who does very little coin magic. I have a show coming up for a Coin Club. I want to perform a magical experience with a TUC coin. However, the gimmick has to be signed. When you are having a gimmick...
- June 21st, 2016, 2:21 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Secrets of a Peurto Rican Gambler and For Your Entertainment Pleasure!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9833
Re: Secrets of a Peurto Rican Gambler and For Your Entertainment Pleasure!
We have been down this road before on this Forum. My former original "collector's" copies, preserved carefully through the years. just plunged in value in the last few days. Daryl has a Collector's Edition of the combined books for $100, I believe. Limited numbers, of course....but don't h...
- May 7th, 2016, 2:57 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: FSH: The Three Shell Game by Ralph W. Read
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2914
Re: FSH: The Three Shell Game by Ralph W. Read
PayPal will not let me use the e-mail you listed. Sorry. Peace..Fred (Reisz)
- May 1st, 2016, 3:43 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: A Gypsy Thread Question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5005
Re: A Gypsy Thread Question
I agree. Do not pass out the thread....but.... On occasion, just for fun, I have broken off the length of dental floss for my own routine and handed the participant the dental floss container which I used. That seemed to convey...nothing special here. It also made sense because it freed up my hands ...
- February 1st, 2016, 3:23 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Cruise Ship Info, Please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1527
Re: Cruise Ship Info, Please
I believe that Princess Cruise line also has a "magic" show. They went to hiring stage magicians staying with the ship with a set show a couple of years ago.
Peace...Fred *Reisz)
Peace...Fred *Reisz)
- January 28th, 2016, 2:05 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Announcing Ultramodern.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11365
Re: Announcing Ultramodern.
Sorry. Right now PayPal will not accept your posted e-mail address.ie. retrorocketmagic@gmail.com
Any one else having this problem? I will try later. Peace..Fred (Reisz)
Any one else having this problem? I will try later. Peace..Fred (Reisz)
- September 28th, 2015, 12:36 am
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: Mentalism Wallet?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2562
Re: Mentalism Wallet?
Sounds like a Weber Wallet. However, I do not think that is that "old." Peace...Fred (Reisz)
- July 19th, 2015, 1:30 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: 241: 2015 I.B.M. Convention - Day Four
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1116
Re: 241: 2015 I.B.M. Convention - Day Four
I fail to understand this years long extended withholding of the Golden Cups Award at IBM. Presumably it is withheld because the contestants are not worthy. ("WEe are not worthy! We are not worthy!") To my eyes, Shim Lin gave a near flawless performance. He did win FISM! You may not like h...
- May 19th, 2015, 3:12 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: limited edition mirror question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3078
Re: limited edition mirror question
Gimmick lifts. Silk/Scarf through hole has to be the correct weight and size/stiffness. Wrap a corner around gimmick and let "life roll on!" You have to grab for that last bit of silk/scarf before it leaves sight as you "work" the mirror. Call me if you have questions. I bought m...
- April 10th, 2015, 1:42 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Father Cyprian - RIP
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5220
Re: Father Cyprian - RIP
I feel this loss. I only had brief conversations with him. I am a Lutheran minister, although I hoped for more. My impressions has been that in these latter years his order or superiors were not as tolerant of his magic interests and authority. I hope his last years were better than that. God bless....
- March 28th, 2015, 3:19 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Yes, We Can Make Laymen Do What We Want
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3567
Re: Yes, We Can Make Laymen Do What We Want
I find that there is a resurgence of posting on the Net from magicians regarding how much we have to teach regarding how to "persuade" people. There is some truth in that, of course. However, I think this post is missing a key driver of these articles. Magicians are wanting to break into t...
- February 27th, 2015, 4:08 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Real Secrets Becoming Real Dead Gone!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12535
Real Secrets Becoming Real Dead Gone!
I assume other members of Real Secrets have received notice that our automatic renewals have been canceled and Real Secrets in shutting down BUT there will be an announcement of a new project coming....so "secrets" continue. Do you think the years were worth your money? I think it was fun....
- February 13th, 2015, 1:40 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Solomon's Secret Subtleties
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3497
Re: Solomon's Secret Subtleties
And THAT recommendation is way up there on credibility. Peace...Fred (Reisz)
- November 19th, 2014, 4:20 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Genii Look
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1749
Genii Look
I just received the December issue in Bluffton, SC off Hilton head Island. I do not know if it was the lighting or my mood but, Wow! Everything in the issue visually just jumped off the page at me: artistic, creative, clean and a treat for the eye and the mind. Just want to commend the artistic desi...
- October 18th, 2014, 11:32 pm
- Forum: Light from the Lamp ONLINE.
- Topic: A New Attraction?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7420
A New Attraction?
I have not been aware of the following product, perhaps you have. In its holder, at first, it has the appearance of Scotch Magic Tape. However, it is "magnetic" tape. You can cut off lengths just like other tape. Then, you attach the sticky side to something and you have a small magnet on ...
- October 17th, 2014, 3:42 am
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: Spirit bell
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15021
Re: Spirit bell
Don't leave "the Departed" by Outlaw Effects I think out of the discussion. It looks good, You see things moving...a riffle ball and a bell....and it is in an open front box that seems unable to be gimmicked. I love mine (although at the moment it is not working!) Peace Fred (Reisz)
- September 17th, 2014, 10:27 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: AGT Winner!!! A MAGICIAN Mea Culpa
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3829
AGT Winner!!! A MAGICIAN Mea Culpa
OK. I am making a confession. If you search my past posts you will see that I was not that positive about the magicians this year. The mentalism duo were great showbiz, I thought. People were competent but not the top talent in our field, as far I could perceive. MAT FRANCO won so a great big congra...
- September 10th, 2014, 2:41 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: AGT......Lessions???
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1990
AGT......Lessions???
I admit to being a bit perplexed by what has emerged on AGT.I was at a neighborhood party tonight and constantly asked, since I am known as a "magician." "Well, Fred. what do you think?" Let me say up front that I admire the showbiz "sense" of the surviving magicians. W...
- August 31st, 2014, 3:44 am
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Magic and Ballet ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3277
- August 13th, 2014, 12:13 am
- Forum: Children's Entertainment
- Topic: performing for teenagers
- Replies: 26
- Views: 32418
Re: performing for teenagers
At 75, no one would hire me for a magic show for teenagers. BUT put me in front of a small group of teenagers and I can blow them away! Treat them as adults, respect them even though some out of embarrassment will try to trip you up or heckle you. Take them seriously by showing them serious magic......
- July 30th, 2014, 2:02 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Conjuring Credits Website
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4386
Re: Conjuring Credits Website
A little off topic...John (Tudor), great to hear about your book on Coe. I remember well our nights together as magicians in his home. Peace.. Fred (Reisz)
- July 23rd, 2014, 3:14 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: The Brilliant Chinese Ballet Magician
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3544
Re: The Brilliant Chinese Ballet Magician
And....where did she "load" all that stuff! This video puts new meaning into the advice to a magician to "be on your toes" and "get to the point." Peace....Fred (Reisz)
- July 23rd, 2014, 3:10 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Jerry Andrus - Harvard Lecture Notes - Wanted
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9254
Re: Jerry Andrus - Harvard Lecture Notes - Wanted
Another possible contact through Harvard for information on Andrus lecturing there, may be Dr. Richard Hunt, an IBM member, Professor in the History Department at Harvard (although retired now I think) and former University Marshall at Harvard University. His office dealt with many if not most of th...
- January 26th, 2014, 2:32 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: State Coin Designs Pro-Con
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2602
Re: State Coin Designs Pro-Con
Kerry Pollock has an ingenious and electronically inventive feature effect with the state quarters. You can see him at the Hilton Head Island Magic and Comedy Club which he now owns. I believe I saw in a forum that one of the new quaters will feature a face from the Mount Rushmore. Thus, you can hav...
- November 20th, 2013, 1:57 am
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: David Blaine tonight
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4643
Re: David Blaine tonight
David Blaine couldn't care less about what I think, but the show felt too much to me like a "Reader's Digest" of closeup magic. After a while I also was just overloaded with clever use of what the video camera does not show. Too much of that for me. Yes, there were good moments but with Bl...
- September 13th, 2013, 3:29 am
- Forum: Light from the Lamp ONLINE.
- Topic: Help Us!
- Replies: 66
- Views: 25372
Re: Help Us!
Of course, marketing is always helped by a known name. Unfortunately, since we do not know the innards of your new wallet it is hard to "name" it secific to those. I suggest: The revolutionary Slide-In-EE Wallet. There you have a hardly veiled reference to a famous magic name. You have car...
- July 14th, 2013, 2:20 am
- Forum: Convention Reports
- Topic: S.A.M. Convention 2013 - recap
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2700
Re: S.A.M. Convention 2013 - recap
I talked with Paul C., who is in charge of the SAM competition shows. I asked about having only five stage contestants. I can remember watching competitions for hours! Of course, they now preview and select from videos. I think I undesrstood Paul correclty. He said he does not feel that the competit...
- June 30th, 2013, 1:52 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Update on David Oliver
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1899
Re: Update on David Oliver
Could not be better news about someone who has given so much to others, joy and delight to the world, and art to magic! Pray for David's full recovery. Peace...Fred Reisz
- May 6th, 2013, 1:49 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Real Secrets Weber Bonus and Email
- Replies: 131
- Views: 20822
Re: Real Secrets Weber Bonus and Email
Just a voice of agreement on protest at what RS is doing. Lots of second thoughts about having allowed the automatic renewal to go forward and not at all sure about a higher priced annual cost over $180 with essentially less service. Give me back my paper instructions in an envelop and downloadable ...
- April 1st, 2013, 1:21 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Who is renewing Real Secrets?
- Replies: 255
- Views: 45919
Re: Who is renewing Real Secrets?
Got an e-mail notice that my checking account has been charged for Real Secrets renewal through PayPal today, March 31. Do not recall receiving any warning that this was coming, although we all know it was part of the deal. You can go into Paypal and remove permission for an automatoc renwal ahead o...
- January 31st, 2013, 2:18 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Who is renewing Real Secrets?
- Replies: 255
- Views: 45919
Re: Who is renewing Real Secrets?
If you signed up, as I did out of faith in some of the people involved, I believe you had to also sign up for "automatic renewal." Anyone know if there is going to be any notice and an alternative NOT to renew? Peace...Fred (Reisz)
- January 24th, 2013, 1:48 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Info on LOSANDER'S "Animated Sphere" (floating ball) needed!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2300
Re: Info on LOSANDER'S "Animated Sphere" (floating ball) needed!
I have this and use it from time to time. I think it is a good illusion if not performed too long. It utilizes a floating gimmick that is self-contained. The main problem is the ball itself looks like some sort of strange basketball or something in a bright red color. I have been working on patter i...
- January 24th, 2013, 1:42 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Multum in Parvo advice
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1841
Re: Multum in Parvo advice
I suspect you can play around with the appearance of the glass as you are pouring from the front. Pay attention to the angle of the glass; whether the top is pointed forward or back (hidden), should the glass be straight on up and down or not, etc. There is illusion is what the audience can "se...
- December 13th, 2012, 2:29 am
- Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
- Topic: Free Shows
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5357
Re: Free Shows
Unfortunately, under that strategy, what they pay you is "income" to you. If you write the check back to them you will be out. You have to pay income taxes(perhaps federal and state) and Social Security (self-employed???) on that amount. This easily can add up to 20% plus of the totsl depe...
- November 12th, 2012, 2:12 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Little Bunny's Card Trick and the 8 of Spades
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1132
Re: Little Bunny's Card Trick and the 8 of Spades
I actually love this effect. After doing the regular routine, I do not rveal the final page. I go on with the deck of cards, having it schuffled. Then I do a fan force. You could do a classic force. I do the timing force with a fan of cards faces toward me. I run my finger aross the top of the fan. ...