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RobertAllen

"Great things coming next year?" Like what, a bar betcha with several piles of matchsticks? "Imagine never-before-seen miracles delivered every month directly to your mailbox. Imagine no further Real Secrets is here." I gave them a $144 chance, and they had 12 months to deliver ...

RobertAllen

Ahh, the brotherhood of magic :)

RobertAllen

Mercury News - John Calvert

RobertAllen

We need a "Like" button. Sadly I will be surprised if the desired de-parasitization occurs. Persons like this often attract like minded followers.

"Hey check out my French Drop!"

"Man, you flashed! But check out my double lift!"

RobertAllen

Fweedom!

RobertAllen

"Just one, with a gift bag that could never be duplicated and a line-up of performers that could never be duplicated." I wasn't there, but I say to this "Yes yes yes!" Single events of the success this sounds like it was define for me the meaning of the word "magic". Co...

RobertAllen

A rising tide floats all boats?

RobertAllen

Check out this video: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk5xfK0ovrk&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk5xfK0o ... e=youtu.be</a> I looked up his website and found this: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.piffthemagicdragon.co...

RobertAllen

What, no J.C. Penn-ay jokes at the gala?

RobertAllen

I think it was this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzRbC7lQ ... ure=fvwrel

RobertAllen

I swear this thread needs video accompaniment. Perhaps Hitler running around the dealers room, or the Fawlty Towers Hitler scene, to the accompaniment of the Benny Hill theme.

RobertAllen

Hmm, I could be mis-remembering...but I don't think so. The trick described would be the card to mouth. And it would be the later edition since it was in English, and I'm sure I would never have had an original. The one I had was in English, hardcover, with a paper dustjacket showing a pair of hands...

RobertAllen

In Gautiers Magic Without Apparatus what is claimed to be Scarnes card to mouth is described. I don't have the book anymore to look up if Cutting the Aces was included.

RobertAllen

I got curious by the gossip and sent them $160 on faith alone. That wasn't good enough, so it was refunded with the motivation that I should have been prescient enough to be aware of a mandatory requirement that they had kept secret. Fair enough, I guess.

mrgoat wrote:Ah that makes more sense.

It does?

RobertAllen

Arthur, King of the Britains!

RobertAllen

Another, I think from Scarnes book (?) is to sew a rolled up bill into the hem of a kercheif or silk. Then roll the target bill into a tube, switch under the cloth and have the spectator hold it until the last moment, then you grab a corner and flick the cloth, vanishing the bill.

RobertAllen

Magic shops are disappearing because of the Internet, Roth said during one of my visits while he extended his calloused hands toward the roof. This place is an oddity.

David Roth has "calloused" hands?

RobertAllen

Just remember what Groucho Marx said.

RobertAllen

Well, presumbly it's a matter of trust, of a known quantity. But I admit, it's disorganized.

RobertAllen

Sooo they had people lined up for the intro letter who either backed out or were never involved. Or "endorsed" means "who Real Secrets is made up of", not who's actually creating it.

I'm not trying to beat a dead horse, but this thing gets more and more bizarre/poorly run.

RobertAllen

Oh--I should mention that I was also informed that Steve Brooks has absolutely nothing to do with any aspect of this project. I just looked and now it's hard to tell; Smurfs post mentioned Steve Brooks and I believe others who are no longer mentioned on the website's front page. I checked the Inter...

RobertAllen

There does not appear to be a limit as to how many subscriptions they are accepting. Given that I don't see how they can have

... well over two years content completed, manufactured, and ready to share with our community.

RobertAllen

You might want to update your auction to let prospective buyers know if it does or does not include the necessary dye tube, lest you get a buyer giving you bad feedback.

Robert

RobertAllen

I have been told that all the apparatus for the entire first year of effects has already been manufactured. I've also been told by someone I trust that this is very "cool" stuff and they expect to exceed everyone's expectations. If so then that's very, VERY, tempting! But personally I'll ...

RobertAllen

The Larry, he hasn't saved you money. If anything, Robert's advice will cost you money if you decide to try and hunt down someone's resold items later on because it's more than likely they will be resold at a much higher price. Remember, you're paying $12 for each trick you receive. It's highly unl...

RobertAllen

I hope the stuff will be great. We'll see in April. Given how they're treating people, how good could it be to make up the treatment? This is starting to remind me of a Shaggy Dog story. I'll wait to see the items sold on ebay by people either disappointed with what they got, or looking to double t...

RobertAllen

RobertAllen wrote:[size:11pt] We can tell you that it is people you know and trust. People like Steve Brooks....[/size]

Sounds like that know and trust thing isn't working out so well...

The best way to sucker magicians in to something is to say it's a big secret, and to charge a high price. It never fails.

RobertAllen

Smurf wrote:[size:11pt] We can tell you that it is people you know and trust. People like Steve Brooks....[/size]

Well there's a marketing faux pas.

RobertAllen

Might I ask what Philip Morris had to say? Did he supply the costume?

RobertAllen

my damn pocket swings like a second scrotum with all those damn heavy coins in it! There's a delightful simile. Forget simile, I think Richard is bragging. My, cough, 1st scrotum does not swing like a heavy sack of coins :) Dustin, two of the reasons Americans "hate" the dollar coins are:...

RobertAllen

Another video http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=713_1320096644

RobertAllen

Having read this thread I will just say, Phew! I was afraid this was about some ailment magicians might be prone to. Like Tennis Elbow.

RobertAllen

I'm sorry for your loss :(.

RobertAllen

OOps, I double posted about this. I should have known people would be on top of this story as it burst out of the headlines. Found video of him doing a cut and restored rope. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.abingtoncam.org/apps/videos/videos/show/14869462-school-committee-meeting-8-30...

RobertAllen

Thank you very much for posting this!

RobertAllen

I like Abba. More than that, I like their Voulez Vous album. I don't care if it's crap or not, I just like it :) I like Bacon Western Cheeseburgers too.

RobertAllen

I teach college. A couple weeks ago I mentioned famed test pilot Chuck Yeager and one of the students said "Who?"

RobertAllen

"The 2009 World Magic Awards" was on local TV last night. I tried to watch it, but between the opening act, "The Twins" two guys with horrible haircuts, and the other random act I tuned in to later showing a poorly done and flameless version of the Cremation illusion, I'm just ba...

RobertAllen

I'm looking for any information about a rumored Collectors Workshop trick called the moth in wallet. I'm assuming this is something like the butterflies and fan, but with a wallet and moth. Right now all I have is the name, and I'd like to know more.

Thanks,

Robert

RobertAllen

This reminds me of Captain Kirk vs the Gorn using his bamboo cannon. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxQqJbW-ohw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxQqJbW-ohw</a> There has to be a story here for the enterprising performer using chopped "diamonds"...

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