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- April 24th, 2024, 6:48 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 91
- Views: 3419
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
I think that if she did it live TWICE, that only confirms that the spectator's verbalizing of the number was fiddled.
- April 24th, 2024, 1:14 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 91
- Views: 3419
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
I agree with Mark in the sense that the male spectator's freely-chosen number was not the number heard by the audience. Whether it was a gimmicked microphone or ventriloquism is beside the point. We know exactly how the trick worked because IT IS THE ONLY WAY the trick could have been done. In tryin...
- April 23rd, 2024, 11:12 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 91
- Views: 3419
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
Dr. Solka wrote:ACAAN where it belongs ... as a fellow-fool at the magic circle table. It is a BORING card trick - more a puzzle - for spectators without any entertaining presentation. (Although that would be possible with a different context.)
This was not true when David Berglas performed the trick.
- April 22nd, 2024, 11:18 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 91
- Views: 3419
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
Occam's Razor: the simplest explanation which accounts for the most is the right one. The woman named a random card. The deck was in a memorized stack. The number the audience heard the man say was manually input into the mic. Because the deck was not touched, there is no other possible method. I th...
- April 21st, 2024, 8:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Research Help
- Replies: 10
- Views: 560
Re: Research Help
It can't be any earlier than when jumbo decks were first sold, though it likely seems like a vaudeville or nightclub gag.
- April 21st, 2024, 4:56 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 91
- Views: 3419
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
Jack, I'm betting that's pure bullsh*t. There are only so many ways this trick, under these circumstances, can be done. One that hasn't been mentioned is hypnosis. Another is that she might have implanted both the number and card into the spectator's minds without their realizing it. Is someone a st...
- April 21st, 2024, 4:38 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 91
- Views: 3419
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
One: I didn't get two minutes into her patter before she lied: She said no magician has ever done ACAAN without touching the cards. There are multiple instances of David Berglas doing the trick without touching the cards. That includes several times for me. Two: when she chose the two volunteers she...
- April 21st, 2024, 1:56 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 91
- Views: 3419
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
Why do you think there was no pre show work or stooges (whether the person knew they were stooging or not)?
- April 21st, 2024, 12:27 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Happy Amp - Still in box - untouched
- Replies: 2
- Views: 172
- April 21st, 2024, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic Castle visit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 523
Re: Magic Castle visit
I always arrive at the Castle at 5 and see the first close-up show at 5:30 (if that's still the right time). I also eat dinner as early as possible.
Whatever you do, do not see the Palace show at 6:30 if that experiment is still running..
Whatever you do, do not see the Palace show at 6:30 if that experiment is still running..
- April 7th, 2024, 3:33 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Who moderates the Magic Castle public Facebook group?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 499
- April 3rd, 2024, 11:01 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Golden Buzzer!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1516
- April 3rd, 2024, 12:34 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Golden Buzzer!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1516
Re: Golden Buzzer!
Amazing! Congratulations, Mark.
Three things:
1. Use some of the dough to buy a pair of hearing aids.
2. Take a nice vacation with your wife.
3. Bank the rest of the money.
Three things:
1. Use some of the dough to buy a pair of hearing aids.
2. Take a nice vacation with your wife.
3. Bank the rest of the money.
- April 1st, 2024, 7:25 pm
- Forum: iGenii
- Topic: Back Issue Access
- Replies: 7
- Views: 687
- April 1st, 2024, 11:35 am
- Forum: iGenii
- Topic: Back Issue Access
- Replies: 7
- Views: 687
Re: Back Issue Access
Do you have a pop-up blocker or ad blocker on?
What computer and browser are you using?
Etc.
What computer and browser are you using?
Etc.
Re: A topit?
I think the company selling the product is despicable, but if the product is not used for its intended purpose it might have some value for magicians, who have long forgotten the value of a vest for magic.
- April 1st, 2024, 11:32 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: WTB Lubor Fiedler's flip book
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1184
Re: WTB Lubor Fiedler's flip book
Plenty of people have copies, they just might not want to sell them. You should try the MBA group on Facebook.
- March 25th, 2024, 10:44 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: AMA Election Results
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1578
- March 23rd, 2024, 10:48 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Glue for playing cards?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1101
Re: Glue for playing cards?
Derek Dingle made all his gimmicked cards with dry mount tissue.
- March 21st, 2024, 4:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: The April 2024 Issue of Genii Has Sprung!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 263
The April 2024 Issue of Genii Has Sprung!
https://i.imgur.com/KXdkUjc.jpg Wanna go to The Magic Castle? Subscribe to Genii for as little as $35 a year and YOU’RE IN! http://www.geniimagazine.com Smart, sassy, spicy ... a wily meshuggenah MOT, the frabrulous Rachel Wax appears on our cover this month. Interviewed by Krystyn Lambert, Ms. Wax...
- March 21st, 2024, 4:51 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Karl Fulves Magic Medallion inquiry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 736
- March 21st, 2024, 1:33 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Karl Fulves Magic Medallion inquiry
- Replies: 6
- Views: 736
- March 19th, 2024, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: BREAKING: Important New Statements Regarding the AMA. MEMBERS PLEASE READ
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1744
BREAKING: Important New Statements Regarding the AMA. MEMBERS PLEASE READ
Several days ago I wrote to the Executive Director of The Magic Castle, Chuck Martinez; the President of the Academy of Magical Arts, Mark Wooster; and Randy Pitchford, owner (with Kristy Pitchford) of Magic Castle Enterprises, which owns the land, building, and intellectual property related to The ...
- March 18th, 2024, 9:50 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Who is the best coin magician you have seen?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 16506
Re: Who is the best coin magician you have seen?
Ponta the Smith--amazing. You should see him work in person!
- March 18th, 2024, 7:40 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Who is the best coin magician you have seen?
- Replies: 82
- Views: 16506
- March 17th, 2024, 9:38 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Capehart kills on Fool Us!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 923
- March 17th, 2024, 9:37 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Reaching a creator to ask for permission.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1169
Re: Reaching a creator to ask for permission.
Nevertheless, Jack, that is EXACTLY how magic literature operates.
- March 17th, 2024, 9:34 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: How to fan a svengali deck.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 328
- March 17th, 2024, 9:27 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Reaching a creator to ask for permission.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1169
Re: Reaching a creator to ask for permission.
You don't need anyone's permission to publish variations of published ideas.
The stack and plenty of information about it is all over the internet: https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... g+magician
The stack and plenty of information about it is all over the internet: https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... g+magician
- March 17th, 2024, 1:52 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: BREAKING NEWS: AMA Members Petition for Meeting to Address Creation of Executive Director Position
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1151
Re: BREAKING NEWS: AMA Members Petition for Meeting to Address Creation of Executive Director Position
BUMP: Please see my edited post above and repeat the process for the stated reason.
- March 16th, 2024, 10:26 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Capehart kills on Fool Us!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 923
- March 15th, 2024, 9:40 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: BREAKING NEWS: AMA Members Petition for Meeting to Address Creation of Executive Director Position
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1151
BREAKING NEWS: AMA Members Petition for Meeting to Address Creation of Executive Director Position
EDIT: The original petition lacked an option for a member signature, which it seems is necessary. If you have already signed, please do so again (the first one you did will be replaced automatically with the new one). BREAKING NEWS: This just popped into my inbox. This QR code will lead AMA members ...
- March 14th, 2024, 10:23 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Join Our New Facebook Group Devoted to Greater Magic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2894
Re: Join Our New Facebook Group Devoted to Greater Magic
Don't stay "mum," Randy. Tell me the things you like in the original edition of Greater Magic.
- March 13th, 2024, 12:58 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Sanada Gimmick resources
- Replies: 10
- Views: 628
Re: Sanada Gimmick resources
Have you searched YouTube for videos? I believe there are quite a few, including a demo by Sanada himself.
- March 13th, 2024, 12:58 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Looking for other info on 'puzzle' effect
- Replies: 15
- Views: 627
Re: Looking for other info on 'puzzle' effect
It's called the Principle of Concealed Distribution and goes back, I think, to the 1700s. Tenyo recently put out a new version that has a clever addition.
- March 12th, 2024, 4:49 pm
- Forum: Feature Articles
- Topic: Please retire the term, "cardman."
- Replies: 294
- Views: 307929
- March 11th, 2024, 11:37 pm
- Forum: Feature Articles
- Topic: Please retire the term, "cardman."
- Replies: 294
- Views: 307929
- March 9th, 2024, 8:15 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Join Our New Facebook Group Devoted to Greater Magic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2894
Re: Join Our New Facebook Group Devoted to Greater Magic
The thread at the top works. Are we friends on Facebook? There are a lot of folks with your name on there! If we are friends I can invite you to the group ... if I can find you.
- March 9th, 2024, 5:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Join Our New Facebook Group Devoted to Greater Magic
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2894
Re: Join Our New Facebook Group Devoted to Greater Magic
Yes, Andrew! Now 3400 members. You are welcome to join.