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- November 9th, 2005, 2:23 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Frank Garcia reprints?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1111
Re: Frank Garcia reprints?
on Feb. 24, 2002 Richard Kaufman said this on a discussion on The Encyclopedia of Spongball magic in the Magic History and Anecdotes section: "Frank Garcia's book on Spongeball magic is tied up in litigation between his son and the woman he was married to when he died. All of his books are out ...
- September 14th, 2005, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Cell Phone Magnet
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1479
Re: Cell Phone Magnet
I just want to comment that the "Phoney" Magnet is really well made and works flawlessly. I ordered it from Eric from his web page and got really excellent customer service and fast shipping. Opening the package, I was very surprised to see how nicely made it is for the very reasonable pri...
- August 16th, 2005, 12:10 pm
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Thin Playing Cards?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5010
Re: Thin Playing Cards?
From their online trick catalog, Murphy's Magic Supplies is the distributor of the Trevor Duffy and Phil Goldstein "Blank Phil Deck" which is the same as the regular Phil deck, but without the names printed on the back. This is a really thin deck. Your local magic dealer should be able to ...
- August 2nd, 2005, 2:15 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Penn Jillette's joke.
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5744
Re: Penn Jillette's joke.
There is now a website for the movie. You can watch the trailer, find theaters and showtimes, even a soundboard of audio clips, and there is a contest where you can tell your version of the joke and the winner's version will be included on the DVD with $1,000 prize.
www.thearistocrats.com
www.thearistocrats.com
- July 29th, 2005, 2:12 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Jay Marshall and Troublewit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1373
Re: Jay Marshall and Troublewit
According to the the Magic Inc. website, the Greater Magic Video has Jay doing the troublewit.
Click Here for link.
Click Here for link.
- July 27th, 2005, 4:31 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: The Magic Circle Centenary
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1381
Re: The Magic Circle Centenary
Just wanted to say it was an amazing event that I feel very lucky to have been a part of. It not only was an international group of participants, but many legends and top working pros were in attendance. John Archer, when doing his comedy magic act, joked and said something like "Pardon the ner...
- July 13th, 2005, 8:55 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Out of This World - which version?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3818
Re: Out of This World - which version?
Originally posted by Brett McCarron: One of the Harry Lorayne books had a great method entitled "Impromptu Out of This World." Perhaps a forum member can cite the particular volume? Impromptu Out of This World is found in Lorayne's "My Favorite Card Tricks" page 26. Also, in his...
- June 30th, 2005, 7:16 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Dexter's Putty
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2226
Re: Dexter's Putty
Greg let me take a look at his box of Dexter's putty when he recently lectured at Midwest Magic, in Franklin Park Illinois. Murphy's Magic Supplies (magic wholesaler) carries it, so your favorite magic dealer should be able to order some for you. I had Midwest Magic order a couple of boxes for me. I...
- June 27th, 2005, 5:19 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Pick the new Martin Nash book Cover
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4155
Re: Pick the new Martin Nash book Cover
Surprising that Martin Nash would agree to allow other people to vote on this because I thought Martin really hated the cover of his last book, the very limited edition of Inifinity Power.
The cover is not that important anyway... only fools judge a book by its cover.
The cover is not that important anyway... only fools judge a book by its cover.
- June 23rd, 2005, 1:34 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Penn Jillette's joke.
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5744
Re: Penn Jillette's joke.
from my blog... In 2003, Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) and Paul Provenza directed a documentary called The Aristocrats, where they had 100 different actors and comedians tell their version of the joke. Believe it or not, the version by Bob Saget (of Full House and Americas Funniest Home ...
- May 12th, 2005, 8:47 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: UPDATE: Jay Marshall has died
- Replies: 73
- Views: 24787
Re: UPDATE: Jay Marshall has died
Originally posted by Brad Henderson: What made Jay so great? By that I mean, what was it about his outlook on life, his experiences, work ethic, etc., that produced such a remarkable force in magic? In response to Brads question, I proffer this story, a story that the person it happened to will pro...
- April 14th, 2005, 8:41 am
- Forum: Reference Room
- Topic: Poor quality Svengali, stripper and forcing card decks
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3263
Re: Poor quality Svengali, stripper and forcing card decks
Prince Bertram Wrote: "What can one do to assure one gets a truly professionally-made stripper deck and not an amateur job?" Ask the magic shop to hand make you a pro-stripper deck, and expect to pay around $40 for the deck. At Midwest Magic, a regular stripper deck will cost you about $7....
- April 7th, 2005, 8:42 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic Books by Post
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1351
- March 20th, 2005, 9:58 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Dirty Coins
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2598
Re: Dirty Coins
The best stuff to polish coins is MAAS Polish or Simichrome Polish. These polishes will give you an amazing mirror like finish to a coin. I collect coins and do magic with coins. To polish a "collectable" coin would destroy its numismatic value... never ever polish a collectible coin. The ...
- March 5th, 2005, 12:13 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: WANTED: Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3876
Re: WANTED: Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
My buddy has a copy that has the word "Impromptu" mispelled on the cover. Was this the first edition? It's spelled "IMROMPTU" The first edition, first printing was 1978. Second printing was 1985. Third printing was 1991. Fourth printing was 1992. Fifth Printing was 1997. Does an...
- October 4th, 2004, 12:52 pm
- Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
- Topic: Trade Show Magic books?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16036
Re: Trade Show Magic books?
In addition to the Tulluck material, you also may want to take a look at Docc Hillford's Star Trade Show Act. The act has some very commercial routining. Even if you never plan on doing any of the tricks in his act, you'll probably be able to glean some useful information in reading his thoughts on ...
- April 1st, 2004, 9:37 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: World's Best Linking Rings Performers?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 9352
Re: World's Best Linking Rings Performers?
Chris Capeheart needs to be mentioned. If you ever saw him perform his linking ring routine from the Stars of Magic series in person, you'd understand why. The look on people's faces when he does the crash link move is pure astonishment.
- Oliver
- Oliver
- March 27th, 2004, 4:51 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: New Wooden Dice Stacking Cup
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3016
Re: New Wooden Dice Stacking Cup
My Jim Zee stacking cup is not made of turned wood. It is comprised of a hard plastic body, with a black ribbed soft liner on the inside and a thin layer of wood, with a nice inlay, wrapped around the plastic body on the outside. Works great.
Regards,
- Oliver
Regards,
- Oliver
- February 17th, 2004, 1:06 pm
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: Becker/Earle added to MINDvention
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1415
Re: Becker/Earle added to MINDvention
After the .com bust, the attendance at Comdex - Las Vegas has gone down a lot over the years. Only estimate 50,000 for this year's show. There are two other conventions in November that are a lot bigger, (SEMA and AAPEX), which are around 88,000 and 100,000 attendees. The LVCVA Calendar on the las v...
- February 5th, 2004, 11:11 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: THE RAMSAY CLASSICS
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2105
Re: THE RAMSAY CLASSICS
I believe the Ramsay Legend was also re-publised in America by Magic, Inc. in Chicago. Although the hard bound edition they put out is long out of print, Magic, Inc. still sells a soft-cover comb bound edition of the Ramsay Legend. Here is the link: Click here to Magic Inc website for Ramsay Legend ...
- January 30th, 2004, 10:21 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: How would your ideal ebook look like?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5688
Re: How would your ideal ebook look like?
Although I prefer reading traditional printed books, I truly love the ability to search an ebook. I like it so much I've bought ebooks of books I already own in printed bound form. (E.g. I would use Digital Jinx to do a search, then after locating what I want, I grab my bound volume of Jinx and read...
- January 16th, 2004, 1:36 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Highlights and magic moments WorldMagicSeminar 2004
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3470
Re: Highlights and magic moments WorldMagicSeminar 2004
At this year's WMS, I truly enjoyed seeing Wayne Dobson perform and lecture. His tremendous spirit and hysterical humor are genuinely inspirational. Wayne truly is an entertaining person. Tim Connover's card work made my head hurt as he performed miracle after miracle. Armando Lucero's Coin Menageri...
- December 1st, 2003, 9:10 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Printing by Dominique Duvivier or ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2499
Re: Printing by Dominique Duvivier or ?
OK, I managed to locate my Presto Printo Instructions, which state that Daryl did market Duvivier's Printing effect with Daryl's simplified handling from July 1988 to April 1994, when Presto Printo was released. Daryl writes that what he offers (Presto Printo) is as different from "Printing&quo...
- December 1st, 2003, 8:44 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Printing by Dominique Duvivier or ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2499
Re: Printing by Dominique Duvivier or ?
Bill is correct, Daryl's packet trick that was part of his FISM winning act is called "Cardboard Chameleons" not Chameleon Cards. Cardboard Chameleons is a very magical routine, but it is not easy to do and requires lots of practice to make the combo count and two/four counts smooth and co...
- November 19th, 2003, 5:59 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Best Performance
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1125
Re: Best Performance
I think he is referring to David, the "professional layperson," that frequently appears as an astonished audience member in nearly all the L&L videos.
- November 13th, 2003, 9:01 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Dushecks's Series of books
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4516
Re: Dushecks's Series of books
There are five books in this outstanding series.
Book #5 is Dusheck's Close-up magic.
- Oliver
Book #5 is Dusheck's Close-up magic.
- Oliver
- November 10th, 2003, 4:05 pm
- Forum: Columns
- Topic: Are Magic Shops Obsolete?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 28383
Re: Are Magic Shops Obsolete?
One of the most annoying magic shopping practices I've noticed are magician browsers, that visit the local magic shop to peruse the newest tricks and books to make their magic buying decisions, then after spending the whole day at the magic store looking at everything and being waited upon, to then ...
- November 4th, 2003, 8:32 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: What got you into magic?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6842
Re: What got you into magic?
What got me into magic? When I was a sophomore at the University of Illinois, one of the dorms had a Hypnotist perform. A friend living in that dorm invited me to come watch because she thought I'd be interested in seeing a hypnotist. She was right. The show was very entertaining and funny, and I wa...
- October 24th, 2003, 1:29 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: LOL, Ebay auctioning Blaines underwear :)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1861
Re: LOL, Ebay auctioning Blaines underwear :)
Examining the Blaine6.jpg (picture in front of the curtain) and the Blain8.jpg (picture in front of the marquee), the images of the guy holding up the underwear do appear to be mirror images (although the image in front of the marquee, the guy is slightly resized horizontally). [url=http://www.olive...
- October 24th, 2003, 8:41 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic in Las Vegas
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3044
Re: Magic in Las Vegas
The point I was trying to make about the "pros-only" sign is that the store is really not set-up to serve the general public (laypeople) coming off the street. More specifically, you won't find fake doggie doo, fart bombs, stink bombs, gag lottery tickets, fake vomit, over-the-hill gag gif...
- October 23rd, 2003, 2:53 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic in Las Vegas
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3044
Re: Magic in Las Vegas
RE: Magic shops At this year's LVMI, I asked Denny why he wasn't promoting the D&L vegas location very much and he basically said the retail space and inventory isn't exacty the way he wants it yet and that the vegas location is basically operating in "stealth" mode right now, open but...
- October 21st, 2003, 3:18 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Is Darwin Ortiz being ripped off on Ebay?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1081
Re: Is Darwin Ortiz being ripped off on Ebay?
NOTE: This post is not intended to be legal advice, but provided for discussion. You should consult your own attorney for legal advice. Chris, you may also have been ripped off and may have a cause of action against this seller. Although you are not the copyright owner of the tape and have no infrin...
- October 16th, 2003, 7:36 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Out of Control and Totally Out of Control
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2397
Re: Out of Control and Totally Out of Control
Ok. I really feel dumb. It was harder for me to locate the book in my mess of a magic library than it was for me to find the "name that toon" answers. Clever. When I first got the book, I kind of glossed over all the toons and other activities and went straight to the "Three-fly"...
- October 16th, 2003, 11:03 am
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Out of Control and Totally Out of Control
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2397
Re: Out of Control and Totally Out of Control
I don't think it was a rumor, I sort of remember reading something about a contest/prize for correctly answering the puzzels in the book somewhere, although I think Chris wrote he wasn't sure of the response he'd get and whether he'd actually award a prize or not. It's been a while since I looked at...
- October 16th, 2003, 9:19 am
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Out of Control and Totally Out of Control
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2397
Re: Out of Control and Totally Out of Control
Chris put some puzzles in the book and mentioned something about a prize for the first person to answer them all correctly. Does anyone know if there ever was a winner? Were the answers ever published anywhere?
- Oliver
- Oliver
- October 15th, 2003, 12:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Photcopying of out of print books
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2365
Re: Photcopying of out of print books
Originally posted by WarlockDrummer: ...and the Fair Use exclusion...?! :cool: The fair use limitation on a Copyright owner's exclusive rights uses a four part test found in section 107 of the copyright act. The four considerations are: (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether su...
- October 14th, 2003, 3:10 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Photcopying of out of print books
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2365
Re: Photcopying of out of print books
The following is not to be considered legal advice and is for discussion and educational purposes only. Copyright laws do cover the right of loaning, rental and selling. A copyright owner generally has five exclusive rights in the copyrighted work: 1) Reproduction, 2) Modification (derivative works)...
- October 6th, 2003, 9:51 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Showgirls of Magic
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3879
Re: Showgirls of Magic
Steve- while a kid, I vacationed in the Dells a few summers and saw a lot of the attractions there (some, multiple times). It is quite possible that I did see one of the shows you produced. Obviously, the LV showgirls that comprise the "blue unit" are well versed in the Fitzkee Trilogy... ...
- October 3rd, 2003, 7:11 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: New Martin Nash Book
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1476
Re: New Martin Nash Book
Martin A. Nash, the charming cheat, was the guest of honor at this year's Las Vegas Magic Invitational (LVMI). 50 numbered limited edition copies of the Infinity Power book were available at Andy Greget's dealer booth. Andy was selling the books for Lee Freed. I'm pretty sure Andy sold all of them. ...
- October 2nd, 2003, 7:16 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Showgirls of Magic
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3879
Re: Showgirls of Magic
Tiny Bubbles, You were in the show I saw in Las Vegas. Your act made me laugh so hard I almost had an "accident". I agree with Brad, you truly are one of the funniest persons on the planet and your act is something I'll never forget! Again, I think the Showgirls of Magic is a very entertai...