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by Mark Lewis
July 9th, 2009, 11:20 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: New Mark Lewis Book!
Replies: 62
Views: 12075

Re: New Mark Lewis Book!

1. You are not a scientologist 2. You are not a smoker and indeed do not approve of smoking scientologists. 3.You do indeed wear a green dress. None of my business what you do in your spare time of course. 4.You are no longer the world's greatest pitchman of the Pop Up tie. I will concede however th...
by Mark Lewis
July 9th, 2009, 8:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where Do Shortcuts Lead?
Replies: 25
Views: 4341

Re: Where Do Shortcuts Lead?

Rather a tiny minority I would imagine.
by Mark Lewis
July 9th, 2009, 8:07 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: New Mark Lewis Book!
Replies: 62
Views: 12075

Re: New Mark Lewis Book!

Roger old chap. I am indeed psychic and will prove it to you right now by giving you a reading. A rather short reading but then you are getting it for free. I do promise it will be 100% accurate. You were born at a very early age. As time goes by you will get older. There. Pretty good eh? As to the ...
by Mark Lewis
July 9th, 2009, 8:03 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Jonathan Pendragon arrested
Replies: 52
Views: 17799

Re: Jonathan Pendragon arrested

Don't be silly Terence. Although British crime has exploded there is very little gun crime. Having guns in the house is a bloody stupid American idea that is not allowed in any other country in the world. It leads to the sort of incident under discussion where the rather silly Jonathon personage fir...
by Mark Lewis
July 9th, 2009, 12:45 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Scarlett Opens a New Magic Show in Vegas With Nude Assistants
Replies: 72
Views: 28473

Re: Scarlett Opens a New Magic Show in Vegas With Nude Assistants

I didn't realise that Opie was 70 years old. That is dreadfully, dreadfully old. I must say that one learns something new every day. I agree with Bobon. I do not approve of this disgraceful trend nowadays of crude magic. I am personally a great believer in prudishness, victorian morality and proper ...
by Mark Lewis
July 9th, 2009, 7:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: Where Do Shortcuts Lead?
Replies: 25
Views: 4341

Re: Where Do Shortcuts Lead?

Mullins old chap. YOU are the one trying to start an argument at every turn whenever you come across me. Furthermore I happen to be a genius and you aren't. Therefore it is not a matter of "putting up with me". It is a matter of bowing down to superior knowledge and experience and acceptin...
by Mark Lewis
July 8th, 2009, 11:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where Do Shortcuts Lead?
Replies: 25
Views: 4341

Re: Where Do Shortcuts Lead?

It is true that many well studied magicians aren't good performers. And it is also true that a great showman in magic doesn't have to be well studied. I do know quite a few good performers with show business backgrounds who know very little about magic. However a great background knowledge of magic ...
by Mark Lewis
July 8th, 2009, 8:30 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Jonathan Pendragon arrested
Replies: 52
Views: 17799

Re: Jonathan Pendragon arrested

This would not have happened in Britain. In Her Majesty's Britannic Realm of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland we do not indulge in the silly American habit of having guns in the house.

Quite right too. It was lucky it was only the floor he shot at.
by Mark Lewis
July 7th, 2009, 10:08 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: New Mark Lewis Book!
Replies: 62
Views: 12075

Re: New Mark Lewis Book!

I knew you had forgotten to ask. I am psychic after all.
by Mark Lewis
July 7th, 2009, 9:07 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: New Mark Lewis Book!
Replies: 62
Views: 12075

Re: New Mark Lewis Book!

Tomorrow has arrived. What did he say?
by Mark Lewis
July 7th, 2009, 5:06 pm
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect
Replies: 31
Views: 7457

Re: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect

I have now read the Phoenix in question. I am somewhat disappointed. I suppose it must be the passage of time which is affecting my memory but it isn't what I saw David do. Unless of course I did and my memory is playing tricks on me. You don't go into an already darkened room. Or at least David did...
by Mark Lewis
July 7th, 2009, 4:58 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...
Replies: 34
Views: 5448

Re: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...

All of them were 75% accurate.
by Mark Lewis
July 7th, 2009, 12:41 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Scarlett Opens a New Magic Show in Vegas With Nude Assistants
Replies: 72
Views: 28473

Re: Scarlett Opens a New Magic Show in Vegas With Nude Assistants

I am afraid that Ireland is more conservative than the US in these matters. Even in Belfast which after all is part of the holy province of Ulster. I remember when someone tried to open one of those dreadfully improper sex shops in Belfast and all hell broke loose in the newspapers about it and natu...
by Mark Lewis
July 7th, 2009, 12:31 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Coin production credit?
Replies: 4
Views: 1535

Re: Coin production credit?

It appears that Ariel doesn't know everything after all. I must say that this is a great let down. However I have some information on the EYE trick that he was enquiring about and all he has to do is ask and it shall be given unto him.
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 9:18 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...
Replies: 34
Views: 5448

Re: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...

I am afraid that you have the advantage of me. I am unfamiliar with the name mentioned. I suppose I had better introduce myself properly. My name is Psychic Lawrence and as the name implies I have done thousands upon thousands of psychic readings. This is no exaggeration. And despite the scepticism ...
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 9:03 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: New Mark Lewis Book!
Replies: 62
Views: 12075

Re: New Mark Lewis Book!

I believe that I can supply a little information on the matter that Roger raises. Not that I know anything about the subject of the book of course. However I do believe that my psychic ability will be able to impart the information required. Please note that my accuracy here will no doubt be impecca...
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 8:40 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...
Replies: 34
Views: 5448

Re: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...

Mr Mullins is quite correct. I have not read the preceding guff before my post. He must appreciate that I am a very busy man and terribly important. This being the case I would appreciate if I am addressed as "Psychic Lawrence" rather than "Psychic Larry" on the grounds that the ...
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 8:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Lovick my boy. You said a bad word. Go and stand in the corner. And since you claim to be psychic I would request that the Scotsman with the abbreviated name put your "Uber psychic" claim in inverted commas. I have reason to believe that you have no psychic ability whatever. You have made ...
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 6:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

I must inform this Scottish poster that I do not appreciate his putting the world psychic in inverted commas. I am truly a psychic person and resent his disgraceful inference. If he can prove that I am not psychic I shall offer him the sum of ten thousand dollars. I would offer Scottish pounds but t...
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 6:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

I am not referring to the O.J. criminal trial and neither am I referring to the first Jackson case although Jim Maloney bears out what I said about the media not reporting the full facts and that there is another side to things. And yes. I can quite believe a spendthrift like Michael paying that mon...
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 1:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

I also read a piece in a newspaper. It was written by a lawyer. It stated that only the people who attend the trial can judge the guilt or innocence of someone fairly. It seems there are hours of important testimony that are not included in media reports.And of course you can see the demeanor of wit...
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 9:30 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect
Replies: 31
Views: 7457

Re: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect

Only a mentalist would know who I had in mind. However it would have to be an illustrious mentalist. You were the one who told me that the Berglas light effect was a one off thing and you were wrong so how can you claim to be illustrious? You also told me that he used a secret assistant in another r...
by Mark Lewis
July 6th, 2009, 12:15 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect
Replies: 31
Views: 7457

Re: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect

Well on a scale of one to ten how illustrious would you estimate yourself to be?
by Mark Lewis
July 5th, 2009, 7:12 am
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: When Good Magicians Go BAD!
Replies: 1
Views: 1213

Re: When Good Magicians Go BAD!

Whenever I perform close up magic I screw up EVERY time. I have never once in my life done any kind of performance without some mistake or other. I force cards on people and forget what cards I forced on them, I frequently lose track of controlled cards, tricks go wrong on a frequent basis and so on...
by Mark Lewis
July 5th, 2009, 6:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

To quote a few lines from the immortal Scottish Poet Robert Burns in his poem "Holy Willie's Prayer" "O ye wha are sae guid yersel sae pious and sae holy Ye've naught to do but mark and tell your neigbours fauts and folly' If you do not speak the Scottish language you will have to fin...
by Mark Lewis
July 3rd, 2009, 11:33 pm
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect
Replies: 31
Views: 7457

Re: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect

It will happen to you one day, you know. In fact I think it already has. At least I know my Jinx from my Phoenix.
by Mark Lewis
July 3rd, 2009, 8:25 pm
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect
Replies: 31
Views: 7457

Re: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect

No. Not you Paul. I said illustrious.

I went to the magic shop, spent hours there and forgot to ask about the bloody phoenix magazine. Age and approaching senility are a terrible thing.
by Mark Lewis
July 3rd, 2009, 7:00 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...
Replies: 34
Views: 5448

Re: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...

It would be a semantic discussion as to whether it was a bad audience or not. Let us say merely that it certainly wasn't an ideal one. I am merely saying the disposition of an audience is no concern of the performer providing his act has produced consistent good results in the past. Many things can ...
by Mark Lewis
July 3rd, 2009, 6:38 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect
Replies: 31
Views: 7457

Re: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect

I have no idea what Mr Kaufmann is referring to. Moreover I do NOT know how to look up magazines on a computer. However I expect to have the answer to this question later today. A local magic shop owner informs me that he thinks he has the issue in question. If that doesn't work I know an illustriou...
by Mark Lewis
July 3rd, 2009, 12:35 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect
Replies: 31
Views: 7457

Re: David Berglas' Matchmaker effect

Jon Tremaine once told me the supposed secret of the light trick. However I believe he was wrong. After all he also told me that he wrote the 13 Steps to Mentalism. Mind you, David Berglas told me the same thing. I don't trust the pair of them because of this but here is the alleged method for what ...
by Mark Lewis
July 3rd, 2009, 12:24 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...
Replies: 34
Views: 5448

Re: Here's what happens when no one gives you good advice...

I once worked my act at US bases in Germany. One night the audience was non receptive almost to the point of resentment. And the other entertainers on the bill were subjected to it also. I found out later that they were all going to be shpped the next day to Vietnam and they weren't very happy about...
by Mark Lewis
July 1st, 2009, 11:51 am
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Gary Glitter was convicted. Michael Jackson wasn't. That is the difference.
by Mark Lewis
July 1st, 2009, 12:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

I did a psychic reading for him when he was a much younger man.I felt sorry for him then and I feel sorry for him now. I am perhaps a little naive but I think he was innocent of those awful allegations. With regard to the entertainment side of things I don't know much about singing and dancing but h...
by Mark Lewis
June 30th, 2009, 7:30 pm
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: should a begginner practice everything from 13steps to mentalism.
Replies: 30
Views: 6386

Re: should a begginner practice everything from 13steps to mentalism.

I suppose the only way to really find out is to try it on an audience. Sometimes something you think is going to be great isn't. And sometimes something which you think is going to get lukewarm responses goes over a storm. In your hands at any rate. In the hands of someone else different results may...
by Mark Lewis
June 30th, 2009, 7:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

We appear to be getting into a battle of semantics here. Do we agree that most people who do magic are bloody awful? How about that. Of course that could mean that the odds are that you are one of them so perhaps that question had better not be answered. And yes. I do think that Michael Jackson was ...
by Mark Lewis
June 30th, 2009, 9:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Actually the often quoted Robert-Houdin has been taken out of context for years. He wasn't talking about acting at all. He was taking a jab at jugglers and flourishers when he said it. But that is another discussion for another time. Other disciplines are different. A runner is not an entertainer. A...
by Mark Lewis
June 30th, 2009, 4:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: Magician Uri Geller speaks out on Michael Jackson's Death

To me if a "magician" is not entertaining then he isn't a magician in the first place. He is just someone doing tricks. The troubling part of my definition is that it means that only 10% of the magical community are actually magicians. The rest are just laymen who happen to know how the tr...
by Mark Lewis
June 30th, 2009, 4:31 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: should a begginner practice everything from 13steps to mentalism.
Replies: 30
Views: 6386

Re: should a begginner practice everything from 13steps to mentalism.

Here is an excerpt from Mr Hutchinson's book which describes the effect. "The effect as seen by the audience: the mentalist lectures on the subject of mental discipline and offers a demonstration. The audience is invited to call out numbers at random. Perhaps fifty digits are called out and wri...
by Mark Lewis
June 29th, 2009, 11:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: R.I.P. Michael Jackson
Replies: 126
Views: 23917

Re: Magician Uri Geller speaks out on Michael Jackson's Death

I have never believed that a magician and an entertainer were two separate things. If you are not an entertainer to me you are not a magician no matter how creative and how technically skilled you are. Rather than saying that the two things are separate I believe that being a good entertainer is par...
by Mark Lewis
June 29th, 2009, 11:32 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: should a begginner practice everything from 13steps to mentalism.
Replies: 30
Views: 6386

Re: should a begginner practice everything from 13steps to mentalism.

I don't think it would be very fair of me to reveal material from Mr Hutchinson's book. I am not sure where you would buy the book and I can't even remember the title. However I don't think it is expensive and it is worth seeking out.

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