The Genii Forum

Tom Moore

*Marc Oberon died a horrible death with the WTF moment of the show - a weird floating alien along with a white UV spandex clad glow in the dark alien spawn that was closer to a high school experiment in black art. It was that bizarre. Please do tell us more about this. Marc Oberon died a horrible d...

Tom Moore

Making the costume change inside the trunk as quickly as it had to be made (and using the skimpy costumes she was famous for) meant that there were several near misses and wardrobe malfunctions. That is what the comment referred to.

Tom Moore

FISM 2022 Day Four Why is America not developing the shining stars it used to in the world of competition acts? Perhaps America's shining stars aren't interested in competitions. The problem is the structure of FISM - it has finally created a proper league and tournament that is designed to find th...

Tom Moore

Not to legitimise tony it’s worth mentioning that the majority of awards in performance arts (magic, circus, dance) basically follow the model of the Merlins, as do awards in architecture.

This isn’t a niche magic thing…

Tom Moore

The interiors of the two larger cups don't look right, and certainly would be spotted by the "spectator," who is obviously a stooge. Jack, it's not "white" art. A useful side effect of modern camera phone units being physically tiny is that the lenses actually help optical effec...

Tom Moore

This seems to be based on an already viral video showing the same effect. It's an interesting method but very much one that would only work on a screen...

Tom Moore

Your regular reminder that “got talent” producers acquire story arcs and concepts that they commission actors / performers to invoke for their specific regional variations of the show regardless of the bigger picture. In the early years the show was almost a genuine talent show but as of 3 years ago...

Tom Moore

Joseph Burrs I believe

Tom Moore

This season of BGT is surprisingly magic heavy in the early rounds…

Tom Moore

Magicians have been complaining about exposure since magic was invented so on that front I have no specific concerns for the art. However hidden in Mikes tweets is one of the most astute observations I’ve ever seen about magicians https://twitter.com/mwisme/status/1515071372011053058?s=21&t=8QWV...

Tom Moore

Thinking about this more- even if you did have “extra” copies whilst you could crazy glue them to be fixed they wouldn’t actually be examinable because of a core part of how the method works; You would have to make “real” duplicates. So buy one legitimately but expect to have to remake the original ...

Tom Moore

Whilst I’m normally red hot on IP related issues I’d argue that if you have one legit version of this effect you could legitimately commission 3D print of the extra gimmicks and duplicates of the core gimmick to match so that you could do the effect as you describe with the additional provers. Aimin...

Tom Moore

Their rent was being raised hugely for the shop at Charing Cross. They were unable to find other premises at a rent they could afford. They had had a special deal at those premises for some time and were the only tenant there. The store ultimately closed because the entire site was being redevelope...

Tom Moore

Through lockdown there was some selling of items from the archives but other than that absolutely no trace of trading activity from them anywhere; even their "new" online site seemed half-hearted at best. A sad end to a legitimate dynasty.

Tom Moore

FISM Europe heats in St Petersburg are just 2 years away however the feeder/qualifying national competitions and selection process's are being planned now so the time to be making firm statements and decisions is also now. FISM Europe is an event that will pump a couple of million dollars (mostly fr...

Tom Moore

I'll emphasise again (as someone who has had to get magic shows in an out of Russia several times) it was VERY tough and expensive in the before times, even if it is legally possible in 2024 there's no way that there will be cost effective shipping and insurance options available which are essential...

Tom Moore

It's tricky to get shows & equipment in and out of Russia in normal times - it's going to be impossible (or at least uninsurable) for 2024 & 2025 - and I, like many others, wouldn't participate in a Shenzen FISM as that is where the largest concentration of knock-off & pirate companies o...

Tom Moore

He was 100% wrong - interlude Debuted on "The Best of Magic" for Thames TV in the UK (1989 & 1990 recordings) and again in "magic comedy Strip" taped 1991&1992, whereas the Disney / Eurodisney special was 1993 so goodness knows what Paul was remembering; he did direct som...

Tom Moore

Goodness that u-turned fast. After some interesting opening episodes it’s just turned into obvious filler and fluff reaching desperately for sensationalism without any direct link - “obviously Siegfried and Roy weren’t responsible for this…. But I have to ask why they didn’t react” is a direct quote...

Tom Moore

It is happening, i will be there (probably stood under a massive sign with my name printed on it) so say hello!

Tom Moore

So far.... It's very over-produced but does seem to be thorough, much more honest than normal S&R reporting and has some high quality contributors - Steinmeyer on working with them to create effects, Rick Thomas on the practicalities of working with Cats, their biographer, the USDA agent who inv...

Tom Moore

It's a county in South East England

Tom Moore

My concern here isn't a child cutting up pieces and using them in their own tricks (or toys or frankly any play environment) but rather the specific advice (on a forum of money earning magicians) from a respected creator that "... you can use pictures with copyrighted characters, like Superman,...

Tom Moore

. The best part is that you can use pictures with copyrighted characters, like Superman, Mickey Mouse, Wonder Woman, etc. because you have already paid for book ($1) and you are just cutting it up and using the parts to convert into magic tricks. Yeah that’s not how copyright works…. Try buying som...

Tom Moore

One of Davids secret weapons was that he was incredibly good at making spectators do what he wanted and wasn’t in the slightest bit phased when something went wrong. In his tv shows (which were taped as-live) there’s plenty of errors, mistakes and tricks that just completely fail but he effortlessly...

Tom Moore

There’s some real gold in his tv shows and the DVD collection of the show is worth every penny for the inspiration it will give you.

Tom Moore

I'll be slightly controversial here and point out there is a parallel invention situation. Paul Daniels (and team) had been doing something similar with a seated performer from the mid 80's, I'd been playing around with the method for a person imprisoned in a frame in the early 90's - however it is ...

Tom Moore

Outside of Ricky's own works I've never heard anyone even mention Buchinger - he simply isn't amongst the most well known curiosity performers here in Europe and a quick google suggests most instances of people talking about him are doing so in relation to something Ricky had said so i suspect his r...

Tom Moore

Tom, I'm talking about the period when Ricky was its curator. Not afterward. Apples and oranges. With respect that’s irrelevant - when he got to pretend it was his own personal collection he didn’t care who the actual owner was, as soon as the collection was “taken” from him he suddenly acquired mo...

Tom Moore

Based on his response to Copperfield owning it I think it’s clear he did care who owned the collection…

Tom Moore

You flew half way around the world to go to see a show in Hull?

THAT’S going above and beyond!

Tom Moore

The Great Layfayette is probably the best legitimately /sad/ true story in magic

Tom Moore

I honestly can’t think of anyone working regularly doing a candles act- that was one of the primary reasons for putting it into this particular show; it’s old enough most audiences won’t have seen it and I think I’ve got enough of an angle on it to make it work. That said I’m still hunting for a goo...

Tom Moore

It appears they spent more on his boots than they did on all the props and magic consultant combined....

Tom Moore

It is worth noting here that the "fully lighted stage" that is so often emphasised in the descriptions was actually gas lighting and primitive arc lights which though considerably brighter than candles would have only been a fraction of the brightness we think of when talking about a "...

Tom Moore

The BA performance in the Merlin trailer is “indicative” rather than realistic so it’s perhaps unfair to compare an edited commercial sizzle to a full real-time performance. On an idealistic level the vanish taking place in full view in the middle of a stage sounds better but as has been said many t...

Tom Moore

Ok so this conversation has gone off at a weird angle- until 30 seconds ago I didn’t know anything about the genii cover; let’s not let an interesting and informative conversation get diverted because of a flippant turn of phrase being taken out of context mashed together with people talking about a...

Tom Moore

I’m English- upon hearing go your whole family is dead, you have terminal cancer, all your money has been stolen the correct response to the question “How are you?” Is still “Not too bad thanks”

Tom Moore

He is a somewhat troubling personality historically but I have to say his Triple phase levitation has some beautiful details in it, his control/knowledge of how to film his routines is exemplary and i think his Magic Kettle / "Any Drink Called For" is probably the greatest version ever per...

Tom Moore

It didn't go into the main touring show (that was designed to be an easy one-nighter in-and-out and hardly changed for 20 years) but the Artists dream got wheeled out a few times plus it made it into the occasional panto & gala. It was incredibly temperamental apparently - if the fabric wasn't q...

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