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- February 15th, 2021, 10:47 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Eddy Goldfarb
- Replies: 2
- Views: 610
- February 10th, 2021, 11:22 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Cups & Balls with different colored balls
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1501
Re: Cups & Balls with different colored balls
Milt has an additional, similar routine with color changing dice in the Minch book, called Cups & Dice.
- February 10th, 2021, 11:10 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Cups & Balls with different colored balls
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1501
Re: Cups & Balls with different colored balls
Milt Kort has such a routine in Kort Is Now in Session, by Milt, illustrated by Steranko. It is called Chromo Cups and Balls.
He has a different routine called Precognitive Cups and Balls in The Magic of Milt Kort, by Minch, illustrated by Sandy Kort.
He has a different routine called Precognitive Cups and Balls in The Magic of Milt Kort, by Minch, illustrated by Sandy Kort.
- January 13th, 2021, 5:00 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Interview with David Regal
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1048
Re: Interview with David Regal
Wow. This was fantastic. Supposedly an interview, it turned into one of the best magic lectures I have heard.
And David hooked me from the start. Where did that bunny go?
And David hooked me from the start. Where did that bunny go?
- January 1st, 2021, 5:32 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: 2020 In Review? Really? (Yes.)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1153
- December 20th, 2020, 12:41 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Mike Elizalde is on the Cover of the January 2021 Genii
- Replies: 5
- Views: 855
Re: Mike Elizalde is on the Cover of the January 2021 Genii
wow. Mike Elizalde's act is one of the best I have ever seen in the Close-up Gallery. Thanks for posting it.
- December 12th, 2020, 5:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Looking for "korn" (aka comedy magic bits)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 612
Re: Looking for "korn" (aka comedy magic bits)
I don't know if anyone has a record (tricks, gags, and patter) of Derman's Friday Night Lou act that he performed on Friday nights at the Magic Castle. It was a delightful act. He had a nephew, Nate the Great, who also performed in the early days of the Castle. I always thought a description of the ...
- December 12th, 2020, 5:03 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Looking for "korn" (aka comedy magic bits)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 612
Re: Looking for "korn" (aka comedy magic bits)
Several books of the type you mention are in this issue of Little Egypt Magic:
http://littleegyptmagic.com/magic_june2009.html
Particularly, check Don Alan's Pretty Sneaky, Olson and Pearce's Sick Sorcery, and Lou Derman's Add Comedy to Your Act.
Derman's book contains 50 comedy card tricks.
http://littleegyptmagic.com/magic_june2009.html
Particularly, check Don Alan's Pretty Sneaky, Olson and Pearce's Sick Sorcery, and Lou Derman's Add Comedy to Your Act.
Derman's book contains 50 comedy card tricks.
- December 8th, 2020, 5:32 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Article in LA Times about Magic Castle
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4308
Re: Article in LA Times about Magic Castle
Max, I was looking forward to "attending" the Sunday meeting, having apparently successfully registered on Thursday. Alas, I never received the authorization to sign in. Was that unique to me (and therefore somehow my fault, I assume), or were a sizable number of members excluded? I unders...
- December 8th, 2020, 2:12 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Elwin Peck aka "El-Wyn"
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1684
Re: Elwin Peck aka "El-Wyn"
I contacted Garry Berman, who wrote the biography of Ed Wynn called Perfect Fool (2011). His response follows, which raises the question of who wrote the piece that Bill first posted. Garry's response: Thanks for your e-mail, and for thinking of me with this question. I've read the piece you include...
- December 3rd, 2020, 4:20 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Elwin Peck aka "El-Wyn"
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1684
Re: Elwin Peck aka "El-Wyn"
If El-Wyn was considered the original spook show performer, the doesn't support this statement in the Ed Wynn piece: "I hit on the idea of touring with my own spook show. Other people were making a lot of money with them, so why not me."
- December 1st, 2020, 7:11 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Elwin Peck aka "El-Wyn"
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1684
Re: Elwin Peck aka "El-Wyn"
There are two books that would probably contain the desired info, PERFECT FOOL by Garry Berman (2011) and ED WYNN'S SON by Keenan Wynn (1959), but I cannot dig into them online. It would be fascinating if Ed Wynn ever did a spook show under any name and especially to learn what effects keenan might ...
- November 25th, 2020, 2:28 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Matt Field Has Died
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1497
Re: Matt Field Has Died
Rats. What a year.
Matt treated me to a guided tour of the Magic Circle some years ago.
I admired him greatly.
Matt treated me to a guided tour of the Magic Circle some years ago.
I admired him greatly.
- November 6th, 2020, 6:58 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: R.I.P. Jack White
- Replies: 4
- Views: 837
Re: R.I.P. Jack White
Here is an extensive San Diego obituary for Jack. He had interests beyond magic that I was unaware of.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ob ... diego-news
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ob ... diego-news
- November 2nd, 2020, 9:07 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: R.I.P. Jack White
- Replies: 4
- Views: 837
R.I.P. Jack White
I am sorry to report that San Diego anchorman and magician Jack White has died, October 31.
- September 29th, 2020, 1:34 pm
- Forum: Kaufman & Company
- Topic: Charlie Miller Book
- Replies: 62
- Views: 12148
- September 5th, 2020, 6:57 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magic in a box
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1283
Magic in a box
Here's a piece I posted in my September Little Egypt Magic yesterday: IN THE BOX ENTERTAINMENT – Here’s a new entertainment concept for the Covid age. I have often mentioned our local entertainment resource, Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP). For its new season, BPP is making four plays availabl...
- August 25th, 2020, 5:11 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Drive-in Haunted House
- Replies: 2
- Views: 481
Drive-in Haunted House
Want to get stuck inside a zombie-ridden garage? Tokyo haas a drive through haunted house. $75!
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/toky ... index.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/toky ... index.html
- August 24th, 2020, 2:10 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Watch The Magic Castle Awards Show For Free
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1835
Re: Watch The Magic Castle Awards Show For Free
It is 2:00 PM or so on Aug 24, the day after the Castle awards. The presentation is still online at magiccastle.com/awards, I think on purpose. If you missed it, or want to watch it again (I just did), take a look.
Steve
Steve
- August 17th, 2020, 4:53 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RIP Mary Hartline
- Replies: 1
- Views: 874
- August 13th, 2020, 10:40 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: BPP Magic in a Box
- Replies: 0
- Views: 819
BPP Magic in a Box
Bloomington Playwrights Project is pioneering a new virtual theater experience, an “In the Box” show. Four plays will be performed in which you receive a mystery box full of stuff with which to interact with the show. First play up is Virtual Reality/Magic in a Box starring mentalist Max Major. The ...
- August 13th, 2020, 9:50 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New David Blaine Event
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3854
- August 12th, 2020, 11:06 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Little Egypt Magic at 25
- Replies: 7
- Views: 590
Little Egypt Magic at 25
I posted the August 2020 issue of Little Egypt Magic this week, marking year 25. I don't normally like to mention it, but I added a link this week to a magnetized cane performance (Michael Perovich) that is pretty cool. Pure Leipzig/no threads/real gasps. -- Steve http://littleegyptmagic.com/magic.h...
- June 1st, 2020, 10:08 am
- Forum: Light from the Lamp ONLINE.
- Topic: Little Egypt Card Tricks: Steve Bryant
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3147
Re: Little Egypt Card Tricks: Steve Bryant
Sorry, I exhausted my supply a few years back.
I suggest you would be better served by The Little Egypt Book of Numbers, if you don't have it.
I suggest you would be better served by The Little Egypt Book of Numbers, if you don't have it.
- May 29th, 2020, 4:51 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Big Announcement from The Jerx
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5343
Re: Big Announcement from The Jerx
Derren Brown was not Andy. The real Andy's confession is now on line. Check it out.
- May 15th, 2020, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Light From the Lamp
- Topic: Voodoo Needle review
- Replies: 6
- Views: 747
Re: Voodoo Needle review
Richard, I suspect he is referring t o this new download from Peter Eggink and Aeon Sun.
Check my review here:
http://littleegyptmagic.com/magic_february2020.html
Check my review here:
http://littleegyptmagic.com/magic_february2020.html
- May 6th, 2020, 2:03 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Cute blonde does cig. manipulations on YouTube
- Replies: 51
- Views: 11268
Re: Cute blonde does cig. manipulations on YouTube
Has anyone tried to apply facial recognition software to the candidates? Might prove interesting.
- May 5th, 2020, 5:42 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Jay Marshall
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2202
- April 29th, 2020, 3:40 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Carisa Hendrix is on the Cover of Genii's May Issue
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1841
Re: Carisa Hendrix is on the Cover of Genii's May Issue
The print copy arrived in Indiana today (4/29/20).
BPPFLIX
Several times on Little Egypt Magic, I have reviewed performances I enjoyed at the BPP, or Bloomington Playwrights Project, whose magic-friendly director Chad Rabinovitz showcases original and contemporary plays only. Like most facilities that require live audiences, BPP is currently dark. To mainta...
- April 5th, 2020, 6:34 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Aloha Joan Lawton
- Replies: 4
- Views: 747
Re: Aloha Joan Lawton
So sorry to hear this. I just spent part of the weekend enjoying interviews with and by Joan Lawton, part of the Magic Castle Heritage Committee videos. Michael Perovich and Sara Ballantine interviewed her, and she interviewed Leo Behnke. Something I learned: I always knew Larry Jennings was a plumb...
- April 3rd, 2020, 10:36 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New David Blaine Special?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2706
Re: New David Blaine Special?
I loved David's latest special and was intrigued by the stab trick. I had published a practical method back in Little Egypt Card Tricks and later in The Little Egypt Book of Ghosts. My starting point had been "Once in a Knife Time" by Carl Sten in Al Sharpe's Expert Card Chicanery (created...
- April 2nd, 2020, 12:16 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New David Blaine Special?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2706
Re: New David Blaine Special?
I enjoyed it immensely. What fun to get to do card tricks for favorite basketball players. Or to showcase one's daughter.
- March 26th, 2020, 10:30 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Cooped up? Watch full Castle Set
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1553
Re: Cooped up? Watch full Castle Set
Thanks, Nathan.
Loved it all, especially the writing.
Loved it all, especially the writing.
- March 25th, 2020, 12:14 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New Nightly Magic Chat Show
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1234
- March 24th, 2020, 11:45 am
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Lots of Free Magic Stuff for Your Corona Quarantine
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3270
Re: Lots of Free Magic Stuff for Your Corona Quarantine
David Kaye has created a great little ebook for the situation:
https://www.sillymagic.com/product/coronavirus-ebook/
http://littleegyptmagic.com/magic.html
https://www.sillymagic.com/product/coronavirus-ebook/
http://littleegyptmagic.com/magic.html
- March 19th, 2020, 2:39 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Read My Book CardWorks for Free!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2233
Re: Read My Book CardWorks for Free!
Thanks! Though I am still gobsmacked by the sheer quantity of information in the Forte books.
- March 16th, 2020, 4:42 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Indulgence with Lucy Darling
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2776
Re: Indulgence with Lucy Darling
That was great fun. Nice to be diverted for an hour.
Is the pandemic over yet?
Is the pandemic over yet?
- February 13th, 2020, 4:00 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: split manipulation tecnique who created?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5640
Re: split manipulation tecnique who created?
In the David Ben bio of Vernon, David recounts the story of Vernon's first meeting with Cardini, at a silhouette and magic shop in NYC. In the story, both Vernon and Larry Gray show Cardini split fans, squaring with Vernon's assertion that he knew about split fans before ever meeting Cardini. Minor ...
- February 4th, 2020, 6:45 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Roy Walton has passed away
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2674
Re: Roy Walton has passed away
Bill Goodwin is currently performing a series of Walton tricks on his From the Library segment on the Magic Castle/AMA newsletter.