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Diamond Jim Tyler Bar Bets to Win Big Bucks This is one I didn't know about. I love Diamond Jim's Bamboozlers series, and it looks like this is a recycling of some of that material. Ad copy: " Between these covers you’ll find 67 illustrated feats ... This is a collection of “bar bets only” fro...

Going in the sky with a helium balloon has been done before. Just read about the Red Bull Stratos project here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Stratos " Red Bull Stratos was a high altitude diving project involving Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner. On 14 October 2012, Baumgartner fle...

Agreed. The fact that the video announcing the change was filmed with Blaine in Arizona only increases my level of suspicion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzmisKB-LlI

It's been postponed for a day or two; they've announced a weather delay.

The stunt has also been relocated from NYC to Arizona.

https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/d ... 234753858/

Of course, yes, I'd forgotten about that.

What about David Blaine declining last year's Magician of the Year award - what's the story here?

Magician of the Year: Derren Brown This is quite an honour. Are there any notable things Derren achieved in the past year that would have contributed to this? As I recall, David Blaine was last year's award winner in this category. I read somewhere that he declined the award - what was that all abo...

I expect David to have some surprise for us that we hadn't figured on.

Looking forward to see this.

Favourite quote from this article:

Owenhouse has said his animals participate in the show “because they want to.” We’re thinking he might want to start billing himself as an “Animal Psychic Comedy-Magician.”

Thanks Scott, I look forward to listening to this.

On what date was this interview recorded?

Genii just got a nice mention in this article about Duvivier:

The Case of the Missing 40,000 Jerry Nugget Decks: A Detective Story

Teller's production of Macbeth can be viewed for free until July 1, 2020 here: Aaron Posner – Teller ‘Macbeth’ Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. http://www.folger.edu/video-macbeth-folger-theatre Did they extend this offer? The performance videos on youtube are still available.

Some of the titles in the Dover series are under-rated and often go relatively unnoticed. A good example is Allan Zola Kronzek's A Book of Magic for Young Magicians.

And does he ever have the desire now, away from the stage and the cameras, to entertain with magic? “Now I’m the opposite. I never do tricks for people in real life, I find it really childish and silly and dishonest!” Whoa. That's quite a statement, especially coming from someone who built his care...

August issue?

Was there also something in this issue about Dominique Duvivier's playing cards?

This series of articles is very clever and amusing. Well done indeed Zig Zagger.

Don't know how I missed it previously. A quick search uncovered it in The Buzz.

For anyone else interested in following that discussion, here's the link:

Big Announcement from The Jerx

What day of the month does the digital version normally come out?

And so who is "Andy"? "Andy" has `outed' his identity in two recent posts on his blog. Scroll down and watch his video here: The Jerx Revealed (May 24, 2020) Also don't miss the follow-up video here: So Here's Something I Never Thought I'd Need To Say (May 25, 2020) They are bot...

Thank you for sharing this Richard!

It would be great if there was a way to download it and read it offline on a portable device.

Mr. Charming wrote:Ryan Shlutz has a method to perform this effect where at the end the spectator can chose what card points the "value" and what card points the "suit"

In what book or video does Ryan Schlutz teach this?

This looks good Ryan. Are you planning on bringing any of this material to a DVD?