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Brad Jeffers

HERE is a clearer copy of the video Alfred posted. It was posted by Peter Samelson, who along with Dorothy Dietrich, appeared on the same show.

HERE is the interview segment of the program.

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My girlfriend and I had a front row seat at a David Roth lecture at the 2008 SCAM convention.
She was extremely impressed and still talks about it to this day.
We were both saddened to hear of his passing.

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Jeffrey Cowan wrote:Does video of his show exist?

YES!

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Richard Kaufman wrote:Peter Samelson is a professional magician who does shows most days of the year. He's been using his Wild Card as written for real audiences for many decades.

Here is his most recent incarnation.

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So Alice's Revenge is much more effective than Joshua Jay's Out of Sight because the use of only four cards lessens the possibility of anything "funny" going on.

Now I understand.

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Are you aware of Max Maven's marketed effect (well, 3 effects in one, actually), "B'Wave"? It is a brilliant application of equivoque. It very magical and surprising, and invariably has a powerful effect on people. It's interesting to me how those who perform this trick always speak so hi...

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Here's something I wrote back in 2002 on the occasion of Al's retirement ... I visited Al's shop just twice. The first time, I was 14 years old and on vacation with my family. I snuck away from the Smithsonian and made my way to Al's shop, which was located on Pennsylvavia Ave at the time. I well re...

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“My name is Albert. What’s yours? Betsy, I’m going to magish for you.”

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As shown by this attractive bill, Ali Din was apparently a "Magician and Illusionist" and comedy was a part of his show https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Ali-Din That is some attractive artwork for sure, however it's not a real Ali-Din poster. In fact it's not a real poster at all. It hangs...

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Speaking of which ...
2020 is almost over. Has anyone received their copy of the Todd Karr book?

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I guess it's not my lucky day...
They're red

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Tom, this is your lucky day ... I have for sale : FANTASIO'S CANDELABRA CADABRA This is in like new condition. Never used. Never even removed from it's box. I bought this in 1974 at an Abbotts Get Together. You rarely see these come up for sale. From the instructions ... A Candelabra is shown holdin...

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The designer had taken my scribbled signature to read not Ed Wynn but El Wyn and that is how every bit of the advertising material read ...

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Neither of the IMDb profiles for Ed Wynn or Keenan Wynn show a 1965 television program entitled The Spook Party.
All references to El-Wynn that I can find say that he was magician Elwin Charles Peck and that he was the originator of the Midnight Spook Show.

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If you have concerns about visibility you could always resort to using THESE . Not only are they easy to see, but they are printed by the United States Playing Card Company utilizing the universally recognized Rider Back design, and have the bonus of being bridge sized, thereby providing solace to s...

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I think THIS might be exactly what you need.

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Ironically, almost all poker rooms worldwide use bridge sized cards.

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I think that part of the fun (and impact) of a routine like this is choosing a clever wording for the prediction, although I can understand why some magicians might find it more suitable to their style or persona to go the direct route, as Fulves did. I think there should be no clever wording on th...

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Here's something I wrote in 2013 concerning Randi ... I saw Randi perform at a local college about 35 years ago. I arrived early and brought along a copy of the Geller book, which had just come out in paperback. Randi came up to where I was seated (I was the only one in the theater) and introduced h...

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The ring Garrett drops on the floor is an absolutely normal ring, which is used in the routine.

But the magic relies on the use of another absolutely abnormal one.

He fooled them twice. Once in the performance, and then again in the explanation.

He should get two trophies!

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Here's a link ... Garrett Thomas on Fool Us

I guess Penn & Teller were not familiar with this marketed item ... Banded

Tom Frame wrote: And the ring isn't gimmicked?

The ring is made by Roy Kueppers.
Need I say more?

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Anyone willing to bet $300 to find out if it still works? The seller says ... "I turned it on so it powers up but I don’t know if it still works" "If not it might just need to be reset which John goes over in his notes" "There will be NO REFUNDS" Translation ... It doe...

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And you can buy that issue HERE.

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The enormous Larry Jennings book you've been waiting for. A new Royal Road to Card Magic, Jennings style. Over 120 Tricks / Over 120 Sleights and Techniques / 1,400 Photographs Improve your basic card handling New ways to do the sleights you think you know Learn amazing tricks No Passes, No Culls, N...

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Complicated indeed.

David does not even give a mention to Sarah on the page where he thanks a few people "for their input and tolerance during my very intense creation period of this book".

Cold!

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Efendi ...
Where did you get that Okito box with the dragon lid?
Pretty cool!

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Efendi Kwok wrote:Too bad it's blocked, thus I can't see the beauty

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... I think I'll track down a suitable calculator and see what I can do. There are hundreds of TI-85s for sale on Ebay. Could someone who has one of these graphics calculators and the users manual; and who has a thorough understanding of how the Fitch Cheney card trick works; be able to program the...

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While Mr. Skinner based his presentation on Peter Samelson's original, the handling is completely different and bears little relation to Mr. Samelson's routine. The notes do not contain Mr. Skinner's presentation or his timing. You can see Skinner perform Samelson's Invasion of the Bodysnatchers on...

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I seem to have some of this PDA stuff as well. PDA - a small handheld device equipped with a microprocessor that is used especially for storing and organizing personal information ... personal digital assistant Public display of affection Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a condition in which the d...

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JFox wrote:38 years ago, Larry Walters didn't need all of that...He just did it.

HERE is an interesting interview with Lawnchair Larry Walters from 1982.
It includes videotape of his compelling version of 'Ascension'.

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About half of all my posts are now blank.
Not just recent posts, but those going back for years.
When I try to post with a quote it says,"Your message contain too few characters" and it will not allow me to post.
I hope all this will be fixed.

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HERE is the Wizard Product review of your DVD from ten years ago.

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Barden wrote:To this point this has to be the quintessential forum thread

You could have saved yourself a lot of time and effort and just said it's the QFT.
We would've figured it out.

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Kent Gunn wrote:I detest obscure acronyms.

I'm with Kent on this one.

I will however point out that 3MW is not an acronym, but an example of that equally detestable form of abbreviation, the initialism.

I mean FBI is okay.

NBC or CBS - sure.

And we all know what a CD or a DVD is.

But 3MW

Really?!

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Nine effects from the repertoire of Michael Skinner The first of these nine effects is ... "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS - Michael's brilliant "wild card" routine that is a superb study into how Skinner thought...every single aspect of this trick is explained...and learn a handling...

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This survey makes the (common) assumption that all magicians are the same when in reality it should be conducting some basic checks into the quality of the responses given. The survey asks the questions ... What level of experience do you have as a magician? Are you member of any formal magic socie...

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So card manip acts, box pointing illusionists, rope magicians all have opinions on these two forces completely as valid as people who’ve spent thousands of hours considering or using them? With regards to Vernon's Five Card Mental Force ... If you were to limit the survey participants to only those...

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