The Genii Forum

Brad Jeffers

MagicbyAlfred wrote: I prefer the count Peter used in that presentation to the necktie second that was apparently adopted later.

So do I.

Brad Jeffers

Some time back there was a video on the net of Peter doing the routine for his director, or acting coach. He performed the routine and she gave some notes. It was wonderful. Here is a link to that video ... https://youtu.be/8N3cacfqhpA?t=88 You'll note that he was using the Hamman count in those ea...

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Magic doesn't need to hear from Aristotle ever again. There are four causes - Matter, Form, Agent, and End - which will be represented here by the four aces ... https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/05/27/world/27ARISTOTLE/27ARISTOTLE-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale

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Fun to see Ricky Jay doing the vanishing birdcage!
Thanks for posting these.

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From the Nov 4, 1914 issue of the New South Wales Police Gazette ... Sydney --- A warrant has been issued by the Children's Court Bench for the arrest of a man known as "Ardo the Frogman," but whose correct name is said to be Cash, charged with failing to make adequate provosion for the pa...

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Andy did an excellent job with this one. My favorite of his FAQ about the Stack Watch was this ... The cards on the bezel. They’re in an order I don’t know. So if someone says the Jack of Clubs, I’m just supposed to stare at my watch, scanning my eyes around until I find it? Oh, of course not. That ...

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It's a clever idea.

Yes!

It's both clever and dumb simultaneously.

A rarity in most fields of endeavor, but not so uncommon in the creation of items for sale magicians.

We love clever!

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The majority of the drawings could not have been traced from photographs. If photographs were used, why should we automatically assume that Smith would trace them. Why wouldn't he just draw freehand what he saw in the photos, the same as if he were drawing "from life". In fact, wouldn't t...

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Chris10 wrote:I found this switch in a pamphlet entitled Aces High by S. Leo Horowitz and Dr. Jacob Daley.

You can get a pdf of this pamphlet HERE.

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Jonathan, With cards in hand I tried to follow your instructions but could not make heads or tails of it. Richard, you are a master at writing technical instructions. Perhaps you could do a slight rewrite of Jonathan's post so that I might understand it. Or maybe it's all perfectly clear and I'm jus...

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Just thought I'd send out a happy birthday wish to Mark Wilson who turns 91 today!

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It seems to work pretty well for THIS GUY.

Brad Jeffers

Is the bit where you use the Stuart Gordon turnover and then steal out the card in print there? Dingle doesn't use that vanish in the routine described in the Dec 2004 issue of Genii. He does however use it in his Slow Motion MacDonald's Aces , as written up in The Complete Works . I would be inter...

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David Ben wrote:I believe Johnny Thompson’s handling is the best. It is in his book. I remember phoning Johnny as I was editing the book and telling him how amazing it is.

Is the version in the book different from the one on the L&L videos?

Brad Jeffers

Below are videos of Ricky Jay's performance from three different decades. It's interesting to note the nuanced changes over time (and I'm not referring to the length of his hair). I had an idea for showing the 12 cards as all different Many people have, but I defy anyone to show me a better method t...

Brad Jeffers

To me Ricky Jay's routine has always been the best - from both technical and artistic perspectives.

Brad Jeffers

Bill Mullins wrote: Their collection includes works by Karl Fulves, Jim Steinmeyer, Nicholas Einhorn, George Schindler, Ricky Jay, Annemann, Walter Gibson, Blackstone, Bruce Elliott, Jean Hugard, Scarne dozens of books on Houdini, Paul Curry, Martin Gardner, and more.

You'll also find a book written by Richard Kaufman.

Brad Jeffers

I had copies of CardWorks up for sale here a month ago for a low price: none sold. It would be easier to sell my grandmother's old underwear. Fast forward ten years ... For all of you who don't know what to do because of the virus, I have made a pretty rare book of mine that was never reprinted ava...

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webbmaster wrote: Richard pays me a great deal to revive old threads.

Aha! I knew it!

Brad Jeffers

webbmaster wrote: Vernon swore by RoseWater to ward off the dry hand syndrome

I think that would be rosewater and glycerin, not just rosewater.

Brad Jeffers

jimb_85 wrote:Sorry if it sounded like I was asking for piracy. I was just trying to offer an alternative in case anyone who has the booklet doesn't want to part with the actual copy.

Glad you cleared that up.

Brad Jeffers

The goal is to not ever touch the cards. Hence the name. However in practice most real people have difficulty spreading the cards and interpreting which card the magician is pointing to. So touching the cards - especially to make clear which card you want them to remove - is hard to resist. Here's ...

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Good questions ... to which I have no answers

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And HERE is the performance with the fez.

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It would be interesting if someone would organize a magic convention that had only women performers and lecturers.

Brad Jeffers

Actually now that I think about it I just realised that Ricky Jay just threw cards rather than boomeranged them. They went out but never came back! That's not correct. Not only did he throw a card into the air and have it come back to the hand, "a simulacrum of the Australian boomerang"; ...

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The fellow probably knows about shimmed cards and how to stick a wire in place with a magnet on the end. Now now Jonathan, you know there's none of that involved. A. It's not necessary. & B. It would be cheating. The incentive of wanting to make insightful posts on this thread has led me to see...

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We have had such an overwhelming lack of women in magic for so long, that many of us have taken it for granted that it is normal. It isn't. Is it ever normal for there to be an overwhelming lack of women in any field of endeavor where their capacity to excel is the same as that of their male counte...

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I NEVER do flourishes within a trick that have utterly nothing to do with the trick itself. Alas this is a major mistake perpetrated by the young (and sometimes not so young) incompetents of magic. I can't help but think that somewhere, on some cardistry forum , some young fellow is saying ... &quo...

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You left out something.

Brad Jeffers

Would saying which particular technique Steve has improved upon be considered "exposing"? Exactly! Exposing what? Please just say what you're talking about. Next thing you know we'll be seeing posts like ... "I really like Steve's advice on the Z----w sh---le. Can't wait to read his ...

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All the back issues are available for free with your subscription. You do subscribe, don't you?
The Hofzinser flourishes (Card Etudes) are in the November 2005 issue.

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Richard Kaufman wrote:And the second printing is now available to order!

So what's the over/under on how many days until this batch sells out?

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Thanks Andrew.
Now I'm really feeling gypped

Brad Jeffers

I see from my new arrivals that Steve must have finally baulked at the idea of signing two thousand books. Yes, I just received my books and see that in lieu of the promised signature there is an enclosed playing card signed "Thank You! Steve Forte". I'm feeling a little bit gypped, but I...

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webbmaster wrote: Hey, I'd like to see when Mike Skinner was on the Tonight Show

HERE YOU GO...

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The pioneers in this field are discussed in detail by Scott Wells and Jim Sisti in
A Brief History of Magic on the Internet.

Brad Jeffers

Brad Henderson wrote:I believe you are thinking of an illusion which used Jarrett’s ingenious pedestal.

Mark Wilson is auctioning off many of his props and illusions this weekend.
A John Gaughan built Jarrett Tube is among the items for sale.
Here's the catalog.

Brad Jeffers

It's like those French have a different word for everything!

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Christopher1979 wrote: You could wait for the second printing but collectors always pay a premium for a 1st edition.

Like I said, a little daft.
If any collectors want to purchase my 1st edition for $500 consider it sold. You will have to wait until I receive it however.
I will settle for a copy of the second printing.

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