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- September 16th, 2020, 7:36 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Search engine
- Replies: 6
- Views: 437
- September 16th, 2020, 5:46 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: My New Book Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy Can Be Preordered Now
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1458
Re: My New Book Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy Can Be Preordered Now
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...
Re: ERDNASE
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!
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!
- September 16th, 2020, 12:28 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: How Do You Organize and Store Your Magic?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 427
Re: How Do You Organize and Store Your Magic?
Efendi ...
Where did you get that Okito box with the dragon lid?
Pretty cool!
Where did you get that Okito box with the dragon lid?
Pretty cool!
- September 16th, 2020, 12:23 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: How Do You Organize and Store Your Magic?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 427
Re: How Do You Organize and Store Your Magic?
Efendi Kwok wrote:Too bad it's blocked, thus I can't see the beauty
- September 16th, 2020, 12:00 am
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Looking for al Stranger miracle poker machine
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1581
Re: Looking for al Stranger miracle poker machine
... 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...
- September 11th, 2020, 1:39 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: A question about Michael Skinner's Notebooks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1388
Re: A question about Michael Skinner's Notebooks
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...
- September 7th, 2020, 12:14 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Aspergers and Magic?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 16483
Re: Aspergers and Magic?
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...
- September 2nd, 2020, 9:32 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New David Blaine Event
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3295
Re: New David Blaine Event
HERE is an interesting interview with Lawnchair Larry Walters from 1982.JFox wrote:38 years ago, Larry Walters didn't need all of that...He just did it.
It includes videotape of his compelling version of 'Ascension'.
- September 1st, 2020, 1:30 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Interupption of Service on Monday August 31
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1000
Re: Interupption of Service on Monday August 31
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.
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.
- August 31st, 2020, 2:58 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Online reviews PropDog and Wizard Product reviews
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1963
Re: Online reviews PropDog and Wizard Product reviews
HERE is the Wizard Product review of your DVD from ten years ago.
Re: 3MW
You could have saved yourself a lot of time and effort and just said it's the QFT.Barden wrote:To this point this has to be the quintessential forum thread
We would've figured it out.
Re: 3MW
I'm with Kent on this one.Kent Gunn wrote:I detest obscure acronyms.
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?!
- August 24th, 2020, 1:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: A question about Michael Skinner's Notebooks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1388
Re: A question about Michael Skinner's Notebooks
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...
- August 22nd, 2020, 2:24 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Survey on magic principles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 685
Re: Survey on magic principles
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...
- August 21st, 2020, 3:44 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: Survey on magic principles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 685
Re: Survey on magic principles
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...
- August 14th, 2020, 12:25 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New David Blaine Event
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3295
- August 5th, 2020, 5:51 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Multum im Parvo
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4262
- August 5th, 2020, 3:05 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Multum im Parvo
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4262
Re: Multum im Parvo
That is a Mephisto-Huis set.Richard Kaufman wrote:The set Stephen Frye uses is 5 glasses, not the 4 that are currently sold. I think 5 is much better.
Andy Martin will have one up for auction on the 19th of this month.
- July 30th, 2020, 2:34 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New coin move?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2808
- July 23rd, 2020, 6:26 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Tabman tables Tennessee, are they still in business?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1076
Re: Tabman tables Tennessee, are they still in business?
HERE is what the Tabman Erdnase Train Table looks like. It's a 26" x 26" hard backed close up pad.
It looks very nice - but I'm not a fan of the square shape.
It looks very nice - but I'm not a fan of the square shape.
Re: Fool US
I just watched the most recent episode entitled Teller Talks!!!
Any opinions about Teller's teaching of the French Drop?
Any opinions about Teller's teaching of the French Drop?
- July 16th, 2020, 1:04 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: amateurs and professionals
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2160
- June 29th, 2020, 4:47 pm
- Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
- Topic: Why is editing so bad in magic publications?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 3616
Re: Why is editing so bad in magic publications?
Jonathan Townsend wrote:So few of us have the gift of language.
Is that what you call it!?
- June 29th, 2020, 4:43 pm
- Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
- Topic: Why is editing so bad in magic publications?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 3616
Re: Why is editing so bad in magic publications?
Although Merriam and Webster are not members of this esteemed Forum ... Alfred, For two reasons, the opening line of your post could be slightly improved by substituting Funk and Wagnalls for Merriam and Webster ... A. It sounds somewhat better to the ear, as we are all familiar with the term Funk ...
- June 18th, 2020, 10:38 pm
- Forum: Feature Articles
- Topic: Please retire the term, "cardman."
- Replies: 240
- Views: 34653
- June 11th, 2020, 10:51 pm
- Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
- Topic: Tarot Day By Day
- Replies: 12
- Views: 846
Re: Tarot Day By Day
Here is something in reference to the Paul Green version that I posted a while back ... An alternative to using the L&L product is to make your own using the Fortune-Telling Birthday Book , which can be purchased at Barnes & Noble, and upon which the Fortuneteller's Book of Day's is based. I...
- May 28th, 2020, 1:38 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Opinions on initial Wild Card display
- Replies: 87
- Views: 3469
Re: Opinions on initial Wild Card display
MagicbyAlfred wrote: I prefer the count Peter used in that presentation to the necktie second that was apparently adopted later.
So do I.
- May 28th, 2020, 11:21 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Opinions on initial Wild Card display
- Replies: 87
- Views: 3469
Re: Opinions on initial Wild Card display
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...
- May 11th, 2020, 11:59 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic is not theater
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1911
Re: Magic is not theater
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
- May 3rd, 2020, 11:38 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: My magic videos from 70s. 80s and 90s
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3189
Re: My magic videos from 70s. 80s and 90s
Fun to see Ricky Jay doing the vanishing birdcage!
Thanks for posting these.
Thanks for posting these.
- April 30th, 2020, 12:44 am
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: split manipulation tecnique who created?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5038
Re: split manipulation tecnique who created?
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...
- April 26th, 2020, 5:01 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: "Watch" the hell!...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1299
Re: "Watch" the hell!...
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 ...
- April 26th, 2020, 4:46 pm
- Forum: Link Watch
- Topic: "Watch" the hell!...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1299
Re: "Watch" the hell!...
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!
- April 25th, 2020, 3:24 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Erdnase photographer ?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2675
Re: Erdnase photographer ?
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...
- April 15th, 2020, 12:44 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Best McDonald's Aces Routine
- Replies: 165
- Views: 8840
Re: Best McDonald's Aces Routine
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.
- April 13th, 2020, 8:27 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Best McDonald's Aces Routine
- Replies: 165
- Views: 8840
Re: Best McDonald's Aces Routine
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...
- April 11th, 2020, 3:02 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Happy Birthday Mark Wilson
- Replies: 2
- Views: 422
Happy Birthday Mark Wilson
Just thought I'd send out a happy birthday wish to Mark Wilson who turns 91 today!
- April 10th, 2020, 4:30 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: "Let me show you a trick"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1413
- April 9th, 2020, 3:44 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Best McDonald's Aces Routine
- Replies: 165
- Views: 8840
Re: Best McDonald's Aces Routine
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...