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- July 16th, 2016, 9:09 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Fool Us - Season 3
- Replies: 111
- Views: 31406
Re: Fool Us - Season 3
Dustin, so I shouldn't predispose to know what Alana was thinking because I haven't talked to her, but you get to know the mind of the woman with the large (and laughed at) chest? And Hannigan as well? HahaHoHo! - it's so very funny when male magicians make sex jokes about female volunteers breasts!...
- July 15th, 2016, 7:51 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Fool Us - Season 3
- Replies: 111
- Views: 31406
Re: Fool Us - Season 3
JFox wrote:Fooling P&T with Passe Passe Bottles?...Nope.
Yeah, I kept waiting for a magician's fooler, like pouring liquid from all the bottles, or some such miracle.
And, by the way, that guy was fine, but I recently saw Carl Mercurio perform his version of the trick, which was funnier and smoother.
- July 15th, 2016, 7:03 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Fool Us - Season 3
- Replies: 111
- Views: 31406
Re: Fool Us - Season 3
I knew someone would pull out the old, "she can hold her own in the "good ol' boy club" excuse. Way to keep the cringe-worthy and inappropriate cliches of magic going! Hey, she's played fictional characters in R-rated movies. She can hold her own against the ol' boys' sexist remarks! ...
- July 15th, 2016, 3:12 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Fool Us - Season 3
- Replies: 111
- Views: 31406
Fool Us - Season 3
New season with new host Alyson Hannigan, and sadly she's subjected to two of stage magic's worst enduring attributes: sexism and suckerism. First there was Shawn Farquhar's cheesy remark that if she was to hold the book close to her chest, "it just makes the book happy." Ugh. I heard the ...
- June 25th, 2016, 7:22 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Elephant hotel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2738
Elephant hotel
As if there weren't enough historical curiosities from Coney Island:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/nyreg ... .html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/nyreg ... .html?_r=0
- June 17th, 2016, 8:16 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: New P&T Magic Set
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21490
Re: New P&T Magic Set
Nice to see Teller talking with Genii again. I'm happy Richard loves the new magic set. While I agree with many of the compliments he bestows upon the set, I still stand by my criticisms that I pointed out earlier: - No deck of cards when there is a full booklet of card tricks. - The card booklet is...
- June 13th, 2016, 4:17 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Return of a Controversial Blog
- Replies: 255
- Views: 78344
Re: Return of a Controversial Blog
Was presenting a Tenyo trick as something out of a box, received in the mail, reading off instruction cards, etc. in the Burger book? Was it a Brad henderson idea? I don't know, I'm just asking. Pretty good presentational idea though. He states that the "... main tenet of this site [is] that re...
- June 6th, 2016, 2:44 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Muhammad Ali and card tricks
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3293
- June 3rd, 2016, 12:36 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Summer exposure
- Replies: 0
- Views: 858
Summer exposure
Breaking The Magician's Code, Seasons 1 and 2 coming to Netflix in June:
http://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/80103624/s
http://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/80103624/s
- June 2nd, 2016, 11:27 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ricky Jay and Buchinger
- Replies: 85
- Views: 26876
- May 27th, 2016, 9:53 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Whatever happened to Kamarr The Discount Magician?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9030
Re: Whatever happened to Kamarr The Discount Magician?
performer wrote:As for me on Letterman I could never match the entertainment produced by Kamarr.
You underestimate yourself, performer.
- May 27th, 2016, 8:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Whatever happened to Kamarr The Discount Magician?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9030
Re: Whatever happened to Kamarr The Discount Magician?
I assume it was the Letterman people who came up with the moniker, "The Discount Magician," which incidentally, I notice does not appear anywhere on Kamarr's web site. I guess it's unsurprising that Kamarr would want to drop Discount Magician (or maybe that "character" belonged t...
- May 26th, 2016, 9:35 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Whatever happened to Kamarr The Discount Magician?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9030
- May 20th, 2016, 4:33 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: Who made Dove Pans with black knobs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5612
Re: Who made Dove Pans with black knobs?
I.M. Magician wrote:I would appreciate any help I can get concerning Dove Pans with black knobs.
I love that sentence.
- May 20th, 2016, 1:47 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: New P&T Magic Set
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21490
Re: New P&T Magic Set
Richard Kaufman wrote:What are you referring to?
He is referring to Penn's tweet that, "We're the first guys to do our own demos."
- May 19th, 2016, 8:21 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: New P&T Magic Set
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21490
Re: New P&T Magic Set
I also wonder about the lack of a deck of cards. Was that a conscious decision? I can understand not having a trick deck, but no deck at all to go with the 125 card trick Marshall booklet?
Maybe Genii's upcoming item about the set will have the answers.
Maybe Genii's upcoming item about the set will have the answers.
- May 19th, 2016, 11:45 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: New P&T Magic Set
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21490
Re: New P&T Magic Set
I contacted Royal Magic and said they would provide the new videos with proof of purchase (order number).
That's fine, but I wonder why they released the set without the P&T videos in the first place, or even a note saying the videos would be available later. Nothing on the website either.
That's fine, but I wonder why they released the set without the P&T videos in the first place, or even a note saying the videos would be available later. Nothing on the website either.
- May 19th, 2016, 8:26 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: New P&T Magic Set
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21490
Re: New P&T Magic Set
Good news: Penn and Teller are shooting "additional video instructions" (Teller's words) featuring themselves demonstrating the tricks. Penn says, "We're the first guys to do our own demos." I seem to remember Mac King doing his own demos for his magic kit. I'm wondering how peop...
- May 17th, 2016, 6:37 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New Yorker cover
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1388
- May 15th, 2016, 7:43 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: New P&T Magic Set
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21490
Re: New P&T Magic Set
Penn & Teller's magic set is now available on Amazon. I'll be curious to see the reviews. On a side note, I brought the magic set to one of my 4th grade after-school magic clubs for an "unboxing." I made copies of the instructions for each of the props and punch-out tricks. The kids ha...
- May 9th, 2016, 2:59 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: new from Sugawara
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1779
- April 30th, 2016, 7:38 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: New P&T Magic Set
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21490
Re: New P&T Magic Set
I do not know how the P&T set compares, but it has to be better than that one. It's the not worst set in the world. It's just average, which is a disappointment I guess because it's P&T. I was hoping they could pull off a "Pee-Wee's Playhouse," where it was fun for kids and adults...
- April 30th, 2016, 3:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: New P&T Magic Set
- Replies: 65
- Views: 21490
Re: New P&T Magic Set
I've been playing around with Penn & Teller's new magic set for a couple of days, both on my own and with my nine year-old son. As a P&T fan, I'm pretty much disappointed in the set. I wasn't expecting a total re-imagining of the magic set premise (although when I first heard they were doing...
- April 3rd, 2016, 6:24 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Magiro Hydro Die FS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2111
Re: Magiro Hydro Die FS
I'm interested to know the history of this effect. It seems like this is the same method to a trick Tannens sold called, "Houdini Water Cell Escape." In that trick, instead of a die, there was a small black ball that disappeared from a rectangular clear plastic container filled with water....
- April 1st, 2016, 8:31 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: "Love" on Netflix Episode 7 takes place at the Magic Castle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1792
Re: "Love" on Netflix Episode 7 takes place at the Magic Castle
I watched this episode last night. Even if you are not following Love (which happens to be a pretty good show), I recommend seeing this episode just for how it deals with magic - there is a lot more than the usual superficial views. There is obvious respect for magic, but also valid (and sometimes c...
- March 20th, 2016, 9:16 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Two Superb Clowns
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3406
Re: Two Superb Clowns
I was lucky to have a front row seat at Old Hats when it was in town a couple of years ago. I completely agree with Jack's review.
And, I should mention, I was chosen by "Mrs. Thompson" to be her dance partner during that bit.
And, I should mention, I was chosen by "Mrs. Thompson" to be her dance partner during that bit.
- March 18th, 2016, 2:27 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Pocket magic
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9642
Re: Pocket magic
Some magicians seem to be running away from the idea of being seen as a magician, at least in the traditional sense. In the close-up realm, it's fashionable for miracles to just seem to happen, impromptu-like. They argue that magic best occurs in a natural setting, with everyday objects, during a ca...
- March 17th, 2016, 7:44 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Pocket magic
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9642
Re: Pocket magic
I think that few lay people—even the ones who love stage magic—wish they could perform magic on stage. I think that many more lay people wish they could do a magic trick for their friends at a moment's notice with whatever's handy. I think very few lay people wish they could do magic at all (much t...
- March 17th, 2016, 2:49 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Pocket magic
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9642
Re: Pocket magic
People being people, they are always likely to ask to “have a look”. And no amount of spectator management will satisfy their curiosity. Even “having a look at the prop” still leaves doubts. Many Tenyo effects having locking mechanisms and are examinable. As far as still having doubts after examina...
- March 17th, 2016, 1:15 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Pocket magic
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9642
Re: Pocket magic
At least you are getting the credit for being skillful. I thought the point was for the spectator to be fooled and enjoy the experience. Who cares if they think you are skillful or not. Then you might as well be juggling. If you remove the qualifier impromptu, and just say, I love pocket magic but ...
- March 17th, 2016, 10:50 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Pocket magic
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9642
Re: Pocket magic
I remember having this discussion a long while back on this forum as it related to the magic prop Square Circle, and how some believed because it wasn't a "real life" object it was a lesser illusion. Obviously, I disagree with that. Contrary to the assumption that an everyday object, like ...
- March 17th, 2016, 9:45 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Pocket magic
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9642
Pocket magic
I love impromptu pocket magic, but I don't understand some people's insistence (http://www.thejerx.com/blog/2016/3/14/project-slay-them) that it should be done only with everyday objects. I'm betting Japanese magicians don't have this same hangup, considering the success of Tenyo magic tricks in the...
- March 15th, 2016, 3:55 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: House resolution to recognize magic as national treasure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2472
- March 8th, 2016, 11:42 am
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Nice take on "Sands" in The Jerx
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3421
Nice take on "Sands" in The Jerx
Not sure if I'll ever try this, but I like the thinking of pulling salt from sea water.
http://www.thejerx.com/blog/2016/3/7/th ... s-in-water
http://www.thejerx.com/blog/2016/3/7/th ... s-in-water
- February 29th, 2016, 1:15 pm
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Inferential/Infernal... but not a sleazy coin trick
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12132
Re: Inferential/Infernal... but not a sleazy coin trick
I'm wondering if this can be done with dimes and a copper/silver dime-penny, or might they be too small for the in-hand turnovers.
- February 24th, 2016, 1:00 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Million Dollar Hands found in Harlem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1419
Re: Million Dollar Hands found in Harlem
Didn't realize this book was illustrated by Richard Kaufman. Cool.
- February 19th, 2016, 7:01 pm
- Forum: Collector's Marketplace
- Topic: Million Dollar Hands found in Harlem
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1419
Million Dollar Hands found in Harlem
I just picked up a copy of Frank Garcia's The Very Best of Cups and Balls for a dollar at a used book store in Harlem. Good deal?
- February 16th, 2016, 10:12 am
- Forum: Tenyo
- Topic: Tenyo using 3D printing?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13065
- February 15th, 2016, 7:33 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: New Penn & Teller Magic Set
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2563
New Penn & Teller Magic Set
The new "Fool Everyone" Penn & Teller magic set debuted at the NY Toy Fair over the weekend. It's being produced by Royal Magic.
- February 7th, 2016, 8:53 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Lip Balm Ball & Vase?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3487
Re: Lip Balm Ball & Vase?
Spellbinder wrote: I'm having fun with this!
I'm so glad I sparked your enthusiasm! I love your idea of converting a B&V to a lip balm ball instead of the other way around.