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by P.T.Widdle
July 16th, 2016, 9:09 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Fool Us - Season 3
Replies: 111
Views: 31348

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!...
by P.T.Widdle
July 15th, 2016, 7:51 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Fool Us - Season 3
Replies: 111
Views: 31348

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.
by P.T.Widdle
July 15th, 2016, 7:03 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Fool Us - Season 3
Replies: 111
Views: 31348

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! ...
by P.T.Widdle
July 15th, 2016, 3:12 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Fool Us - Season 3
Replies: 111
Views: 31348

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 ...
by P.T.Widdle
June 25th, 2016, 7:22 pm
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: Elephant hotel
Replies: 4
Views: 2723

Elephant hotel

As if there weren't enough historical curiosities from Coney Island:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/nyreg ... .html?_r=0
by P.T.Widdle
June 17th, 2016, 8:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New P&T Magic Set
Replies: 65
Views: 21437

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...
by P.T.Widdle
June 13th, 2016, 4:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Return of a Controversial Blog
Replies: 255
Views: 78028

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...
by P.T.Widdle
June 6th, 2016, 2:44 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Muhammad Ali and card tricks
Replies: 8
Views: 3284

Re: Muhammad Ali and card tricks

by P.T.Widdle
June 3rd, 2016, 12:36 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Summer exposure
Replies: 0
Views: 856

Summer exposure

Breaking The Magician's Code, Seasons 1 and 2 coming to Netflix in June:

http://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/80103624/s
by P.T.Widdle
June 2nd, 2016, 11:27 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Ricky Jay and Buchinger
Replies: 85
Views: 26841

Re: Ricky Jay and Buchinger

by P.T.Widdle
May 27th, 2016, 9:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Whatever happened to Kamarr The Discount Magician?
Replies: 12
Views: 8998

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.
by P.T.Widdle
May 27th, 2016, 8:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Whatever happened to Kamarr The Discount Magician?
Replies: 12
Views: 8998

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...
by P.T.Widdle
May 20th, 2016, 4:33 pm
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Who made Dove Pans with black knobs?
Replies: 4
Views: 5592

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.
by P.T.Widdle
May 20th, 2016, 1:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New P&T Magic Set
Replies: 65
Views: 21437

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."
by P.T.Widdle
May 19th, 2016, 8:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New P&T Magic Set
Replies: 65
Views: 21437

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.
by P.T.Widdle
May 19th, 2016, 11:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: New P&T Magic Set
Replies: 65
Views: 21437

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.
by P.T.Widdle
May 19th, 2016, 8:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: New P&T Magic Set
Replies: 65
Views: 21437

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...
by P.T.Widdle
May 15th, 2016, 7:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New P&T Magic Set
Replies: 65
Views: 21437

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...
by P.T.Widdle
May 9th, 2016, 2:59 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: new from Sugawara
Replies: 3
Views: 1767

new from Sugawara

by P.T.Widdle
April 30th, 2016, 7:38 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New P&T Magic Set
Replies: 65
Views: 21437

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...
by P.T.Widdle
April 30th, 2016, 3:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New P&T Magic Set
Replies: 65
Views: 21437

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...
by P.T.Widdle
April 3rd, 2016, 6:24 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Magiro Hydro Die FS
Replies: 5
Views: 2108

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....
by P.T.Widdle
April 1st, 2016, 8:31 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: "Love" on Netflix Episode 7 takes place at the Magic Castle
Replies: 1
Views: 1790

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...
by P.T.Widdle
March 20th, 2016, 9:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Two Superb Clowns
Replies: 6
Views: 3396

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.
by P.T.Widdle
March 18th, 2016, 2:27 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Pocket magic
Replies: 26
Views: 9627

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...
by P.T.Widdle
March 17th, 2016, 7:44 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Pocket magic
Replies: 26
Views: 9627

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...
by P.T.Widdle
March 17th, 2016, 2:49 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Pocket magic
Replies: 26
Views: 9627

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...
by P.T.Widdle
March 17th, 2016, 1:15 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Pocket magic
Replies: 26
Views: 9627

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 ...
by P.T.Widdle
March 17th, 2016, 10:50 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Pocket magic
Replies: 26
Views: 9627

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 ...
by P.T.Widdle
March 17th, 2016, 9:45 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Pocket magic
Replies: 26
Views: 9627

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...
by P.T.Widdle
March 8th, 2016, 11:42 am
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: Nice take on "Sands" in The Jerx
Replies: 4
Views: 3416

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
by P.T.Widdle
February 29th, 2016, 1:15 pm
Forum: Magicana
Topic: Inferential/Infernal... but not a sleazy coin trick
Replies: 4
Views: 12101

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.
by P.T.Widdle
February 24th, 2016, 1:00 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Million Dollar Hands found in Harlem
Replies: 2
Views: 1411

Re: Million Dollar Hands found in Harlem

Didn't realize this book was illustrated by Richard Kaufman. Cool.
by P.T.Widdle
February 19th, 2016, 7:01 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Million Dollar Hands found in Harlem
Replies: 2
Views: 1411

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?
by P.T.Widdle
February 16th, 2016, 10:12 am
Forum: Tenyo
Topic: Tenyo using 3D printing?
Replies: 25
Views: 13043

Re: Tenyo using 3D printing?

Announced at Toy Fair:

http://thingmaker.com/printer
by P.T.Widdle
February 15th, 2016, 7:33 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: New Penn & Teller Magic Set
Replies: 4
Views: 2559

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.
by P.T.Widdle
February 7th, 2016, 8:53 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Lip Balm Ball & Vase?
Replies: 4
Views: 3479

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.

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