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Kent Gunn

Book made it to Florida. It makes for a darned fine Passover/Easter present.

My wife just informed me you don't get presents for Passover. Well . . . I did and I'm overjoyed.

Kent Gunn

Good interview. Greenbaum was really prepared. I enjoyed it.

Kent Gunn

A version of the three ball trick, with some references.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jq0sIIb3q4

Plus, you get a transvestite reference.

Kent Gunn

Confusion quickly takes over. My routine has some extra elements that make it worse. Five ball routines, where most who've fallen into this rabbit-hole end up, are more trouble. The finest five ball routine I know is Harry Riser's in "Feints and Temps". I'd read through that one. My cups a...

Kent Gunn

Peter,

I'd follow another path.

Kent Gunn

Red See Passover.

I'd find Michael Closes' handling.

Kent Gunn

Added some Faro action to Ackerman's great trick.

https://youtu.be/QBfjUBlL3OQ

Kent Gunn

They're beautiful. You'll sell them easily.

Kent Gunn

Ok, now I'm on a goddamn mission. Leet - (in England) a yearly or half-yearly court of record that the lords of certain manors held. That's not the definition my esteemed magic buddies were using. I had no idea what leet meant. Luckily I have access to the internet. Having to decode other people's e...

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Joe,

I have been reading Rex Stout novels recently; good catch.

I knew Jon would chime in. I'm now officially lost. Number sequence looks to be an IP address. I don't do Q-codes. The only links I like are sausages.

Stay weird.

KG

Kent Gunn

Bill, you have won.

Trendy? I think so. Oddly, I remembered the letters. Your missive was more communicative than this thread's title.

200 points to Gryffindor!

Jon and I, both being from Slytherin choose to mock you all in Parseltongue.

KG

Kent Gunn

Brad, I saw 3MW and in my head I said Three Mew. Mewthree is a thing. One's Pokemon knowledge expands with the advent of grandchildren. Mssr's Pungot's initialism was so obscure, until I clicked on the link I had my only my Pokemon-related guess. He communicated so poorly I mistook Mr. Weber for a P...

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Edward, WWWD? If you can't communicate in writing with some degree of consistent clarity, even when gently chided, stop. Did you mistype some other obscure set of capital letters? Is that supposed to be What Would Weber Do? The use of acronyms has grossly increased with online communication. Adding ...

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I detest obscure acronyms. For those with my affliction, 3MW refers to Michael Weber podcasts. I know I'm being grumpy. I know podcasts be are all the rage. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Mr. Weber's works. I detest being read to. That's simply how podcasts affect me. I also dislike magic video i...

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Steve is one of the nicest magicians I've met. Little Egypt is a beacon of positive writing about our little world.

Great stuff! Congratulations on your blog's silver anniversary.

KG

Kent Gunn

I didn't know him well. I have a memory though. Bob, who's a working pro from Dallas came out to the Golden Gate Gathering one year. I knew him only by his reputation and I'd seen his DVDs. They are all simply awesome. Bob's take on the laundry ticket, egg bag and cups/balls is world-class stuff. If...

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Joe,

Technically, perhaps you're wrong. I am, however, most certainly a jerk on a regular basis.

Your sense of humor shines through my clouds of trivial nonsense.

Kent Gunn

Yes, there is a famous fourth in Paris.

Nope, Latin had long devolved and was not spoken outside of churches by the middle ages.

Kent Gunn

Did no one take Latin in high school?

There's no im in Multum in Parvo.

Oh, wait, nobody cares about stuff like this. I'll break out some unedited magic books I have. They'll have many more egregious errors.

Kent Gunn

I bought a table from Tabman. Sent him the money. Sent him the money as he was getting ill. No table . . . A pal told me Ray Witkowski had taken over for Tabman. Ray sent me a table. I've had and used it for years. Ray got ALS, long ago. He had to stop making tables. No one, as far as I know is maki...

Kent Gunn

Francisco, Alfred, Thank you both for your feedback. I do love my hometown, as well. When I'm lucky enough to do this, live for those with memories of The City by the Bay, I can see their eyes light up. I've gotten some great inspiration and lines from my audiences on this one. Stay in, stay safe. K...

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https://youtu.be/tLCQAyPDhvM

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I think Curtis has taken this to a really solid place.

Kent Gunn

This is a Curtis Kam trick, married to a Mark Mason effect. I might call it Kamason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdGzeOD_QAA

Kent Gunn

I never thought a layman would question whether he'd ever seen all the faces, during Wildcard. (Which is different from Gyp$y Curse) During the revelations of the cards changing, you clearly show all the faces. Quit worrying about how lousy the Hamman Count is. Dispatch it to the rubbish heap where ...

Kent Gunn

Ian,

To quote an amateur magician,

A Hamman count can be done flawlessly,

Your handling looks great.

Kent Gunn

Do this.

https://youtu.be/JTpNTWVlC-E

Plus, at 1:54 you can see all the backs again.

Just sayin'

PS. All tricks are imperfect. Pick your battles. A Hamman count can be done flawlessly, just not by me.

Kent Gunn

Awesome!

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Joe,

You can see a performance here.

https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/4834

It's too bad magic isn't theater. At least you shone a light on a great magician and this great routine. You may still believe magical performances are not related to theater, but, your post generated a lot of drama.

Kent Gunn

I should have put Super Subtle Card Miracles in frame. That's where I learned the trick in the early seventies.

Kent Gunn

https://youtu.be/BByvyYTpsh8 I've gotten this to a point where I've locking down the sequence. Figured out how to incorporate the display that's new, to me, and get out of it, far more cleanly. I realize I've posted an earlier version that was pretty awkward. I think this one is a real improvement. ...

Kent Gunn

Paco,

Your English is far superior to my Spanish.

I have no verb choices to make outside of English.

I don't know how much a non-magician audience would be deceived by the bit at the end. I'm happy with the overall trick. More rehearsals should smooth it out more.

Thank you
KG

Kent Gunn

Joe, reads backwards!

Good catch.

Kent Gunn

Jon,
I don't own an arm chopper. I never work for children. I rarely add to my routines from on-line suggestions.

I think we're safe.

Alfred, no slight intended, herein. Just chillin'. Stay tuned, a routine from the little-known brother of Madam Zolta; Elpmas Loots.

Kent Gunn

Great story!

I never perform for children. I haven't since mine would ask me to do card tricks for their friends.

I never ran into one as clever as the one in your story.

Kent Gunn

Alfred,

At the end the cards can be examined. I fear your interlude with a wrist chopper might seem a little off-handed, to the overall effect.

Kent Gunn

Paco, Give away the cards? Do you know how hard it is to find duplicates or decks of duplicates? I own all of Ace of Diamonds forcing decks Card Shark had in the US. Letting them be examined now, this I agree is a good thing. Still trying to improve the mechanism that allows their being examinable. ...

Kent Gunn

For really, no good reason, I made up a bunch of these. You can get one here:

https://www.thefunshopcups.com/product-page/madam-zolta

US shipping is included. If you're elsewhere, it will be more.

Kent Gunn

I continue to work on the weird stuff that pops out of my addled mind. Using the AD makes unintended reversals end. Killed the Veeser count with a subtlety. Worked on the script to get under 3 minutes. https://youtu.be/JTpNTWVlC-E Is this continuing tweaking something you do? Do you ever get to a po...

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