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- February 22nd, 2016, 3:39 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: "the editor of genii who thinks he is god"
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14377
Re: "the editor of genii who thinks he is god"
Isn't it odd that Lever, a magician, cannot pronounce the word "genii"? He says "jean-eye". I don't think it's a deliberate swipe. Perhaps he's just thick?
- February 8th, 2016, 4:31 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Derren Brown - Pushed to the Edge?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15051
Re: Derren Brown - Pushed to the Edge?
I'm with Richard K. I watched it when it went out, and was unsettled (to say the least). I'm generally a big fan of Derren's but this was way too dark. At first I thought he had made the participants believe they had committed murder, and therefore the viewers believed that the participants believed...
- November 10th, 2015, 10:38 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Asking British people their names
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7859
Re: Asking British people their names
OK, Mark. It's a problem for you. Not for anyone else. Neither in social situations or performing.
- October 13th, 2015, 8:11 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Asking British people their names
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7859
Re: Asking British people their names
I started reading this thread with curiosity. I got the the end of about the second paragraph and rolled my eyes. "Surely," I asked myself, "This isn't Mark Lewis again?" And, Lo! It is! SO: relax, folks. It's just Mr Lewis doing his thing again (as it were). For the record: ther...
- July 10th, 2014, 5:54 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Alan Alan R.I.P.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5354
Re: Alan Alan R.I.P.
I did not know Alan Alan personally, instead I was one of the countless visitors to his shop on Southapmton Row when I was young - probably about 35 years ago. What an odd experience! Alan - a diminutive figure - was always behind the counter, usually sporting a "knife thru head" gag and c...
- June 27th, 2014, 9:34 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Do people still wear watches?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10721
Re: Do people still wear watches?
Jacques - you are one of an increasingly rare species: someone who can take a joke! All the best, Ross
- June 26th, 2014, 10:30 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Do people still wear watches?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10721
Re: Do people still wear watches?
JacquesleSueur wrote:
it's sat me in front of everyone from Colin Farrell to the Saudi Royal Family.
Sorry, Jacques - I'm sure you're great.
But that made me laugh. Genuinely. I'm not sure which is the funnier boast - him off "Ballykissangel", or the vilest ruling dynasty on the planet.
- June 26th, 2014, 9:33 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Not the Best Review for Penn & Teller
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9282
Re: Not the Best Review for Penn & Teller
I saw the show for the second time and the Guardian's reviewer has it spot on. Frankly, I felt rather cheated. For £45 a ticket, and a four year gap, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a largely new show, rather than largely recycled one. (That said, I could watch Teller's coins and goldfish ...
- April 6th, 2014, 4:22 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Best Version of Lubor Fiedler's Gozinta Boxes EVER
- Replies: 90
- Views: 24378
Re: Best Version of Lubor Fiedler's Gozinta Boxes EVER
I bought one of the originals from Supreme Magic when I was about 15 in the late 70s. From the written ad, I was utterly baffled and I probably bought it just to find out how it worked. Well, at that age I hardly had any regular gigs apart from once a year at the church pie-and-pea supper. I think i...
- April 2nd, 2014, 8:20 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ricky Jay on The Tonight Show March 31
- Replies: 53
- Views: 27272
Re: Ricky Jay on The Tonight Show March 31
"Routining savant"! Funny - and true. I certainly wouldn't have the spectator/sucker end up with a strong hand. As you say, that would spoil it; on the other hand I'm not sure I could resist having at least a king in there for the times when you show the spec. their choice. Probably, that'...
- April 1st, 2014, 4:48 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Ricky Jay on The Tonight Show March 31
- Replies: 53
- Views: 27272
Re: Ricky Jay on The Tonight Show March 31
Ricky Jay was on the Tonight Show May 31, 2014, performing a version of the Ten Card Deal. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1l2ip7_ricky-jay-performs-jimmy-fallon-s-tonight-show_fun As Jon notes, if you want to know how he did it, it's in Chapter 2.2 of The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier, soon to be ...
- March 19th, 2014, 12:33 pm
- Forum: Tenyo
- Topic: You bastards!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20477
Re: You bastards!
I wonder if that ^ would work with my Tenyo Korrnwinder Kar? I have had it for years, but I have never performed it because the mechanism is just too stiff. There's an audible click when I switch it. Never been happy with it
- February 3rd, 2014, 12:13 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Is Bill in Lemon overexposed?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7779
Re: Is Bill in Lemon overexposed?
Yup, eggs are funnier then lemons. But neither is funnier than a banana. And a sausage is funniest of all. As Terry Herbert knows.
- January 31st, 2014, 10:01 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: The Cups and Balls ca. 1963
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8139
Re: The Cups and Balls ca. 1963
I normally hate the Cups and Balls, mainly because a) it's rushed b) it's therefore confusing c) everyone seems to be doing their own lame version of the Vernon routine d) everyone's loads are screamingly obvious e) it's written into magical law that you must do this trick to be any good This was gr...
- January 7th, 2014, 8:05 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: RED by Craig Petty
- Replies: 79
- Views: 21337
Re: RED by Craig Petty
The Cafe has been shut down all day. Perhaps just a coincidence, but WMS and Brooks are pretty tight, by all accounts. Usually, though, they just delete the relevant thread (relevant=vaguely disobliging to someone).
THis whole thing is fairly hilarious. Popcorn, anyone?
THis whole thing is fairly hilarious. Popcorn, anyone?
- March 12th, 2013, 8:59 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: a brand new idea in magic
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2726
Re: a brand new idea in magic
You guys are lightweights. I made it to 2'15". Would somebody who watched the whole thing care to post a precis?
(That was a "teaser?" Jeez, I'd hate to watch the whole thing...)
(That was a "teaser?" Jeez, I'd hate to watch the whole thing...)
- November 25th, 2012, 10:03 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Full Review of London's International Magic Convention
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2953
Re: Full Review of London's International Magic Convention
Assuming this was an audience of magicians, it seems pretty mean of a spectator to pick holes in another performer's presentation, no?
- November 12th, 2012, 2:40 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: The Twins - Clearly Impossible!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2400
Re: The Twins - Clearly Impossible!
Crikey. It's fooled the pants off me. Must put them back on, there's a draught. Even if she's not a real member of the audience, it's baffling.
To me at any rate.
To me at any rate.
- June 11th, 2012, 5:51 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Paper balls over the head
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5569
Re: Paper balls over the head
I don't suppose, Damian, that Paul Daniels is much to your taste. However, he has an interesting variation on the trick: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgRCOLwIJAQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgRCOLwIJAQ</a><!-- m --> I saw him do it live aeons ago, before I k...
- April 20th, 2012, 6:57 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Ripped & Fryed - source?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 37318
Re: Ripped & Fryed - source?
I'm not a pro, so perform less than some of you guys, but I have never EVER encountered anyone who has seen Cardwarp before, or looked it up on the internet.
- April 18th, 2012, 5:59 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Ripped & Fryed - source?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 37318
Re: Ripped & Fryed - source?
In case anyone was wondering ("unhip" me included) this is what Jeff's cover is referencing:
http://vanswarpedtouruk.com/
http://vanswarpedtouruk.com/
- April 17th, 2012, 1:08 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Ripped & Fryed - source?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 37318
Re: Ripped & Fryed - source?
SOunds like a good book. I remember someone years ago on alt.magic (whatever happened to that?!) trying to put together a collection of Card Warp variations. Perhaps it was you? Anyway - good luck with it, I'll buy one!
- April 17th, 2012, 10:49 am
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Ripped & Fryed - source?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 37318
Re: Ripped & Fryed - source?
Jeff: do you mean David Britland's version or "Ripped & Fryed"? (Having now played with "Tearing A Lady In Two", I think it's great, and pretty do-able with a little practice. I am, however, only very slightly closer to working out Charlie Frye's version which has ironed out ...
- April 16th, 2012, 6:05 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Ripped & Fryed - source?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 37318
Re: Ripped & Fryed - source?
Gotta love lybrary.com who have a copy of the Britland MS for a paltry USD6! Man that's clever and Charlie Frye's refinements even more so.
- April 16th, 2012, 4:47 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Ripped & Fryed - source?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 37318
Re: Ripped & Fryed - source?
Thanks for the tips. I saw it and told myself, "I'm gonna learn that no matter how hard it is."
(I've said that before, though.)
It has the perfect reason to tear and restore a card (mentioned in another thread below, IIRC)
(I've said that before, though.)
It has the perfect reason to tear and restore a card (mentioned in another thread below, IIRC)
- April 16th, 2012, 2:14 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Ripped & Fryed - source?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 37318
Ripped & Fryed - source?
I know it's in the TA Box Set, but I don't fancy paying that much. Is it available anywhere else? I find that even my usual fallback in such circumstances - watching 11 year-olds butcher a trick on YouTube - has failed to reveal enough for me to piece it together (as it were). Here is the trick beau...
- February 12th, 2012, 12:32 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Has The Net Killed Magic?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4217
Re: Has The Net Killed Magic?
When I was a kid in the UK there was no brick-n-mortar magic shops anywhere near me. The first one I went into was Alan Alan's Magic Spot on Southampton Row on a visit to London with my parents and he scared the life out of me. (Still does, actually.) The internet could not even have been imagined i...
- February 11th, 2012, 7:39 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: So how deceptive is the balloon swallow, really?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 28883
Re: So how deceptive is the balloon swallow, really?
Well I certainly put in the practice! I wonder what makes the difference between doing it well and poorly (as I am prepared to admit I may well have done!). I too have seen it done very well and when I saw it done, while I knew he wasn't actually shoving it down his throat, the mechanics of it elude...
- February 11th, 2012, 6:20 pm
- Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
- Topic: So how deceptive is the balloon swallow, really?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 28883
So how deceptive is the balloon swallow, really?
I did this in a show for a large audience recently. My nine year old son was in the audience. His friends told him that the balloon had deflated as it went into my mouth and I had either swallowed it or spat it out secretly. Guess that one isn't staying in the show. Are people really mystified by th...
- February 8th, 2012, 2:19 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Sh*t Magicians Say
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5160
Re: Sh*t Magicians Say
I suppose I should be flattered that you've seen my act, and studied it so closely...
- February 6th, 2012, 1:12 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: A statement from Wayne Dobson concerning David Penn's actions.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11436
Re: A statement from Wayne Dobson concerning David Penn's actions.
If you're interested in this sort of thing, get over to the thread linked above - it has all kicked off further today.
- February 5th, 2012, 12:11 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: A statement from Wayne Dobson concerning David Penn's actions.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11436
Re: A statement from Wayne Dobson concerning David Penn's actions.
No, it's not just you Ryan. The whole thing is very odd indeed. I've just had a quick skim through the thread linked by Brad (above) and amount of high-horsing and brown-nosing and nit-picking, mainly by people who don't know any of the participants, is hilarious!
- February 4th, 2012, 12:36 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: So THIS is where everyone is!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 758
So THIS is where everyone is!
I'm an occasional visitor/poster at the Magic Cafe, but for a while now I have been wondering where everyone has gone. It's like being in your usual pub, but one day looking round and seeing that none of the regulars are there; they have been replaced by teenagers getting p*ssed on Diamond White. Th...
- February 4th, 2012, 12:24 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: A statement from Wayne Dobson concerning David Penn's actions.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11436
Re: A statement from Wayne Dobson concerning David Penn's actions.
I've just been over to the Cafe for a quick look round and there's nothing there that I could see. Surely this all can't have been deleted already?!
- June 17th, 2009, 7:52 am
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Wayne Houchin's tricks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1810
Wayne Houchin's tricks
According to the article in this month's Genii, there are demos of the tricks on Wayne's website.
Darned if I can find them, though.
Any help?
Darned if I can find them, though.
Any help?
- February 26th, 2009, 9:26 am
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Matthew J Dowden's Fulcrum Vanish (March)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3967
Matthew J Dowden's Fulcrum Vanish (March)
It's probably just me. It usually is... However, I just don't get this. I'm not sure what is supposed to be happening. At what point is the coin "supposed" to be dropped into the receiving hand? It seems to me like a classic fake transfer, with the addition of a last flash of the coin but,...
Re: Card Warp
This is strange. A couple of days ago - or did I imagine it? - there was a heartfelt mea culpa by Paul Green over at the magic cafe, in which he said it wasn't his intention to rip off anyone, that he thought he was ok to release the dvd, and he was mortified that he'd upset anyone, or words to that...
- March 6th, 2006, 8:29 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Ten Ichi Thumbtie
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3190
Re: Ten Ichi Thumbtie
The American magician John Lenehan, who performs around London UK, does the version with pipe cleaners. It's very funny and completely baffling. There's something about the pipe cleaners that adds to the effect, I think - we know that becasue they are made of wire they won't stretch AND could hurt.
- September 29th, 2005, 8:31 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Magic Castle and the White Stripes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2912
Re: Magic Castle and the White Stripes
Never heard of White Stripes. Are they local to CA.
They are world famous. Huge in the UK. Huge everywhere. Not so keen meself, but each to his own...
They are world famous. Huge in the UK. Huge everywhere. Not so keen meself, but each to his own...
- September 24th, 2005, 3:38 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: historical figures who are magicians
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8646
Re: historical figures who are magicians
Personally, I'm suspicious of the claim that the mistress-marrying, crown-awaiter Prince Charles is a magician. The only evidence I've ever seen is a picture of him performing the cups and balls for a Magic Circle audition aeons ago. What are the chances of the membership committee turning him down?...