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jason156

Rennie wrote:Twisting the Acrs with gimmick cards are not in any books.

I actually located it in the fourth book of Subtle Card Creations of Nick Trost ... sent you a PM.

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Does Twisting the Aces by Nick Trost appear in any of his books? If so, I may be able to locate it.

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The only way forward is by confronting these problems directly. You would think, but apparently the board of directors at the Castle favored a different approach. They ignored it, downplayed it, swept it under the rug, and paid people off. The rot starts at the top, and if the Castle is to survive,...

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There's such a fine line between "publicity machine" and "publicity whore".

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This happened 3 years ago, and he's just now considering legal action?

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Bob Farmer wrote:To some people, he was very much less than amazing.

Aren't we all ......

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Don't assume that just because someone is on the cover of a magazine that they are happy, many of them are not.

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What would (Larry) Jennings do?

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it’s our job as magicians and entertainers to play that center line. Is it? The fact that some are comfortable playing that center line, doesn't mean everyone should. You are correct sir. I’m just getting old and feel safe playing the center line of making other feels safe and even myself. That act...

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Chris Randal2 wrote: it’s our job as magicians and entertainers to play that center line.

Is it? The fact that some are comfortable playing that center line, doesn't mean everyone should.

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I.M. Magician wrote:Oh boy! What did he do now may I ask?

The last post I remember was him crowing about how much better Canada was handling the virus than the U.S.

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Wow, that was quite the read ….. jobless, penniless, homeless, and his wife left him for a asexual non-binary transgender man/biological woman, but at least he can buy a couple of tricks to pass the time, glad his life is looking up.

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Chris Randal2 wrote:Perfect cover

More perfect than the July 2017 issue of Vanish?

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2 questions, what year did this come out, and even if you didn't make any money off the kits, did you get any decent publicity out of it?

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Tom Gilbert wrote:I'm not having any luck with your link.

Nor am I ….

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[/quote]I shall take your word for it but I didn't see that many. Of course it all depends on what you call "self working". I did find quite a few easy stuff in Scarne's Magic Tricks.[/quote] To me, self working translates as this ... You could talk a layman (yes, I'm using that word) thro...

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Philippe Billot wrote:
Jack Shalom wrote:A trick with a Double Lift counts as a self-worker?

"Yes ! No need for gimmick. Totally impromptu."

An impromptu double lift that requires no gimmick? Don't almost all double lifts fit those requirements?

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For non-card magic .. perhaps Robert Neal

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Tom Gilbert wrote:It kind of seems targeted, like they knew what they were looking for.

Inside job?

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I think you read this in a book (or magazine) by Karl Fulves but I don't remember which one. I have seen "Floating Key" used in several places.... I know Mike Powers has a trick using a similar principle, but I don't remember what he called it. If memory serves, the effect by Mike Powers ...

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"So 2H,3H,4H,5H,6H does not beat four aces?"

It does, but that's not a straight …. it's a straight flush.

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"Where is it published?"

Ultra Cervon, page 9 ...

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Didn't Sam Schwartz publish/market something similar, the packet trick with the mirrors at the end?

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Seems like the basic concept (creating an instant stooge) is pretty old, although I don't remember the precise idea of using it in a restaurant setting though.

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Do you have a link to this article, I would like to read it in it's entirety, but are you sure the piece wasn't meant to be mostly humorous? The only group of people I recall being universally disliked were lawyers/politicians.

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"Many years ago at a convention Chris Kenner was giving a lecture and at the time had quiet a name for rubber band magic , he was selling a booklet of three effects ,”Crazy mans handcuffs “ , “linking rubber bands “ and the most unusual but also brilliant “Boomerang rubber band “ Are you sure t...

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Just curious .. does the Times publish a horoscope in their paper?

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Was it ever actually confirmed that Rachel Colombini had passed?

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"He gradually seemed to have developed a more sardonic presence as he got older."

Don't we all ....

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I'm sorry to be a Debbie Downer on this, but seeking unproved treatments outside the United States is very risky. http://www.skepdoc.info/beware-stem-cell-clinics-that-offer-untested-treatments/ “Riordan is not a medical doctor: he trained as a PA (physician assistant) and has a PhD. He has supporte...

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I still remember him performing on the Tonight Show all those years ago, and I remember the knowing feeling I had when I realized he was doing the Han Ping Chien move ..... Rest In Peace Mr. Gillis

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Hi Mike, just a question .. one of your auctions is listed as "Tarbell Course in Magic Vol 6 FIRST ED 1954 Tannen Magic", but the picture is of Vol 2 of The Thayer Quality Magic Catalog Instruction Sheets, which is correct, the title or the picture?

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Who was it who suggested practicing while playing music, because it would help you to learn to ignore/tune out ambient noise?

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Paperback or not, I'm not sure I'd want to mark up a book I paid 35 bucks for. Just curious, what exactly are the changes in this edition?

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I see this hack writer is back, this time purporting to reveal the secrets of professional card magic.

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: "To go into a little more depth on these matters I would say that a person is hurt not so much by what happens as by their opinion of what happens. In other words it is not the situation that is important so much as how you perceive that situation. Your opinion of that situation. And your op...

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You don't need a beam, almost any heavy object you can put a rope around will do. Doorknobs, plumbing underneath a faucet ....If you can't hang from something, you can always do it garrotte-style by spinning around like an alligator till it tightens., that how they do it in prison.

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Just wanted to let you know that both videos linked in this thread are unavailable.

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"Wow--that's quite a collection for 3 Benjamins"

indeed, glad they chose to include Sleight Of Mouth, it would have been a shame to let that great tome of magical comedy be lost.

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Not all that surprising, those bible-belt bozos think Harry Potter is demonic.

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