The Genii Forum

Arrived yesterday (July 30, 2008) in Northern New Jersey.

Some great Vernon photos!

Crystal + pips would be great for David Regal's "The Half Deal" which is in "Close-Up & Personal" on page 97.

mike

Arrived today (1/19) in NW NJ.

Well, I'm glad I bought these two DVDs prior to reading the review of them in the latest Genii. I enjoyed the DVDs very much and find at least three effects that I'll be doing.

If I had read the review, I probably would not have purchased them!

Thanks for all the Vegas info. We'll be out there the first week of November. Already have tickets for S&R (my wife wouldn't go to Vegas without seeing them) and for "O". Plan to see Mac King, Rick Thomas, Michael Close and who know what else. Anyone familiar with the Wednesday night g...

Originally posted by Stefan S.: Hi Mark, I am a little confused because the topic is neither Blind nor silly which has hardly anything to do with the effect that you described! Which on the other hand is a realy great routine and the basic concepts are similar. But it simply is not neiter blind nor...

Somehow I just don't think I'g going to pay $85+ for a pad. Not with the wear & tear I give them!

mike

I might do "All Screwed Up" (AKA Nuts & Bolts Opener) that I learned from Doc Eason in a lecture 10+ years ago. Simple 2 in hand, 1 in pocket type effect with unusual props. Do it all the time - nearly always for laymen.

enjoy...mike

Also in Bruce Bernstein lecture notes.

I wanted to mention another OOTW plot called "Prediction Out of this World," You'll find it in the book "The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner" by Mike Maxwell. There are a couple of things I like about this routine. (1) it uses a deck shuffled by the spectator (2) it uses only abo...

Originally posted by Mike Fordice: Originally posted by Sam Kesler: [b]... The only minor complaint is that the printing transferred, and some of the card faces show a faint yellow image on them. Don't know if this is normal or not. [/b] When I got DA, my deck had this "transfer" problem ...