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Richard Kaufman

This has been whispered about since I was a teenager: French Film producer Christian Fechner had a professional film crew shoot Slydini performing and explaining his most iconic routines. It has taken half a century for the project to come to fruition. You can order it now. Five hours of footage! ht...

Richard Kaufman

They must have changed the title because it was called "Two-Into-One Rope" for many years.

Richard Kaufman

Tenyo put out the "2 into 1" rope trick and sold it for about 40 years!

Richard Kaufman

"Chicago Opener" (aka "Red Hot Mama") makes absolutely no sense, however it is a great trick to perform for lay audiences. Gets a huge reaction. No question about that. Chris Kenner also doesn't like using the Double Lift, and he could certainly do it as well as anyone on the pla...

Richard Kaufman

Tom has a new email address, to which I forwarded your message.

Richard Kaufman

Email me the message you want to send and I'll forward it. I am moobooks@verizon.net

Richard Kaufman

Two books of his magic, one on coins, one on cards. Diverting ...
He was a delightful man.

Richard Kaufman

Charlie Miller used to do it!

Richard Kaufman

Dennis: you can stop here. We have established quite clearly that there are no stooges involved. Your theory is NO theory in this instance.

Richard Kaufman

Dennis, please, this is becoming tiresome.

Richard Kaufman

I think that if she did it live TWICE, that only confirms that the spectator's verbalizing of the number was fiddled.

Richard Kaufman

I agree with Mark in the sense that the male spectator's freely-chosen number was not the number heard by the audience. Whether it was a gimmicked microphone or ventriloquism is beside the point. We know exactly how the trick worked because IT IS THE ONLY WAY the trick could have been done. In tryin...

Richard Kaufman

Dr. Solka wrote:ACAAN where it belongs ... as a fellow-fool at the magic circle table. It is a BORING card trick - more a puzzle - for spectators without any entertaining presentation. (Although that would be possible with a different context.)

This was not true when David Berglas performed the trick.

Richard Kaufman

Occam's Razor: the simplest explanation which accounts for the most is the right one. The woman named a random card. The deck was in a memorized stack. The number the audience heard the man say was manually input into the mic. Because the deck was not touched, there is no other possible method. I th...

Richard Kaufman

It can't be any earlier than when jumbo decks were first sold, though it likely seems like a vaudeville or nightclub gag.

Richard Kaufman

Jack, I'm betting that's pure bullsh*t. There are only so many ways this trick, under these circumstances, can be done. One that hasn't been mentioned is hypnosis. Another is that she might have implanted both the number and card into the spectator's minds without their realizing it. Is someone a st...

Richard Kaufman

One: I didn't get two minutes into her patter before she lied: She said no magician has ever done ACAAN without touching the cards. There are multiple instances of David Berglas doing the trick without touching the cards. That includes several times for me. Two: when she chose the two volunteers she...

Richard Kaufman

Why do you think there was no pre show work or stooges (whether the person knew they were stooging or not)?

Richard Kaufman

We need a link to eBay, Diego.

Richard Kaufman

I always arrive at the Castle at 5 and see the first close-up show at 5:30 (if that's still the right time). I also eat dinner as early as possible.
Whatever you do, do not see the Palace show at 6:30 if that experiment is still running..

Richard Kaufman

It might be Rich Cowley.

Richard Kaufman

Sorry, I thought you were betrothed.

Richard Kaufman

Amazing! Congratulations, Mark.
Three things:
1. Use some of the dough to buy a pair of hearing aids.
2. Take a nice vacation with your wife.
3. Bank the rest of the money.

Richard Kaufman

Note to company sent.

Richard Kaufman

Yes, we should steer clear of any further comments on that topic.

Richard Kaufman

Do you have a pop-up blocker or ad blocker on?
What computer and browser are you using?
Etc.

Richard Kaufman

I think the company selling the product is despicable, but if the product is not used for its intended purpose it might have some value for magicians, who have long forgotten the value of a vest for magic.

Richard Kaufman

Plenty of people have copies, they just might not want to sell them. You should try the MBA group on Facebook.

Richard Kaufman

AMA members vote for their friends.

Richard Kaufman

Derek Dingle made all his gimmicked cards with dry mount tissue.

Richard Kaufman

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Richard Kaufman

That seemed to be the way Koran worked.

Richard Kaufman

I saw one of these on eBay the other day.

Richard Kaufman

Several days ago I wrote to the Executive Director of The Magic Castle, Chuck Martinez; the President of the Academy of Magical Arts, Mark Wooster; and Randy Pitchford, owner (with Kristy Pitchford) of Magic Castle Enterprises, which owns the land, building, and intellectual property related to The ...

Richard Kaufman

Ponta the Smith--amazing. You should see him work in person!

Richard Kaufman

Armando is a miracle man.

Richard Kaufman

It certainly fooled me when he did it.

Richard Kaufman

Nevertheless, Jack, that is EXACTLY how magic literature operates.

Richard Kaufman

Thank you, Mark. You make it look easy, but it's not!

Richard Kaufman

You don't need anyone's permission to publish variations of published ideas.
The stack and plenty of information about it is all over the internet: https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... g+magician

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