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by Ted M
March 6th, 2024, 12:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Unknown Life of Karl Fulves
Replies: 46
Views: 4330

Re: The Unknown Life of Karl Fulves

I hope Bob Farmer's eyes don't roll back in his head too hard.
by Ted M
February 23rd, 2024, 10:05 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: A Short Study on Coins Across from Jeremiah Zuo
Replies: 2
Views: 715

Re: A Short Study on Coins Across from Jeremiah Zuo

Coin magic bores me almost instantly, yet I watched Jeremiah Zuo's full Penguin lecture and loved it.

If you like coins at all—or even if you don't!—watch the three performance videos on the page linked above by Tom D.
by Ted M
February 15th, 2024, 1:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Happy Valentine's Day
Replies: 4
Views: 777

Re: Happy Valentine's Day

Brad, I passed along your joke to Laurie and she thought it was hilarious.
by Ted M
February 14th, 2024, 8:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Happy Valentine's Day
Replies: 4
Views: 777

Happy Valentine's Day

My wife Laurie crafted this card for me today.

Thought some might enjoy seeing it.

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by Ted M
January 19th, 2024, 9:15 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: First lecture of 2024 is...
Replies: 6
Views: 1050

Re: First lecture of 2024 is...

Hi Dustin, By "Brent" I presume you're talking about magicapplestore, whose name does not appear anywhere in this thread prior to your post? I've noticed that Mr magicapplestore periodically posts identical lists of books for sale elsewhere as canadaguy, which--when he supplies no other in...
by Ted M
January 14th, 2024, 8:54 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: First lecture of 2024 is...
Replies: 6
Views: 1050

Re: First lecture of 2024 is...

You're announcing this event on a global forum.

Are you streaming this lecture?

Or is it a strictly local event, taking place in a location that your announcement neglects to identify?
by Ted M
December 16th, 2023, 1:32 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Marketing a character
Replies: 5
Views: 1989

Re: Marketing a character

I'm having trouble parsing "infra dig"? If magicians were more viewed as actors, they could be viewed as capable of playing a range of roles. Yet even actors can fear being typecast, considered fit for only certain types of parts. I'm not sure any actor touts their experience as a circus c...
by Ted M
December 11th, 2023, 4:48 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Bill Goldman
Replies: 11
Views: 1804

Re: Bill Goldman

by Ted M
December 10th, 2023, 6:04 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: CNN validates psychic who exploits the bereaved
Replies: 2
Views: 878

CNN validates psychic who exploits the bereaved

Well, here's some irresponsible journalism...

I was skeptical about a psychic reading. What happened surprised me
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/entertai ... index.html
by Ted M
November 27th, 2023, 11:28 pm
Forum: Kaufman & Company
Topic: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
Replies: 19
Views: 4553

Re: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!

Since the saga of the full Jennings Trilogy is itself of inherent interest (when somebody hands you a literal shipwreck, you're obliged to spin that yarn!), it will doubtless span a number of introductory pages. The story of how the title evolved over 25+ years (with dinner conferences convened to a...
by Ted M
November 27th, 2023, 10:14 am
Forum: Kaufman & Company
Topic: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
Replies: 19
Views: 4553

Re: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!

This very topic was discussed in great detail at a special dinner at FISM, The Hague, 2003. That's cool. Did anyone take notes, physical or mental? Can you share the fruits of that dinner conversation? (If a tree falls while proving Fermat's last theorem at a special dinner in The Hague, but doesn'...
by Ted M
November 27th, 2023, 12:28 am
Forum: Kaufman & Company
Topic: Mr Jennings... title suggestions!
Replies: 19
Views: 4553

Mr Jennings... title suggestions!

As we know, Mr Jennings Takes It Easy will have a followup book, the title of which was announced way back in 1997 on the jacket flap of Jennings '67 as Mr Jennings Takes It Tough . However, that jacket flap also claimed it would be published in 1999, which, as it turned out, was a whopper of a pipe...
by Ted M
November 14th, 2023, 12:41 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Sponge ball supply issue?
Replies: 18
Views: 3841

Re: Sponge ball supply issue?

Dustin Stinett wrote:
Ted M wrote:I will recklessly rush to judgment and blame...

It was not Tom.

Alas! His routine's stupendous finale would totally justify cornering the market!
by Ted M
November 13th, 2023, 6:13 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Sponge ball supply issue?
Replies: 18
Views: 3841

Re: Sponge ball supply issue?

In answering the question "Where do you get your super soft sponge balls?" during a lecture, the performer--who I will not name for his safety--said that he bought the entire supply of all the online sources he could find when he discovered that Magic by Gosh was not making them any longe...
by Ted M
September 14th, 2023, 9:52 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Derren Brown's Unbelievable - a review
Replies: 57
Views: 14485

Re: Derren Brown's Unbelievable - a review

And now see also... Penn & Teller present: The Foolers The Foolers brings to stage an evening of jaw-dropping illusions curated and endorsed by Penn & Teller. Celebrating television’s trickiest magicians, this interactive and irreverent evening presents best-in-class magicians who share the ...
by Ted M
August 28th, 2023, 12:05 am
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Egg Bag
Replies: 55
Views: 21445

Re: Egg Bag

add me to the list of those left cold by paddles and color-changing knives. How about changing the color of a card, or a ball, or a silk? Is it the effect of changing somethings color that leaves you cold, or is it just when it's done with knives? Change a card's identity, and you can win (or lose)...
by Ted M
August 26th, 2023, 2:09 pm
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Egg Bag
Replies: 55
Views: 21445

Re: Egg Bag

Is the Egg Bag in Greater Magic?

Btw, add me to the list of those left cold by paddles and color-changing knives.

If you're going to do magic with a knife, cut or stab something.
by Ted M
August 25th, 2023, 12:17 pm
Forum: Platform & Stage Magic
Topic: Egg Bag
Replies: 55
Views: 21445

Re: Egg Bag

I believe Denny Haney promoted the Ken Brooke manuscript as a standard:

https://www.magicinc.net/products/ken-b ... ni-egg-bag
by Ted M
August 22nd, 2023, 7:54 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Mr. Andrews is on the Cover of the September 2023 Issue of Genii
Replies: 22
Views: 3105

Re: Mr. Andrews is on the Cover of the September 2023 Issue of Genii

In my view, if a reviewer has a lot of actual analysis to offer, then I want to read it. Jamy Swiss had a lot to offer in that department, and I welcomed his reviews. Jonathan Levit's review in this issue takes a detailed journey through the videos, and it's constantly evaluating each piece that it ...
by Ted M
August 21st, 2023, 1:06 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Mr. Andrews is on the Cover of the September 2023 Issue of Genii
Replies: 22
Views: 3105

Re: Mr. Andrews is on the Cover of the September 2023 Issue of Genii

Maybe another reviewer could take a crack at the The Bammo Gridlock Dossier? Tom Frame just can't let go of his disdain for the genre of grid magic. After a painful 3-paragraph introduction detailing how he was repulsed by the prospect of reviewing a form of magic which he detests, he can't let go a...
by Ted M
August 19th, 2023, 5:32 pm
Forum: iGenii
Topic: Search function MASSIVELY improved!
Replies: 4
Views: 28183

Search function MASSIVELY improved!

I just want to express appreciation for the enormously improved search function in the Genii archive. It's genuinely usable now, and the one-click ability to save a result page as PDF is a researcher's boon. Many thanks! [Also: January 2013 issue doesn't load through the "Issues" interface...
by Ted M
July 9th, 2023, 1:47 am
Forum: Mentalism & Mental Magic
Topic: The Bammo Gridlock Dossier
Replies: 12
Views: 4213

Re: The Bammo Gridlock Dossier

Jack,

While not a formal proof, this page shows how the formula is constructed:

https://math.stackexchange.com/question ... inaccuracy
by Ted M
July 8th, 2023, 3:37 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: NYT: The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge
Replies: 45
Views: 3542

NYT: The End of the Magic World’s 50-Year Grudge

4000-word NYT article by David Segal on Uri Geller: Subscribers: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/business/uri-geller-magic-deep-fakes.html Gift article link for non-subscribers: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/business/uri-geller-magic-deep-fakes.html?unlocked_article_code=W80fiBwT3ws887GO9BNs...
by Ted M
June 9th, 2023, 10:21 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: LA Times article about Magic Castle
Replies: 18
Views: 3563

Re: LA Times article about Magic Castle

The FAQ page indicates that registering for an account allows one to read a small (unspecified) number of free articles every rolling 7 days.

https://membership.latimes.com/faq

...although I just made an account and I can't read this article. Harrumph.
by Ted M
March 20th, 2023, 10:15 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic in the NY Times
Replies: 1
Views: 905

Magic in the NY Times

French drop illustrating this story: Crypto Wants Its Shine Back After a miserable year, cryptocurrency companies are looking for ways to rebrand products that many consumers no longer trust. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/03/14/business/crypto-rebrand/crypto-rebrand-threeByTwoSmallAt2X.jpg il...
by Ted M
March 7th, 2023, 10:08 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic Apple Lectures are back!!
Replies: 1
Views: 888

Re: Magic Apple Lectures are back!!

You are posting about a local event on the world wide web.

You might consider identifying where in the world your local event is taking place.
by Ted M
March 6th, 2023, 7:31 pm
Forum: Book of The Month Club
Topic: David Copperfield History Book.
Replies: 32
Views: 10363

Re: David Copperfield History Book.

If we're guessing, I'll guess The Great Houdini by Beryl Williams and Samuel Epstein. Originally published in 1950, it was eventually picked up by Scholastic and at some point was mass-marketed as a cheap paperback to millions of kids in schools via the Weekly Reader. By May 1970 it had reached 13 p...
by Ted M
March 5th, 2023, 6:10 pm
Forum: Book of The Month Club
Topic: David Copperfield History Book.
Replies: 32
Views: 10363

Re: David Copperfield History Book.

David is a fine fine performer who has rightly earned his place in the history books and this book has clearly had a lot of effort out into it but it was doomed from the start- whilst his vegas shows sell well he hasn’t had any meaningful mainstream media exposure or high profile tours for more tha...
by Ted M
January 23rd, 2023, 11:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Who said ‘you should be able to describe a trick in a single sentence?’
Replies: 35
Views: 7004

Re: Who said ‘you should be able to describe a trick in a single sentence?’

Here are a handful of lingering stage images that come to mind: - A man on a stage filled with chaos, who has at last flipped a tray of spoons into a set of drinking glasses - Two audience members, each standing at a far edge of the stage, with an invisible man in a yellow raincoat moving between th...
by Ted M
January 22nd, 2023, 2:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Who said ‘you should be able to describe a trick in a single sentence?’
Replies: 35
Views: 7004

Re: Who said ‘you should be able to describe a trick in a single sentence?’

I'm not sure that from the audience point of view, everything needs to be remembered as a full sentence description of what happened. The great theater director Peter Brook talked about what is left with the audience when a performance is over. If I recall correctly, Derren Brown used that quote as...
by Ted M
January 13th, 2023, 7:47 pm
Forum: iGenii
Topic: Printing from Recent Issue
Replies: 37
Views: 22709

Re: Printing from Recent Issue

Okay, so we SHOULD print like this, using the printer-in-a-circle icon: https://tubaclam.net/misc/Genii-Print-Yes.jpg NOT like this, with the share/network icon: https://tubaclam.net/misc/Genii-Print-No.jpg Thank you, Phillippe and Chris. Richard, here's the bug report: These issues print or fail as...
by Ted M
January 13th, 2023, 5:33 pm
Forum: iGenii
Topic: Printing from Recent Issue
Replies: 37
Views: 22709

Re: Printing from Recent Issue

Phillippe, you recommend this method, yes?

Image

This works in most issues. But in 2016 September Genii, it yields a blank PDF.

Can anybody successfully print any pages from 2016 September Genii?
by Ted M
January 13th, 2023, 4:12 pm
Forum: iGenii
Topic: Printing from Recent Issue
Replies: 37
Views: 22709

Re: Printing from Recent Issue

Philippe Billot wrote:With my computer I use Firefox and I have no problem with Genii.

Philippe, please try printing any pages from Genii, Sept 2016.

I am now using Firefox and Sept 2016 fails for me just the same as Chrome.
by Ted M
January 13th, 2023, 12:15 am
Forum: iGenii
Topic: Printing from Recent Issue
Replies: 37
Views: 22709

Re: Printing from Recent Issue

Some pages download fine for me, some download as blank PDFs. Yesterday I tried to download Cardopolis, Genii September 2016, pages 26 & 27. I just got a blank PDF. BTW, David Britland’s method for keying the packet is inspired. I can corroborate this. All pages I tried to print from Sep 2016 r...
by Ted M
January 10th, 2023, 10:42 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: House of Magic has closed
Replies: 29
Views: 5009

Re: House of Magic has closed

How many rooms did it have?
by Ted M
January 10th, 2023, 12:05 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Ricky Jay Auction ...
Replies: 22
Views: 3519

Re: Ricky Jay Auction ...

Admittedly I am not a collector of ephemera. But this auction seems like it's mostly selling what's leftover from whoever got first and second shot at the entire collection. Well, Sotheby's did sell the first $3.8 million of it a little over a year ago... https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/news/soth...
by Ted M
January 4th, 2023, 10:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problems accessing digital issues
Replies: 3
Views: 2541

Re: Problems accessing digital issues

Bug reports are useful when they are specific.

Which pages don't load for you?

Which issues don't load for you?

Supply enough specific information so others can try to experience the same problems you're finding.
by Ted M
December 23rd, 2022, 9:54 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: More Magic on Jeopardy
Replies: 6
Views: 1050

Re: More Magic on Jeopardy

Richard Kaufman wrote:Ricky Jay was not an illusionist.


...which goes to emphasize the point that he's achieved recognition among folks who don't distinguish the fine differences among terms for magic performers.

That's pretty impressive.
by Ted M
December 4th, 2022, 10:44 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: BEWARE of Scammers Selling Here
Replies: 20
Views: 2501

Re: BEWARE of Scammers Selling Here

Looks like they're a Murphy's reseller.

The same Castle Notebooks (2,4,5) are the ones that show as available at Penguin.
by Ted M
December 3rd, 2022, 1:28 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: BEWARE of Scammers Selling Here
Replies: 20
Views: 2501

Re: BEWARE of Scammers Selling Here

Just protect yourself by not sending funds via "friends and family". I've had to use Paypal's dispute process a handful of times over the years, including with the above-mentioned Chad Kidd. It works. Just don't throw away that protection. It makes no sense to me how many total strangers h...

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