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by David Moore
September 9th, 2020, 3:55 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: A question about Michael Skinner's Notebooks
Replies: 11
Views: 2771

Re: A question about Michael Skinner's Notebooks

I'm a little confused about the effect in "Fecter's Hanky Force" from the Lelekis notes. If you're going to reach under the hanky to produce the card, why not just control the selection to the bottom of the pack and eliminate the packet flipping? If the effect is that the spectator cut to ...
by David Moore
July 16th, 2017, 12:24 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Jeff Busby Passes Away
Replies: 138
Views: 41171

Re: Jeff Busby Passes Away

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by David Moore
July 14th, 2017, 5:01 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Busby Auction Catalog link
Replies: 25
Views: 8193

Re: Busby Auction Catalog link

I'm thinking that a lot of the Vernon stuff came from Ray Grismer.
by David Moore
December 20th, 2016, 11:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: Steinmeyer Book On Sale
Replies: 0
Views: 3374

Steinmeyer Book On Sale

The Kindle edition of The Last Greatest Magician in the World by Jim Steinmeyer is on sale on Amazon for $2.99. I think this price is temporary.
by David Moore
November 30th, 2016, 1:36 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Looking For A Slum Magic Trick Instructions
Replies: 6
Views: 2772

Re: Looking For A Slum Magic Trick Instructions

I wouldn't consider it slum magic. Check out Dick Zimmerman's routine, "Slightly Fantastic", in the September 1959 Genii.
by David Moore
November 12th, 2016, 12:11 am
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Haversat & Ewing Fall Into Winter Auction
Replies: 4
Views: 2482

Re: Haversat & Ewing Fall Into Winter Auction

What does this mean?

Kaufman, Richard & Greenberg, Alan - Greater Magic Expurgated Edition. One of 50 copies of the blank reprint of Hilliard's master work. Like Carl Waring Jones' original, this volume is blank except for the first 32 pages.
by David Moore
October 20th, 2016, 12:07 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Sachs and Sack's
Replies: 64
Views: 15928

Re: Sachs and Sack's

NicholasD wrote:
David Moore wrote:
NicholasD wrote:
His VHS video that was available around twenty years ago.


It's not on "Million Dollar Mysteries", the only video I'm aware of.


He produced a separate VHS tape on just the Sack dice routine.


Google just told me Penguin was selling it. Thanks.
by David Moore
October 20th, 2016, 12:01 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Sachs and Sack's
Replies: 64
Views: 15928

Re: Sachs and Sack's

NicholasD wrote:
David Moore wrote:
Leonard Hevia wrote:
James Lewis does it to perfection on his video. Alas, it is not available on DVD.


What video?


His VHS video that was available around twenty years ago.


It's not on "Million Dollar Mysteries", the only video I'm aware of.
by David Moore
October 19th, 2016, 11:29 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Sachs and Sack's
Replies: 64
Views: 15928

Re: Sachs and Sack's

Leonard Hevia wrote:
James Lewis does it to perfection on his video. Alas, it is not available on DVD.


What video?
by David Moore
August 31st, 2016, 12:04 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Penn & Teller Fool Us
Replies: 24
Views: 11024

Re: Penn & Teller Fool Us

I know we're not supposed to tip on this forum, but can someone tell me why Alyson Hannigan wears the same dress every show?
by David Moore
June 21st, 2016, 1:27 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Secrets of a Peurto Rican Gambler and For Your Entertainment Pleasure!
Replies: 23
Views: 9815

Re: Secrets of a Peurto Rican Gambler and For Your Entertainment Pleasure!

How does the publishing of these new editions affect the value of the originals?
by David Moore
March 2nd, 2015, 2:19 pm
Forum: iGenii
Topic: "No current subscription" error
Replies: 46
Views: 46000

Re: "No current subscription" error

I don't know if this is related, but I don't see my subscription information anymore when I check my account. I'm doing this from my PC.
by David Moore
May 17th, 2014, 1:31 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Slippery Rocks
Replies: 8
Views: 3440

Re: Slippery Rocks

How did you know about it?
by David Moore
May 14th, 2014, 1:18 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Slippery Rocks
Replies: 8
Views: 3440

Re: Slippery Rocks

Short answer...no.

I didn't know there was a Slippery Rocks "trick". Zimmerman performed this for me years ago and told me it was in the Ganson book.

It was a minor miracle in his hands.
by David Moore
May 4th, 2014, 11:33 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Slippery Rocks
Replies: 8
Views: 3440

Re: Slippery Rocks

They're in Ganson's Close Up Magic Volume one.
by David Moore
November 19th, 2011, 1:58 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: HUGO and Georges Méliès
Replies: 69
Views: 12911

Re: HUGO and Georges Méliès

Check out this scene from the film. I don't remember seeing the cable when Richiardi did it.
by David Moore
March 20th, 2011, 9:58 am
Forum: iGenii
Topic: suggestion for Genii Speaks
Replies: 11
Views: 3363

Re: suggestion for Genii Speaks

Richard Kaufman wrote:There is a small square button beneath the video that you can drag forward or backward to jump around.


Have you actually got that button to work?
by David Moore
March 16th, 2011, 5:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: April issue arrived
Replies: 31
Views: 7436

Re: April issue arrived

Same thing is happening to me.
by David Moore
February 16th, 2011, 3:50 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: iGenii for March Now Live!
Replies: 25
Views: 7434

Re: iGenii for March Now Live!

Thanks.

I didn't think to look in the app that displays the magazine.
by David Moore
February 16th, 2011, 3:08 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: iGenii for March Now Live!
Replies: 25
Views: 7434

Re: iGenii for March Now Live!

Now that the March issue is available on-line, where did the February issue go?
by David Moore
August 13th, 2010, 11:45 am
Forum: Link Watch
Topic: Professor Weirdo
Replies: 0
Views: 778

Professor Weirdo

This is why the internet was invented.
by David Moore
June 15th, 2009, 12:07 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Rich Marotta & Twila Zone at the Snapple Theater Center in NYC
Replies: 2
Views: 1122

Re: Rich Marotta & Twila Zone at the Snapple Theater Center in NYC

I took relatives and children to Rich and Twila's show over the weekend and everyone had a blast. Rich's comedy was just perfect for both the adults and kids. There is also a juggler in the show, Will Shaw, who had some moves I'd never seen before.

Highly recommended.
by David Moore
February 2nd, 2009, 2:37 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Those Richard Turner Cards...
Replies: 13
Views: 3773

Re: Those Richard Turner Cards...

Richard Kaufman wrote:Like all US Playing Card Company cards, they a bit too stiff for my passes. I really like stock that is soft and buttery.


What's out there other than US Playing Card cards?
by David Moore
January 3rd, 2009, 4:22 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Looking For: What Your Future Holds by Rich Marotta
Replies: 2
Views: 745

Re: Looking For: What Your Future Holds by Rich Marotta

There's dozens of internet sites selling this for less than twenty bucks. Is this too much to support someone who's doing the creative thinking for you?
by David Moore
September 29th, 2008, 1:03 pm
Forum: Link Watch
Topic: Harry Anderson Gets Landmarked
Replies: 2
Views: 1991

Harry Anderson Gets Landmarked

The Fullerton home of Harry Anderson is given landmark status.

The article also quotes some dude named Claude Yarborough.
by David Moore
April 30th, 2008, 9:45 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Marlo's Elevator Cards
Replies: 6
Views: 2450

Re: Marlo's Elevator Cards

Thanks.

It's in the "New" Phoenix, which is why I couldn't find it in my file.

Dave Moore
by David Moore
April 17th, 2008, 4:52 pm
Forum: Magicana
Topic: Harry Lorayne's "Goin' Fishin'"
Replies: 17
Views: 8189

Re: Harry Lorayne's "Goin' Fishin'"

...how many people out there USE the Curry Turnover Change?


I've been doing 'Synchronicity' for years using Larry's version of the change. Does that count?
by David Moore
April 4th, 2008, 2:48 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Marlo's Elevator Cards
Replies: 6
Views: 2450

Re: Marlo's Elevator Cards

Are you referring to the effect called Penetration in the Cardician pg. 46 which makes referrence to the Sphinx 1948. Boy, that sure sounds like the effect. Bill Simon calls his version "Elevator Cards" in Effective Card Magic where he refers to Marlo's in the Sphinx. I was assuming the n...
by David Moore
April 4th, 2008, 10:03 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Marlo's Elevator Cards
Replies: 6
Views: 2450

Marlo's Elevator Cards

Does anyone know where Marlo's original version is written up other than The Sphinx?
by David Moore
March 8th, 2008, 5:47 am
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: Harry Lorayne On Fox
Replies: 1
Views: 1472

Harry Lorayne On Fox

He's going to be on Fox and Friends this AM.
by David Moore
January 29th, 2008, 1:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: February Issue of Genii Now Arriving!
Replies: 94
Views: 23133

Re: February Issue of Genii Now Arriving!

Mine arrived (NJ) yesterday.
by David Moore
November 27th, 2007, 10:46 am
Forum: Kaufman & Company
Topic: Larry Jennings New Book?
Replies: 214
Views: 596337

Re: Larry Jennings New Book?

"...Jennings developed better handlings, such as "Ambitious Classic" and "Ambidextrous Travelers."

I'm assuming "Ambidextrous Travelers" isn't going to be in "Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy"?
by David Moore
March 17th, 2007, 1:18 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Jerry Andrus Terminally Ill
Replies: 57
Views: 5971

Re: Jerry Andrus Terminally Ill

Years ago, I was fortunate to join Jerry and some others for breakfast one night after closing the Castle. Not only did he enthrall us with fooler after fooler, he had the entire wait staff jumping up and down and applauding. But, the thing I remember that he tipped that night, that I use to this da...
by David Moore
August 4th, 2005, 12:26 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: US Playing Card Decks
Replies: 6
Views: 1075

Re: US Playing Card Decks

Originally posted by TheMagicApple:
The Magic Apple has recently established an account with the USPPC and I just got the shipment...Come on by and check 'em out!
By "Come on by" do you mean come to the physical store? They don't seem to be anywhere on your web site.
by David Moore
January 2nd, 2005, 1:52 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Deck switching.
Replies: 40
Views: 3985

Re: Deck switching.

Originally posted by Bill Mullins: From the profile of Ricky Jay, in The New Yorker: This quote was actually from a profile of Vernon by Ricky Jay in the Feb/Mar 1991 issue of the Los Angeles magazine Buzz. For what it's worth, Bill Bowers, who knew the Professor as well as anyone, never believed t...
by David Moore
August 13th, 2004, 12:19 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Derek Dingle's Last Notes: Good News
Replies: 20
Views: 3001

Re: Derek Dingle's Last Notes: Good News

Rich asked me to let everyone know that the notes are going into the mail today.

Dave Moore
by David Moore
July 19th, 2004, 6:36 am
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: Who Might This Be?
Replies: 2
Views: 905

Who Might This Be?

From Monday's New York Times Dear Diary Column. Dear Diary By JOE ROGERS DEAR DIARY: Experience is a great teacher, and this California-based octogenarian learned a memorable lesson on a New York subway train more than five decades ago. Visiting New York, I boarded a subway car in Midtown, heading u...
by David Moore
May 17th, 2004, 10:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: Do Pages Come off the Staples in Your Genii?
Replies: 24
Views: 4460

Re: Do Pages Come off the Staples in Your Genii?

Does anyone have a tip for fixing these pages?
by David Moore
January 7th, 2004, 2:58 pm
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: Lie Detector
Replies: 0
Views: 536

Lie Detector

Which came first, the trick or the machine? The following is from the Winter 2004 edition of Invention & Technology Volume 19 Number 3... One of Keeler's (Leonarde Keeler was the developer of the modern polygraph) innovations was the "stimulation" test. This was intended to convince th...
by David Moore
September 11th, 2003, 8:05 am
Forum: Columns
Topic: Are Magic Shops Obsolete?
Replies: 69
Views: 28325

Re: Are Magic Shops Obsolete?

Originally posted by Pete Biro:
Met Tony Curtis and Sammy Davis Jr. there when they were in town to promote movie "Houdini."
Pete

Why would Sammy Davis Jr. be promoting Houdini?

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