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by Anthony Vinson
March 14th, 2024, 7:02 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Capehart kills on Fool Us!
Replies: 8
Views: 760

Re: Capehart kills on Fool Us!

I love Chris, and I loved his act on FU... but did he REALLY fool them? I can't see how. I have heard Penn say more than once, if they figure out any part of the trick it's not a fooler, and it seems odd to me that Teller, at least, was fooled by much of it at all.
by Anthony Vinson
November 1st, 2023, 3:36 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?
Replies: 31
Views: 8793

Re: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?

GJohnson wrote:
Anthony Vinson wrote:
GJohnson wrote:I almost always perform this while standing for spectators that are as well.

Standup Copper/Silver.

Sometimes it's all in the title.

It all makes sense now.

Thanks.


LOL. Just tryin' to help. If I mistakenly waxed obvious in my enthusiasm, please forgive me. Being human is hell.
by Anthony Vinson
October 31st, 2023, 9:50 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?
Replies: 31
Views: 8793

Re: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?

Are you referring to illustration 166? If so. the routine is performed with the forearms parallel (maybe angled slightly downward) to the floor. The spectators are looking down at the coins. That's new information. I'm having difficulty envisioning seated spectators looking down at coins in the han...
by Anthony Vinson
October 30th, 2023, 9:04 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?
Replies: 31
Views: 8793

Re: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?

This is my all time favorite c/s coin routine to do. I don't recall ever seeing this on video anywhere? It's very p2p change intensive. It's literally WHY I learned the p2p change taught for this routine. I’ve been working on the p2p change for 9 months. Yup. 9 months. I’m only now getting to the p...
by Anthony Vinson
October 28th, 2023, 4:55 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?
Replies: 31
Views: 8793

Re: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?

Well, you can find it on Volume 1 of David Roth's Ultimate Coin Magic originally published by L&L. He performs the trick standing, using the Fred Kapps "in the spectator's hand" ending, then sits for the explanation and several alternative endings. Since I'm not sure exactly what you s...
by Anthony Vinson
October 28th, 2023, 3:46 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?
Replies: 31
Views: 8793

Re: Video of Roth's Standup Copper/Silver Classic?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCxk373AA7I

Here you are. It's a great trick that I use all the time. Richard's description in Coin Magic is superb; I didn't see a video of the trick until years, maybe decades, after I started performing it.

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by Anthony Vinson
October 12th, 2023, 4:12 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Custom Gaffed Card Maker
Replies: 4
Views: 3637

Re: Custom Gaffed Card Maker

Bennie Chickering. He does good work and is earning a solid reputation.

https://cardsmanstudio.com/

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by Anthony Vinson
August 3rd, 2023, 6:27 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Dan Garrett Has Died
Replies: 3
Views: 1161

Dan Garrett Has Died

Ken Scott has reported that Dan Garrett has died. This is shocking. Dan was a huge influence on me, a hero in many ways. This is terribly sad news...
by Anthony Vinson
April 4th, 2023, 7:30 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Ambitious Classic
Replies: 15
Views: 2747

Re: Ambitious Classic

Dingle's Too Many Cards is fantastic. It's one of my favorite and most performed tricks.
by Anthony Vinson
January 1st, 2023, 1:35 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: 2022 In Review
Replies: 5
Views: 1581

Re: 2022 In Review

Thanks, Dustin!
by Anthony Vinson
January 1st, 2023, 7:33 am
Forum: Light From the Lamp
Topic: Hot Rod force
Replies: 44
Views: 10643

Re: Hot Rod force

I usually have a Hot Rod somewhere in my bag, and have long used some variation of the phrase, recited tongue-in-cheek, "Now some say numbers have mystical properties. You choose a number between one and six, and we'll use it to cast a mystical spell." If spelling is required, it's justifi...
by Anthony Vinson
December 30th, 2022, 11:45 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Bammo Backtrack Jack
Replies: 17
Views: 2642

Re: Bammo Backtrack Jack

My set arrived yesterday, and while I have not yet had sufficient time to practice, the trick is good. Really good. It's a fun series of magical sequences using accessible moves, and Bob has structured the routine beautifully. It flows. I look forward to rehearsing and adding the cards to my packet ...
by Anthony Vinson
December 22nd, 2022, 9:39 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Bammo Backtrack Jack
Replies: 17
Views: 2642

Re: Bammo Backtrack Jack

What, no fancy trailer shot in a hip dive bar with young, heavily tattooed zoomers all agog over the effect?! Kidding. I trust Bob. Order placed.
by Anthony Vinson
December 19th, 2022, 10:45 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Dani DaOrtiz You Tube exposure!
Replies: 53
Views: 4820

Re: Dani DaOrtiz You Tube exposure!

You really want to make a difference? Purchase the download of Dani's FU act whether you intend to use it or not. Put a little money in his pocket rather than the YouTuber's.

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by Anthony Vinson
December 18th, 2022, 9:55 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Odds of an Adjacent Pair
Replies: 19
Views: 1956

Re: Odds of an Adjacent Pair

Where's Matt Baker when you need him?!
by Anthony Vinson
August 12th, 2022, 6:55 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Most pliable deck of cards out there…
Replies: 16
Views: 2391

Re: Most pliable deck of cards out there…

I'm with Tom on the Penguin Elites. For the money, one of the nicest handling decks on the market. The Talley-Ho Thin-Crushed Stock are also nice, albeit a couple of dollars more per deck than the Elites.

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by Anthony Vinson
July 29th, 2022, 9:24 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: FISM 2022 Day 4
Replies: 44
Views: 4743

Re: FISM 2022 Day 4

Cups and balls as a rapper ( which lay people found highly offensive ) Cups and balls as Forest Gump / Forest Trump. Why were there lay people at the competition and why did they find the performance offensive and the magicians didn't? And thank you for the continued updates. I saw the act at the r...
by Anthony Vinson
July 27th, 2022, 3:22 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: FISM 2022 - Day Two
Replies: 6
Views: 1949

Re: FISM 2022 - Day Two

chetday wrote:Thanks, Craig and Brad, for your useful and interesting commentaries on the FISM convention.


I echo Chet, thanks for the detailed reports. They were a pleasure to read.

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by Anthony Vinson
February 8th, 2022, 8:15 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Nikola Arkane on Sweden's Got Talent
Replies: 6
Views: 1639

Re: Nikola Arkane on Sweden's Got Talent

Wow! She's a delightful person. I interacted with her a year or two back through John Carey. She's really put in the work and progressed a great deal in a relatively short period of time. Good for her!
by Anthony Vinson
December 23rd, 2021, 12:03 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: One Coin Routine
Replies: 13
Views: 1378

Re: One Coin Routine

Wonderful! Captivating and beautifully executed.
by Anthony Vinson
December 8th, 2021, 10:57 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Roughing It
Replies: 5
Views: 1103

Re: Roughing It

Interesting. It appears to have similar characteristics to VI's Roughing Sticks. My wife, a one-time SoCal surfer girl, swears she recalls the stuff as some kind of surfboard wax. Dunno, but they work well.
by Anthony Vinson
August 18th, 2021, 7:59 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Looking for article from MAGIC magazine
Replies: 9
Views: 1326

Re: Looking for article from MAGIC magazine

I've performed at dozens of house parties as a storyteller with nary a problem and only a simple agreement as contract. In my experience, you simply have to be clear up front about both party's expectations. Either the parties meet those expectations or not. In those few instances when the host - or...
by Anthony Vinson
August 13th, 2021, 10:45 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Tonzi Scheme
Replies: 15
Views: 1820

Re: Tonzi Scheme

Sweet!
by Anthony Vinson
July 19th, 2021, 1:31 pm
Forum: Magician's Local Hangouts
Topic: Uno cards
Replies: 8
Views: 4913

Re: Uno cards

Alex Zander has constructed an entire act using games and game pieces, including Uno cards. Saw him do a clever six card repeat recently during the IBM online convention.
by Anthony Vinson
July 19th, 2021, 10:41 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Another Genii Convention in 2022?
Replies: 17
Views: 3414

Re: Another Genii Convention in 2022?

Never been able to make a Genii convention, and it'd be a shame to miss this one, so I'd be up for it.
by Anthony Vinson
June 11th, 2021, 2:47 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Chop Cup and TSA
Replies: 6
Views: 1653

Re: Chop Cup and TSA

In 2003 or 2004, while working as a traveling corporate trainer, I was pulled aside by TSA after my backpack had gone through x-ray and asked for permission to search it. Sure, go ahead. After pawing through the bag for several moments, the agent came out with a set of rubber juggling balls and aske...
by Anthony Vinson
June 2nd, 2021, 11:01 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Sending good thoughts to Max Maven
Replies: 87
Views: 18291

Re: Sending good thoughts to Max Maven

Another ditto. Best wishes and strength, Max!
by Anthony Vinson
May 16th, 2021, 3:50 pm
Forum: Book of The Month Club
Topic: Magic Library Books
Replies: 16
Views: 13960

Re: Magic Library Books

I, too, was partial to The Amateur Magician's Handbook, along with a for-the-public book by Pat Page that I don't readily recall the title of. And Harry Lorayne's The Magic Book should certainly be added to the list.
by Anthony Vinson
May 13th, 2021, 3:05 pm
Forum: Alternative Media
Topic: A writer on magic and being special
Replies: 5
Views: 7472

Re: A writer on magic and being special

"The Evolution of Human Science" or "Catching Crumbs from the Table" Ted Chiang. Nature , 2000. https://www.nature.com/articles/35014679 "What's Expected of Us" Ted Chiang. Nature , 2005. https://www.nature.com/articles/436150a I LOVE Ted Chiang's writing, as well as t...
by Anthony Vinson
April 27th, 2021, 7:30 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic Live 2021 Postponed Until May 2022
Replies: 24
Views: 5555

Re: Magic Live 2021 cancelled

Are there any in-person magic conventions planned for 2021? The Gathering for Gardner is set for October 20 through 24, 2021, but it isn't really a magic convention. As of this week Ken Scott plans to hold The Atlanta Harvest of Magic in late September/early October. Attendance will be limited to 1...
by Anthony Vinson
April 22nd, 2021, 8:49 am
Forum: Kaufman & Company
Topic: Yahoo! Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy Has Shipped!
Replies: 80
Views: 59281

Re: Yahoo! Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy Has Shipped!

From the depths of the sea to the depths of despair: The journey of Mr. Jennings continue! My copy of the Jennings book arrived at an Atlanta USPS distribution center on 2 April and sat there "pending acceptance" until yesterday when it boarded a plane for Memphis, TN. It arrived in Memphi...
by Anthony Vinson
April 16th, 2021, 3:45 pm
Forum: Kaufman & Company
Topic: Yahoo! Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy Has Shipped!
Replies: 80
Views: 59281

Re: Yahoo! Mr. Jennings Takes it Easy Has Shipped!

Still awaiting my copy in the sticks of central Georgia. According to tracking its been sitting at a USPS regional facility since 2 April. I've submitted a form to USPS, so they'll probably be back to me in a month or three!
by Anthony Vinson
March 26th, 2021, 10:00 am
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: Paddle magic this way comes
Replies: 30
Views: 11472

Re: Paddle magic this way comes

That's actually a cute little routine. Nice thinking!
by Anthony Vinson
March 25th, 2021, 9:25 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
Replies: 20
Views: 5700

Re: Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy

Excellent news. While the news is welcome to those of us who pre-ordered, I can only imagine that for you the relief is transcendent.
by Anthony Vinson
March 10th, 2021, 9:46 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: David Bowie - Magic Trick (via Fax)
Replies: 3
Views: 1024

Re: David Bowie - Magic Trick (via Fax)

Oh Superman!
by Anthony Vinson
March 1st, 2021, 10:29 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The March Issue of Genii is Out and Jamy Swiss Returns
Replies: 40
Views: 6407

Re: The March Issue of Genii is Out and Jamy Swiss Returns

Richard Kaufman wrote:Tell me your type of device, operating system, and is the app up to date? Send all info to moobooks@verizon.net


Thanks, Richard. Will email shortly.
by Anthony Vinson
March 1st, 2021, 8:00 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The March Issue of Genii is Out and Jamy Swiss Returns
Replies: 40
Views: 6407

Re: The March Issue of Genii is Out and Jamy Swiss Returns

I am having problems with the Genii app crashing on my iPad. Second month in a row. Running latest ios. Just me? Hints, tips, suggestions?
by Anthony Vinson
February 26th, 2021, 9:05 am
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: The Danger With inpromptu Magic is The Performer Won't Know When To Stop
Replies: 18
Views: 5840

Re: The Danger With inpromptu Magic is The Performer Won't Know When To Stop

Knowing when to stop is as important as knowing not to start. The maxim, "Always leave them wanting more.", should be the last [silent] line of every amateur's script. Uh, and some pros.

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