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Edward: Thanks for posting this---what a treat to gain some insight into Mr. Copperfield's genius. (It's always been baffling to me that some magicians look down on grand illusion and illusionists. Listening to Mr. Copperfield describe what really goes into what appears to be a simple television com...

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Hi, Bill: Thanks for the suggestion. I did reach out to CARC: they said they are considering various options of what to do with the Mendoza material and physical publication is certainly a possibility (albeit not before next year).

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He beat me big time!

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Ted M wrote:I presume CARC will be making them available as PDFs?

You may be right--I hadn't considered that and had assumed (perhaps falsely) that they would be physical books.

If they are just going to be pdfs, that'd be disappointing to me.

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https://conjuringarts.org/2020/08/john-mendoza/ A nice tribute and exciting news. Hopefully, The Book of John and John: Verse Two will finally get the treatment they always deserved. Sadly, Mr. Mendoza won't be around to see it. On a related note: I realize the value of original source documents; ho...

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AFAIK, Latta's pass has not been taught in any video that is commercially available. (However, it is on the underground "Pink Purse" video according to JIS.). There is one trick of Latta's in print that includes several specialized passes. (in "Spectacle" by Stephen Minch). Take ...

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If you love card magic, I'll bet you'll love this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDx3IG ... zW64AmcTWg

I really enjoy Mr. McColl's thoughts on magic, and his tutorials (on his website) are excellent!

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What a wonderful surprise was waiting when I walked through the door... I just randomly flipped open to a page: the Jennings/Wilson Chop Cup Routine. Second random flip: Miller on the Two Handed Pass (!) The third: Scotty York's Two Copper, One Silver routine. This is a treasure trove! Foreword by J...

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ejay1118: Thank you for sharing. I suspect that probably more than a few readers can empathize with what you are saying. The wistful view of a path not taken can often be a source of profound regret as we transition between stages of life. My hope is that going forward all those happy smiles and squ...

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Understood. Thank you!

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What is your opinion of the writing, Richard? Elliott described it as "sufficient to convey the performer's intentions" but "not necessarily elegant." I was hoping that the book would contain all the technical and presentational details that make the routines real-world "wor...

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Thank you, Dustin.

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https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-books/distilled-ryan-plunkett/ I am not familiar with Ryan Plunkett or his work, but this book has received some very strong reviews and I am intrigued. Given COVID-19, I don't think I'm going to be able to travel to see him in person any time soon. If you'd b...

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I love that wonderful cover photo. Did you take that, Richard?

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There's one on ebay now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Mendoza-Miracle-Poker-Machine/184454902200?hash=item2af25e71b8:g:6bwAAOSwRxBfZnKd The seller is unsure if it works...who is willing to bet $300 plus on an old calculator? Incidentally, I’m not sure a device with A, J, Q, K & suit stickers o...

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BTW, Mr. Mendoza's statement about protection that I referred to earlier is from the instructions: "The programs used in this machine are copyright and protected and any attempt to extract or transfer any or all of them will be prosecuted. The hardware for this has been modified to prevent and ...

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There's one on ebay now:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Mendoza-M ... SwRxBfZnKd

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OK--where are all of those people from the 6 pages of the "Where's the Jennings' Book thread?"

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Here's an iOS app on Lybrary.com

https://www.lybrary.com/fitch-cheney-5c ... 50773.html

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It also occurred to me that if you did the routine with a modern smartphone, it seems that a spectator might suspect that the smart phone's camera might have something to do with the initial stages of the routine. They'd be wrong, of course, but today's tech is so strong, they'd probably just jump t...

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Congrats, Alfred! I store my props in a Sears Craftsman Tool Cabinet. I do have some bigger props on overflow shelves. Books and DVD's are on shelves and organized in alphabetical order. I keep track of them with BookCat. If I win the lottery one day, I'd love to have a room dedicated to a floor to ...

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I'm in! Thanks, Richard!

(582 pages...Wow!!!!)

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I have created a method for the Magic 8 Ball that will do something like that but at this point it's only a pipe dream. If you read the reference I provided above, it should be a simple matter for a programmer to create something that would work on a smart phone. Actually John Mendoza talked about ...

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FaloneMarco wrote:Hi erdnasephile,
you want to sell your poker machine?

Thank you for asking. I plan to hang on to it for the time being.

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Thanks, Brad!

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Hi, Joe: The model I have is the TI-85. John Mendoza once wrote on one of the forums that he had put safeguards in the program so if anyone tried to copy it to another calculator it would fail. I don't know much about TI-85 programming, but is that even possible? I also looked into at one time how t...

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I sympathize with Roger M. I got lax and didn't change my batteries regularly, and had to send mine back for reprogramming. However, that was honestly, on me---if I had followed John's instructions to the letter, I don't think it would have happened. After that incident, I put reminders in my calend...

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Thanks for asking, Joe, and thanks to Elizabeth for granting permission.

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Frank Yuen wrote:Reads to me like a transcription of the lecture.

If that's the case, I wonder if it might be more appropriate to reach out to Harry's widow to ask permission before posting on the Internet?

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I thought Daniel K was terrific. Not only was his performance a hit, but he did exactly what I aspire to. He dug out a old published trick from the 80's, added a slum prop that is languishing in a lot of magic drawers, combined them in an original and surprising, yet logical fashion, added loads of ...

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I LOVE this project and I wish Mr. Latimer the very best and hope the channel succeeds wildly. (I also applaud the safety tips included in the video. That said, I've taken care of a lot folks with finger injuries over the years, and the idea of people (even adults) drilling angled holes in pencils f...

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I like how you can purchase the "Extra Blood" bonus package for $9

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I am not a particular fan of quick-change acts (which often look like Ralphie's little brother in "A Christmas Story").

However, Lea Kyle's is the best quick-change act I've ever seen! I especially liked the D'lite sequence.

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Nine effects from the repertoire of Michael Skinner The first of these nine effects is ... "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS - Michael's brilliant "wild card" routine that is a superb study into how Skinner thought...every single aspect of this trick is explained...and learn a handling...

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I'm a long-time member of the AMA but have never been to the Awards show, but have read the written reports about them for years. The impression I got was that they tended to vary in quality a bit, with many flashes of brilliance interspersed with somewhat flatter notes (like most live awards shows)...

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Alfred: Given that John Thompson worked very closely with Penn and Teller (and voluntarily appeared on the Genii cover where P & T mocked the notion of "exposing" the thumb tip) I suspect that Mr. Thompson did not consider what P & T choose to do as the same as the exposure he decr...

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Everyone is obviously entitled to their opinion. However, no one is ever going to convince me that exposure is OK, no matter what kind of justification they offer. The French drop is a fantastic sleight, used by many professionals and excellent amateurs, and the thumb tip, which P & T also expo...

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I saw the movie last night with my family. To my surprise, I actually enjoyed it... Stuff I liked: Real magic tricks done by the actors themselves: From what I could tell, the card handling was done by the teen stars and done pretty darn well in many cases. The stage illusions and dove act were also...

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To continue the thought: do you feel Richard Turner's demonstrations constitute exposure? In a similar vein, where does a routine like "The Vegas Shuffle" (Ortiz) fall on the scale of exposure when the theme of the trick are various "true" false shuffles before ending with an imp...

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Alfred, how do you feel about gambling expose routines?

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