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by Bill Marquardt
January 12th, 2020, 7:58 am
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tenyo - lot of 8 tricks
Replies: 2
Views: 1344

Re: Tenyo - lot of 8 tricks

I really need to clean out my magic closet, so I can reduce the price for all eight items to just $80.00 with FREE shipping. I must be crazy. I prefer PayPal for payment. These items are all in perfect shape, but boxes opened. No more discounts after this. I am not that crazy.
by Bill Marquardt
January 9th, 2020, 6:32 pm
Forum: Collector's Marketplace
Topic: Tenyo - lot of 8 tricks
Replies: 2
Views: 1344

Tenyo - lot of 8 tricks

I will probably regret this, but I am selling off parts of my magic collection, including the following eight Tenyo items: T-263 The Great Escape 2015 Japanese Instructions only T-262 Magic Butterfly 2015 Japanese Instructions only T-261 The Alchemist 2015 Japanese Instructions only T-260 Security L...
by Bill Marquardt
October 24th, 2019, 9:20 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Shin Lim cancels in Vegas
Replies: 103
Views: 22770

Re: Shin Lim cancels in Vegas

Bob - How much do I owe you for performing Mojo Boogie Boxes?
by Bill Marquardt
October 22nd, 2019, 9:30 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Shin Lim cancels in Vegas
Replies: 103
Views: 22770

Re: Shin Lim cancels in Vegas

... (Again I ask, why must magicians take things so god damned personally. No wonder we aren’t taken seriously as an art form.) That is certainly true. I once made a generalized sarcastic comment on this forum about needing reviewers to tell me what marketed effects I like, and a magician immediate...
by Bill Marquardt
October 18th, 2019, 12:23 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Shin Lim cancels in Vegas
Replies: 103
Views: 22770

Re: Shin Lim cancels in Vegas

Not sure that this is really important to the topic of this thread, but it was indeed Shin Lim who produced a fake trailer video for one of his marketed items. https://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/vie ... &forum=109
by Bill Marquardt
October 18th, 2019, 10:28 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Shin Lim cancels in Vegas
Replies: 103
Views: 22770

Re: Shin Lim cancels in Vegas

This is evident from his early days when he was caught out using media manipulation to create his illusions. Pretty sure this is not true. I think you're confusing him with someone else. Perhaps my memory is wrong, but was it not Shin Lim who created a video of one of his card illusions wherein he ...
by Bill Marquardt
July 24th, 2019, 2:46 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: This is What the Food Critic of the NY Times Thinks of The Magic Castle
Replies: 12
Views: 3570

Re: This is What the Food Critic of the NY Times Thinks of The Magic Castle

Really, that was absolutely no critique of the meal or cuisine at all. What was the writer's point? The toughest critic I know is my wife, and she was extremely pleased with the meal, (beef Wellington I believe,) that we shared at the castle. Believe me, that means something. She is not easy to plea...
by Bill Marquardt
April 12th, 2019, 12:30 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The Vegas dream is crumbling ...
Replies: 57
Views: 14578

Re: The Vegas dream is crumbling ...

For what it is worth, Las Vegas is pretty much the bowling capital of the world. I'd rather go bowling than to stand for a show.
by Bill Marquardt
March 22nd, 2019, 11:43 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: What is going on here?
Replies: 18
Views: 3950

Re: What is going on here?

Al - You should see some of the comments I have received (and deleted) from my videos. Idiocy abounds. Ignore the fools.
by Bill Marquardt
January 11th, 2019, 12:08 pm
Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
Topic: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?
Replies: 20
Views: 5449

Re: Are magicians mostly universally disliked?

There seems to be a lot of disdain toward magic and magicians on television going back at least fifty years. I remember a Patty Duke Show (yes, I am that old) where a girl called someone to come over and rescue her teenage party that had sunk to the level of "Marty doing his stupid magic tricks...
by Bill Marquardt
January 2nd, 2019, 1:26 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: Bicycle playing card quality
Replies: 33
Views: 7370

Re: Bicycle playing card quality

In my experience, Bicycle Standards from Sam's or Costco are okay but seem to always have a few decks with off-center backs or slightly rough edges. Phoenix decks handle great and Card-Shark makes a number of gaffed cards. Magicians argue about such things as "what is the best brand?" freq...
by Bill Marquardt
November 29th, 2018, 9:25 am
Forum: Feature Articles
Topic: Please retire the term, "cardman."
Replies: 290
Views: 226969

Re: Please retire the term, "cardman."

... The "PC" stuff was done on South Park. Did it involve the character named "Cartman?" :) I know that no one gives a hoot about what I think, but frankly I find this whole discussion silly. When I was much younger, it was common to see employment want ads requesting applicants...
by Bill Marquardt
November 26th, 2018, 8:17 pm
Forum: Feature Articles
Topic: Please retire the term, "cardman."
Replies: 290
Views: 226969

Re: Please retire the term, "cardman."

I suggest that "women's socks" should simply be called "socks." Plain black women's knee high socks are much softer and more comfortable to wear than "men's socks" while remaining relatively thin, and are for the most part undetectable.
by Bill Marquardt
November 6th, 2018, 9:31 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Today’s Quiz
Replies: 2
Views: 960

Re: Today’s Quiz

I see at the end of a crypt cross words, an English puzzle.
by Bill Marquardt
October 26th, 2018, 1:03 pm
Forum: Close-Up Magic
Topic: A TRUE FOOLER -CIB, by Dominique Duvivier
Replies: 34
Views: 15577

Re: A TRUE FOOLER -CIB, by Dominique Duvivier

Methinks I have discerned the method. Lips are sealed.
by Bill Marquardt
October 25th, 2018, 6:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Cookie warning...
Replies: 4
Views: 2806

Re: Cookie warning...

It seems okay now. Must have had something to do with upgrading to Mojave O.S. :) Say what you want, but Apple computers drive me crazy. I also had an icon for an anti-virus program that repeatedly showed up in the dock even after I told it not to in the settings. I had to delete the app to get rid ...
by Bill Marquardt
October 25th, 2018, 9:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Cookie warning...
Replies: 4
Views: 2806

Cookie warning...

Richard, every time I open the forum I see a message at the bottom of the screen asking me to agree to the use of cookies on this site. Even after I click on "I Agree" I see the message again next time I open the forum.

Is this the way it is supposed to work? I am using Safari on an iMac.
by Bill Marquardt
October 16th, 2018, 3:23 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Beat'em, Cheat'em, Leave'em Bleedin'
Replies: 10
Views: 11465

Re: Beat'em, Cheat'em, Leave'em Bleedin'

Pardon me for asking, but this is a printed book, not a download, correct?
by Bill Marquardt
September 14th, 2018, 3:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12016866

Re: ERDNASE

From the Moline, IL Dispatch , of 8 March 1946. ARREST CARBON CLIFF MAN ON DRIVING COUNT Silvis -- E. Erdnase of Carbon Cliff was arrested last night and jailed on a charge of reckless driving. The Carbon Cliff motorist was still in jail this morning awaiting arraignment before Magistrate Lawrence ...
by Bill Marquardt
August 28th, 2018, 12:03 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Penn & Teller
Replies: 20
Views: 4703

Re: Penn & Teller

Bill, you may be thinking of an opener that is similar to Honor System in that it involves the audience inspecting an empty wooden crate prior to the show. Then when show starts Teller appears from the crate. There is no reveal, just the sudden appearance. If I recall correctly, in Honor System the...
by Bill Marquardt
August 27th, 2018, 4:47 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Penn & Teller
Replies: 20
Views: 4703

Re: Penn & Teller

The trick is called Honor System. Teller escapes from a secured wooden crate that has been thoroughly examined by audience members (during the preshow music). The audience can then decide whether to close their eyes or keep them open to see how the effect works. Sounds like the show opener at the R...
by Bill Marquardt
June 30th, 2018, 8:39 am
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: Farmers in the Lybrary
Replies: 29
Views: 28184

Re: Farmers in the Lybrary

I went to Farmersonly.com but that was a whole different thing. Liked the talking horses, though.
by Bill Marquardt
January 30th, 2018, 7:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12016866

Re: ERDNASE

Forgive me for posting a non-contributory message, but I was just thinking how cool it would be if Erdnase and Jack the Ripper turned out to be the same person. Two mysteries solved at once some day, perhaps. I believe the chronology fits, assuming Jack emigrated to the States after his misdeeds in ...
by Bill Marquardt
December 6th, 2017, 4:02 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Mahdi is THE AMAZING MAGICIAN! 超凡魔术师
Replies: 7
Views: 4947

Re: Mahdi is THE AMAZING MAGICIAN! 超凡魔术师

Fantastic.
by Bill Marquardt
November 29th, 2017, 9:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ennobling Magic
Replies: 622
Views: 97088

Re: Ennobling Magic

Would it not have been better to assert that "it is generally better to show rather than tell," (advice one sees often in the magic world) rather than to declare that any time a magician lies he creates a negative image of himself; that he should never ever lie? While performing the first ...
by Bill Marquardt
November 29th, 2017, 8:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Ennobling Magic
Replies: 622
Views: 97088

Re: Ennobling Magic

Bob Farmer wrote:This is looking more and more like answering an argument that the earth is flat: it's a waste of time and energy.


But no one yet has directly mentioned the "lie of omission."
by Bill Marquardt
November 28th, 2017, 8:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Ennobling Magic
Replies: 622
Views: 97088

Re: Ennobling Magic

Mr. Keyes, I am no master of debate, therefor I can only proffer an opinion. I believe the notion that a magician should never lie in a performance is ridiculous. When I tell the story of my grandfather and the "Gypsy's Curse" it is a bald faced lie. I am pretty sure the audience is aware ...
by Bill Marquardt
October 28th, 2017, 12:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: ERDNASE
Replies: 8153
Views: 12016866

Re: ERDNASE

Bill Mullins wrote: Even if Gallaway was a barker during "Showtime," when it came time to move from city to city, it was "all hands on deck." He would have been raising canvas and pulling ropes just like everyone else.


He wore gloves, maybe?
by Bill Marquardt
October 4th, 2017, 6:31 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The October Issue of Genii is Now Live Online!
Replies: 4
Views: 1827

Re: The October Issue of Genii is Now Live Online!

Was there a delay in sending out the print version? Have not yet received mine.
by Bill Marquardt
August 13th, 2017, 9:41 am
Forum: Reference Room
Topic: question about Uncle Sam & Houdini
Replies: 7
Views: 11605

Re: question about Uncle Sam & Houdini

It looks like Uncle Sam is wearing a thumb tip.
by Bill Marquardt
July 19th, 2017, 5:07 pm
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox
Replies: 99
Views: 74167

Re: The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox

Okay, but I am running out of printer paper.
by Bill Marquardt
July 18th, 2017, 7:16 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: The August Issue of Genii is Now Live Online
Replies: 21
Views: 5296

Re: The August Issue of Genii is Now Live Online

I see it.
by Bill Marquardt
July 17th, 2017, 9:57 am
Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
Topic: The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox
Replies: 99
Views: 74167

Re: The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox

How to Cook Forty Humans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxI7B758XBQ In keeping with our tradition of proper crediting: From Wikipedia - "To Serve Man" is episode 89 of the anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on March 2, 1962 on CBS. The story is based on the 1950 shor...
by Bill Marquardt
July 11th, 2017, 10:09 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Magic Castle Happenings – The Good Stuff (July 2017)
Replies: 6
Views: 2421

Re: Magic Castle Happenings – The Good Stuff (July 2017)

Soapy Smith Night was a great deal of fun, as usual. Nice to see the auctions bringing in money for the Dai Vernon Fund.
by Bill Marquardt
July 3rd, 2017, 10:21 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Will Tsai - Youtube Responds on ethics of VFX ;-)
Replies: 73
Views: 12989

Re: Will Tsai - Youtube Responds on ethics of VFX ;-)

Over the last several years, I have come to learn that magicians are a peculiar lot. Not so long ago, a video appeared on the internet showing a magician performing coin sleights that seemed impossible, even to magicians, some of whom questioned the performance as being camera trickery. Just for kic...
by Bill Marquardt
July 1st, 2017, 10:04 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: Mike Close Resigns as Editor of M-U-M magazine
Replies: 25
Views: 6108

Re: Mike Close Resigns as Editor of M-U-M magazine

Wouldn't it be something if M-U-M became a subsection of Genii? Not an unprecedented type of event, I believe.

Yeah, I know. Not going to happen.
by Bill Marquardt
June 9th, 2017, 9:52 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: America's Got Talent performance
Replies: 100
Views: 19993

Re: America's Got Talent performance

Bill- at no point in any of the judges comments did they say he "fooled" them. They say how impressed they were, how spectacular and unusual and visual what they had just seen was but they never say the F word so I am confused why you keep asserting that they were? I assume you are referr...
by Bill Marquardt
June 7th, 2017, 12:46 pm
Forum: Buzz
Topic: America's Got Talent performance
Replies: 100
Views: 19993

Re: America's Got Talent performance

"That is the greatest close up magic I have ever seen in my life," said a judge. Either he was "fooled" (no, I don't like the word, either) or at least was entertained, as apparently were the rest of the audience. Unless, of course, the whole thing was a put on. At any rate, he w...
by Bill Marquardt
June 7th, 2017, 9:40 am
Forum: Buzz
Topic: America's Got Talent performance
Replies: 100
Views: 19993

Re: America's Got Talent performance

Could it not be simply stated that Will was not performing for magicians? He did not "fool us." He fooled "them."

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