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Bill Mullins

Jonathan Townsend wrote:Edit Reason: believability??? how about asking whether a proposition is credulant or whether it has a certificate of validificationability or evidence of poperfication.

Sometimes, Jonathan, I don't know WTF you are talking about. And I'm not sure you do either.

Bill Mullins

HERE is an academic article about perception and psychology of magic. To me, the interesting thing is that it is co-authored by Mac King, The Amazing Randi, Apollo Robbins, Teller, and Johnny Thompson. And a couple of other magic/academic papers: Magic and Software design and another with Mac King ...

Bill Mullins

Pavel had a set of lecture notes or a booklet on tricks with magnets.

Bill Mullins

In our opinion, oral agreements become void if one of the persons involved is no longer alive.

What if one of the parties becomes mute?

Seriously, is there a court of law anywhere that would endorse this theory?

Bill Mullins

And since Richard K's post, Cavett has updated the blog entry with a link to more of Slydini video on the Dick Cavett Show.

Bill Mullins

Jared -- I got mine middle of last week, which is later than usual.

Bill Mullins

Might those dates in May, 1976 be broadcast dates? Yes. I went through ProQuest's and Newspaperarchive's online searchable databases of newspapers, and the May 1976 date was the first date I found it listed in TV schedule. I also found it later, over the next couple of weeks, in various cities. I h...

Bill Mullins

It was titled "MAGIC FROM THE ROXY" from 1975. It has been mostly forgotton over the years but those of us from Pittsburgh know it as it was filmed in Pittsburgh... having been produced and directed by George Romero, of "Night of the Living Dead" fame. Although the special was n...

Bill Mullins

Henning's 1st special was Dec 26, 1975, hosted by Bill Cosby, also starring Julie Newmar, Orson Welles, Shimada, and Lori Lieberman. He had been on Captain Kangaroo a week before (Dec 19), and on Dick Cavett earlier in the year, and on a Dick Cavett special (with Dai Vernon) in 1974. He was on a And...

Bill Mullins

Publishing a magazine must be an awful lot of work. I bet the day that you interviewed Michael Caine was one of the days that make all of the other ones worth while.

Bill Mullins

Richard Kaufman wrote:Or I can lock the damn thread and STOP THE SUFFERING.

Frank Costanza said it best: "SERENITY NOW!"

Bill Mullins

Richard Kaufman wrote:Maybe it's Jeff Busby.

Jeff Busby is Jewish?

Bill Mullins

Francesca wrote: Not a magic quote but brilliant however is "I'd rather have a bottle in front on me than a frontal labotomy" Dorothy Parker.

That comes from Tom Waits, not Ms. Parker.

Bill Mullins

Yigal Mesika has a patent on his motorized thread real. He's filing an infringement suit against Sean Bogunia, claiming that Bogunia's IThread and IThreadX infringe on Mesika's patent.

Bill Mullins

The local Dollar General store carries the Ace brand cards. I kind of like them.

Bill Mullins

Don Hendrix wrote:If you have the HDNET move channel, they are showing the film on the 18th, before it opens in theaters. I get the channel on Dish Network. I don't know if it is on cable or not, but it should be.

I saw most of the movie last night. Enjoyed it -- it'll definitely go on the Netflix list.

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With the Blackstone Philly set, would you include the poster too? I would think you would have to have the 8 different wrappers that each sold a different trick. Would I include it? I don't quite know what you mean. I don't have one, or the box, or any of the mail in tricks. I have 2 or 3 different...

Bill Mullins

Now I'm working on on Blackstone, JR. Here's my entry: Jiffy Pop Popcorn Blackstone, JR. Present 1970s(?) 4 Cards Complete( I think) Condition: Fine There are several Jiffy Pop/Blackstone Jr sets. I have: 1. Round set (5" in dia). Has 4 different. 2. Rectangular set with square corners (4"...

Bill Mullins

Any extra "Number Predictions"? I could use 16 of them. Sorry, no. Why would you want 16 of them? Even if you had, say, 4 complete sets to trade away, wouldn't that completely saturate the world market? As collectibles go, these aren't up there with the Albo books or a gen-u-wine set of H...

Bill Mullins

What if the author was a guy who was interested in sleight of hand with cards, and had something to say about the subject in the two major subfields: gambling and magic. Sometimes, it's easy to overanalyze. This may be one of them. He wrote a book, and when he got finished, it had two big parts. Sin...

Bill Mullins

I'm trying to get my magic cigarette and trade cards in order. I'm looking for the "Number Prediction" card from the "Oreo: Unlocking The Magic Series". I could use 16 of them. For completeness sake, the other three titles in this set of four are "Four Sided Magic Card,&quo...

Bill Mullins

I bought some gaffed coins from Glenn in December, received them in January. Shipping took a little longer than I expected, but I received everything I had ordered (plus a bonus that I hadn't ordered).

Bill Mullins

Rode hard and put up wet.

Bill Mullins

HERE is a really nice set of American magic cigarette cards. These are the ones featured in the 2001 Magic articles.

Bill Mullins

Updates/edits: Articles: Magic 6/2001 "Tricks of the Trade Cards," John Moehring Magic 7/2001 "Tricks of the Trade Cards: Part Two," John Moehring Magic 8/2001 "Tricks of the Trade Cards: Part Three," John Moehring The Wrapper #27. "Blackstones Magic Tricks," ...

Bill Mullins

I think both Aronson's stack and Tamariz's stack both have built-in effects in which one (or more) perfect bridge hands may be dealt out.

Bill Mullins

Okay, here's a start at a bibliography: Books/monographs Conjuring Cartophily a lecture delivered by Patrick Lindley. Chicago: Magic Collectors Convention, 1988. Signed and numbered, of 100 copies. 6" x 8-1/4", green paper cover, B&W, 16 pp. An Introduction to Magic Theme Trade Cards R...

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It just amazes me that anyone would fail to see that crediting is a good thing, and that omitting crediting is a bad thing. A good-faith effort is all that is required. If you at least try to give proper credits, and miss one or make a mistake, people will understand and give you the benefit of the ...

Bill Mullins

Luke Easter played baseball in the Negro Leagues (St. Louis Giants, Cincinnati Crescents) and then for the Cleveland Indians after the color barrier was broken. After baseball, he worked for TRW in Euclid OH (suburb of Cleveland). He was killed by armed robbers in 1979 while taking payroll checks fr...

Bill Mullins

I believe so.

Is the Patrick Lindley one xeroxed, with a green cover? If it's what I'm thinking of, I had forgotten it.

There was also a series of articles in Magic a few years ago (Jun, Jul Aug 2001)reproducing the Dukes Cigarette card series, and others.

Bill Mullins

I do. Several years ago, at the "Gathering for [Martin] Gardner", my exchange gift contribution was a booklet on cigarette and puzzle trading cards.

Chris Pratt and Burton Sperber have also done monographs on the subject.

Bill Mullins

The Internet Archive has what appears to be a scanned, PDF copy of Clay's #5 above, except that it has been rebound. HERE

Google Books has Clay's #1 and Clay's #2.

Bill Mullins

Carl Spackler: "So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the La...

Bill Mullins

David Alexander wrote:How ironic that Reagan was quoting a union leader.

Even more ironic is that Reagan is the only president who has been a union leader (Screen Actors Guild).

Bill Mullins

What's out there other than US Playing Card cards? Walgreen Stud brand cards are pretty nice (made by USPC???), and for a while a local chain of stores carried Carta Mundi Ace brand cards, which seemed nice. Last night at our local ring meeting, one member brought some green-backed Bikes that he go...

Bill Mullins

Another 1899 description goes as follows: "Houdini, a noted Austrian sleight of hand artist, now touring the country, gives in the course of his entertainment an expose of a number of tricks by which the veteran gambler dupe his "easies." " It then goes on to illustrate and descr...

Bill Mullins

Gabe Fujari describes appraising the Jay Marshall estate:
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/November-2006/A-Fine-Mess/

Bill Mullins

Here are a couple of magazine/periodical archives so you can do your own research: Time Magazine Sports Illustrated Brooklyn Daily Eagle Harvard Crimson NY Times All of the above are free. (As are public libraries, which are big buildings with lots of books and magazines, and people who are happy to...

Bill Mullins

Terry wrote:Lighten up Francis.

Welcome, Sgt. Hulka, to the Forum.

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