The Genii Forum

Bill Palmer

Sven Schoppenhauer's book has been translated into English, and is easily available, if you want to know the basics of quick change.

I don't understand what is protectable about using glitter between the layers of a quick change, and/or what law would cover this.

Thanks for the warning, Yilou.

Bill Palmer

If you want to really understand what a trouper Ted was, when you watch the DVD's, bear in mind that the reason he was somewhat hesitant when he moved around was that he was in the beginning stages of Parkinson's, and his medications had not been adjusted properly. He did not let this get in the way...

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I saw Russ at the IBM convention in Little Rock. He was really funny. Because nobody knew him out of costume, he walked around the convention with his hand stuck in a lota.

Bill Palmer

If that was the 2003 lecture, it was part of an eight city tour. I drove him from Houston to San Antonio, to El Paso, Denver, Wichita, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Chicago, Ken Klosterman's Salon de Magie, and back to Houston. It was nearly 6,000 miles. During the trip, I got a chance to see how his cre...

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The work you have put into that routine shows, Kent.

You have done really well.

Bill Palmer

The economy is so bad that the pimps in D.C. are committing suicide by jumping off their platform shoes. (Robert Orben, Johnny Carson, and a whole lot of other guys.)

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I just got this message from Alexander de Cova. Sorry for that bad news, but Ted passed away today at 14.00 european time. he fell simply asleep and all was peaceful and without pain. regards alex Ted and I were good friends. He was an incredible genius when it came to inventing and routining magic....

Bill Palmer

Hmmm - does owning a copy of the Karma Sutra make one a great lover? No, but it might make one a creative speller. ;) All silliness aside, this can be answered by looking at the other art forms. Does being able to play 2 dozen 3-chord songs on a guitar make one a guitarist? Does painting a whole lo...

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How can i buy this? umm does it come in a PDF Format? haha. Cause it would take forever to actually be sent to me. I'd totally get it for 6$ umm, just a little help with payment stuff and yea, it'll be fine :D what comes in it anyways? about Hofsinzer anyways. Like, if you are going to look up anyt...

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Where was all the righteous indignation when the rest of us were sticking our necks out about exposure during the first series? Where was all the support? It didn't happen. You reap what you sow. I was the first person to reveal who the masked magician was on an actual, permanent web site, along wit...

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This has the reek of the excrement of the male bovine about it!

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I only met him a couple of times at various conventions overseas. He was a very nice man and a conscientious magic dealer.

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Interesting that the experts don't really know how to translate the phrase. Also interesting that it is on display in a museum in Spain -- home of those wonderful folks who brought us the Spanish Inquisition.

Bill Palmer

How often do people actually shuffle cards face up in real life situations?

Bill Palmer

The videos on Jimmy's site do not do this justice. Yes, the purpose of the cloth is to hide the method. However, Jimmy's assesssment of the performing angles is very conservative. He could do this almost surrounded if he made a very minor modification to the gaffus. Much of the criticism here from a...

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That's excellent news, indeed!

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In todays internet-google-happy environment... Why do people think they should say things like: "For my next trick I will present the famous Zombie Ball . First I cover the ball with an ordinary foulard ..." :mad: This is a perfect example of really crappy patter. Unless you are actually ...

Bill Palmer

Please give Bob my regards.

My brother just went through the same thing.

Bill Palmer

I had never used eBay's Live Auction for bidding before. I have a very fast internet connection, and I found that I needed to respond very quickly in order to get a bid to connect. This time, though, they had corrected the problem with the bid increments. I remember during both of the Jay Marshall a...

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I don't know how TV ad buying works in the States, but in the UK you don't buy the spots per programme. You buy blocks. I imagine it works in a similar way in the US, so the advertisers won't even be selecting to be in that show. That's right. You don't know. So why comment? The FACT is that sponso...

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I won seven lots. These were some that were of particular interest to me, especially because the set of cups and cups and cups and balls I already have had no instructions. So I bought Billy's set. ;)

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It was more fun than a barrel of lobsters.

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I have seen some of the cards Bill has. If you are an autograph collector, this is your chance to get some really nice material for your collection.

Bill Palmer

I have known Roger for more than 50 years. I met him in 1957 or so, when I was working behind the counter at Howard's fun shop in Houston. He would come down from the Panhandle ever so often, and would only deal with Howard, never with any of the rest of us. After I got to know him, I realized it wa...

Bill Palmer

Do you mean Mahrishi?

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What about these gaffed decks that are out there? In it they will contain cards that are needed for various effects. Is the selling of these gaffed decks illegal. Read the previous posts. Not illegal. Possibly unethical. It depends on what effects you are referring to. MacDonald's Aces, for example...

Bill Palmer

OOOPS!!!! My bad.

Actually, Brenda was no longer with "the other Bob Brown" when he appeared in SA.

Linda Jonassen was apearring with him, instead.

To quote Emily Littella -- "Never mind."

Bill Palmer

That's too bad. I enjoyed Bob. I met him at one of the TAOM conventions in San Antonio. I asked him if he was going to perform the Vernet suspension. He was very surprised and asked, "How did you know about that? Nobody knows I have one of those. There were only two made." I replied, "...

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The criteria for protecting intellectual property have been shifting ever since they were first established. In England, for example, letters patent were originally issued at the whim of the reigning monarch and lasted until his or her death. This was, of course, centuries ago. Before 1928, it was i...

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Erdnase -- The Expert at the Card Table -- the first time I heard of the book was when I met Harry Riser. I purchased it a few days later. It's encyclopedic. It's mysterious. It's useful. It's everything a magic book should be. It's the kind of book you can read several times and get something new f...

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If you think there is something fishy about this DVD, you might want to contact George Daily directly. He has always been honest and straightforward with me.

Bill Palmer

Todd: Why don't you do a reprint of the second or third edition of [i]Hocus Pocus, Junior[/i}? The illustrations in the second and third editions are much cleaner than the illustrations in the first edition, and more material is explained in that edition than in the first. Steve Burton did a nice jo...

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This is really horrible news. I met Geoff at the TAOM convention in Houston in 2004. We just sat and talked about some of the great performers we had known. He said, "Who do we have now that the Professor and all those guys are gone? Who is carrying that torch?" I said, "Geoff, it's g...

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What would you suggest?

Read Annemann and Corinda. Then read Waters.

BTW, a book test where all you get is a word is NOT mindreading. It's word guessing.

Bill Palmer

From the aforementioned article: John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a Virginia-based defense research firm, said the technology is still too nascent to be of practical use for the military. "They're still in the proof of principle stage," Pike said. A message left with the Army was...

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I think that you should realize that it does not take much to set up the idea that a machine has had a serious malfunction. You could get a similar result from a "bang" device, followed by smoke coming out of the machine. In fact, it might be more effective if you had a "bang" de...

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The September issue is excellent!!!! It landed in Houston on Friday.

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I was working a series of shows with Marvyn and Carol Roy. One evening he decided to do the shocking chair bit, with a stooge he picked from the audience. The stooge was far more convincing than most magicians I have seen when they attempt to act. Marvyn knew precisely what to tell the fellow to do....

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Not to mention the effect it might have on an [censored] magician who shocked Richard Kaufman. Shocking Richard Kaufman can cause permanent brain damage and severe physical injury.

Maybe there should be a warning label on these things. ;)

Bill Palmer

Kent:

Rerum -- Let's have another rum.

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