The Genii Forum

Kent Gunn

Just for the morbidly inclined and those who keep score. Dead - Jennings, Marlo and Ascanio. They're deader than coffin nails. It' been a while too, I might add. But we can't expect you to have to keep up with these things. I said this earlier, I think it bears the repitition. You can still learn fr...

Kent Gunn

Just for the morbidly inclined and those who keep score. Dead - Jennings, Marlo and Ascanio. They're deader than coffin nails. It' been a while too, I might add. But we can't expect you to have to keep up with these things. I said this earlier, I think it bears the repitition. You can still learn fr...

Kent Gunn

Mr. Lewis, thank you for your insight. I agree with you completely, especially on the pony tail thing. As always you've won the day. Jon, by your response I can see you are still a fan of NLP. That's okay with me. You win points simply because you're the only person here that can make me pick up my ...

Kent Gunn

Crap, I'd much rather be on Jon's side than our esteemed Cana-Brit, Herr Lewis, just on principle. I'm no therapist, just somebody who probably needs one. Every shrink or psychologist I ever discussed NLP with, (my circle of friends is, no doubt, strange . . . ) thought it was not based on scientifi...

Kent Gunn

C'mon, click on the link. It is a wonderful film.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/women_in_boxes#

Kent Gunn

Thanks for clarifying. For me I learn best from books. It's not the fault of other people, I simply am a poor student when learning from live sources. I need time to reflect and mis-interpret the written word. With my limitations comes a huge advantage. I can learn from the dead, via their written l...

Kent Gunn

And how on earth would I be able to focus or make progress trying to digest the ideas and direction of five teachers? I would not study under five people, ever. If I could study with one person, I would feel fortunate and wish to absorb and digest that one person's teaching. Fantasy is wonderful. We...

Kent Gunn

Mr. Stone, I've just downloaded the document. It is very impressive. I've been performing the Sach's/Sacks dice routine since I learned it from the Bruce Elliot book. I really like the last effect in the book of Axel Adlercreutz; Time to Dice. I believe he has some video of that effect. Would you be...

Kent Gunn

I have two, you know. Also many other models are in the collection. Your least expensive route is go to www.woodencigars.com get one of his and then PM me.

KG

Kent Gunn

T'wern't up to snuff. After a cautious review, the muses deemed it unworthy. I listened.

KG

Kent Gunn

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Kent Gunn

Jon,

The odd coin didn't fit the blocking with the techniques I chose. I missed the extra coin thematically though. It was a nice marker for where the coins were going. C'est la vie.

Got to see Slydini do his multiple variations on the three and three theme. That was real magic.

KG

Kent Gunn

At least I think that's what Ganson called it in, The Dai Vernon Book of Magic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG5CGiPvrUA

It is still a little rough. I hope you get a laugh or a moment of magic from it.

KG

Kent Gunn

Here, here, Congratulations to the Wells! I thought the people who got air time more than deserved it. I had a great time at WMS. WMS is the big magic convention I've been to. I'm just glad magic got some time on the tube where nobody was revealing secrets. Losander and his incredible table looked a...

Kent Gunn

Bill,

I'll be glad to see any of WMS on the travel channel. It was a blast and I am honored you let me lecture for you! I'll be watching.

KG

Kent Gunn

I've worked up and used Frank Garcia's handling for years. I think it's in Super Subtle, if not it's in Million Dollar Secrets. I abandoned that handling for Bob Kohler's variation using a slightly different gaff. Aces in Their Faces from <a class="postlink" href="http://www.bobkohlermagic...

Kent Gunn

Although it's not a "classic" pass, the Bruce Cervon, Free-Turn-Pass is an option. It probably takes no less work than a classic pass.

Kent Gunn

Bill, You rock. Yes it is. You didn't say, "Kent you're not on the show". See, now I can still pretend Curtis, Bill and myself all made the final show and not the cutting room floor. I'm pretty sure Bill Palmer's persona and information were interesting and enough off the beaten track they...

Kent Gunn

Bill,

How did you find this out?

If you get any other information, let a guy know.

Kent Gunn

Kent Gunn

Thank you Jim, I sit corrected.

KG

Kent Gunn

Revelli was the name of a Chico Marx character who did not do any false shuffling. Rezvani on the other hand has some work on a false shuffle in a little pamphlet published in the 40s. But, maybe I haven't seen all the Marx brothers movies yet. Oh and the Mr. Heinstein's shuffle is not precisely lik...

Kent Gunn

And if you bother me again I shall visit you in the small hours of the night and put a bat up your nightdress.

BF

Kent Gunn

Roger, I've always thought people who use the word hubris were exhibiting a bit of it themselves. Obviously I'm including myself in this group. Kohler hired a lawyer to concoct the lease. To relegate the desires and whims of another to pride is presumptuous at best. The thing isn't a work of usable ...

Kent Gunn

Curtis, WTF, I just read your comment. New work on the cups and balls?, I got your new work buddy. Got a call from Travel Channel. Have they contacted you yet? Send me an email address Curtis, I've lost yours. I have a version of Ortiz' Hitchcock aces you'll like. I call it the same thing Ortiz did,...

Kent Gunn

MonkeyShines I and MonkeShines II are available from the author at <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dixonmagic.com">www.dixonmagic.com</a> I know this because it says so in the front of his books. These two books have 48 pages apiece and Doc wants 25 bucks a pop for them. The...

Kent Gunn

Three of the Apollo missions and a couple of the Soviet probes left retro reflectors on the moon. You need a huge telescope and a pretty tightly focused monochromatic light source but . . . The laser light bounces back. We've measured the distance to the moon with these things time and time again. D...

Kent Gunn

Hmmmm . . .

Magic Live

Oh wait they're sold out. Darn it. I wanted to get out of the house too!

Oh well. I guess I'll have to drag my fat . . . to Chicago.

KG

Kent Gunn

This is available from the creator at: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.steelballmagic.com/">http://www.steelballmagic.com/</a> This is the best thing I've seen in a very long time. Lou Serrano's routine has impressed and badly fooled many a knowledgeable magician. Not that I...

Kent Gunn

Curtis, This is 2009. (How's that for a statement of the obvious?) Ellusionist, Theory 11 and all the kids have cool demos of their stuff. Why can't the Oiater pundits do the same thing. The six card version of their oil and water looks like the handling I do and put up, on this very website. Even a...

Kent Gunn

Yeah, what David said!

Damn it, I hate it when somebody responds to a review I've written with a better written and stronger review. This happens when I do magic too!

KG

Kent Gunn

This is a booklet by Tom Dobrowolski and Jeremiah Zhang on OIl and wATER, hence the off-the-wall title. OiATER" is available through dealers worldwide (dealers contact Murphy's) or directly at http://www.chicagomagicbash.com. Having looked on this forum I noticed some other postings on OIATER. ...

Kent Gunn

David Neighbors probably has more work on matrix than the rest of the magic universe combined. He has over 100 versions of matrix.

www.coinjurer.com

KG

Kent Gunn

And how should I intuit your email address?

I have both books. I would want entirely too much money for them. I thought you'd have a better chance if your email address was more available though.

Cheers,

KG

Kent Gunn

Mr. Yandorf, I don't get many opportunities to speak to the president's wife. I probably wouldn't address her cousin's congregation though. Dismissive or downright insulting terms for groups of people are all cut from the same cloth. It's the cloth woven from racism and hate. If you're insulting peo...

Kent Gunn

Just because you don't realize a term is offensive does not mean you're not offending people. Just because no one calls you on it doesn't mean you're not insensitive. Trust me on this, I wrote the book on being an insensitive jerk. A dear friend of mine, who frequents this board, was talking about a...

Kent Gunn

By JAP, I meant Jewish American Princess, btw. I checked with my wife, she assures me it not particularly offensive. I don't know much about racial epithets. But, I did go to grammar school and Junior High with primarily Catonese-speaking Americans. I am actually quite certain they considered the te...

Kent Gunn

Ah . . .

The racial epithet I chose for African-Americans was immediately censored by the software. Hmmmmm . . . Why does that epithet rate higher than Chinaman, I wonder.

KG

Kent Gunn

Wow, I haven't heard or read the word Chinaman in years. I thought it was a racial epithet. I'm always impressed by the classiness I see displayed by other magicians. If the term kike, wop or [censored] had been used, would that have flown by us all so easily? For our Chinese magicians, I have a que...

Kent Gunn

Mr. Ben, I thought your response was frank but compassionate. Your candor and humility shows through your writing like a beacon. After you posted I wanted to respond to your words. I was unable to come up with anything to write. Your ability confront the criticism you received with aplomb and grace ...

Kent Gunn

Mr. Coyne,

How would you compare Mr. Ben's demonstration to that of Mr. Bishop?

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