Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Discuss the latest news and rumors in the magic world.
User avatar
Richard Kaufman
Posts: 27053
Joined: July 18th, 2001, 12:00 pm
Favorite Magician: Theodore DeLand
Location: Washington DC
Contact:

Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Postby Richard Kaufman » November 25th, 2021, 10:59 am

Thanksgiving Day it is, and I just want to wish you all the best from the staff at Genii. Have a great day!
Subscribe today to Genii Magazine

Bill Mullins
Posts: 5913
Joined: January 17th, 2008, 12:00 pm
Location: Huntsville, AL
Contact:

Re: Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Postby Bill Mullins » November 25th, 2021, 1:04 pm

And best holiday wishes to all the Kaufmans and all the Genii folks.
(and how's Margaret doing these days?)

User avatar
katterfelt0
Posts: 273
Joined: February 2nd, 2021, 2:11 pm
Favorite Magician: Depends on the day. Today, Rick Maue.

Re: Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Postby katterfelt0 » November 25th, 2021, 1:04 pm

Happy Thanksgiving to you and the entire Genii staff.
Effect and method are inextricably linked.

User avatar
Richard Kaufman
Posts: 27053
Joined: July 18th, 2001, 12:00 pm
Favorite Magician: Theodore DeLand
Location: Washington DC
Contact:

Re: Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Postby Richard Kaufman » November 25th, 2021, 2:34 pm

Margret is well and enjoying retirement.
Subscribe today to Genii Magazine

MagicbyAlfred
Posts: 2388
Joined: June 7th, 2015, 12:48 pm
Favorite Magician: Bill Malone
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC

Re: Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Postby MagicbyAlfred » November 25th, 2021, 3:44 pm

Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

User avatar
Paco Nagata
Posts: 436
Joined: July 3rd, 2019, 6:47 am
Favorite Magician: Juan Tamariz
Location: Madrid, Spain.

Re: Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Postby Paco Nagata » November 27th, 2021, 3:19 am

Happy (one day late) Thanksgiving Day to All!

Last weekend I had a little anecdote I wrote in "The Magician's Forum":

"... I was visiting an old friend of mine with my family...
At certain moment during the evening, he told me:
- "Hey, you do card magic, right?"
Right after saying that he handed me a deck of cards from a drawer...
While shuffling the deck I started thinking about what (impromptu) card trick to do...
Then, he launched his arm toward me...
I said:
- "What?"
He said:
- "I pick a card, right?"
I was taken aback for a second right before saying...
- Oh... Yes... Of course...
Then, I spread the deck and had a card selected...
I just did one of my favourite impromptu "pick a card" tricks.

The situation was as funny as hillarious to me!
I did a "pick a card" trick because the spectator assumed it like so!

That showed me that some spectators see Card Magic as just:

"Let's see what will happend with MY CARD: be divined, discovered, appeared/disappeared, changed, transposed...?"
"The Passion of an Amateur Card Magician"
https://bit.ly/2lXdO2O
"La pasion de un cartómago aficionado"
https://bit.ly/2kkjpjn

MagicbyAlfred
Posts: 2388
Joined: June 7th, 2015, 12:48 pm
Favorite Magician: Bill Malone
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC

Re: Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Postby MagicbyAlfred » November 27th, 2021, 10:02 am

Nice story, Paco. I would venture to say that impromptu magic with a borrowed deck, when well done, is among the most impactful close-up magic we can do for a lay person, whether it is a pick-a-card trick or otherwise. And all the stronger if they initiate things, by requesting we do something. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen that often that someone hands us their deck with a request for a trick. I wouldn't be surprised if, after you performed the trick for him, he placed an order for a custom made t-shirt with your picture on it.

My curiosity has got the best of me though, so I can't resist asking specifically what trick you performed for your friend?

User avatar
Paco Nagata
Posts: 436
Joined: July 3rd, 2019, 6:47 am
Favorite Magician: Juan Tamariz
Location: Madrid, Spain.

Re: Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us to All of You!

Postby Paco Nagata » November 27th, 2021, 5:06 pm

MagicbyAlfred wrote:Nice story, Paco. I would venture to say that impromptu magic with a borrowed deck, when well done, is among the most impactful close-up magic we can do for a lay person, whether it is a pick-a-card trick or otherwise.

That's so true Alfred!
Maybe that's the very reason I finally got to be considered a "true" card magician for my people!
God bless impromptu card tricks! :D
MagicbyAlfred wrote:And all the stronger if they initiate things, by requesting we do something. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen that often that someone hands us their deck with a request for a trick.

Also very true, unless your are quite known as a card magician amongst the people you usually hang out with ;)
MagicbyAlfred wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if, after you performed the trick for him, he placed an order for a custom made t-shirt with your picture on it.

Ha, ha, ha! I would love to order a t-shirt with a picture of his face after the magic effect :o :)
MagicbyAlfred wrote:My curiosity has got the best of me though, so I can't resist asking specifically what trick you performed for your friend?

Good curiosity!
At first I thought about Professor's Triumph, but, I prefered a longer plot... So I did a version of Jack Avis' "Lost Ace Problem."
I really love that card trick plot:
When the spectator take for granted that the face down card on the spread is his card, (being that the magical effect), it turns out to be the Ace that is supposed to be face down amongst the others, in the other side of the table! Then, spectator really freak out when that supposed Ace turns out to be the selected card! Hillarious!
"The Passion of an Amateur Card Magician"
https://bit.ly/2lXdO2O
"La pasion de un cartómago aficionado"
https://bit.ly/2kkjpjn


Return to “Buzz”