The May Issue of Genii Features Paul Gertner

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The May Issue of Genii Features Paul Gertner

Postby Richard Kaufman » April 20th, 2023, 3:21 pm

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I first met Paul Gertner sometime in the 1970s. Even then he had his act down pat, consisting of difficult material that didn’t look so in his hands, all delivered in a breezy style that was spot on each time. His whole life has been an adventure in magic. Johnny Carson was his magic session buddy; he’s fooled Penn & Teller multiple times, and won the first big magic contest that had a $10,000 cash prize back when that was a lot of money. I had the pleasure of writing his book Steel and Silver in the distant past. We sat down for a long interview last November in Boston and Dustin Stinett has turned that into a fascinating article.
Terry Commons has been running dining/magic establishments under the name Mystique Dining since 1997, when his first place opened in Idaho. The business continues to this day at five locations, its latest in La Jolla and San Diego, California, where famous magicians perform while the patrons feast on fancy eats. Doc Docherty, a magician who performs regularly on this circuit, tells the tale.
In “The Eye,” Vanessa Armstrong tells us about a new book on Jeff Sheridan, and the cruise ship magician who got attacked for performing a card trick.
Jon Racherbaumer’s “Exhumations” brings a routine based on Dai Vernon’s “Penetration of Thought”; here, thought-of Aces jump between packets.
In “Chamber of Secrets,” John Gaughan reveals a remarkable early carved German wooden automaton. It’s most unusual in that it can change two different items on the table in front of it four times each. That’s a tongue twister, but the little man refuses the dare.
Rafael Benatar continues with the second part of his discussion on the Elements of an Effect in this month’s “Thoughts … .”
Of course most of you know and do The Elmsley Count, but you’ve likely never seen the original routine by Alex Elmsley for which he devised it. This month in “Cardopolis,” David Britland gives you a new version for modern times.
In “Artifices,” Roberto Mansilla puts on a blindfold and calls out cards.
Kid show magicians always get booked for a reason—a birthday, holiday, and so on. But David Kaye has experienced an interesting new trend in which he’s getting booked for “no reason,” and he explains why in “Expert at the Kids’ Table.”
In Chris Beason’s final turn as editor of “Magicana” he presents three effects by Josh Janousky, none of which use a playing card.
“Knights at The Magic Castle” by Shawn McMaster carries the latest news from the club house of the Academy of Magical Arts—if you’re a Genii subscriber, remember that you get to visit once each year. Just call the Castle to make your reservation, tell them you subscribe to Genii, and then they call our office to confirm. “Light from the Lamp” shines with the latest reviews of tricks, books, and videos courtesy of David Regal, Francis Menotti, and Jonathan Levit.
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