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Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 4:58 am
by mrgoat
Richard Kaufman wrote:Thanks for your kind words, and I can assure you that I've never worn a merkin. However I believe that David Roth could add an entirely new perspective to his act by performing "The Portable Hole" with a merkin instead of a piece of felt.


Especially if still attached to a stripper. He could produce a jumbo coin as a kicker.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 10:34 am
by El Harvey Oswald
"performing "The Portable Hole" with a merkin instead of a piece of felt"


not an entirely ridiculous idea

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 11:06 am
by Richard Kaufman
In the proper performing circumstances it could probably be quite funny.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 11:15 am
by Michael Close
For that routine to make any sense at all, you'd have to use dollars bills instead of coins.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 11:30 am
by Richard Kaufman
Mike, the dollar bills go into the GARTER.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 11:31 am
by Jonathan Townsend
Michael Close wrote:For that routine to make any sense at all, you'd have to use dollars bills instead of coins.


Silver dollars or those tokens...

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 11:48 am
by El Harvey Oswald
An actual merkin would generate a lot of curious interest, and the routine could be funny in the right setting. While I doubt that we'll see anyone whip out a merkin at Bill Joslin's table any time soon, some of the dark, late-night performances in the Jack Okie could be conducive to it. And apparently magic is performed outside the Castle, as well.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 12:24 pm
by Michael Close
No wonder I keep getting thrown out of those places.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 1:16 pm
by El Harvey Oswald
THE Michael Close?

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 1:50 pm
by Richard Kaufman
There's only one.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 1:54 pm
by mrgoat
Richard Kaufman wrote:There's only one.


And he was a brilliant race car driver

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Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 2:26 pm
by Michael Close
Mike Close - it's not a name; it's a recording technique.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 2:54 pm
by Pete McCabe
The Hortable Pole.

That's all I have so far.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 4:35 pm
by Jonathan Townsend
Falsies were 60's and 70's chop cup loads and now it's merkins...

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 1st, 2012, 9:45 pm
by El Harvey Oswald
Some day in the future, when the history is written:

The current craze for all things merkin in magic began, almost as a lark, with a suggestion from Richard Kaufman on an Internet forum. . . That Kaufman is widely hailed now as the "Father of Merkin" magic has obscured his other contributions to the field, as a publisher and author.

Re: Jamy Ian Swiss Article

Posted: March 2nd, 2012, 12:02 am
by Richard Kaufman
As Eeyore would say, "Oh well ... "