Six dynamic mentalism routines plus a bonus!
Critters allows the psychic entertainer to explore the many ways humans & animals connect with one another by employing simple toy animals (small plastic or large stuffed ones).
PLUS Craig has included his exclusive "Baby Elephant Walk" -- Chair Prediction Routine -- a fantastic large scaled stage production loaded with comedy potential and perfect for the family market -- a most excellent piece of mental magic that's suitable for the more traditional magician and mentalist alike.
1st edition 2009; 56 pages.
Stephen Tucker is probably one of the craziest people you will ever meet in magic. He may be crazy but he also happens to be highly talented and a very creative person. He has invented many magic effects and has supported himself over the years by performing magic, inventing magic tricks and editing and producing magic magazines. He was the editor and publisher of the amazing Spell-Binder Magazine.
Chicanery is a worthy successor to Spell-Binder and most of the effects within its pages are by Stephen. He gave himself pen names and a typical Tucker touch is that the names are Pen Tell, Mark Erpen, Nick Fountain,...
The Tilt or Depth Illusion was developed by Dai Vernon. It is a great move, wonderfully deceptive and not at all difficult to do. Allan teaches a couple of ways to prepare for the tilt and a few fine points.
runtime: 2min 45s
This is a method by Paul Curry to change a tabled card during a turnover.
runtime: 2min 47s
The Ultra Move was created by Arthur Buckley and first published in Card Control. It was popularized by Harry Lorayne. It is a very deceptive card switch and can also be used as card vanish.
runtime: 3min 42s
You will learn the classic Allerton Move to switch out one card. Later Wesley James significantly improved on the basic idea and Allan Ackerman demonstrates and teaches these variations.
runtime: 3min 31s
A very deceptive technique developed by Carmen D'Amico and Ed Marlo to switch out cards using a laping technique.
runtime: 1min 5s
You will learn two basic card reversals by Fred Braue.
runtime: 2min 30s
A clever idea by Bruce Cervon to reverse a card during a cut.
runtime: 2min 10s
A wonderful way to reverse one or several cards during a riffle shuffle, developed by Dai Vernon.
runtime: 1min 11s
Another beautiful switch attributed to Larry Jennings and Ken Krenzel.
runtime: 1min 33s
A nice switch by Ed Marlo. You switch out three cards from a set of four.
runtime: 1min 28s
This move displays one card three times such that it looks like you have three identical cards. It uses the Christ-Annemann alignment move.
runtime: 2min 20s
This is a very versatile switch allowing you to switch out one, two, three or four cards from a block of four. Allan got his inspiration from a 3 for 3 switch by Al Leech. One of the interesting parts of this video is that Allan shows the various transitions of his development going from Al Leech's move to Allan's final version.
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runtime: 7min 36s
A classic move developed by two great magicians, Jean Hugard and Fred Braue.
runtime: 2min 57s
Dai Vernon's version of the ATFUS achieves a much stronger illusion but is less versatile than Marlo's ATFUS.
runtime: 2min 43s
Fu-fu, or face-up face-up, is quite similar to the ATFUS and allows you to switch out a number of cards during a face-up display.
runtime: 2min 17s