When Hideo was thirteen years old, he purchased a book of card magic for beginners but he didn't have a deck of cards. He went to a department store to buy one and asked a saleslady, 'Where can I buy a deck of
cards?' She asked, 'What are you going to use it for?' he answered, 'To perform magic.' She pointed to a corner of the store where there was a Tenyo Magic Counter. He had never known that magic apparatus was sold to the general public. He bought a set of Multiplying Billiard Balls and both marked and
stripper decks. This was the beginning of his magic career.
He went to work part-time as a magic demonstrator for Tenyo when he was nineteen years old while attending...
... - Employ a Teacher - Visit a Methodist Camp Meeting - Become a Probationary Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church Make Restitution, so far as in my power, of the Property I had made by Gambling - A Philanthropist Furnishes me with Necessary Means of going to School - A Term in the Augusta College - Write the "Arts and Miseries of Gambling" - The Excitement it Produces - Life Threatened by Captain John Howard, the Notorious River Robber
CHAPTER II: Resolve to Reform - Destroy my Gambling Implements - Make Restitution - Unite with the Methodist Episcopal Church - Determine to Lecture...
... by one the psychic reveals each item, exactly.
Now the hard part. Even though the question has not been seen by you nor the psychic, and it is sealed inside of an envelope, the psychic begins revealing precise details about the question.
This done for corporate clients, restaurant owners, college activities directors, or even agents will ensure that you get hired over the competition.
Code is easy to learn
Can be learned in under an hour
Updated for a modern audience
Book overviews past methods - a history lesson
Full routines
Find secret places to buy the latest electronic...
and just jumps out at you. Again, Great Scott shines-up one of his pet effects for you and puts his usual meticulousness and creativity to the package. Not only that but it's just $10 bucks so you can't go wrong, it can only make your overall bag of tricks better. Scott's body of work is like a college course in magic but he keeps it easy and fun; yep Professor Prolific he is. I highly recommend this one. Get it, and start Having a Ball today! - Marion Boykin
... I had visited his website martinsmagic.com, but had no idea of the depth and scope of his history project, chronicling thousands of quality magic items, magazines, catalogs and data, with photos, videos and reference links to drool over, with a thoroughness never seen before.
When I got out of college in 1968, magic was for me a hobby, and a source of income to pay some of the bills. I was unaware of most magic shops and dealers, and magic magazines. As a performer, (in addition to a routine desk job) I used to perform in a Cabaret at Trincas (one of the "in" spots for the younger crowd...
All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.
The Vanishing Brooch
While attempting to get his watch repaired, the jewelers ask Blackstone to solve a rash of robberies that are leaving their own detectives baffled. Could one of the store's oldest and best customers be to blame?
After another mystery is solved by magic, Blackstone teaches a strange little card trick with a singing revelation. Originally broadcast 09/04/1949
... first trick by mother in 1930, then self-taught from library books. Inspired to become a pro by seeing Blackstone at age 14. Attended Chavez School in 1947 on GI Bill, graduating to become an instructor there. Owner of "Irv Weiner's Studio of Magic" in Boston 1949-55. Pro close-up, specializing in college 2-hour one-man shows. Pet effects: Vernon's Travellers, Thumb Tie.
Wrote Dabbling with Daub (1951, 7pp). Invented over 200 original effects published as "Manu-Secrets", including Soft Dice (1952), Flabbergasting! (1952), Red Tape Thumb Tie (1953), No Nest Cups & Balls (1953), Soft Dice (1954), The Travelling Salesman (1954), Just Imagination (1954), Alphabet Soup Card Trick (1955), Beyond...
Dr. James Nuzzo was a podiatrist, a teacher, a student of karate, and a magician. He taught at the Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine. As a magician, he excelled in card magic. He was a student and friend of Edward Marlo. Together, they wrote Art and Ardor at the Card Table (2003, pp 199).
Mike Powers is an award-winning magician who has over 30 years of experience performing in both close-up and stage environments. He performs, lectures and writes, for example the monthly column "The Card Corner" in The Linking Ring. He was formerly a Professor of Physics at Holy Cross College in South Bend Indiana.
(The photo is copyright Robin W. Dawes, and is used with permission.)
Crispin Sartwell is Associate Professor of Art History, Political Science, and Philosophy at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. A former newspaper columnist and music critic, he is the author of a number of books, including Political Aesthetics (Cornell University Press, 2010) and Six Names of Beauty (Routledge, 2004). He is a card hobbyist.
(6th May 1943 - )
