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The TV game, "Let's make a deal", as it was broadcast in the 60's by Monty HALL (during thirteen years), was proposing a choice to a candidate among three closed doors. Behind one of them, there was a fantastic price (like a car), and behind the two other ones there was a cheap or funny prize (like a goat). The player must show a door, without opening it. Then, the host opens a door that has a goat behind it. (He is the only one to know where the car is). The spectator...

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23. Guest Editorial - The Not So Great Outdoors - Scott Davis
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29. Marketplace - Michael Close
    • Did We Make It?
      • Jeff McBride's World Class Manipulation Volumes 1-3 - Jeff McBride - three videos
      • Pavel's Cabaret Volumes 1-3 - Pavel - three videos
      • Schulien's - The Last Night - from Al James - video
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This is one of George Anderson's most outstanding publication. All one-man effects. No confederates or assistants. No cumbersome or heavy gimmicks. Balance between close-up and platform material. Only two card effects, both for close-up. Tested material routined by a showman. Everything practical for today's working conditions.

• The First Prediction: A practical discussion of the mental act.
• No Questions Written: A new concept of question answering that qualifies as sensational.
• "Easy Money" Mindreading: With a 2 cent gimmick that's worth $10.00.
• Playing Card Mindreading: A specialized...

Karrell Fox had a unique style and take on classics of magic and various of his own creations. This ebook covers a wide swath of his magic from stage to close-up, mentalism to silly bits. Also includes lots of photos from his life and performances. Illustrated by Sid Lorraine.

• Introduction
• Thank You's ...
• Chapter One: Meet The Maestro
  • Tucker On Fox
  • Karrell Fox
  • The Karrell I Know
  • From The Vernon Touch
  • Mr. Fox ... Mr. E ... Mr. Enthusiasm
  • The Man Behind The Magic
  • Karrell Fox ....
• Chapter Two: At The Table
  • Finger Flinger
  • Time Killer
  • A "Ringer"
  • Karrell's "Trick-Key" Case
  • Unglued
  • A Couple...

• ... Career?
• What Should I Do To Get Started?
• Show Techniques Explained
• Learning Through Listening
• Schedule Your Time for Success
• Licking the Problems of Stage Fright or Nervousness
• Your Philosophy Of Encouragement
• Showmanship for Performers
• Stage Technique
• Stagecraft and Voicecraft
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
• Exercise 6
• The Secret of Voice Volume And Carrying Power
• How Theatres Are Built
• Exercise 7
• Exercise 8
• Exercise 9
• Preventing Your Voice Volume from Fading
• Exercise 10
• A Problem of Many Beginners
• Exercise 11
• Exercise 12
• A Sure Cure for Stage...

A couple of highlights are:

ITH Triumph: An in the hands triumph effect with three distinct phases.

Impromptu Terror: An impromptu moving hole effect with a card signed by the spectator on both sides. A hole is visibly moved across the card to join a second hole. Now one hole jumps to a different card and then back. Both cards are given away at the end. (Completely impromptu.)

The amBIGuous Card: A selection shrinks and grows in a highly visual manner.

PM Plus: The deck is examined by two spectators who then make free cuts for selections while the magician's...

A history of the circus in Britain during the 19th century. One chapter deals with America, another with circus slang. Perhaps most interesting are the recollections of a gymnast and how he made it into the circus.

From the Preface:

A handbook on the virtual magic show for family entertainers.

I was working as a successful kids entertainer when Covid-19 hit. Like everyone else I saw all of my live work vanish and my income dwindle. I took my kids show online, and it has been pretty successful. I have now performed over 200 online shows and learned lots along the way. So, I wrote an ebook and now I am talking about it.

Now is the time to get online for the future of family entertainment!

• INTRODUCTION
• PART 1: THE AUDITION
• PART 2: REHEARSALS
  • The Initial Setup
  • The Backdrop
  • Webcam
  • Lighting
  • The Internet ...

From Ian Baxter, here is a remarkable 21st Century version of Bill Simon's famed Business Card Prophecy - virtually sleight-free and within reach of any card handler.

"A modern-day approach based on casual handling and natural misdirection, achieving the same outcome while eliminating the move entirely. Very clever thinking." - David Jones

1st edition 2020, PDF 4 pages.

DARYL: "The Misterious Cross of India"
This is one of the most famous routines of the great American magician Daryl (Fism prize). For the first time recorded in a video and live, on the occasion of the Coin magic Symposium. A simple but amazing routine. There are no other videos with Daryl showing this famous routine. An unforgettable master for...

The ace assembly effect is a plot that has been done to death in the annals of card magic. The following is my version of an ace assembly effect with a twist at the end. The method is so simple that even a beginner can master and perform it.

Four aces are dealt face down next to each other. Three indifferent cards are added to each pile. The magician says that he will attempt to move all the aces from the different piles into one pile. After some mumbo jumbo, the aces have disappeared from three of the piles. When the fourth pile is turned over, to everyone's surprise, it contains ... the...

4. The Team
4. Editor's comments
4. Contents
6. In The Phonebox with Kang-Ho Song
6. Facebook News
8. Kat Hudson - From the East Coast to the West End - cover article/interview
14. Reader's Letters
16. Leeds Magic Convention - How we arranged a one day magic convention in four weeks - Chris Stewart
18. Don't Squander Your Magic Earnings - Wolfgang Riebe
22. The Masterclass Classic
    22. Silk Away - Tony Griffith - Final Reflections (2009)
    24. Luck of All Men - A Magick from Brian Johnson
23. United Kingdom Escape Artists News & Awards 2021
26. speaking to the Right People...

Excerpt from the preface:

• PART ONE
  • CHAPTER I Faro
  • CHAPTER II Poker
  • CHAPTER III Craps
  • CHAPTER...

- Darren McQuade

You demonstrate why some pens are known as 'Magic Markers' by writing your name in capital letters on the back of a random card. You then have the front of the card signed by a spectator, who you have just met.

With a wave of your hand, you visually squish all of the ink together into one bundle, ala Jay Sankey. But that's just the beginning - you then demonstrate that you can un-squish the ink into any form you like, and with no displacements or extra moves, you visually un-squish the inky mess into your spectator's name.

Real time method. Easy handling. Fast Reset. BOOF! ...

Excerpt from the publisher's preface:

An award-winning, impromptu, self-working card miracle.

EFFECT: A borrowed deck of cards may be used. A member of the audience predicts something that two other spectators will do before they know what they will do.

Anyone in the audience calls "stop" at any time as you deal off the cards, one by one. This card is not shown but held by anyone, back to the audience, so there can be no switch. Two other persons each take a portion of the remainder of the deck, a free choice. These cards are counted. When the stopped at card is turned around, it is found that it had predicted the totals...

If you buy this book and implement the strategies, you will get more shows. Guaranteed! It's inevitable. And even if you only get one show from this book, you will have already recouped your investment. And you will.

Discover the potential of cold emailing and transform your entertainment career today.

• Foreword
• What is Cold Email?
  • Features of Cold Emails
  • Goals of Cold Emails
• Challenges and Best Practices
• What...

Excerpt from the preface:

What numbers mean to you.

The purpose of this ebook is to give a modern viewpoint on an ancient subject, in a way that will prove interesting and helpful to the reader. It does not seek to establish a new system of philosophy, or to over-emphasize the importance of long-stored knowledge. Instead, it endeavors to acquaint the reader with information that is well worth knowing.

The subject of Numerology does not become technical and involved as one goes further into its study. Instead, each step leads toward a definite objective; the scientific interpretation of numbers and their significance...

An amazing 'Any Card At Any Number' effect, in which a spectator chooses any card and finds it again, incredibly guided by a series of three simple operations, arbitrarily decided based on his free choice.

A highly original "Any Card At Any Number" effect, in which the illusionist explains how...

There are many versions of Danson's 'Diary Trick' and I like to think that my version has much to recommend it. A spectator is handed a diary and on looking through it will soon see that every date has a playing card written next to it. The spectator looks up her own birthday date and remembers the card written against it.

A blue deck of cards is shown and there is seen to be one red backed card in it. This is the card that is in the diary next to the magician's birthday date. This odd backed card is left in the deck which is shuffled. Using the spectator's birthday date, cards are dealt...

Wonderful card routines by one of the finest creators of magic entertainment. For example, he won the Academy of Magical Arts "Parlor Magician of the Year" for 2000. None of the routines requires particularly difficult sleight-of-hand. With an emphasis on offbeat effects, Martin delivers his original ideas with clear and insightful explanations. And, there's a non-card effect included, too, Martin's Chop-Cup Routine. It will teach you how you can make your own chop cup from items you likely have thrown away in the past.

This is material designed for the working magician, with each effect...