Written by male model/master magician Handsome Jack (with footnotes by John Lovick), this treatise is a rarity in the magic world: it's as funny (and attractive) as it is instructive. Handsome Jack, etc. details twenty stand-up (and close-up) routines with complete scripts, histories, and commentary on their development and performance.
In addition to Jack's urbane descriptions, Lovick provides two essential essays on the subjects of scripting and persona.
Call the eye doctor...my cards are mysteriously blurry!The BLURThis striking trick creates a unique image - a blurred deck of cards. Your audience will think they need their eyes checked when the ink starts to blur. Get ready to hear them shout in surprise! The clever gimmick is fully hidden within the deck of cards, making this very easy to perform.Freely show both sides of a pack of playing cards. Ask a spectator to freely select one card and remember it.Suddenly the printed ink on all the car...
If you were secretly given a playing card that had the genuine signature of someone in your audience, and no one knew or even suspected it existed, would you have a use for it? We thought so. And what if the method for obtaining this signed card happened to be an incredibly strong, 100% practical card effect? And what if the only props you needed to do all this were playing cards and a normal marker? No expensive or soon-outdated high-tech. And what if this utility principle and trick came with ...
A gradual and miraculous restoration!Visual restoration of a cut-up playing card!From Lubor Fiedler, the brilliant mind behind miraculous effects, comes this new creation that is absolutely unbelievable. Tenyo is proud to collaborate with Lubor to make his latest creation available to magicians worldwide. We believe you'll be surprised by the novel idea and gimmick that make this miracle possible.
Written by male model/master magician Handsome Jack (with footnotes by John Lovick), this treatise is a rarity in the magic world: it's as funny (and attractive) as it is instructive. Handsome Jack, etc. details twenty stand-up (and close-up) routines with complete scripts, histories, and commentary on their development and performance.In addition to Jack's urbane descriptions, Lovick provides two essential essays on the subjects of scripting and persona.
Karl Norman’s 40 Years at the forks written by Anthony Brahams and Mike Porstmann.Covers 21 years at the Forks Hotel (1971-1991) Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic.This book was published in 1995 and a few copies have been found!Karl Norman has been a resident magician at the Fechter Forks Hotel for 30 years. Here is a collection of some of the greatest close-up magic of all time direct from Karl Norman’s repertoire. Just look at the contents of this book: Think Of A Card P