Top Secret Magic - Magic DVDs

Simply the greatest collection of powerful card magic ever. Astonishing and entertaining, this classic collection of card magic is sure to knock you out. Powerful, professional material, so clearly and completely explained that you'll want to perform every effect. Beautiful production quality, a lively audience, and multiple camera angles filming close-up and surrounded will make watching, and learning, fun! World Champion Michael Ammar, a best-selling author, award-winning lecturer, and world-class performer, handpicked each effect. These videos contain the finest magic instruction available teaching some of the greatest card effects of all time.

On The Pass has been acclaimed as one of the best teaching videos on sleight-of-hand and is the best source for learning one of the more difficult sleights in card magic. Richard Kaufman who is a master of the Pass teaches you everything he knows on the subject. This is the only comprehensive course on this elusive secret of the experts.

Techniques taught: The Classic Pass, The Riffle Pass, The Jiggle Pass, Half A Jiggle Pass, Classic Pass False Cut, The Cover Pass, Herrmann Pass, Merlin's Herrmann Turnover Pass, Jacob Daley's Improved Herrmann Pass, The Double-Lift Shift, Steve Draun's Midnight Shift, The Half Pass and much more.

Routines taught: False-Cut Ace Cutting , A Biddling Vanish, Every Every Where, New Cavorting Aces and Passing Along The Vanishing Aces.

**Daryl's Gold Medal F.I.S.M. Routine** Here, you have the chance to witness the live performance of Daryl's entire gold medal-winning F.I.S.M. Routine. Daryl also demonstrates and explains dozens of additional tips and subtleties he has created and refined over many years to allow you to be the best you can be! And, for the first time ever, Daryl reveals the real work on the most amazing finale to this routine - Daryl's Ultimate Ambition Improved! If you want to do one of the most famous card tricks of all time this is THE DVD!

The Ambitious Card is one of those rare things in magic - a "perfect" effect. It is quick and easy to understand, yet has variations limited only by your imagination. The performance transcends all language barriers and can be as simple or as complicated as you wish. Freestyle routining makes this effect a little like playing jazz - once you have mastered the basic theme, you can weave in and out of it to create a unique and personalized rendition for each performance.

Conjuring historians have traced the origins of the Ambitious Card plot back to a French conjuror named Alberti who performed in the early 1800's but the idea of placing a card into the middle of the back and having it return to the top almost certainly occurred to card magicians prior to that. It definitely has intrigued magicians since then as just about every performer with cards since that time has included some version of this trick in their repertoire.

In this volume, you'll meet a variety of performers who have taken this very basic yet magical idea of a single playing card constantly rising to the top of the pack in some very clever and decidedly different directions. For example, David Regal leads off with his routine which transmogrifies an ordinary playing card into a puppy that always responds to the voice of its master. You'll see and learn Harry Lorayne's routine which first saw print in his classic Close-Up Card Magic performed and taught by the man himself. Frank Garcia offers some clever moves that are ready to be implemented into your own routine while Michael Ammar demonstrates a routine that would compliment the repertoire of any card worker. Doc Eason is up next with his take, a high point of his bar set, while Paul Wilson, Al Schneider and the inimitable Tommy Wonder perform and teach their routines which all end up with the card appearing in a totally unexpected and magical place. Finally, Dai Vernon's reminiscence about the origins of his timeless routine from Stars of Magic is the perfect way to round out this Ambitious Card extravaganza.

GJ 6 Cards to Pocket (Gary Jones' signature routine) - Many magicians have been trying to get Gary to release this routine for years. Now he's finally sharing it with the magic community. The cards, a signed ace to six, all vanish individually and appear in order in the magician's pocket. Gary Jones has been using this routine for many years, but this is arguably the best version of this classic. It can be performed close up, cabaret and parlor.

CC Cards to Pocket - The signed ace to four vanish one at a time. The first three appear in the magician's pockets, the final card vanishes from inside the spectator's hand and appears inside the magician's wallet (which has been on the table all along!) Highly Commercial.

GJ Pocket to Pocket (incorporating Gary's Ambitious Card) - A fantastic sequence that is stunning on its own or you can add to any ambitious card routine, your spectators won't believe their eyes!!!

GJ Repeat Signed Cards to Pocket - 3 cards are selected and signed. One at a time they appear in different pockets, then as quick as a flash they instantly jump straight back to the pockets. Excellent!

Top Con Control - A new, easy and deceptive way to control a card to the top of the pack.

John Carey's inspired by Lance (performed by Christopher Congreave) - 4 kings are placed onto the table and a signed card placed in between them. The signed card vanishes from between the kings and appears in your pocket. Again, you show the cards but this time the cards are isolated in the spectator's hand. BOOM!! Under these impossible conditions the signed card again vanishes, and makes it appearance back to your pocket. Commercial magic at its best.

Bonus: GJ's No Sleep Plus - A brilliant transposition routine. I don't want to spoil the surprise!

Pseudo Pickpocket - This is a brilliant and commercial plot that Chris Congreave and Gary Jones have been performing at their gigs to fantastic spectator reactions. Imagine being able to get a signed, or a merely thought of card, into a spectators wallet. For the professional there is also a method of getting your contact details into a spectator’s wallet! Pure gold to the working pro.

CC Pickpocket - A card is signed and lost in the pack. Two aces are placed in to the spectators wallet, and you tell them you will pick their pocket. The wallet is placed where you can’t possibly reach it….or can you? The aces are visibly produced. Then the spectator removes their wallet thinking the aces will be there…wrong, it’s the signed card!

GJ Signed Card to Card box - Dr. Daley’s last trick meets signed card to card box! The best bit is NO PALMING!

CC Thought of Card, GJ KickBack Pick Pack Pocket, Cash Credit Card Pickpocket, Wallet Transpo, John Carey’s Signature Transpo.

GJ Delusion, Touch Card to Wallet, Top Con Control (A new, easy and deceptive way to control a card to the top of the pack.)

Since the days of David Devant, the idea of magically causing playing cards to move invisibly between two places has intrigued magicians and inspired them to come up with different twists and methodologies. Cards Across, as the basic plot has come to be known, is also of interest close-up and stage performers alike because of how well a strong performance of this trick plays for audiences.

On this volume you'll find some of magic's best performers performing and explaining their own versions of this time-honored classic. You'll find basic but strong handlings from Bill Malone and Michael Skinner to more involved routines with the cards visibly vanishing and traveling twice, such as in Dan Harlan's routine. Bruce Cervon causes two signed cards to travel while in Juan Tamariz's version, cards that were merely thought of move from one spectator's hand to another's. You'll also discover Michael Ammar's routine with sealed envelopes, with two selected cards traveling from one impossible place to another, and Michael Close's hilarious take, where the cards travel from one really impossible place to another.

If you've been looking to add to a version of cars across to your close-up or platform repertoire, this DVD is a veritable embarrassment of riches!

In the early part of the 20th century, legendary bar magician Matt Schulien threw a deck of cards against the wall of his tavern and left a spectator's selection stuck in place. Little did he realize that he had created one of the most memorable and dramatic card tricks of all time. Since then, magicians have aimed their sites a little higher – ceilings, to be exact – and have been amazing and mystifying audiences with one of the very few card tricks that has such a huge, built-in "wow" factor.

On this volume, you'll meet five modern-day practitioners who have all made important contributions to the evolution of the Card On Ceiling. Doc Eason shows you how to make this trick play for large groups, drawing in all of the spectators into this very magical experience. You'll learn all of the fine touches in J. C. Wagner's version of the trick that's used by bar magicians everywhere, including Doc Eason. Karl Norman performs and discusses the version that he performed for 40 years at the legendary Forks Hotel and Michael Ammar teaches his take on this classic effect, one that helped to forge his reputation in the world of magic. Lastly, Scotty York, in addition to his very funny and clever presentation of this trick, will demonstrate how to make a gimmick that will enable you to streamline its handling.

The card-to-impossible-place plot is almost as old as card conjuring itself with the earliest ancestor of the trick we now call the Card To Wallet appearing as “The Card in the Pocketbook” in early magic literature. Over the next two centuries, magicians devised a myriad of ways to create the effect of a selected playing card appearing mysteriously in the performer’s wallet and in this collection, you’ll find an amazing variety of methods for all skill levels. John Mendoza begins with two selections appearing in the zippered compartment of a wallet that was in plain sight throughout the routine – and there’s no palming involved. Likewise, Alexander deCova has devised a way of recreating the famous LePaul effect of a signed playing card appearing inside an envelope and, once again, there is no palming involved. Michael Ammar is next with an extremely logical approach to the effect as a torn playing card visibly changes into a credit card while, naturally, the playing card is found restored in the performer’s wallet in the space previously occupied by the credit card. Then, Eddie Tullock, the king of trade show performers, demonstrates how to turn a basic card-to-wallet effect into a powerful promotional tool. Dan Fleshman offers his take on the classic Red Hot Momma effect with a socko wallet finish while Alex Elmsley demonstrates a card-to-wallet effect that uses no gimmicked wallets and is virtually always ready to perform. Finally, Eric DeCamps presents his card in wallet routine with three selections that can play in a stand-up as well as close-up situation.

The discovery of a chosen – and oftentimes signed – playing card in the magician’s wallet is a centuries-old crowd pleaser and if you’re looking to add this all-time audience favorite to your repertoire, you won’t find a better starting point than this collection.

Bendix Bombshell (John Mendoza) - Professional Card to Wallet (Alexander deCova) - Card In Wallet (Michael Ammar) - Card In Wallet (Eddie Tullock) - Momma In My Wallet (Dan Fleshman) - Card To Wallet (Alex Elmsley) -Card In Wallet Routine (Eric DeCamps)

Since the early 1700’s, magicians have been dazzling their audiences by finding selected playing cards with knives. In the intervening years, legendary magicians such as Charles Bertram, Nate Leipzig, Karl Germain, Max Malini, and countless others have used this effect to astound onlookers and forge reputations.

On this DVD, you’ll be treated to seven different interpretations of the Card Stab. Johnny Thompson begins with Max Malini’s legendary version as he stabs three selections from cards scattered across a table while blindfolded. Michael Ammar contributes another legend’s take on the Card Stab – this time Nate Leipzig – as two cards are located by a knife thrust into the center of a pack of cards that’s been wrapped in a napkin. In a similar vein, Frank Garcia enables a spectator to stab their own signed selection in a wrapped-up pack while also providing a lovely bonus card production from a card case. Daryl finds a selected card by stabbing through a newspaper that covers cards that are spread across a tabletop while Jeff Sheridan expands on a Milbourne Christopher concept and stabs a card from a shuffled deck while it’s suspended in a bag fashioned from a paper napkin. Steve Dacri demonstrates how to make the Card Stab play big as he stabs two selections right out of the air and Paul Potassy shows off the trick he used as an encore when he performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages.

Malini Card Stab – Johnny Thompson
Card Stab – Michael Ammar
Card Stab – Frank Garcia
Card Stab Through Newspaper – Daryl
Card Stab – Jeff Sheridan
Card Stab – Steve Dacri
The Encore Card Stab – Paul Potassy

Bright Ideas is a collection of killer commercial card effects. On this DVD you will see Christopher Williams performing the effects in a live situation and get some spectacular reactions with some stunning visual card Magic.

All these routines come straight from Christopher’s working repertoire and have been streamlined to work in almost any performing environment. After seeing a live performance each effect is then individually broken down and explained in full detail in the studio including all the necessary sleights and subtleties that have been developed through countless performances.

Guiltless Aces - From a borrowed, shuffled deck, the Aces are found with just a simple cut. Each phase gets better than the preceding phase with a killer kicker ending! Christopher even closes his act with this sometimes!!!
Las Vegas Jokers - One of Christopher’s personal favourites! Dr Daley’s last trick given a logical performance with a second, killer phase!
CTP - The Magicians pockets are checked by the spectator and found to be empty. Four cards, and only four (which can be signed) vanish one at a time only to appear each in a different pocket. Each vanish and reappearance gets better than the one before. This has caught the attention of several top magicians!
Sightseer - Christopher’s handling of Larry Jennings ‘The Visitor’ effect. The spectators signed selection twice jumps from between one set of Queens between another under impossible conditions, with a kicker final phase!
Oil & Hot Water - A simple, easy to follow Oil and water, with just 4 cards! However at the end, the backs change colour! And then back again! Everything is examinable!
Thought of Cards Across - 20 cards are taken from the deck and 10 turned face up, 10 face down. The spectator chooses which packet they want to think of a card from, and in the same condition, the cards are given to a spectator, 10 cards each. Just a snap and there are now 11 in one packet and 9 in the other. The spectator’s card has travelled across! But wait, another spectator saw a card…no problem! The magician snaps his fingers and another card has jumped across, leaving 12 cards and 8, the second selection has gone across! All done in the hands!

Also includes the following fantastic routines: Triumphant Colour Changing Collectors, Repeat Sandwich, Un-gaffed Entourage & Queens Transpo.

Joshua Jay is truly a phenomenon in magic - host of the Talk About Tricks section of MAGIC Magazine for the last seven years, author of two best-selling trade books (the first published in five languages), star of a series of instructional magic DVDs, Champion at the World Magic Seminar in 1998, TV appearances in no less than eight countries - the list goes on and on...

But for many in the magic community, Joshua Jay's most interesting performance venue is his LECTURE! Over the past three years this New York based (and Ohio raised) worker has toured FIFTY-FOUR countries, allowing him to hone his lecture into one of the most entertaining and informative programs of its kind. In November 2007 Joshua performed this lecture in Lima, Peru. It subsequently won Joshua “International Magician of the Year” from the Association of Latin American Magicians. On this DVD Joshua brings this polished event to the UK for the first time.

At the heart of this two-hour extravaganza is - METHOD. Joshua Jay dissects and examines the numerous methodological approaches you can apply to your magic. And, of course, each approach is demonstrated with a different, original routine. This is a collection of powerful, workable magic, but more importantly, an examination of the thought process of their construction.

HEIGHTENED SENSES - a brilliant (and EASY) piece of mentalism that plays for crowds big and small.

SPLIT DECISION –Even though two spectators misremember the same card, you find “both” cards and create a most impossible object.

BACK IN TIME (with Jay Sankey) –An in-the-hands Triumph routine that defies the laws of time.

I DREAM OF MINDREADING (with John Lovick) - A card location wrapped in a touching story about doing magic for a blind man.

TOTALLY TRIUMPH – A flourishy way of straightening out a pack of cards…and producing the four Aces.

Whether your interests run to cards, coins, close-up, parlour, stage, mentalism or walkaround - Joshua Jay's lecture will simply MAKE YOUR MAGIC BETTER! Methods In Magic also features an in-depth interview with Joshua Jay, taking in advise on practising, crazy celebrity encounters, advise for aspiring magicians and some hair raising tales from life on the road.

With Methods in Magic you’ll learn powerful, road tested magic. More importantly, you’ll learn the secrets to truly develop your own material.

Joshua Jay has taken this lecture all over the world, and now he brings it to your living room! If you have never seen Joshua lecture live, it is unlike any lecture you have ever seen: interactive, fast-paced, theoretical, and packed with clever magic you will use. If you have seen Joshua lecture before, there is STILL tons of content you’ve never seen here. Joshua lectures on bonus routines that he has never tipped before, and shares unique insights into performing and creating.

"You will see Joshua at his very best! A clever, likeable, and entertaining magician. The tricks are good but the lessons he teaches are even better." - Bill Malone

"In an overflowing sea of magical DVDs, this one stands high above the rest because of its tremendous value, its excellent content and it's just plain fun to watch!" - Daryl

"Some people perform magic and some people are magic. Very few people have both of these qualities. Josh is one of them! Brilliant stuff!" - Wayne Dobson

More tips, advice and 15 routines created by David Stone
Manage the audience - Guarantee your tips - Resell yourself after each show - Develop a strong and commercial magic

- Documentary: 24 Days to Build and Act for the World Championships of Magic
- Making of
- Photo Gallery

Magicians who specialize in close-up magic are constantly in search of material that doesn't use playing cards. Easily seventy-five percent of the magic that's been published over the last 50 or 60 years has been card magic of one kind or another so quality non-card material is a relatively scarce commodity in the literature.

On this DVD, you'll meet seven different performers presenting and teaching powerful close-up routines that will wow any audience – and there's not a playing card in sight! The legendary Bruce Cervon starts off with a beautifully routined piece of magic where a borrowed handkerchief is clearly seen to be burned, magically repaired and then used for a stunning production. Glen Falkenstein, of the famed mentalism team of Falkenstein & Willard, combines two simple and well-known dealer items to create a beautiful hybrid of magic while Michael Ammar gives you all of the work on Stefan Schutzer's wonderful animated bill effect. Bob Read is next with a hilarious routine that will make you sorry you laughed so hard because you will be badly fooled by the trick's end. Mark Leveridge offers an elegant and very magical coin box routine while Flip brings the mystery of the classic linking rings to a few safety pins. Finally, Bill Malone performs and teaches a wonderful (and wonderfully portable!) Cups and Balls routine that will charm young and old alike.

It's been said that even the world's largest and most spectacular stage illusion cannot create the impact – that feeling of pure astonishment – of a good, well-performed piece of close-up magic and on this DVD, you'll find seven compelling pieces of evidence to that effect.
Hanky Panky – Bruce Cervon
A Ball and a Tube – Falkenstein & Willard
Self-Folding Bill – Michael Ammar
Transpo Tumbler – Bob Read
Stay at Home Coins – Mark Leveridge
Flip-Pins – Flip
Rub-a-Dub-Dub/Cups and Balls – Bill Malone

On this DVD, you'll meet eight different performers presenting and teaching powerful close-up routines that will wow any audience – and there's not a playing card in sight! Eugene Burger and David Parr begin this volume with a stunning update of U. F. Grant's classic bill transposition. Banachek is next with a sensational book test while J. J. Sanvert combines two effects to create a wonderful interlude with a spectator's borrowed bill. Gregory Wilson follows with a mind-boggling bill switch routine that takes the audience on a figurative trip around the world while Paul Wilson performs and teaches a streamlined version of John Ramsay's classic Cylinder and Coins. Finally, Daryl demonstrates a totally impromptu one-cup routine that can be performed any time and any place.

It's been said that even the world's largest and most spectacular stage illusion cannot create the impact – that feeling of pure astonishment – of a good, well-performed piece of close-up magic and on this DVD, you'll find eight compelling pieces of evidence to that effect.
The 21st Century Bill Transposition – Eugene Burger and David Parr
Word of the Ring – Banachek
Bill and Pen – J. J. Sanvert
Foreign Affair – Gregory Wilson
The Mystery of the Little Piece of Cork – Paul Wilson
All Screwed Up – Doc Eason
Cup and Ball – Daryl

On this DVD, you'll meet seven different performers presenting and teaching powerful close-up routines that will wow any audience – and there's not a playing card in sight! John Mendoza leads off with his stunning version of the Benson/Alan bowl routine, complete with three jaw-dropping final loads that actually make sense. Next up, Tommy Wonder demonstrates a truly impossible feat as he magically threads a needle with 20 strands of thread, creating a wonderful souvenir in the process. Al Schneider performs a great money printing routine while teaching the proper handling of a Himber Wallet at the same time while Henry Evans shows off a whimsical miracle where a silk handkerchief is produced from a photograph. Master coin manipulator David Roth magically transforms four U.S. coins into coins from different countries before causing them to vanish and reappear in a toy globe that was in plain sight throughout the routine. Johnny Thompson reaches back into magic history to perform and teach Max Malini's classic assembly trick while, last but by no means least, Larry Jennings demonstrates a signature effect, his one cup-one ball routine, which begins with the magical production of the cup and ends with its complete vanish.

It's been said that even the world's largest and most spectacular stage illusion cannot create the impact – that feeling of pure astonishment – of a good, well-performed piece of close-up magic and on this DVD, you'll find seven compelling pieces of evidence to that effect.
Bowl Routine – John Mendoza
Through the Eye of the Needle – Tommy Wonder
Himber Wallet Routine – Al Schneider
3D Photograph – Henry Evans
The Planet – David Roth
Chink-A-Chink – Johnny Thompson
Single Cup and Ball – Larry Jennings

This long-awaited 95-minute DVD finally reveals Joe Mogar's lifetime of knowledge on the development and performance of the Colour Changing Knives! A near-encyclopedic work, it contains 37 moves and 12 routines, including Mogar's Stag Sensation, Miracle Plus Routine, Basic 3 Knives, Hot Rod Knife, Multiple Knife Productions, Jumbo Knife Routine, Knife Routines with Handkerchiefs, and more!

You'll learn the 7 essential moves, 13 color-changes, 4 vanishing-knife moves, 7 switches, and 6 miscellaneous techniques, not to mention Joe's professional applications for the Pocket Pal (a very practical utility device). Among the many moves included are The Master Twist, the Flip, the Twirl and Shake Change, The Mogar Snap Vanish, the Colour Push Change, the Two-Knife Switch, and the Smash Climax. In addition, to make learning these techniques easier, an over-the-shoulder camera view was used for all the explanations!

This Camirand Academy DVD will teach you everything you need to know to practice, perform, and truly entertain an audience with one of close-up magic's most enduring miracles - the Colour Changing Knives!

The invention of the Color-Changing Knives is usually credited to illusion designer Walter Jeans and as the effect began to enter the literature of magic in the 1930’s, close-up magicians were immediately taken by the visual nature of the trick. Over the years, a good number of the world’s top close-up performers have presented the knives as a part of their professional repertoires and five of them are on this volume to show you their astounding versions.

Bill Malone begins with his routine – an amazing and inherently funny routine that he uses in his walk-around work for some of the world’s top corporate clients. Johnny Thompson is next with a typically engaging routine while one of magic’s true poets, René Lavand, weaves a love story around the knives. Steve Draun presents his version that has a surprise ending that instantly resets – perfect for walk-around engagements – and Daryl presents his routine with knives of his own invention that ends with an unbelievable finish that leaves the knives in an impossible condition that can be examined by the spectators.

Pocket knives are interesting personal objects and, while they’re not commonly carried as they were in Walter Jeans day, people are still aware that they don’t magically change colour or size or appear and disappear at will. Thus, the Colour-Changing Knives remain one of the most popular and intriguing effects at the disposal of a close-up magician and on this DVD, you’ll find some truly great routines, plus enough moves and ideas to construct an amazing routine of your own!

Walk Around Knives – Bill Malone
Colour Changing Knife – Johnny Thompson
My Penknives – René Lavand
Colour Changing Knives – Steve Draun
Daryl’s Colour Changing Knives – Daryl

It's the perfect carry around pocket effect. But how many things can you do with it? This DVD includes 73 minutes of the best Pen Thru Anything routines from some of the top minds in magic.

Each routine comes complete with, presentation angles, comedy bits, handlings, techniques, and more! This DVD is hosted by Jim Krenz, and you will learn from John Cornelius, Michael Close, Mike Maxwell, James Lewis, and Giovanni.

The "Pen Through Anything" is a prop you can carry with you always. With this DVD, you can greatly increase the "power of the pen!"

Detailed, step-by-step instruction for using the Raven with a coat or shirt. You'll learn over 20 effects, such as Shrinking Die, Vanishing Bill, Dime & Penny Transpo, Vanishing Cigarette, Vanishing or Changing a Coin in a Spectator's Hand, Coin to Card, as well as the Empty Hand Move. Simply show your hands front and back, wave one hand over a coin and it vanishes. Show each hand again- front and back!

The Raven DVD is a must if you want to get the maximum potential out of your Raven!

When you hear the word Ninja many thoughts enter your mind. Concepts like total precision, unbelievable skill and the ability to do the impossible. The present day Ninjas are the highest caliber Japanese magicians. In 1989 Masahiro Yanagida came to Hollywood’s world famous Magic Castle and performed his fabulous Ninja Rings routine for the first time in America. Everyone who witnessed his performance in the legendary close-up gallery could not believe their eyes. The spectators gasped as they saw the small steel rings melt through each other time and time again. The Ninja Rings is a routine that, once learned, will become a mainstay of your arsenal.

This DVD starts with performances by Masahiro and Keiko. Keiko was the top demonstrator of the Ninja Rings at Wizards Inn. Shoot Ogawa performs the routine before a live audience, then explains each technique in excruciating detail. Nothing is left out. After each technique has been learned, Shoot does the entire routine again, but this time very slowly. This clearly puts the entire routine into the correct order for the student. At every step of the way, Shoot explains every facet in precise detail and includes many tips for proper performance.

Now, even I have learned a few new moves from this... And added them to my routine! - M

Tricks and Fiction from the Road. In October 2002 the ten-man team of Germany's best close-up magicians known as "The Flicking Fingers" set out on a ten-day tour for a number of public shows and convention appearances. Lucky for us, they were accompanied by a professional film crew and the result is The Flicking Fingers Movie-a DVD like no other you have ever seen. Follow the Flicking Fingers on their incredibly entertaining European road trip. Meet the goofy Gisbert and Gimmick-Man, watch magic TV ads and many more surprises! The Movie contains over 20 terrific routines, tricks, and moves showcased in a 2 1/2 hour road movie including the most entertaining explanations ever seen on a magic DVD and one hour of bonus materials like: the FISM acts of Pit Hartling, Jorg Alexander, Nicolai Friedrich, Thomas Fraps and more, plus out-takes, trailers and much more. The Flicking Fingers is a team of ten of Germany's best close-up magicians, known to the magic community most from their unforgettable FISM '97 group lecture, as winners of Seigfried and Roy's 1998 Sarmoti Award and from their highly acclaimed "The Book-or don't forget to point" published in 1998. In October 2002 the team set out on a ten-day tour with a number of public shows and convention appearances. They were accompanied by a professional film crew and the result is this truly unique DVD.

"...hilariously funny and brilliantly entertaining. All fine magicians individually, but as a group, an absolute knockout." - Mike Caveney

Throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s a brand of bold and direct close-up magic was developed in Chicago, Illinois. These effects were known for simplicity, clarity and strength of effect, and the powerful response they elicited.

Chicago magical legends Don Alan, "Heba Haba Al" Andrucci, "Senator" Clarke Crandall, Frank Everhart, Jack Murray, Johnny Paul, James Patrick Ryan, and Matt Schulien forged their reputations with these effects, and now you can too! While these quick, direct, simple, baffling effects delighted Chicago audiences for decades, they were far less widely known and practiced outside of Chicago nightlife venues. Many of these terrifically effective pieces have evaporated into the ether, for no other reason than the fact that they are not the "latest." To say that you could make your living performing these eternal impossibilities is beyond dispute. Many of our most talented trailblazers have done precisely that! Now's your chance! If you're just getting your feet wet in close-up entertainment, let this information serve as a springboard for mastering quality magic. If you're a close-up veteran, you'll find yourself wondering why you aren't performing these gems regularly. (It's our suspicion that you will be soon!)

Davebury Delusion David Lederman's winning routine that takes the sting out of the swindle, and adds a distinctly satisfying payoff!
Exploding Aces As terrific as twisting effects get, with a knock 'em dead transformation followed by your choice of two mind-melting, reputation-making blow offs!
Stacked Impact Join the ranks of Alan, Crandall, Paul and Ryan with this well-proven Dice Stacking crowd-pleaser with your choice of two powerful punchlines!
Standing Ten Count Spectator counts ten cards; they continue to multiply in their hands until the jolting juggernaut finale!
Red Hot Mama One of magic's finest openers; Al Leech's signature effect, as beautifully baffling as it is easy to perform. It just might be the best surprise transposition ever.
The Big Stop The classic "stop" effect has never had more clarity and sheer audience impact!
I Chink So A deceptive "Chink-A-Chink," punctuated with a unique and unforgettable "in-the-spectator's-hands" finish!
The Chicago Stab Suitable for the bar, table, or cabaret, this is a spectacular Chicago crowd-pleaser, as easy as it is strong!
All this, and much more, including a truly invisible handling of the Johnny Paul/Jim Ryan Bill Tear. All are performed before impromptu audiences, and clearly taught so that you can perform these treasures with unprepared objects in no time flat!

David Williamson's Sleight of Dave contains award winning routines that have become modern close-up classics and have found their way into the repertoires of some of the top professional magicians around the world.

- Spectator Cuts the Kings: Dave's easy method to have them cut four of a kind
- Talking Coins: another dimension in coin productions and vanishes
- Torn & Restored Transpo: a masterpiece of misdirection
- Famous Three Card Trick: Mr. Victor, meet Mr. Elmsley
- Cups & Balls: Dave's award-winning two cup version
- Rocky: Dave manipulates a dead animal
- Bonus Footage: Dave on the loose in Portugal!

The thumb tip is one of the most utilized and valuable gimmicks in magic but it also wins the title of perhaps its most badly used. However, the thumb tip, despite repeated exposures, can still create miracles when used properly and judiciously.

On this DVD, you’ll see ways to use a thumb tip that you’ve never dreamed of. Michael Ammar presents a poignant story with just a few coins that your audience will always remember. Richard Osterlind tears open a signed packet of sugar substitute and miraculously restores it while Roger Klause conjures silver coins from thin air with just a borrowed dollar bill. If you think you know the traditional vanishing handkerchief, you’re about to be badly fooled by Alexander de Cova and Paul Wilson. Jeff Sheridan offers his versions of two classic thumb tip pieces while Ted Lesley and Dan Harlan demonstrate effects suitable for a stand-up performance. Larger stage tricks like 20th Century Silks and Blendo are turned into powerful close-up effects by Fernando Keops and Steve Dacri and Al Schneider performs a quaint mystery with nothing more than a borrowed dime. Rounding out this set is Paul Diamond with a post-graduate course in thumb tip work with finesses that will vastly improve your own handling of this marvelous tool.

Don’t be misled by those who dismiss the thumb tip as “old school.” There are a dozen performers and 14 performances and explanations here that provide conclusive evidence that there’s still a lot of magical life left in this wonderful utility gimmick.

Magic performed with rubber bands has grown in popularity with close-up magicians in recent years mostly because it encompasses all of the elements that make for effective close-up magic. The effects are easy to understand, highly visual, very magical and are done with everyday objects that everyone is familiar with.

Joe Rindfleisch has taken rubber band magic to an entirely new level and on this DVD, you’ll see effects that will fool even experienced band workers. Besides the usual penetrations and broken band restorations (and Joe has some groundbreaking work on those, also!), you’ll watch (and later, learn) effects with rubber bands that have appeared no where else in the literature of magic aside from Joe’s work. What’s more, the effects are grouped in performance sets, allowing you, once mastered, to perform mini-acts of rubber band wizardry.

Learn rubber band magic from the man who wrote the book (Elastrix Vol. 2 — The Encyclopedia of Rubber Band Magic was actually written by Stephen Minch and featured Joe Rindfleisch’s original creations). These aren’t your father’s tricks with rubber bands. This is rubber band magic — to the extreme!

GJ 3Fly - Coins appear one at a time at the fingertips, visually travel from one hand to the next, at the fingertips, then vanish one at a time. You are left clean and instantly reset!

CC3Fly - 3 coins appear one at a time, travel from one hand to another individually. You place a coin away, and using just two coins make one travel across from one hand to the other. You place another away, leaving just one coin to go. But wait, it’s too late, the last coin has vanished!! Once again you are left clean and instantly reset!

GJ Coins Across - 4 coins travel across one at a time, uses no gaffs. The last coin looks like trick photography! Awesome!

CC Coins Across (with Shell) - 4 coins across meets 3 fly! Think of the usual Coins Across, but add the visuals of a 3 fly. It finished in the spectators hand and guess what? You are left clean and instantly reset!

CC Expensive Fly - The same as CC 3 Fly but uses a Triple Threat gimmick so the displays are so much cleaner.

Volume One-Basic Coin Magic
Personalized, detailed instruction from the greatest coin manipulator in the world. Here`s everything you need to know to start on the wonderful road of coin magic! Volume One provides a solid working knowledge of the basics of sleight-of-hand with coins; and David then teaches you some of the greatest "classics of coin magic" ever created.The Classic Palm The Finger Palm The Thumb Palm Classic Palm Vanish Finger Palm Vanish Thumb Palm Vanish Palm Finesses Palm Transfers Fingertip Rest Position The Utility Switch The Shuttle Pass Loads & Productions Coin Switches Vanish & Reproduction Winged Silver Copper & Silver Coin Change Chink-a-Chink French Drop & Variations The Vernon Load Ramsay Subtlety L`Masque Load Kaps Subtlety Power of the Magic Wand Benzais Friction Palm The Bobo Switch.

Volume Two-Basic to Intermediate Coin Magic
Now that you know the basics of expert coin magic, Volume Two furthers your schooling with intermediate sleights, moves, tips, subtleties, finesses and more classics of coin magic. David strives to impart all of his knowledge on each and every item, giving you the special tips and insights that took him decades to learn and devise.The Retention Pass The Click Pass The Curl Palm Hanging Coins Multiple Coin Production Wild Coin Coins to Cup Coin through Hand Coins Through the Hole Spellbound One-Handed Spellbound Change.

Volume Three - Intermediate to Advanced Coin Magic
After mastering the material David teaches on Volumes One and Two, you`ll truly be able to call yourself a "coin man." You`ll also be ready to learn still more advanced sleights and routines, including effects devised by some of the top coin magicians in the world. Together, all three volumes form a lifetime of valuable reference material to always be cherished. The Cardini Steal Metamorphosis Change Advanced Chink-a-Chink Milliken`s Transposition Tenkai Pennies Silver/Copper Extraction The Magical Filtration One-Coin Routine Advanced Copper & Silver T.V. Surprise Advanced Coins Through the Table David Roth`s Purse & Glass NOW HERE!!!

In his eagerly awaited first coin release, Reed McClintock shares his most famous effects! Discover Reed’s rare brand of coin magic-smooth, graceful and in-your-face! Each routine on this DVD is jam-packed with one surprise after another. So much so, that audiences forget about catching you; they just sit back and enjoy the roller coaster ride. Since all the magic on this DVD is performed standing, it’s suitable for performance in strolling venues, trade shows, restaurants, banquets, and hospitality suites.
Contains: 13 Coin Matrix. Matrix takes a devastating turn as 13 coins magically appear and assemble with military precision on your close-up mat. The proverbial jumbo coin is produced in a very clever way. "My Thirteen Coin Routine just got better, I love Reed's handling!"-Jim Pace
Reed’s Elbow, Neck and Knee Daryl’s proficient and well-organized routine has spawned a bastard child. Coins travel around your body and limbs so much they could earn a frequent flyer pass.
Scream Fly "3-Fly" as you’ve never seen it! It’s slow and smooth with no funny business (you’ll never be accused of fast hands). You end so clean, they’ll think you just took a shower.
International 3-Fly Yet another version of 3-Fly, but this one’s different, no really, come back! Three different coins pass from hand to hand with lots of play along the way.

Coins have always held a prominent place in magicians’ repertoires but many have missed the wealth of magic potential in paper currency. As it turns out, the sheer variety of plots possible with paper money far exceeds what can be done with its metal counterparts.

On this volume, you’ll discover a wide assortment of tricks, routines and stunts with paper money that is certain to amaze and amuse any audience. What’s more, many of them can be done totally impromptu with nothing more than a borrowed bill or two.

You’ll learn a stunning bill transposition that occurs right in the spectator’s hand from Michael Ammar, torn and restored (and even burned and restored) bill routines from Jeff McBride, Dan Harlan and Tom Mullica, and topological miracles from Jay Sankey, Michael Close and Rober Neale. There’s guaranteed spectator interest when you increase the denomination of bills, such as in Scotty York’s routine, or even change plain paper into real money, as in Mark Leveridge’s brilliant trick.

You’ll find a sponge ball routine in almost every close-up performer’s repertoire and in this volume, you’ll discover a virtual encyclopedia of sponge ball magic. Routines from thirteen of the best sponge ball workers of all time have been collected in one place for the first time, making this DVD the most comprehensive reference work on performing magic with sponge balls ever produced. You’ll learn many unique vanishes, moves and stratagems to build your own routine or to plug into the routine you already do.

You'll see past masters such as Albert Goshman and Frank Garcia. You'll learn great basic routines from Daryl, Mark Leveridge and Steve Darci along with unique twists from Frank Balzerak, Jon Tremaine and Aldo Colombini. And, if you're looking for sensational ways to end your sponge ball routine, there are jaw-dropping endings by Flip, Eugene Burger and Roger Klause. For good measure, there are completely different takes on sponge ball work, such as Johnny Thompson's handling of Roy Benson's classic bowl routine and Michael Finney's routine, suitable even for large audiences. You'll never find more diversified and usable information about one of close-up magic's most ubiquitous effects gathered together in one place than in this amazing collection.

In this exciting video event, Richard Osterlind, one of the world’s top mentalists, opens the vaults and reveals the inner workings of some of the best mentalism ever created. Not self-working, but by no means difficult to do, these classic effects already make up the repertoires of some of the finest mentalists working today. Richard Osterlind has combed the vast literature of mentalism to find the strongest mentalism and mental magic effects ever created by past and present masters of the art and each will astound even the most sophisticated audience. Watch Richard perform them all before an astonished live audience and then go behind the scenes as he, along with host Jim Sisti, explains the diabolical methods. Combined with the Real Secrets of what makes these effects work, this series is destined to become a classic resource for those seeking to learn the art of mentalism.

Volume One - Swami Opener - Magic Vs. Mindreading - A Question & The Answer - Extra-Sensory Perception - A Word in Thousands - El Numero - Syd Bergson Center Read - Telephone Directory - Seven Keys To Baldpate - Marked Thought

Volume Two - Magic Medallion - Five Star Prediction - Clip Line - Hoy Book Test - Blindfold Routine - Flip Flop Flush - Ultimate Matrix - The Trick That Fooled Einstein - Mental Numbers - Headline Prediction

Volume three - Par-Optic Vision - Fourth Dimensional Telepathy - The Third Choice - Locked Eye Test - Locked Hands Test - The Abnormal Lift - Tervil - Impromptu Book Test - Slate Writing - Living & Dead - Encore Card Stabbing

Volume Four -Acidus Plus - Magazine Test - Pateo Force - Pseudo Psychometry - Predict-Tac-Toe - Synonymental - Original Center Tear - Viewed ESP Prediction - Spoon Bending - Key Bending - Phantom Artist

This incredible DVD set features Richard Osterlind as the star of three simulated television shows. Watch Richard dazzle the audience with real-time, mind-boggling mysteries and, as the title of the set implies, there are absolutely no camera tricks, stooges or pre-show work! What's more, this broadcast-quality material can also be used on stage and for close-up performances.

These are secrets of the highest quality with everything from the latest innovative ideas from the fertile mind of Richard Osterlind to some of the most cherished hidden mysteries from other masters. Not only will you receive a wealth of astonishing and usable material, but it is presented in one of the most entertaining formats ever attempted in the magic instructional DVD genre. This is Richard Osterlind at his highest performing level!

Additionally, you will see the commercial "bumpers" that feature Richard performing live in a restaurant and other public places - real-time performing under real-world conditions! See why Richard always shines in the numerous other "bonuses" contained on each disc!

Richard Osterlind has been a top corporate mentalist for over three decades. His travels have taken him from Beijing to Bermuda, Monte Carlo to Mexico City, Calgary to Kona. His level of sophistication, integrity and humor create an environment that has impressed audiences around the world. He is constantly invited for return engagements by the CEOs and event planners of the Fortune 500 companies he has amazed!

Both Richard and Jim feel that all TV magic and mentalism should be free of camera and editing tricks. This was always the unbreakable rule during the Golden Age of Television. Together, they conceived the idea for this DVD series in order to demonstrate that a television performance can be intriguing, amazing and entertaining without outside help from the special effects crew!

Within these shows you will find no camera tricks, no strategic editing, no stooges and no pre-show work. In addition, all of the material was performed live without any retakes.

3-volume boxed set in fold-out keepsake packaging! Full Description of the contents here

Disc One Running Time Approximately 2hr 10min Disc Two Running Time Approximately 2hr 6min Disc Three Running Time Approximately 1hr 41min

Volume 1 - Mentalism for the Casual Performer - Part 1
These effects run the gamut from psychokinesis, telepathy, predictions and psychological influence. These effects are designed to be performed from the intimacy and casualness of your friend’s living room to the trade show floor or the professional stage.

Volume 2 - Mentalism for the Casual Performer - Part 2
Make the value of a spectator’s playing card slowly appear on your arm in blood red . . . anywhere, anytime! This DVD continues from Part 1 with close-up, stand-up and stage mentalism and mental magic with additional routines including anywhere, anytime effects plus staggering psychological ploys.

Volume 3 - Psychophysiological Thought Reading - Muscle Reading
Do you want to find a needle in a haystack? Using the power of your mind and a little help from your volunteer, you can find anything through your heightened sense of touch. Almost anything you can do in mentalism can be re-enacted using Psychophysiological Thought Reading.

Volume 4 - Psychokinesis
Learn how to bend cold, hard steel with the “power of your mind.” Make physical objects move, twist and curl up like a wet noodle at will. In true Banachek style, each move, gesture and psychological subtlety is covered in detail. This also includes methods of bending coins keys, nails, and spikes plus moving objects like pens and pencils.

For a complete description of Banachek's Psi Series click here!

Psychokinetic Silverware DVD - Gerry & Banachek

If you really could bend metal with your mind, Psychokinetic Silverware is exactly how it would look. You’ll see cold, hard steel melt like butter–bending, twisting, breaking and moving seemingly on its own, even in a spectator’s hand! Banachek’s metal bending is so amazing and so realistic that he has often been accused of being and doing “the real thing.” In fact, after studying Banachek’s metal bending the McDonnell Laboratory for Psychic Research proudly announced to the scientific community that they had discovered someone with genuine psychic abilities! The National Inquirer and other media have also heralded Banachek’s psychokinetic talents. On this videotape, Gerry and Banachek finally reveal the real secrets to these amazing routines. Not only will you get to see how everything looks in performance, you’ll also learn the real inside work, the fine points and psychology of metal bending. These are secrets which have have been very tightly guarded...until now.

"This is the best metal-bending tape I’ve seen. It deals with the psychological touches and misdirection needed to make this effect really work. Too many performers approach it as a magic trick and look for novelties and clever gaffs–but this is the real stuff, discussed and considered in rewarding detail. Certainly of immense interest to the professional as well as the novice. Excellent work, and congratulations." - Derren Brown

Approximate Running Time: 75 Minutes

Price: £20

Metal Bending (Worlds Greatest Magic)

In the world of prestidigitation, there are magic tricks . . . and then there’s metal bending. Ever since Uri Geller set the imagination of the world on fire by bending silverware with seemingly nothing more than just his mind power, people have been fascinated by this arcane ability. On this DVD, you’ll learn all of the necessary techniques and important subtleties you’ll need to be a world-class metal bender from two of the world’s most acclaimed experts. Spoons, forks, keys – even nails and railroad spikes – seem to turn to putty in the hands of Richard Osterlind and Banachek and on this volume, they hold nothing back as they demonstrate and teach every vital element. Each effect is taught in minute detail with able assistance from Jim Sisti and Scott Wells. Imagine – no gimmicks or gadgets; just you, a piece of silverware, and a soon-to-be amazed spectator. Learn to bend metal . . . and you’ll also be bending minds!

Jeff McBride's extraordinary magic, mask, myth, drama and illusion reflects his lifelong study of magic's multi-cultural roots. On these tapes, McBride, the world-renowned performer and master storyteller, teaches you the inside secrets of his professional working repertoire. McBride, named Magician of the Year by The Magic Castle in Los Angeles, is recognized as a foremost innovator in contemporary magic.

Now the best of McBride lecture/performances has been captured by L & L on this special DVD. Volume 1 shows McBride performing magic for an intimate audience ... McBride revealing an aspect of himself and his magic that many of his fans may not have seen before, performing magical pieces with common objects which are within the range of any performer. On Volume 2, McBride shares his insights and teaches you every nuance and subtlety of each of the pieces performed on the first tape. Not only the techniques, but how and why he came up with his presentations for each, and how you can do the same to make your magic truly personal, unique and powerful in your own way.

This revolutionary teaching format provides the buyer with a new way to share your magic tapes with your friends. You can show Volume 1 to all your friends - magicians and non - magicians alike. Volume 2 contains the secrets - for magicians only!

Jeff McBride is recognized as a foremost innovator in the art of magic. His unique fusion of martial arts, dance, Kabuki Theater and stagecraft has inspired thousands of magicians around the world. Now, Jeff shares the secrets of his success and creative process with you! Explore the fascinating world of stage magic and learn the professional secrets of magic that packs small and plays big. Jeff not only teaches you how to do each effect, but why, and looks at the philosophy and psychology of a world-class performer.

Jeff McBride has performed around the world in every conceivable venue. He is one of the most versatile performers of our age, from dazzlng Las Vegas showrooms and arena/concert halls to cabarets, discos and surrounded on the street. The Commando Act is a practical, powerful, commercial magic show that can be performed in just about any performing situation. Jeff has honed his Commando Act over the past 20 years. Now, he teaches you step-by-step, move for move, his entire "real world" traveling show and gives you all the techniques and presentation tips so you can adapt this show to your own performing style.
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Step onstage with Jeff McBride! On Volume Two you will have the chance to learn from a Las Vegas headliner how to add artistic effects and unusual routines into your show. Explore this exotic world of mystery as Jeff inspires you with his insight and commentary and learn not only the "how's" but, more importantly, the "why's."
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Jeff McBride, voted "Magician of the Year" by Hollywood's famed Magic Castle and The Academy of Magical Arts is a master of the art of stage magic. Jeff's extensive knowledge of magical techniques and theatrical stagecraft is unsurpassed. Enter the world of classic stage magic where you will learn the essential elements of professional performance from one of the world's foremost educators in the art of magic. Each of the magical effects on these volumes were selected because of their timeless appeal and strong audience impact. You will also learn valuable lessons in stagecraft and showmanship by studying these classics. Click For Contents Of Volume Three

Includes Bonus Section: Live on Stage, Exciting Excerpts from Jeff's Full Evening Stage Show Spectacular!

21st Century Cane - Magic Cassette Player - Extra Long Thumb Tip - Vanishing a Large Silk - Impromptu Side Table - Practical Folding Box - Vanishing Want to Silks - Making a Vanishing Flute - The Vanishing Candle - Flat Folding of a Silk - Lighter to Matches - One Handed Color Changing Lighter - Silk from Flame - Covered Vanishing Candle - Easy Candle to Silk - Candle to Ball - Candle to Silk to Cane - Preventing Fluid Evaporation - Ribbon and Candle - Running Time Approximately 42min

Color Changing Canes - No Tapes For Color Change - Cane to Double Bouquets - Loading the Bouquets - Fixing a Damaged Coil - Patriotic Changing Canes - Cane to Flag - Lighter to Cards Fan - Vanishing Candle with Card Fan - Appearing Lit Candle - Appearing a Vanishing Candle - Repairing Spring Tension - Pull-Reel Vanishing Candle - Self-Holding Extended Candle - Holding and Palming the Candle - Using Double Sided Tape - Card Sword Cane - Cha-Cha Rope Penetration - Running Time Approximately 50min

The Challenger Gimmick - One Handed Vanishing Cane - Cane to Silk to Lit Candle - The Challenger Candle - Vanishing the Appearing Candle - Appearing Candle from Sleeve - Silk from Cigarette Lighter - Thumb Tip to Prevent Evaporation - Improved Zig-Zag Card - Flaming Thumb Tip - Thimbles with Vick Cap - Sure Lit-Match Production - Bic Hole Penetration - Bill inside Bic Lighter -Silk through Tumbler - A Generous Magician (Ropes) - Running Time Approximately 65min

The effects in which an inanimate object moves without any visible cause are perhaps the most magical and effective in all magic." - Al Baker

Let The Master of the Easy To Master Video Series Unlock the Mysteries of Close-Up Animations and Levitations with this Brand-New 3 Volume Set on DVD and VHS

There is more powerful potential in just a few feet of invisible thread than almost anything else in magic. This is magic that becomes the stuff of legends. No matter what type of magic you perform, from the purest sleight of hand to the largest grand illusions, this is the type of magic that creates conversations and reputations. People vividly remember the moment they saw something levitated and animated just inches away from their eyes. Continuing in the Easy to Master tradition, this new set of videos is organized in a very structured fashion, taking the viewer from simple animations with short lengths of thread that can be easily set up and managed through intermediate effects that are a bit more involved and finally ending up with elaborate effects that are truly mind-bending. Each video in this series also contains valuable supporting information on lighting, concealment, and theory that will stimulate your thinking well beyond the featured magic.

With the techniques and methods explained on the Art of Levitation, you can learn how to levitate. Not just small objects, even yourself! This broadcast quality DVD teaches you how to cause objects to float in space, defying the law of gravity.

You' ll learn the basics of the Art of Levitation, and beyond. Magician Arthur Tracz will teach you, step-by-step, the inner-workings of these incredible tricks, many of them modern-day classics of magic. What's more, Tracz has given each of these effects an original twist, or original presentation, breathing new life into them!

Animate a borrowed finger ring! Suspend a drinking straw on the edge of a table! Spin a card around your body! Cause a card to rise from the pack even while it is isolated in a wine glass! Float inches off the ground with no special props or preparation! Levitate a borrowed dollar bill and produce a ball bearing from it! And Much More!

Additionally, Tracz has developed original material specifically for this DVD, including eye-popping visual tricks, as well as unique professional presentations. Several of these mini-miracles are worth the price of the DVD alone, and make the Art of Levitation a delight for both beginners and professionals.

The DVD format is absolutely perfect for learning the Cups & Balls. Get to the move you’re looking for with just a simple click, advance or rewind, frame by frame, to see every subtlety and nuance. From building blocks to blueprints, you’ll be able to construct any type of routine needed! Plus—three cameras watch from perfect angles showing the exact timing, techniques and misdirection needed for confident performing.

Volume One
Fundamental Props, Definitions, Basic Nesting, The Super Simple Routine, Fundamental Skills #1 - Acting, Methods of Holding Out, Finger Palm, Thumb Palm, Classic Palm, Beginning Sleights, The Fake Transfer, The French Drop, Classic Pass, The Simple Transfer, Misdirecting by the Wand, Secretly Loading a Ball Into a Cup, From Finger Palm, Thumb Palm, Direct from Palm, The Tip Over Load, Loading a Nested Cup, Stealing from a Tabled Cup, Two Finger Steal, Simply Holding Inside, The Two Finger Steal Out and Spin Around to Show Empty, Stealing from Nested Cup, Little Finger Retention/Steal, Nesting Rolling Steal, Fundamental Skills #2 - Timing, Faking the Load, The Scoop, The Scoop Clip, The Pinch Method, The Fake Roll Out, Cool Cup Moves, Passing One Through Another, Wand Through Cup, Showing Inside Deeper Than Outside, Showing a Ball Inside an Empty Cup, Rolling a Cup, Pulling a Ball Up Through a Cup, The Charlie Miller Move, The Mendoza Move, Click Move, The Flushtration Count, The Tip-Off or “Fako” Move, Galloping Post Move, The Centrifugal Move, Fundamental Skills #3 Routining, 2nd Level Routine, Fundamental Skills #4 - Misdirection, The 4 Ball, 3 Cup, 1 Final Load Routine, The Impromptu Routine

Volume Two
Advanced Wand Vanishes, Through the Fist, Through the Hand #2, The Mora/Vernon Wand Spin, Striking Vanish, The Drummer’s Spin, Opening the Routine, Opening Positions, One Ahead, Two Ahead, Three Ahead, Four Ahead, Other Options, Opening Sequences, One Ahead Return Opening, One Ahead Penetration, Sequence, Three Ahead Production, Sequence, Ammar’s Opening Production, Body Sequences, Assembly, Miller - Sequence #1, Miller - Sequence #2, Classic Gathering in Middle, All Gather One at a Time, Three Gather on Tops of Cups, Shower of Balls, Click Move Sequence, Two-None-Two Sequence, Reappearing Inside a Nest, Methods of Misdirection, Standing or Sitting?, Natural Pockets, Special Pockets, Pouches, Edge of the Coat, Sleeves, Coordinated Timing of Both Hands, Timing, The Loading Hand, Holding the Cup, Ending Sequences, Classic Elimination Sequence, Vernon’s Sophisticated Sequence, Ending Rhythms, Malini/Garcia1-2-3-4, The Engaged Spectator Ending, Creative Loading Systems, Vernon Cups & Balls Routine, What might Vernon have done differently?

Johnny Ace Palmer was voted Best Close-up Magician at the Magic Castle in Hollywood two years in a row. He is the only magician to have received both the International Brotherhood of Magician's Gold Cups Award of Excellence and the Society of American Magicians' Gold Medal Award of Honor. And, at the triennial International Federation of Magic Societies' Convention (FISM), magicians from 47 countries around the world witnessed, for the only time in the history of magic, the GRAND PRIX, magic's highest honor, being awarded to a Close-up magician - Johnny Ace Palmer.

This 2 DVD set includes almost 4 hours of material, professionally shot with broadcast quality cameras in front of a live audience.

Disk 1 Running Time Approximately 1hr 45min
Disk 2 Running Time Approximately 1hr 50min

On this DVD, you'll learn a host of miracles that can be performed with an ordinary length of rope. An no complicated sleight of hand is required! After watching this DVD, you'll be able to make magic with rope just about any time and anywhere.

Cut and restore a rope! Make a rope penetrate through your neck or body!Cause a knot to simply vanish off a rope that has been cut and tied back together!See into the future by having the number of knots a spectator selects appear on a rope! And much, much more!

Do you want an action packed, no frills video filled with the most up to date information about locks and security available? In depth instruction from a master locksmith with sixteen years of real world experience.

Rekey a lock - Pick handcuffs - Impression locks - Use padlock shims - Bypass hotel locks - Use a plug spinner - Pick tubular locks - Pick warded padlocks - Defeat mushroom pins - Pick pin tumbler locks - Pick double sided locks - Pick sesame style padlocks -Make a homemade electric pick - Pick simplex style pushbutton locks and much, much more

This a must see dvd for any lock enthusiast. Apprximately 80 mins. For academic study only!

In just a few minutes you can learn Tony Clark's killer comedy rope tie routine. You have two people tie your wrists together with a piece of rope and to everyone's surprise you are able to get in and out of the tight knots in seconds! Tony has performed this routine on TV and stages around the world thousands of times. The routine is explained in easy to learn step-by-step instructions. It's perfect for anyone looking for a solid time tested five minute comedy routine.

You'll also learn Tony's very powerful knife thru coat that can be done as the finale of the In & Out escape routine. the audience will be blown away when they see a real dinner knife go right through the back of a person's jacket and then magically is restored to it's original condition.

These two routines are a great way to add audience participation and comedy to your act! The best part is that they both pack flat and play big! Perfect for Street Magic, Strolling, Stand Up, and Stage Shows.