Top Secret Magic - Magic DVDs

Let Richard Kaufman, an Academy of Magical Arts Literary Fellowship winner, teaches you the basic card sleights you need to perform most of the good card magic published in the last 100 years:

The Proper Way to Hold the Deck, How to Obtain And Hold Breaks, Double Undercut, Double Lift (2 methods), False Cut (2 methods), Force (3 methods), Overhand Shuffle (Injogs and Outjogs), Hindu Shuffle, Faro Shuffle, Zarrow Shuffle, Elmsley Count, Jordan Count, Hamman Count, Secret Addition (2 methods), False Cut (2 methods), Multiple Shift (2 Methods), Glimpse (2 methods), Top Change (2 methods), Multiple Top Change, Spectator Peek, Side Steal, Bottom Palm, Top Palm

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.

By adding another spectator and a few more moves, Richard Turner elevates the Signed Card Routine to new heights. Imagine an effect where two spectator's autographed cards, one from a blue deck and one from a red deck disappear, only to have both cards appear and reappear over and over again. The amazement of the audience escalates with each appearance of a signed card; from the performer's hat, under a mat, from a spectator's hat, a wallet, torn and restored, and from a sealed deck of cards. Titillating as it may already seem the grand finale explodes when the sealed deck is opened to expose the spectator's signed cards -- and it is the same card!!

Richard Turner's startling Double-Signed Card Routine is for the true sleight of hand artist. It can be incorporated into your existing show or utilized as part of a standup act or a close-up routine. In addition to the double signed card routine, Turner reveals his long held secret - Turner's Key Card. With Turner's Key Card, you will be taught how to locate a selected card, by touch only, after a spectator has shuffled it into the deck.

Also Included are recently found photos, letter, and quotes from Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Charlie Miller, Michael Skinner, Fred Robinson, Larry Jennings, and a 1987 interview with Dai Vernon.

Additional Moves Taught by Richard on this DVD include: Turner's Two Finger Bottom Deal Force - Turner's Invisible Bottom Palm - Turner's One hand Bottom Deal Force - Turner's Two Card Display into Gambler's Palm or Full Palm - Turner's Diagonal Palm Shift to Full Palm or Gambler's Palm - Turner's Two Card Spin Around Side Steal, Card to the Wallet - Turner's Gambler's Cop and Hand Wash to Wallet - Turner's Signed Card to a Sealed Deck - Turner's Key Card Twist-out - Turner's Top Palm and Second From Top Palm - Turner's Simultaneous Top and Bottom Palm

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.)

It’s been said that Roy Walton invented one of the most original card effects of all time with his Card Warp, and ever since then, magicians have taken this concept to even more baffling heights. How can a flat two-dimensional object like a playing card turn completely over even when folded into another flat object?

On this DVD, you'll learn the secrets to Roy Walton's original two-card brainchild, as expertly performed and taught by Michael Ammar. Then, you'll watch and learn some different and original presentations for the original Card Warp as Scotty York performs and teaches his decidedly adult version and Eugene Burger uses the cards to demonstrate a horrifying history lesson. From there, you'll move on to even more visually amazing versions that use a card and a borrowed banknote, such as Michael Close's Dr. Strangetrick and Howie Schwartzman's Star Warp, as taught by Ammar again. Paul Diamond will demonstrate how to make the face of a deck change when it's wrapped in a bill, even when the spectator holds it. You'll also see and learn Bruce Cervon's Warp II, possibly the most baffling version of Card Warp ever created.

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!

The Cannibal Cards plot was devised by Lin Searles in the late 1950's and this decidedly unusual plot has been capturing the imaginations of card magicians ever since. The original Searles approach utilized special cards. However, on this DVD, you'll see seven pasteboard masters, each with their own individual spins on this now-classic effect where a succession of playing cards seem to disappear when placed between other cards, apparently eaten by the "cannibal" cards – and all use ordinary cards.

Michael Ammar begins with the classic plot combined with Frank Garcia's "Apex Aces" and a "collectors" finish that provides three minutes of solid entertainment while Bill Malone follows with a typically hilarious presentation and a few red herrings thrown in that are guaranteed to even fool magicians. Juan Tamariz turns the trick into a piece of magical theater, complete with audience sing-alongs while J. J. Sanvert follows the classic plot right up until his amazing surprise ending. Larry Jennings, as would be expected, offers a classic and elegant handling while Michael Skinner demonstrates the version he used for over 25 years while he was the magician in residence at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. Finally, Eugene Burger presents a streamlined rendition that will, again, mystify everyone but particularly those who are familiar with the original, classic handling.

Since its conception, the Cannibal Cards plot has been a favorite of magicians and their audiences. As Dan Huffman observed in The Linking Ring, "And, why not, when one considers the delightful combination of snappy card magic and the consumption of raw, human flesh."
Cannibal Cards – Michael Ammar
Those Scary Cannibal Cards – Bill Malone
The Cannibals – Juan Tamariz
Cannibals – J. J. Sanvert
Cannibal Kings – Larry Jennings
Cannibal Cards – Michael Skinner
Cannibals – Eugene Burger

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.

In the book "The Final Word on Cards" by Rufus Steele there was an entry titled "Sam & Moe" (author unknown). This was a stunt in which the magician tells a story while turning over cards from the deck, the cards matching the words in the narrative. It was not really a trick but an amusing interlude such as "Troublewit" or "Rocky the Raccoon" In other words, it was not supposed to fool anybody and it was not a new idea. In fact, other story routines such as "Jack goes to Town", as published in "Scarne on Card Tricks", were already in the literature.

Bill learned the Sam the Bellhop story and stack as shown to him by Mike Pappas of Chicago and he immediately added expert blind shuffles and cuts to it, thereby making magic out of an amusing vignette. That was a new idea! Over the years, he refined it and it became his signature piece.

Eventually he was asked to perform it on the November '94 TV show, "World Greatest Magic." His electrifying performance on this show was destined to open golden doors of opportunity, and Bill shuffled off to the bank!

After seeing Bill's performance, other magicians have attempted to teach this trick, but they missed the essential ingredients. This tape uncovers Malone's original dynamics that make the effect flow. If you apply yourself, you can learn the most entertaining four minutes you will ever do!

It is not often that one is privileged to sit in on a session with one of the true greats of magic. You are invited to spend over 90 minutes with a man whose work has been revered for fifty years all over the world and acclaimed by the elite of the art, Vernon, Marlo, and scores of others. Alex Elmsley now in his seventh decade but still bristling with ideas and technique that has made him a true living legend. We promise that his experience will last you a lifetime

“Signature Magicians” is a valuable resource series of DVD’s, informal & intimate recordings of workshops and lectures, with unique and informative ‘feedback’ from live audience participation. Two Disc Set: Workshop 53minutes, Lecture 95 minutes

Unfortunately Alex died not long after he shot this dvd so there will be no volume 2...

Alex Elmsley is unquestionably one of close-up magic’s modern masters. You probably know him from the Elmsley Count. He has long been recognized as one of the Twentieth Century’s most brilliant innovators of card and close-up magic. This is magic of the highest caliber from one of the greatest minds in close-up conjuring.

Begining with one of the most amazing Ace Assemblies ever concieved, he entertains the viewer and leads the viewer thorough a variety of effects, from deep mental mysteries to close-up levitations.

1002nd Aces - Repulsive Aces - The Elmsley Rising Card - Interview - The Faro Shuffle - Brainweave - Underworld - Interview (More on the Faro) - Collinspell- The Floating Ladies - Cross25

Here is the eleventh volume from the Greater Magic Library Teach-in Series. This Volume focuses on one of the finest professional card effects of all time, used by professionals around the world! The Homing Card. A wonderful entertaining, mysterious, and comedic effect! Watch the "pros" perform and explain this effect through their own routines. This effect is so stunning when performed properly that you will feel utterly compelled to add it to your act. It is also small enough to carry in your pocket! Learn the routines from Billy McComb, Aldo Colombini, Antonio Ferragut Hurtado, Jim Krenz, and Trevor Lewis. Two Jumbo card versions and three regular card versions. The classic bit of one odd card, (Queen) being eliminated from the others and laid on the table. It then reappears. Time after time, it is disposed of and returns to the fan, to the "frustration" of the performer! Pure magic from start to finish! It's all in the handling!

Highly acclaimed since its release on VHS, magicians have been begging for the Daryl Encyclopedia of Card Sleights to be released on DVD. Wait no longer! Each volume has been carefully chaptered with clear menus to let you jump directly to any sleight or explanation you're looking for!
This 8-volume series is a true encyclopedia that will provide card workers, regardless of their experience level, with all they need to improve their skills and broaden their knowledge base. This is an incredible opportunity to learn about card magic. Rather than how to apply a few moves to a card trick, this series focuses on the technical aspects of card magic and prepares viewers to handles any situation by knowing what secret weapons are available to them. Daryl goes well beyond the mechanical process and you receive the benefits of Daryl's years of experience as one of the best magicians in the world.

In a letter from 1872, Johann Hofzinser wrote, "Card effects are the poetry of conjuring" and long before Hofzinser penned those words and ever since, magicians have been displaying the many wonders inherent in a simple pack of playing cards. There is, perhaps, no tool at a magician’s disposal that is more widely used.

Needless to say, proper technique is the foundation for solid, deceptive card work and on this landmark three-volume DVD series, experts Sepp Holzer and Andy Edmüller have taken the most important concepts in card table artifice and legerdemain and have explained and demonstrated each in excruciating detail. Tight camera work, over-the-shoulder shots and even an angle shot from below through a glass tabletop all work together to make this series one of the most comprehensive card magic reference tools ever committed to video. This is your opportunity to learn (or re-learn!) these concepts, sleights and moves the right way.

FALSE DEALS - The Strike Second #1 - The Stud Deal #1 - The Strike Second #2 - The Strike Second #3 - Push Off Second Deal - The Stud Deal (Push Off) #2 - Dai Vernon’s Second Deal - The D’Amico Second Deal - The Third Deal - The Stud Deal #3

PALMING - The Two-Handed Top Palm - The Clip Palm - The Direct Palm - The Hugard Palm - The One-Handed Top Palm - The Bottom Palm - The Gambler’s Cop - Palm Replacements

FALSE COUNTS - The Elmsley Count - The Jordan Count - The Buckle Count - The Hamman Count - An Easy False Count - Willane’s False Count - The Push-Off False Count - The Braue Fan False Count - The Ascanio Spread

BOTTOM DEAL - The Strike Bottom - The Stud Bottom - The Push-Out Bottom - The Sharps & Flats Bottom - The One Hand Bottom

THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE - The Injog Shuffle - The Top Card Control - The Bottom Card Control - The Top Stock Control - The Bavarian Shuffle - The Charlier Shuffle - The Milk Shuffle - The Hindu Shuffle

OTHER STEALS & CONTROLS - The Clip Steal - The One Card Control - The Two Card Control - The Three Card Control - Rear Palm Side Steal - The Erdnase Shift - The Endifeld Palm - Direct Insertion Steal

RIFFLE SHUFFLES - The Push Through - #1 & #2 - The Strip Out - The Zarrow Shuffle - A Poker Stack

MORE PASSES - The Gambler’s Pass - The Table Cover Pass - The Herrmann Pass - The Top Card Cover Pass - The Half Pass #1and #2 - The Charlier Pass #1 thru #3

DOUBLE LIFTS - The Hit Double Lift - The Thumb Count Double Lift - The Push Off Double Lift - The Center Double Lift - Action Double Lift - Small Packet Double Lift - The D’Amico Double Lift

Unless you've been in hidding for the last several years you will know Daryl and his work so you know these DVDs are a must have in your collection. Daryl - World-champion magician and sleight of hand artist extraordinaire brings you the finest methods for revealing previously selected cards. 140 different ways to bring your card routines to stunning conclusions! Daryl has extensively researched literally hundreds of magic books, magazines and lecture notes to seek out and bring you the finest card revelations available. There are a tremendous variety of magical masterpieces here, from easy to more technically challenging, and each is explained step by step in great detail. You'll be amazed at how many of these can be added to your performing repertoire immediately.

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

Alex Moffat reveals his most prized effects and takes you on a journey where he plays with your expectations. Remember, it is always expectation that creates the illusion...

Guestimate - The Magician accurately predicts what number a randomly chosen card is positioned in the deck.
The Moffat Double — Fast and flashy. A superb barehanded production of two playing cards in the blink of an eye!
Catch Me If You Can - Head down, eyes closed. Get ready to catch a card as it's fired out of the deck. Instant and memorable.
Double Hot Shot - Taking the Hot Shot Production to a brand new level.
Barely Watched — A playing card vanishes in your bare-hands and then instantly appears under your watch! A beautiful sequence that will get incredible reactions!
Mate - A card is freely selected from the deck. Right from the start, in his hand, the entire time, and the magician is holding a matching card! No forces and a completely free choice!
Deal Or No Deal — From a shuffled deck, the spectator deals to his freely named card, then, unsuspectingly knows exactly where it’s duplicate exists in the deck.
Mofusion - Possibly the best version of the fused signed card plot. The ultimate signature card routine.
Coin Punch — Alex invented this when he was just fifteen. He still uses it in his professional work... it's that good!
Sh4des of Dobson - A three phase coin Matrix routine inspired by Wayne Dobson's version made famous on his television series "It’s A Kind Of Magic."
Almo Wipe Clean - Inspired by David Williamson's "The Wonderful Coin Vanish." The hands are shown empty front and back, to then beautifully produce a coin.
Catch Us If You Can - Two chosen cards instantly fly up spinning from the deck, landing in each hand. Attention grabbing magic at it’s best!
Reboxed - A deck is removed from its case only to instantly vanish and reappear inside the card case which is in view the entire time. Superb!
Trio - Three signed cards vanish from the deck. One appears under a glass, the second appears under the card case. Now, incredibly, the entire deck vanishes and then reappears inside the card case, which has been sitting on the table throughout the entire time. The kicker comes when the magician takes the deck out of the box, spreads it onto the table to reveal the third signed card face up in the deck! A masterpiece of misdirection that will become the talking point of your act.
Broken & Restored Glasses - A borrowed pair of spectacles is broken and restored in a split second! A brilliant opener for the strolling magician

One handed false riffle shuffle
Topit Discussion
In-depth look at the sleights involved

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

Quit Smoking - The magician borrows a pack of cigarettes and after a succession of flash vanishes and reappearances, causes the entire pack to completely vanish without a trace!

No Smoking - You break a cigarette in half, show the two separate pieces, give them a little blow and the cigarette is magically restored! A real-world, anytime, any place routine.

Bonus: The Moorea Straw - At the bar or while having a cocktail, you borrow a straw and place it under your chin. Suddenly, you push the straw through your throat! The audience can actually see it in your mouth before you extract it from your chin and immediately hand it out for examination!

Disk 1
Bill Switch - Etienne's Opener. A borrowed £10 note turns into any named currency in the world!
Finger Snap - get unbelievable reactions with nothing more than your bare hands!
The Broken Glass - A quick-fire effect which is guaranteed to get the attention of the whole table!
Bottle Through Table - Etienne's signature piece. This is the effect that gets him rebooked time and time again.
Ring Flight - A professionals handling for this close-up magic classic.
Impromptu Signed Card in Sealed Bottle - A spectator's signed card miraculously appears in a sealed beer bottle! This is worth the price of the DVD alone! Completely impromptu - a real reputation maker!

Disk 2
The Wedding Test - This is Etienne's take on the Anniversary Waltz.
Card to Pocket - A powerhouse card routine that is a real spectators favorite.
Impromptu Stooge - Turn a tricky spectator into your biggest fan with this sneaky gem.
Coin under Watch - Fast furious magic with a killer finish.
A Quick Turnover - Visual snappy card magic perfect for strolling worker.
Two Card Monte - An original reworking of this bar magic classic.
Sleights explained include: double lift, cull, classic pass, top change, peek, side steal, false cut, slip cut force and a full explanation of the classic bill switch.

Plus 2 bonus effects and a 20 minute interview with the man himself on how to get work and then get re-booked !

Disc One Running Time Approximately 68min
Disc Two Running Time Approximately 72min

The amazing magic, performed and clearly explained as only Michael Ammar can-including step-by-step inctructions from the perfect view, isn't the only reason to check out this DVD. Michael also shares his professional advice about all the things he wished he had known when first starting out in magic. This includes insider advice on: buying magic, joining clubs, attending conventions, subscribing to magazines, easy tricks vs. hard tricks, practice, the basic rules-and when to break them!

You'll discover mind reading, magic with cards, coins, sponge, string, finger rings, rubber bands, balloons and more! These secrets give you the power to entertain almost anywhere, almost anytime! You'll be ready to amaze people just minutes after watching.

Imagine owning the most comprehensive magic book ever written. This would surely be a treasured possession for any magician with each chapter focusing on a single aspect of the craft and the very best routines ever created for it. That's the idea behind L&L Publishing's critically-acclaimed DVD series, The World's Greatest Magic by the World's Greatest Magicians. Each volume is like another chapter in the world's best magic book. Featuring in-depth exposition and instruction on some of magic's most cherished and classic effects by its most-talented practitioners, this unprecedented series represents an essential reference work for anyone interested in the magical arts, regardless of their skill level.

A magician should leave a lasting impression and one of the best ways to do that is to hand out your business card in a magical way. Your prospective client will not only remember you but will also get to keep tangible evidence of your magical abilities that just happens to have your contact information!

On this DVD, you'll meet nine performers with ten different ways to utilize your business cards in a magical way. John Guastaferro causes random spots on the back of his card to magically transform into the name of a selected playing card while Banachek uses just four cards to demonstrate an uncanny ability to know a spectator's choice in advance. Michael Ammar's business cards hand themselves out via a very eerie self-animation while Michael Close causes an initialed card to turn up in an impossible place. Dan Harlan recreates a classic of rope magic with an initialed business card while Jeff McBride causes his card to simply appear in the spectator's outstretched hands. Daryl turns his business card into an uncannily accurate prediction of the future while Raj Madhok takes a card magic classic and turns it into an amazing communion with the spirits. Finally, Greg Wilson demonstrates a pen that can magically write in any color named while Michael Ammar returns with business cards that can print themselves.

For any working professional who uses business cards, these effects can literally mean the difference between your card being tossed into a pile (or into the legendary "circular file") or cherished by its recipient and even shown around to others for perhaps years after as evidence of an unbelievable, magical encounter with a very special person – you!
Constellation – John Guastaferro
This 'n That – Banachek
The Incredible Business Machine – Michael Ammar
The El Cheepo Magic Club – Michael Close
Business Card Nightmare – Dan Harlan
Business Card Connection – Jeff McBride
Business Card Prophecy – Daryl
Piano Séance – Raj Madhok
Multi-Color Pen – Gregory Wilson
Self-Printing Business Cards – Michael Ammar

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

Dinner Table Magic (World's Greatest Magic)

In this volume, you'll learn some of the best magic effects to perform around the dinner table. Experienced performers know that after a meal, everyone is ready for some entertainment and on this DVD, you'll learn some of the most amazing magic ever created that can be performed with items routinely found on a dinner table.

You'll be the life of the dinner party when you learn these after-dinner miracles, many of which can be done totally impromptu. From classics such as Johnny Thompson's version of the Vanishing Glass and David Roth's handling of the Coins Through Table to unusual offerings such as Gregory Wilson's Off Base, a startling broken and restored wine glass effect, there’s a treasure trove of magic offered here that's virtually guaranteed to make you the hit of any gathering.

Running Time Approximately 90min

The classic swindle of the Three-Shell Game has always held a fascination for the public. On this video, Pat Page teaches you all of the basics, in addition to some more advanced dodges and stratagems, for turning this ancient game into magical entertainment. With nothing more than three walnut shells and a pea—and some help from Pat Page—you’ll soon be convincing everyone that you’re a world-class sleight-of-hand artist!

Topit Techniques - The power to vanish almost any small object right before the eyes of your spectators is now in your hands—and in your coat! In this video presentation, Pat Page introduces the Topit, a highly deceptive magical secret weapon. After going through the basics, Pat Page also teaches many advanced techniques that will have you performing veritable miracles in no time!

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

Ever since the Chop Cup was invented by magician Al Wheatley (whose stage name was Chop Chop, which is where the trick derives its unusual name) in the early 1950s, magicians have devised increasingly clever ways to use it. The basic one-cup one-ball approach to the classic Cups and Balls has held the fascination of magicians through the years most probably due to its devious use of a mechanical principle along with sleight of hand to create an intriguing and compelling illusion. On this DVD, you’ll meet some masters of the Chop Cup, each with their own spin on the trick. There are classicists such as John Mendoza, Danny Tong and Steve Dacri who beguile their audiences with basic but still utterly baffling routines. Then we have rather unique approaches to the trick, such as David Regal, who substitutes the ball with – no kidding! – a toy mouse and later, Gary Ouellet, who performs a beautifully choreographed (to music no less!) routine using a Chop Cup and a matching, ungaffed cup. Finally, we have Larry Jennings who created one of the most original (and most performed) Chop Cup routines ever. Finally, Jim Swain presents his own version of the Jennnings routine with his own singular imprint.

The Chop Cup has been a signature effect for many of magic’s most successful performers and on this DVD, you’ll find marvelous ready-made routines in addition to scores of ideas and stratagems to add to an existing routine.

My Best Friend (David Regal) - Chop Cup Routine (John Mendoza) - The Two Goblets (Gary Ouellet) - Chop Cup (Danny Tong) - Chop Cup (Steve Dacri) - Jennings Chop Cup (Larry Jennings) - The Chop Cup (Jim Swain)

No one knows who invented dice though the oldest known dice were discovered as part of a 5000-year old backgammon set. Dice used as conjuring props is of decidedly more recent vintage with one of the earliest records being Hofzinser who used mispotted dice to force a number as early as 1842. However, the allure of these simple six-sided cubes have not escaped the attention of magicians in intervening years.

In this unprecedented collection, you’ll find completely different approaches to conjuring with dice. John Mendoza begins by performing and then explaining Senator Crandall’s classic dice stacking routine. Daryl is up next with a Chink-A-Chink routine that requires only four dice and a cup – a wonderfully visual assembly and no fifth die is required! Steve Dacri also offers a dice assembly routine (and if you don’t know how it’s done, it’s a real fooler) while Mark Leveridge’s Wild Dice is an eye-popping combination of the Three-Shell Game and the Cups and Balls. Daryl follows with the classic Sack’s Dice Routine and if you take the time to learn it, you’ll never leave the house without a pair of dice. Finally, everything you always wanted to know about dice stacking is ably demonstrated and taught by James Zachary. In The Art of Dice Stacking, the video companion to his seminal book, Zack Stacks, you’ll learn how to create a stack fourteen dice high, in addition to dice cup final loads, taking the stacks down one die at a time, and lots more.

Dice are intriguing and romantic props that guarantee spectator interest and these routines represent the best dice magic ever created.

Dice Stacking Routine (John Mendoza) - Four Dice Chink-A-Chink (Daryl) - Dice Routine (Steve Dacri) - Wild Dice (Mark Leveridge) - Sack’s Dice Routine (Daryl) - The Art of Dice Stacking / Zack Stacks (James Zachary)

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!

On The Spot is a guerilla course in performing impromptu magic. Get ready to experience Greg's on-site, out-of-sight insights for real people, in real life with real off the cuff fun!

Imagine showing up at your next gig with no tricks in your pocket. That's right, no tricks! This video teaches you to entertain professionally with normal everyday objects.

With these simple but stunning routines, you'll be able to turn everyday objects into weapons of deception.

Ticker Taker - A super-simple and perfectly motivated watch steal that doesn't take tons of testosterone to perform. Learn how to repeat steal a spectator's watch up to 4 times in a row.
Quick Silver - A quarter disappears and reappears three times - in your eye socket (like a monocle), on the spectator's shoulder, and finally under their watch. All you need is a quarter.
Sponge Napkins - The impact of a sponge ball routine with ordinary cocktail napkins. Greg's gone beyond the ordinary spongeball moves and has them reappearing in surprising places. Greg also introduces a new concealment that will fool you and your spectators.
Open Palm Coins Across - A clean and slick impromptu Coins Across. All you need are 3 borrowed quarters. Better start doing your Pinky-Pushups for this incredibly fair handling.
Head Trip - A Paper Balls over the Head routine with anything - and everything. Gregory grabs glasses, plates, and saltshakers - anything he can get his mitts on!! This routine alone is a postgraduate course in misdirection.
Glossy Finish - A smear of borrowed lipstick penetrates a spectator's tightly clenched fist. This is perhaps the most motivated and natural routine in the series! Even if you're familiar with the method, you'll still be fooled watching the performance!
Toll Free - A Close-up miser's dream that ends with a jumbo production! Multiple methods ensure that spectators never see the same move twice.
99 Cent Trick - Multiple coin vanishes topped off with a dizzying transposition. That's all I'm telling you.
Florida Keys - Ordinary keys and their key ring become a mini Linking Ring routine.
Ring Fright - You toss a borrowed wedding band into the air and then stab it with your finger!
Trick Question, Questionable Trick - A very convincing copper/silver transposition with the spare change in your pocket - a penny and a dime. Now you can perform Scotch and Soda anywhere, at any time.
Playful Pickpocketing - Rob your spectators blind - they'll love your for it. Greg demonstrates how Close-up Pickpocketing can transform the audience's definition of you as an entertainer and erase the lines between performer and audience.
ReCap Revisited - Gregory's classic, as you've never seen it. Greg's added new subtleties, moves and brilliant new ending where the pen is pulled from the pen cap!

Multiple live performances so you learn the subtleties of performing these effects for real people.
Comprehensive explanations so you can cut down on practice time and start performing.
Running Time Approximately 123min

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!

Learn some of the most classic illusions from some of the true Stars of the magic world: Paul Harris, Frank Garcia, Derek Dingle, Bernard Bilis, Eric De Camps, and David Roth!

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.

On this DVD, Pat Page shows why the thumb tip remains one of the magician’s most powerful secret weapons. You’ll learn how to properly use a thumb tip, including how to get it into and out of play. In addition, Pat Page demonstrates and explains more than a dozen strong effects made possible by this wonderful utility device. This is miracle-class magic with coins, cigarettes, silks, napkins and more, utilizing a gimmick that all magicians own but very few learn to use properly. Of course, not many have had Pat Page as an instructor.

Over 25 Items explained using silks, notes, cigarettes etc. Get the set of 3 Pat Page DVD's here

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!!!

Close-up magicians have known for years that audiences love the classic plot where four coins individually placed under four playing cards magically gather under one of the cards. It could be convincingly argued that Al Schneider began a revolution in coin magic when he synthesized earlier versions of this plot and came up with Matrix, a direct and streamlined handling of the coin assembly that has spawned countless variations.

On this DVD, the very best versions of Matrix have been collected along with several of its earlier ancestors. You’ll begin your journey by learning the effect that started it all by the man who invented it – Al Schneider’s classic Matrix. You’ll also learn various handlings of the basic version from Bill Malone and Michael Ammar. Once mastered, you can move on to some eye-popping Reverse Matrix effects, where the coins actually go back to where they came from, with Aldo Colombini and Dan Fleshman. If you’d like to add a killer finale, check out routines by J.C. Wagner and Harry Allen and to prove that there’s more to Matrix than coins hopping around, there’s Dan Harlan’s presentation with a horror movie theme. There’s also Johnny Thompson’s classic presentation with a handkerchief and Derek Dingle’s version of Ross Bertram’s Coin Assembly. And, to top it all off, there’s historic footage of Ross Bertram also performing and explaining his classic Assembly.

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.

Of the various plots that make up the world of coin magic, Coins Across has always held a special place in the heart, and repertoires, of close-up magicians. Audiences always seem to be intrigued by the idea of coins traveling invisibly between the performer’s hands, which accounts for the enormous popularity of this very magical effect.

On this DVD, you'll see ten different takes on the Coins Across effect. The approaches are different but the main thing they all have in common is that there are absolutely no gaffed coins required for any of the versions presented here. You'll see Johnny Thompson perform Dai Vernon's Winged Silver, perhaps the version that started it all. Michael Ammar demonstrates why his Incredible Coins Across is appropriately named as the coins travel into the spectator's hand – and the last one appears visibly in his open hand! You'll find easy-to-do versions such as Alexander de Cova's Chinese Money Mystery and Paul Diamond's Flying Eagles to more technically-demanding versions such as Jay Sankey's Mr. Clean Coins Across, Michael Close's Too Ahead and Ross Bertram's Passing the Buck.

From classic handlings from Michael Skinner and Al Schneider to interpretations with a surprise ending, such as Fernando Keops' offering, there's enough material here to enable you to pass coins back and forth between your hands for a lifetime.

Since entering the literature of magic in the 1600’s, the effect of passing coins through a solid table top has captured the imagination of magicians and has led to countless variations and versions. The trick’s inclusion in the repertoires of some of close-up magic’s most illustrious performers speaks to its utterly mystifying effect on an audience.

In this volume, you’ll see eight different versions of this close-up magic favorite with different methodologies, presentations and even finales. David Roth begins a performance and exposition of the original Al Baker approach of passing the coins through the table one at a time while Gary Ouellet presents Dai Vernon’s version from Stars of Magic. Steve Dacri demonstrates a version taught to him by Slydini and refined by Vernon while John Mendoza uses six coins rather than the traditional four and finishes the routine with an unbelievable final production. David Roth returns with the traditional Han Ping Chien technique for passing three coins through at one time followed by Larry Jennings with a wonderful no-lap method. Johnny Thompson presents his own version of the Baker routine followed by an in-the-air transposition of three coins ala Han Ping Chien, while David Regal presents an innovative method – and presentation – for this close-up classic.

Passing a solid object through another solid object has always been a favorite plot of magicians and the commonness of coins and tables only adds another layer of mystery and fascination to it. Learn one (or more!) of these methods and you’ll be ready to entertain and bewilder anyone at anytime with objects that are completely ordinary and familiar.

Coins Through The Table (One at a Time) – David Roth
Kangaroo Coins – Gary Ouellet
Coins Thru Table – Steve Dacri
Coins Thru The Table – John Mendoza
Coins Through The Table (Han Ping Chien Method) – David Roth
Coins Through The Table – Larry Jennings
Coins Through Table / Han Ping Chien – Johnny Thompson
Coins Through The Table – David Regal

This coin magic DVD showcases three classic routines that have been put together by Austin, Texas professional magician CODY FISHER.

The routines presented are incredible handlings of three classics. 1 - A copper/silver routine. 2 - A coins across routine. 3 - A copper/silver/brass routine. Features:

As an added extra bonus Cody also includes additional notes and handling tips for Real World CSB that were not available before.

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.

Sponge ball magic is some of the most powerful in the arsenal of professional magicians. With this introductory DVD on sponge ball tricks, you'll be well on your way to mastering this astonishing branch of the magic art. De-materialize a sponge ball entirely! Visibly change the color of a sponge ball! Cause a sponge ball to jump from your fist into a spectator's! Change a sponge cube into two sponge balls! And much, much more!

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

Volume 1 - The Act

It's a rare thing when one of mentalism's leading minds divulges the secrets to his professional act - the material he's been earning a living with for decades. Yet, on this volume of an extraordinary video series, that's exactly what Richard Osterlind does - sharing not only the methods, but the fine details, of the powerhouse effects he's been wowing corporate and trade show audiences all over the world with. Watch him amaze the audience in performance and then go behind the scenes as Osterlind, along with host Jim Sisti, shows you how it's all done. See- Watch Routine (1 Mb) ... Radar Deck (4 Mb)

Bank Night - The Perfected Center Tear - Radar Deck - Watch Routine - Magazine Test - Linking Finger Rings.

Volume 2 - The Osterlind Breakthrough Card System

In this volume of Richard Osterlind's landmark video series, he shares perhaps his greatest contribution to magic and mentalism - the Breakthrough Card System, considered by many to be the most ingenious playing card stack ever devised. The spectators could look at the cards for hours and never discover its devilish secret and, for the first time, Richard Osterlind, along with host Jim Sisti, shares twenty years of effects, performance tips, ideas and shortcuts with his inspired creation.

Card Calling - Two Cards in Pocket - Challenge Mind Reading - Corinda Effect - Blackjack Demonstration

Volume 3 - Assorted Mysteries

In the third volume of this groundbreaking video series, Richard Osterlind shares some of his most treasured Mind Mysteries. There are impromptu miracles to perform for friends at the dinner table along with more elaborate pieces suitable for large stage audiences. Watch him as he baffles a live audience and then go behind the scenes as Osterlind, along with host Jim Sisti, shows you how it's all done.

Sweeter and Lower - Change of Mind - Spoon Bending - Radio Sum Total - Uncanny - The Nail Writer - Lottery Effect - Cell Phone Effect - Bill in Cigarette.

Volume 4 - More Assorted Mysteries

In this final volume of his amazing video series, Richard Osterlind performs some of his most well-known routines in addition to some new, astounding effects that have never been revealed before. You'll see how strong this material is in front of a live audience and then you'll go behind the scenes as Osterlind, along with host Jim Sisti, shows you how it's all done.

Glass of Water Production - Imp Pad - Marked Coin in Bottle - Signed Torn and Restored Post-It Note - Spike Bending - S.O.S. Pseudo-Psychometry Bag - Signed Torn and Restored Newspaper.

For a complete description of these 4 DVDs Click here!

Richard Osterlind’s Mind Mysteries Too Mind Mysteries Too continues on from the high-water mark set by the first Mind Mysteries series, one of the best-selling video sets in magic history. Transcending the boundaries of traditional mentalism and magic, Mind Mysteries Too completes the circle of Richard Osterlind’s life work to date. You’ll see Richard captivating and astounding a studio audience with his original material and then you’ll go behind the scenes once again, along with host Jim Sisti, as he explains every nuance of the inner workings of each effect. What’s more, each set of performances is arranged as a mini-show, demonstrating Richard Osterlind’s classical approach to routining, an invaluable lesson in itself! If you enjoyed Mind Mysteries, as thousands did, you’ll love these Mind Mysteries Too!

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!

Bob Cassidy's Mental Miracles

Bob Cassidy, one of America’s foremost mentalists, has been a professional entertainer for more than 25 years. Author of The Art of Mentalism, a modern day classic, he has the unique ability to convince any audience that he can read their innermost thoughts, while also amazing and entertaining them in the process. On this DVD/Video Cassidy performs his professional show in front of an amazed audience of mentalists and then explains everything. If you ever wanted to make people believe you can read their minds, you must see this tape. Cassidy teaches many of his original routines and discusses how to structure, present and create a mind reading show.

For a complete Description of this DVD Click Here!

Price: £25

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

Mind Bender - Chad Sanborn

Spoon bending doesn't have to take complicated techniques or expensive gimmicks. On this DVD, professional magician shares with you his famous spoon bending routines using an ordinary spoon! As an added bonus, Chad also performs and teaches his linking rubber bands routines and how to make coins vanish from one hand and reappear in the other. Contains: The Optical Bend. The Master Link. The Holy Grail.

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!

The complete, no-holds barred DVD video of this reputation-making routine - including performance, pre-show, secrets, and out takes.

WARNING! This video describes an extremely DANGEROUS demonstration which should not be attempted by anyone other than an experienced adult entertainer who is trained in the safe use of firearms.

All persons participating in the making of this video hereby disclaim any responsibility for injuries or deaths incurred while imitating, practicing, or performing this presentation.

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!

The Art of Card Manipulation (DVD) Jeff McBride Vols 1-3

McBride

"This video is the best teaching tool I have ever seen. I only wish that it had been available 20 years ago when I started performing card manipulations. Highly recommended!" - Lance Burton

Jeff McBride, renowned performer and one of the finest card manipulators of our time, teaches you the inside secrets of professional card manipulation. Routines, sleights, productions and flourishes are clearly taught and demonstrated, along with sample routines and the seasoned advice that only a working professional can provide. Many of these sleights and techniques have been closely guarded for years - never published, but only passed on from one professional to another. These can only be found exclusively on this set of studio - quality DVDs. Jeff leads you through each and every item, while giving you the little tips that make learning easier and performing more entertaining.

Never has video instruction been more valuable. You see how the sleights should look, precisely how they are timed and how they are performed in the real world. Now with the help of Jeff McBride, you can learn the baffling and sophisticated card manipulations you have always dreamed of performing!

Jeff McBride is one of the greatest sleight-of-hand experts in the world. His extensive knowledge of manipulative magic is unparalleled. As a teacher, he is an engaging and dynamic spokesman on the meaning of magic and its place in contemporary culture. Jeff McBride's teaching style will help you to transcend your tricks and create a new form of magic theater. Now McBride shares with the magic world, for the first time, many never before disclosed techniques of the master manipulators. Jeff leads you step by step through this fascinating world of "digital" effects, and gives you the tools you need to become your best. A lifetime of manipulative masterpieces is contained in this unique three volume series.

Volume 1

Types of Coins to Use, Coin Productions, The Downs Palm, Multi-Downs Palm, Backpalm, Masters & Mentors, Jumbo Coin Production, The Miser's Dream Routine

Finger & Thimble Magic, Types of Thimbles to Use, Basic Vanish & Reproduction, Thumb Palm, Downs Palm, Retention Vanish, Repeat Thimble Production, Finger Switch Technique

Billiard Ball Performance, Types of Balls to Use, Basic Ball Techniques, Ball Roll, The French Drop, Vanish & Reproduction, Top-of-the-Fist Vanish & Finger Vanish

Color-Changing Thimbles, Thumb-Palm Change, Technicolor Thimble Routine, Interlock Thimbles, Silk & Thimble Silk Penetration, 8 Thimbles & Silk (Buckingham)

Flourishes, Ball-Spin Flourish, 2 Ball Flourish (Elmsley), " Oh See the Pretty Thing" (Benson), Cardini's Ball Roll, 2 Ball Roll, Advanced Shell Handling, Color-Change with Shell, 2 Shell Technique (Shimada)

Volume 3

A Four Ball Production Routine, Clips, Holders & Steals, The 8 Ball Production, McBride's Advanced 8 Ball Routine, Goal Setting & Competitions, Magical Intentions

Thimble Rigger, Twinkle Vanish, Dexterity exercises, Mogar's Explosion Move, An 8 Thimble Routine, Jumping Thimbles, Holders, Steals & Misdirection

Backpalming Coins, Tips on Tables & Props, Jumbo Coin Manipulation, Preparing the Coins, Jumbo Coin Steal, The Tenkai Palm, Ten Jumbo Coin Rollout Finale

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

Considered by many to be the world's leading authority on thimble magic, Joe Mogar has finally tipped 50 years of moves and routines on this near-encyclopedic DVD. You'll learn techniques never before taught on video, such as the Explosion and Implosion moves, as well as three full routines for stage and close-up:

· THE POWERHOUSE ROUTINE: An extraordinary demonstration of digital dexterity, and it's easier than you think!

· THE TWELVE THIMBLE PRODUCTION: The name says it all, and no holders are used!

Also included are 19 vanishes, 7 productions, 5 color changes, 4 flourishes, 6 miscellaneous items, 15 thimble-magic tips, practice drills, and more, all taught with a combination of frontal shots, over-the-shoulder angles and slow motion where useful.

Thimble Dexterity is a landmark work on magic with regular thimbles, and a must-have for any serious student of sleight-of-hand.

The parasol production has long been praised as one of the most amazing and elegant magic. However, it is also one of the most close-guarded secrets in magic. Now, an award-winning magician, Joker Lam, will share a series of parasol production techniques with you, which are directly from his award-winning act! With the in-depth explanation by Joker, you will learn the equipments, sleights and timing of performing parasol production without any difficulty.

Basic Techniques - Basic Flourishes - Equipment Introduction - Sleeve Production - Split Production - Back Production #1 - Back Production #2 - Trousers Production - Chest Production - Japanese Production #1 - Japanese Production #2 - Japanese Production #3 - Japanese Production #4 - Japanese Production #5 - Parasol Climax #1 - Parasol Climax #2 - Jumbo Parasol Production

On this volume, you'll watch as Michael Finney, Steve Draun and Steve Dacri breathe new life into three of magic's most popular tricks and demonstrate why they're classics. Michael Ammar and Eddie Tullock show you how to take a simple yet amazing card trick and make it something that will play for the largest audiences. Join Flip as he turns fantasy into reality by turning a drawing of a bottle of champagne into the real thing. Fielding West takes some props you probably already own and creates a hilarious series of effects that will devastate any audience. Finally, Michael Close uses some big money to get some really big laughs.

Professory's Nightmare - Champagne Production - 110 lb Card Trick - A Visit From Rocco - Sucker Egg & Hanky -
Vernon's Linking Rings - Coke Bottle Vanish / Glass of Water Production / Water in the News - The Four and a Half of Diamonds

On this volume, Tommy Wonder demonstrates why it's sometimes very fortunate to be a magician while Karrell Fox shows you two methods for book tests that will thrill the hearts of magicians and mentalists everywhere. Speaking of mentalism, Banachek offers his wonderful take on the classic Add A Number routine while Dan Harlan takes some jumbo playing cards and explains why he had to do a lot of chores while growing up. Ted Lesley performs and explains an easy handling of the classic Six Card Repeat while Al Schneider demonstrates a logical version of the Multiplying Balls. Finally, J. J. Sanvert adds a truly incredible ending to the already-strong effect of linking three borrowed finger rings as the rings vanish and are found in impossible locations.

Ring, Watch & Wallet - Two Fisted Book Test - Mene-Tekel Book Test - Add A Number - Hold It, Buster - Silk Through Silk Effect - Six Card Repeat - Golf Balls - Linking Finger Rings

Welcome to Dan Harlan's Pack Small Plays Big Video and DVD series. These four volumes are a sensational collection of complete shows featuring the most fascinating magic to ever pop out of a briefcase. Harlan has been performing and teaching magic for over 25 years, and now he's going to teach you how to make a substantial impression with a practical, easy-to-pack, Show In A Briefcase!

You'll learn how to deliver a professional show with maximum impact and minimum set-up. After Dan performs the entire show in front of a live audience, he opens up his briefcase and teaches you step-by-step, how everything is done. He explains how to organize the show, why particular effects are chosen, how to make the necessary props, where they are placed in the case, handling the props during the show, and what to do with them when you're done.

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.

This DVD includes demonstrations with D'Lites, D'Ring, and Color Changing D'Lites. The D'Lite has been one of the hottest selling products ever in magic and this DVD is a perfect companion.

Covers basic operation, routines with one d'lite, productions, two d'lite techniques, "trickling d'lites". Also features a performance of Rocco's 'Light in Flight' routine that made this trick popular!

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?

Through this quality DVD, John Carney shows you how attention to detail may dramatically improve your act.

John is widely acknowledged as one of the top sleight of hand magicians in the world. His technical skill and creativity have captured him two prizes at the FISM international magic conference and he has been awarded the Magic Castle's Magician of the Year six times, the only magician in their history too have won in all four categories; stage performances, sleight of hand, parlor, and innovation.

He dutifully served his magic apprenticeship with the masters in the art; legends such as: Dai Vernon, Faucett Ross, and Roger Klause. John's career has charted a course that has lead him to international prominence.

6 Wonder Works from a Magic Star: The logical Bill trick - The Coin in the bottle - The ring on the stick - The Card in the Balloon - Color-Changing Knives - Strike Up the Band

Find out for yourself why folks don't invite Jay Marshall to dinner in a salute to " Jasper the Great." This fond look at his career in magic contains more than 50 tricks, gags, bits, and stunts collected over his 50 years as a professional in the art.

A warm remembrance of Jay and Lefty and a special visit with Juan Escadero are featured, as well as Jay's high-quality entertainment with salt, matches, popcorn, table napkins, dinnerware, glasses, and much more. After enjoying his special brand of humor and magic, you'll think twice before you dine with this distinguished artist.

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

You’ve heard of people with uncanny, unimaginable abilities. Personalities like Serpentina the snake charmer, Wee Willie the 400 pound fat boy, Bobo the human pin cushion and Tessie the Tattooed Woman. Their incredible feats of body manipulation, bloodless wounds, bug eating, and sword swallowing have astonished audiences for hundreds of years. Imagine joining their ranks and performing the following feats of bizzareism:

Swallow and Maninpulate Razor Blades - Produce Live Bugs- Become a Human Spittoon - Ingest an Inflated Balloon - Drink Motor Oil - Chew on Broken Glass - And Much More!

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!

Rope magic has always been a favorite of performers and audiences alike mostly due to the ordinary properties employed. Everyone is familiar with rope and when it does unexpected and impossible things, a truly magical effect is created. On this DVD, you’ll see six of the world’s most entertaining magicians perform and teach their favorite rope routines.

You’ll see the hilarious routine that made Michael Finney one of the busiest comedy magicians in the world and Dan Harlan’s miracle rope routine that you can do any time you have a length of rope and a pair of scissors. Aldo Colombini will have you laughing so hard you might just miss how magical —and commercial—his routine is. There’s Jeff Sheridan’s routine also, tempered by decades of performing on the streets of the world’s greatest cities, that features sequences where the scissors become as much a part of the magic as the rope. Ted Lesley’s very funny routine combines elements of many different rope magic classics, including the Professor’s Nightmare. Finally, Flip’s routine is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before as a solid loop of rope—an impossible object in itself—is taken from a length of rope, linked onto it and finally integrated fully back into the rope from which it came.

On this DVD, you’ll find seven different approaches to the Ring on Rope from six masters. Aldo Colombini begins and ends this volume with two distinctly different – and decidedly Aldo-esque – routines. The first combines a plastic ring, a length of rope and some great gags into a routine that will amaze and entertain just about any audience. The other is a two-ring routine with many visual surprises. Daryl and Eric DeCamps both offer a routine with a small harness ring and a cord that are both perfect for walk-around performers while Flip showcases a routine with a linking ring and a piece of rope that can bring this classic of magic to the biggest stage. Mark Leveridge performs and teaches a simple three-phase routine that integrates a presentation that is guaranteed to get your audiences involved in the magic while Frank Balzerak presents a routine that not only uses some of the classic Ring and Rope sequences but also incorporates elements of the classic Cut and Restored Rope.

Ring on Rope routines are quick, visual and extremely magical . . . and on this DVD, you’ll see, and learn, in the routines presented just about every move ever invented. Learn them the way they’re taught, or mix and match the moves to create your very own Ring on Rope extravaganza!

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!

Balloon sculpture is a fun and fascinating pastime. And best of all, it is easy to do! Souvenirs made of bright, colorful, balloons are popular with children of all ages, and adults, too. This broadcast quality DVD teaches you how to make incredible creations like a professional balloon artist in just minutes.

This DVD will teach you how to create these sculptures and more: A Rainbow - A T-Rex - A Christian Wreath - Fishing Pole With Fish - Motorcycle With Rider - And Much More!

See the difference in how trick jackets are made compared to real jackets. Learn basics and advanced techniques to escape from many styles of jackets. Learn what to look for when you purchase or borrow a jacket. This DVD will help you learn how to escape so you can become an expert escape artist.

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.