A professional entertainer for many years, Paul Hallas captivates his audience with a wide array of mind boggling card magic. From cloned cards to drawing a perfect royal flush, you won't find card magic like this anywhere else. Watch Hallas' interactive audience performance and then discover the magic yourself as Paul walks you through each trick himself. More than 11 signature routines can be yours to perform.
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There are many who would argue that the Ace assembly trick that has come to be known as MacDonald's Aces is the strongest card trick you can do for a layman. Though you may have a different opinion, you just may be tempted to change your mind after witnessing the six world-class performances on this volume.
Leading off, Michael Ammar presents an easy-to-master, yet extremely effective, version of MacDonald's Aces while Johnny Thompson offers a take that intimately involves the spectators. John Mendoza is next with the approach of a classicist while Alexander deCova embellishes his interpretation with an amazing – and amazingly simple – four Ace production. Rising card star John Guastaferro offers up two versions. The first features complete vanishes of the Aces rather than a transposition and also supplies a strong presentational hook while the second is the perfect solution for performing this extremely strong card effect for a much larger audience. Lastly, Martin Nash dons his "Charming Cheat" persona and removes the Aces one at a time right from under a spectator's hand.
Once again, MacDonald's Aces is one of card magic's rare feats – a genuine jaw-dropping miracle – and on this volume, you'll find seven of the finest treatises ever created.
MacDonald's Aces – Michael Ammar
Automatic Aces – Johnny Thompson
MacDonald's Four Aces – John Mendoza
MacDonald's Aces – Alexander deCova
Famous Aces – John Guastaferro
Vino Aces – John Guastaferro 10,000
Dollar Ace Routine – Martin Nash
CARDS INCLUDED!
Running Time Approximately 1hr 33min
L&L Publishing is proud to again present one of the funniest magicians on the planet, Bill Malone, in "Here I Go Again!" Bill needs no introduction to the magic world and is still one of the busiest magicians in corporate entertainment today!
His first DVD set, "On the Loose," is regarded as one of the finest collections ever released. Once again, from the shuffled mind of Bill Malone, comes more of the most entertaining magic ever caught on DVD. With everything from self-working effects to advanced sleight of hand, this incredibly funny series offers something for everyone.
Here he shares it all—the presentations, the secrets, the tips and touches that come from years of experience, plus discussions on business that will help bring your magic career to a different level! Sit back, relax and get ready to blast off! As Bill says: "Here I go again!"
Running Time Approximately 1hr 39min
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The Cups and Balls are commonly thought to be the world's oldest trick but, as Johnny Thompson theorizes, perhaps there was one before it just called "The Ball Trick." Certainly, many of magic's legendary names, including Silent Mora, Tenkai, Dai Vernon, John Scarne, Oscar Pladic and others, thought enough of this simple yet baffling plot – three small balls travel from one hand to the other – to put their own individual stamp on it.
On this volume, you'll meet five masters of this celebrated trick and one grandmaster whose work on this plot catapulted it into the rarified air of classic magic effect. Johnny Thompson begins with the classic version made famous by Silent Mora and Fernando Keops follows with Dai Vernon's archetypal method. Gary Ouellet, adding some Slydini-esque touches, demonstrates and teaches a beautifully choreographed routine while Flip offers a whimsical interpretation using aluminum foil balls. Johnny Thompson offers his interpretation of the Dai Vernon routine which serves as the perfect introduction to the Professor himself. Steve Freeman performs the Vernon routine as Gary Ouellet, Michael Ammar and Vernon himself offer invaluable insights into the history and psychology of the Three Ball Trick. Finally, David Roth performs and teaches a variation of the trick that offers some groundbreaking moves to streamline this masterpiece of close-up magic.
The Three Ball Trick is a routine that can play for large and small audiences and can be done virtually impromptu. It's inarguably one of magic's classic effects – and you'll find no better teaching resource to learn this routine properly than this DVD.
Balls & Net – Johnny Thompson
Three Ball Transposition – Fernando Keops
The Three Ball Routine – Gary Ouellet
Asteroids – Flip
3 Ball Trick – Johnny Thompson
The Balls In The Net – Dai Vernon
The Fabulous Three Ball Routine – David Roth
Running Time Approximately 1hr 28min
One of magic's most enduring effects has always been the Torn and Restored Newspaper, and for good reason. Newspapers and magazines are objects that almost everyone interacts with on a daily basis so when a magician picks up one of these seemingly ordinary items and performs a highly visual, veritable miracle with it, people immediately take notice.
On this DVD, you'll meet six master magicians who each has their own singular take on this magical classic. Paul Potassy's continental style of performing in no way prepares the audience for the diabolical trap he sets for them as he not only tears up and restores a newspaper, but in offering to explain how it's done, leaves the audience even more baffled. Fielding West uses the Al Baker Newspaper Tear as a jumping off point for some great comedy and classic magic while Richard Osterlind actually has the newspaper signed before tearing it up and completely restoring it. Steve Dacri then passes along an underground trade show secret shown to him by Frank Garcia – a show-stopping trick with a page torn from a magazine that's torn and restored and verified to be the original page by a piece entrusted to a spectator at the very start. Next, Alex Elmsley's timeless newspaper tear is performed and then meticulously explained by the master himself. Finally, Terry Seabrooke shares a newspaper tear gag that is a perfect bit for magical MCs or as an interlude in any comedy magic act.
Almost no other effect says "magic" like the Torn and Restored Newspaper and you're sure to find a version of this timeless trick here that's just perfect for you and your style of performing.
Newspaper Tear – Paul Potassy
Torn and Restored Newspaper – Fielding West
Signed Torn And Restored Newspaper – Richard Osterlind
Torn And Restored Magazine – Steve Dacri
Torn And Restored Newspaper – Alex Elmsley
Torn And Restored Newspaper Gag – Terry Seabrooke
Running Time Approximately 1hr 18min
GEORGE McBRIDE is notorious among his fellow magicians as a card man of devastating caliber! Get ready to learn the moves and routines that have earned him that notoriety along with the respect of some of the biggest names in magic!
A prominent figure in Glasgow’s underground magic scene, George earned his chops alongside some of the best known names in the field. Here, for the first time ever on DVD, the man himself unleashes the moves and effects that have firmly established him as one of the most creative and skillful card and coin handlers on the scene today. Get ready for something extra-ordinary. GEORGE McBRIDE THE DVD will astonish you!
CONTENTS
Ace de Triomphe
Bar Room Blues
Cutting the Aces
Double Swap Sandwich
Open Assembly
Reversal of Fortune
Immediate Ace Spelling
Hotel Mystery
Discrepancy Assembly
Flight Path
Triola
BONUS: Twist Shift
Alakazam are proud to release the debut material by one of the best underground card magicians in the world: Benjamin Earl. For years, Ben has been one of Europe's top professional performers and innovative creators. Like many of these quiet achievers, he has previously avoided magicians, conventions and all attempts to get him to share his original material. Until now...
We can't tell you how we managed it, but you'll be very pleased that we did! This new DVD set comprises three volumes of startling, original material that will surely find its way into the repertoires of hobbyists and professionals alike.
Disc One features Ben's imaginative handlings for several of card magic's classic plots. Do we need new versions of Collectors, Hofzinser's Aces and Triumph? We do when they are this eye-popping! As well as these fantastic new approaches to traditional plots, this disc also contains many original flourishes and sleights as well as all the work on Ben's 'Stroke Change', which looks like trick-photography even when you know how it's done. Best of all, this incredible change, like almost all the material on this disc, is easily within the reach of any intermediate card handler.
Disc Two focuses on gambling and card table material. As a true student of the art, Ben has been refining and advancing card table artifice for many years. The finessed handlings and methodological advances that he demonstrates and teaches on this disc comprise some of the most important contributions to this branch of card magic by a new voice for many years. Fans of 'the real work' will be delighted by Ben's decision to share these prized techniques.
Disc Three contains a wealth of Ben's mental card magic, a style which he prefers to perform these days. There are several fantastic and totally practical handlings for Think-A-Card as well as versions of Mental Poker and Brainwave that break entirely new ground. Impossible Locations and Thought Card To Pocket handlings which fool absolutely everyone ensure that the only problem you'll have with Ben's material is which tricks to leave out of your performance!
One thing is for sure, whatever your interest in card magic, once you've watched these discs, you will never look at a deck the same way again...
It’s time to bring something different to the table!
Outside the Conventional is the first DVD set from Inner Mind Productions that features a guest performer. Canada’s Christopher Taylor is the author to two best selling books on the subject of Bizarre/ Mystic Mental Magic as well as the inventor of Equinox and the electronic wiz behind Andy Nymans fantastic “Dead Zone Pro”.
On this DVD he brings you some of his finest routines.
Each of the routines has a story woven in to it, that produces an intimate and mysterious feel that elevates it from effect to a very thought provoking performance piece!
Watch as Christopher performs each effect in front of a group of lay people and then sit back and learn as Christopher Taylor And Marc Spelmann talk you through every effect in fine detail leaving no stone unturned.
The DVD also contains an interview section where Peter Nardi and Marc Spelmann delve a little deeper into the creative mind of Christopher Taylor.
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