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Man it was a sad day when the Penguin Forums were closed. There were libraries of knowledge and experience posted on this topic alone in there. Paddy (who posted there) encouraged me to get started in a restaurant and it's what started getting me gigs. I still haven't put the effort into the...

Just wanted to shout out a big Happy 8th birthday to the Theory 11 team. I've always been impressed with the integrity and professional manner that you operate with. Here's to another year of impacting the industry and art of Magic. :)

Fantastic! Well done! It fooled me for the most part too.

Lots of good thoughts here. With regards to justification, I think it's hard. I love doing and watching magic that accomplishes something, solves a problem, makes a statement, or helps someone. I just think it's interesting to me - so I love shows like T.H.E.M. or the recent Carbonaro Effect for...

I can watch it fine. - very fun

I was going to sit this one out but late last night I had an idea. It actually looks like something that's very practical, so I'm going to continue to practice it and try it out at my next gig. I think it will be great to have the participant mark it and then have them tear it out of the layers.

When talking about the guests Jimmy gave him a really great introduction at the beginning of the show!

I can't post much at the moment and there's some great advice so far. For me you really meet to time yourself with each of these and build sets that fill about 7 minutes (probably 2-3 effects as mentioned) then try to make 3 sets that you can use (it's okay to use one effect in more than one...

Great ideas! I'll close this as we don't need to drag up old threads, but great thoughts.

Luke is right. You want your lighting to be pretty specific. It varies slightly depending on the thread you are using, but typically you want to avoid strong lights (like sunlight or halogen for example, fluorescent lighting and lights behind you. Stage lights can be tricky if they are back...

Not stupid at all! The goal is to be fooling. This thread is about the people who go bananas over this which just means they care about the art. After he was informed the guy who called me a monster laughed about it as most do. People like you have integrity and respond maturely to the issue of...

I hear really really good things about Brent's Torched and restored. Myself I'ma big Torn fan. There are simpler ones, but the simpler you go, you usually sacrifice in some other way. I've also done Allan Rorrison's on occasion in a stand up venue. It's actually pretty nice if you can clean up...

Haha I just read through some of the comments of yours. Funny stuff. "man. u r a crap. y do u do this to yourself?" lol I used to feel shamed by them and felt like I should defend myself, but now I just let it roll

Ya I thought I remembered someone saying that it was great to be able to leave kids with a trick they can do and penguin provided those. As for the sanitation, you are very correct. I have a medically complex son and we are VERY aware of germs. Every person that walks into our home must first...

Doesn't penguin magic have some sort of program in place to support hospital magicians?

Sudden Deck is great, but only great in certain conditions. Not really the best investment for casual performances. One thing that is super fun tho is David Regal's Disposable Deck. Highly recommend that.

Ask Alexander would be a fruitful resource for that.

Ooo, it may be interesting to look at effects that are Tenyo on a larger scale. Like has anyone recreated thee principles to suit a stage effect (or are they based on a stage effect like ZigZag woman/cigarette) I would find that really interesting to learn about.

Thanks so much! I love mystery prizes! Great job everyone!

Something quick - A Handy Pencil Sharpener