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Yeah, I don't know if everyone in this thread's talking about the same effect. When I read the OP I was thinking of the one he does in The Heist. I don't think that uses dual reality, it's more actual suggestion, probably combined with a mechanical method to make it foolproof.

I suppose it depends what you want the book for. If you're planning to keep it in pristine condition and resell it then, yeah, it would have been better with just the signature. If you're a collector then it's still a good item to have on your shelf....and if you're a hardcore collector then...

In Steranko on Cards, there are a couple of effects that use a muck-style move to lap and switch in cards from lateral palm. Derren Brown uses this technique in "Doublethink" from The Devil's Picturebook, and on his TV series.

There are several table passes. Is there anything particular you want to know?

I take your point. I think it does take a light and subtle touch to pull this off. Whether I manage it in my performances I'll leave to my audiences to judge, but it's a model of magical presentation that goes back to Robert-Houdin to Derren Brown via Maskelyne and Devant, so it's got a fairly...

Thanks for the compliment Kieran. I didn't notice it before I made my last post. D ICE R and Shakutau, I think what you're missing is that I'm not explicitly saying at any point during my act that I'm using NLP, suggestion, sleight-of-hand, or any particular technique. To be fair, I do have one...

I take your point, but I slightly disagree with it. If you've got a robust, three-dimensional performance persona then you can perform any effect and make it fit. I don't feel that my character is harmed when I stick someone's hand to the table with suggestion and then do something with a deck...

Mucking is switching cards in play. It may involve palming, but palming can be used for other purposes too, for example to nullify a cut.

I think some people may interpret them as being the same thing. Strictly speaking, "card manipulation" could refer to any use of the hands to move, bend, twist or otherwise apply force to cards. Erdnase and other early gambling texts refer to all sleight-of-hand as "manipulation". Nowadays...

Why can't you do both? Derren Brown, David Berglas, David Blaine (and a few more magicians whose initials aren't DB) have done it successfully. It all depends on how you present yourself, and each effect. This is a realisation I only came to recently, and, in fact, I used to argue that a...

Even if I knew nothing about magic, I could see that there is absolutely no way he accomplished his effect how he says he did in his first, main explanation. The key point to me is that Channel 4's schedules are worked out well in advance. On that basis, Derren would certainly not have still...

This is quite a tough question to answer. As you get more confident and experienced performing, you'll find you get rejected less and less, even if you think you're approaching in exactly the same way you always were. In my opinion, the biggest secret to minimising rejection is relaxing your...

Errr....two issues with that. For one thing, if anyone did accurately reveal the method of this then that would be exposure. Secondly, does anyone on this forum seriously think he's going to reveal his genuine method?

All-over back designs cover doubles a lot better. To be fair, they tend to cover a multitude of sins, which makes me wonder why the hell they use them in casinos. When they spend millions on trying to stop people cheating, why do they give them the easiest cards to manipulate? I've never had a...

Virtually every step forward in human knowledge and understanding has come from competition. The very survival of our race is based on competition. Without the rivalries and one-upmanship of the scientific and philosophical communities, many of the revolutionary ideas that now form the basic...

Sinful07, when I first read your post I had a moment of worry that you were talking about me, because I work in Leicester Square a couple of times a week...plus I've met Jeff McBride! Fortunately I don't use Bikes or sponges, and hopefully I'm not that much of a c*ck. If anyone wants to show me...

I disagree with the advice that Paul Green's DVD is the best resource. In my opinion he over-complicates the force, and, in fact, hinders it's ease of execution. His technique gives you three or four different things to think about at the same time, whereas I prefer to just give them the card...

I like that a lot. The move at 0:27 could be several things. I think the cards aren't square enough for it to be an Erdnase One-Hand Shift, but it could be Richard Turner's variation. I don't know much about Tom Stone's Solitary Pass, so it could potentially be that, or any number of other one...

On that basis, I'd go for the Erdnase One-Hand Shift, performed with no cover from the other hand, since that's basically the mechanics of the SWE Shift executed in one hand.

I thought the pyjamas were good misdirection. If you wear them in performance then no-one will notice your sleights, they'll just be staring at the pjs. Anyway, sartorial mockery aside, I have a couple of points on your pass: You should really only be moving your left hand. The giant movement...