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Kind of my point, there really wasn't spectacular about it. It felt like I was watching a Sankey DVD where he does nothing but perform for a mute camera man.

Vernon originally did it with a double backer.

He doesn't really need a character or any of the questions you asked answered. He's just a guy who wanted to show a clip of him doing a magic trick, not a professional entertainer/whatever. My problem with it is that I thought this was going to be you performing for an actual audience and not...

I'm pretty sure if somebody faints or has some sort of medical condition that Copperfield or just about any Performer out there would simply have the staff at said location help the person and then continue the show as per usual. Most of these types of things rarely happen at shows and unless...

It really doesn't matter to most laypeople. Many magicians will tell you to have like a good variety of effects, but seeing as how you are only going to be at said table for maybe 3-6 min tops, you don't want to overstay your welcome and bore people to death with everything you've got. If you do...

Michael Vincents Brain Wave effect also uses a DB.

Before you start approaching a restaurant, look them up on Yelp and Urban Spoon and read the reviews of the place and also take a look at their menu (if they have it online.). This will save you a lot of time and effort, and will prevent you from trying to approach a restaurant that could be...

Personally I think Business cards of ANY kind should be streamlined. I've seen too many business cards that had way too much information on it that it ends up making the guy/girl look too pretentious and self centered. All people REALLY need is you name, number and contact information and maybe...

Ok that was boring and really there are way better ways to prove that the deck is shuffled. 1. A simple false over hand shuffle and false cut would do just fine. Hell, watch Bill Malone's version. He doesn't shuffle the deck for 3 min straight. I kept sitting here like...

How did this whole topic go from talking about how different spectators will believe different stories, to talking about hypnosis logistics..

I'd suggest you pass this offer up, unless you are certified. Because if something goes wrong, specially now days and with hypnosis, you could end up finding yourself knee deep in a losing lawsuit. Specially if you tried to defend yourself in court with the words "I learned it from books and DVD's."

Depends on the spectator and how good of a liar you are. Also it depends on if your lie has any truth to what you just said as well. Some people will fully believe what have said, while others will probably doubt it and just go along with it.

next step is to go out and perform what you learned.

Pretty much half the human race doesn't know how to use it effectively.

Take acting classes and public speaking classes. These two things will pretty much do you much better than simply doing a few flashy effects to get peoples attention.

Depends on who's tweeting. Some actors and people have tweeted interesting things, while others have just treated it like a blog. Kind of reminds me of back in the day on PC's when they had Xenga's and live journals. Many were just kind of the same thing. Facebook has gotten to be the same thing...

So let me get this right. You have 7 or 9 years in magic and have used it to entertain friends and family with, yet you think you can actually educate people and have them PAY you to do so for a class that teaches them card cheating systems. There is a HUGE difference between a Card Mechanic...

All of that stuff is on the Dai Vernon Revelations DVD set which also released a few months back again by L&L Publishing, what he did was illegal and stupid because the entire thing is out of context.

I recall reading in scripting magic a good way of responding is just a simple "Thank you." or something like "Did you like it?" "Thank You."

I've been trying to come up with a meaningful, sincere way of answering that question without having to resort to cliched one liners and without breaking the illusion/magic.