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Dude, that's awesome! I wouldn't really worry, if he's into his magic then he is hardly going to be expecting to be as fooled as a lay person! Plus, being one of Harry's students, he obviously has a deep respect for the art and is very VERY unlikely to 'call you out' is he? That would just be...

I do the above mentioned trick all the time. I learnt it from a beginners magic book I bought for about £1 about 10 years ago. It looks great when you get it right and is very very easy once you get the knack. The oldies are always great as far as I am concerned. Not sure what the point of...

Pretty much sums up my views. Of course there is nothing wrong with magic on the internet. Most of us would have no where to get our supplies of it wasn't for the online magic dealers. it's just unfortunate that the popular ones do tend to push their own newest effect by the latest popular...

What's wrong with books? And don't say 'I'm a visual learner'... Anyway, Royal Road to Card Magic DVD should be great if the book is anything to go by. And with R. Paul Wilson as a teacher you can't go wrong. (very nice guy as well) Don't go for Card College until you are sure that card...

There are quite a few magicians around today who should be forced to read this post over and over until they get the message. Never a truer word said. Rev

Well if i'm honest, It fooled me the first time i watched it! It was only through watching it a second time that i got the basic idea of how it works. Bear in mind a spectator won't have this luxury. There is no heat on you at this point because as far as the spectator should be concerned the...

Spot on! I agree with this to the word! If you perform an effect and everyone freaks, just leave it at that so there memory of that moment stays vivid in their mind. No point clouding their memory with lots of more mediocre effects. Also, to answer the original question, i think to some...

Double lift is hard hitting. Blaine uses it all the time and people freak. Maybe you should just work on your character/presentation of the tricks you already have? But in the spirit of answering your question, tricks I nearly always do are: That usual one where spectator picks a card, you...

That's probably 'Pepper's Ghost' you're thinking of. Very fascinating illusion. Fantastic book. Jim Steinmeyer is a great writer and anyone serious about magic would do well to learn some of the history behind the art. This book is a great place to start. Rev

I don't know what either of the DVD's are like, but having seen Richard Turner perform in the flesh i would certainly recommend checking out some of his material. The guy certainly knows what he's doing. It's made even more impressive by the fact that Richard is pretty much totally blind and...

The Card Magic of Nick Trost has lots of great gambling routines within it's pages, including a demonstration of second, bottom and centre dealing that doesn't actually use any of those moves. Highly recommended book. Rev

A guy called Dominic Wood, who was a childrens TV presenter in the UK but also a champion magician, inspired me to start when I saw him on TV when I was about eight years old and I haven't stopped since. David Blaine (who i first saw at about 13 years old) and Paul Zenon (another UK Magician)...

Ha ha, no probs dude. Good Luck. Rev

Try looking in some books you really should have. Mark Wilsons Complete Course is a beginners book every magician should own (and can be found in any normal bookshop) and there are some tricks with double back cards in there. If you don't have it then stop buying fancy cards and get that book...

Who cares? It's his money, let him do what he wants with it. This is just gossip. Just cos he got his money doing magic doesn't mean it's any of our business what he spends it on. Rev

Psychokinetic Touches By Banachek. Great effect. I have it. Hard to make it convincing (need very good presentation skills) but when you get it right it kills. Rev

Lance Burton did a great routine (think it was very similar to Dai Vernon's) using just three cheap coffee mugs of different colours he got from a discount store, then he gave them away at the end. I liked that as it really sold the idea that it was his own skill that was doing the magic and not...

I'm leaving my job as an accountant at the end of August to go be a Primary school teacher, specialising in Science (primary school is ages 4-11, for all those outside the UK who don't know) so this thread is of interest to me. I planned on doing a trick every Friday as a sort of reward for good...

Royal Road to Card Magic, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, Mark Wilsons Complete Course, Strong Magic. Get those and you're set for life. Rev

This is what i was going to suggest funnily enough, so I second this recommendation. I've used it to force a phone number before and it worked really well. Rev