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If you are going to do a trick, DO NOT make it part of the moment where you ask her out. Just don't. Talk to her, do a trick, talk to her some more, then ask her out. Don't try to envision some crafty romantic trick. It would have to, as has been said, be EPIC to work, you would have to have...

Yes, i did forget that. Make sure to cite the move as far back as you can find it, maybe mention who you learned it from.

Ug... a porper is not the ONLY thing that will take a crimp out. In fact, it far from the best thing. It was only designed to keep a nice, even pressure on the cards to KEEP them from warping. Two suggestions on top of the poper, which won't just up and fix your problem. One. Find an empty...

As far as I am aware (and you will want more than just my word) you don't need any permission. One, it is not copyrighted as sleights cannot be copyrighted, and Two it is so old that even if it was it wouldn't matter now.

Haha, exactly. "Using magic to get a girl is like using a boot to catch a fish"

If you ordered True Astonishments, PH has a love-inducing trick on there. Should be to most people by then. Make a napkin rose, scented with rose oil. Have them smell it, it's kinda a weird moment to discover it smells like a rose. Slip a ring, necklace, or a candy kiss inside, and a bit of...

You definitely should have a rate set or people will abuse you. I don't know how much though. I don't do too many paid gigs. My first, I just let them decide. I got $20 for 45 minutes from the person who hosted, plus she passed around a tip jar, from which I apparently impressed enough to earn...

The only other thing I can think of is that you are doing the same trick over and over again for the same people... That's why they ask. But on that same note, my roommates have seen me do Angle Zero many times now, but with a little decent performance the audience has no reason whatsoever to...

Best one I have heard yet. As soon as you take the card from the deck, hand the specs the deck. I don't think you have to act like the cards are precious or anything, but immediately hand them the deck and just say something like "Hold these for me for a second." Before they even look back, be...

Reputation, reputation, reputation. If you gain a little skill in crowd management you won't have this issue. I use custom decks nearly 100% of the time. I never get the "Is that a trick deck?" question unless I am performing for someone new. If I do, I just say "See for yourself", hand it...

Haha. Someone made a heck of a trade with me for it. Rick Ferguson's seat sold for $415 on Ebay. I swapped prizes and received a little extra incentive. I would much rather be there with PH in Cali tomorrow than here, but such is life.

E says that they are supposed to ship 1st week in February, after they send the ones from theastonishmentproject.com Hopefully they don't push it back again, I am dying for mine. I even won a seat at dinner with PH, but had to give it up due to other commitments. It makes me even more eager.

Wow... I don't even have the faintest idea of what to make of that...

The comments I made were to the point that THREAD did not have to be preformed the way everyone thought. There was more than the Geek method. Thread CAN be performed with a band, you just have to use the other method. All I have meant to say from the start is that if you get off your butt and...

Exactly why I suggested the sleight method. THREAD done with a rubber band. The first posts were all "don't do do that, it's stupid, it's dangerous." People limited their scope and focused on the EXTREMELY OBVIOUS fact that it is dangerous. It takes one person to point out the obvious fact. I...

Again, THINK people. Of course thread done the geek way by simply substituting a rubber band for the thread would be among the more stupid ideas imagined by magicians. Get beyond that and try to figure out how to make it work. THINK! Sleight method. The apparatus will have to be modified some...

That is the attitude that separates youtube magicians from creators. Do yourself a favor and loose it. Just a passing thought.

Try the idea of using the sleight method. I am sure you could modify something to make that look legit. The geek method... I wouldn't recommend it.

His work is not very well known in the US among laymen. As magicians, we ALL know who he is, but in the US most people don't have a clue. Yes, there are a lot who do, but the greater percentage I would bet wouldn't have a clue who he was if he picked them out of a crowd, unlike in the UK where...

Good call... We need to petition them to stop and re-film all the gambit scenes with d+M. He looks even scarier and they would have to use a lot less special effects because, heck, d=M could to half of that stuff in real life.