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Check out places that sell Tuxedos. Also look at cloth dinner napkins depending what you are using it for. Also, check out fabricmanipulation.com. Lynetta’s plain handkerchief squares are very nice.

We are a pretty welcoming group. However, we occasionally do play keep-away with @obrienmagic ’s hat.

Without looking at the book to see how Roberto teaches it, you should be able to spread through the whole deck with six to eight cards being exposed at any time. If you want to post a video or send a link to me in a message, I can see if you are doing anything incorrectly. Your hand size...

If you did that, it would have to just be him with four different variations. You could also do a card magic one: Vernon, Marlo, Elmsley and Giobbi. The problem is that people wouldn’t see Elmsley but would see Vernon twice.

Check out Nielsen Magic. The vintage ones are expensive but the reprints are high quality and reasonably priced for what you get: https://nnmagic.com

Creativity in magic is like building something with Legos - the more Lego pieces you have, the better the end result. The Lego pieces in this analogy represent the amount of knowledge you have regarding magical effects, plots and methods. The more you know, the more ideas you are likely to...

I’m trying to think of a context where this line would work. The best I can come up with is if the magician is trying to spoof a cheesey magician with lots of exaggeration. I do a routine which recreates my first time taking a date to a restaurant. An audience member is asked to play the role...

PURE GOLD.

The problem is that Houdini was an awful magician. Great escape artist but awful magician.

Magic. We don’t reveal secrets.

Creativity for creativity’s sake rarely works. As @obrienmagic said, necessity is the mother of invention. Ideas cannot be forced, but come out of learning and experience. Most innovation is incremental - taking something that exists and improving it: How many magicians does it take to screw...

I think the classic pass is far from pivotal. In fact, I can't name a single routine where it is required. As for the pushover double lift, a strike double is probably better, but any type of double will do when you need it. My list would be: A force A control A palm A false count A double...

Got you by 10. Fortunately, I started magic after I was married for 14 years and already had a 6 year old.

Nope.... Royal Road, page 30 and page 201.

Houdin, Devant, Blackstone, Copperfield

The better idea is to perform magic for someone else with her watching. Seeing other people react favorably to your magic will make her think, "wow, this guy is pretty cool." That will also make her want you to perform something for her. Don't do that immediately. The longer you wait...

I've trained my dog to find a spectator's selected card after it has been returned into a deck and the deck shuffled. The only problem is that she would rather keep the card than reveal that she found the spectator's card.

ALL OF THEM!!!!! My favorites are Calling the Cards, Upside Down Deck, Traveling Aces, the Wizard, Swimmers, New Deal Poker Hand, the Stapled Card and Drunken Poker Deal.

The better starting place is Cassidy's Fundamentals.

Remember, it is the effect that matters, no ... matter... what... it... takes....