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My suggestion would to be to slow it down a little bit and have more meaningful patter or a story to go along with it. Your vanishes / appearances look good, however as mentioned there are so many of them. There is no need for that many to display your skill. I would just add a story and cut...

Reality pretty much summed up all of my thoughts as well. Me personally, I have about 50 magic books and over 100 DVD's. There have been way too many times I get to our IBM ring meeting and 1/2 of the members have also purchased the latest and greatest one trick DVD and then we are all standing...

Sovex, Thanks for allowing us to hear your frustration. This is just my perception but it sounds like you are having difficulty with the cards. Have you ever thought of just doing EASY magic with props and just really putting in the entertainment / patter with it? There are tons of...

Lyle, that thing is sharp. My dad was a woodshop teacher for 32 years and has built me a few items as well. Nicely done and thanks for sharing.

Josh, awesome job as always. It is great to see you entertaining these types of audiences. I like your attitude and "enjoyable / friendly" character. It reminds me a lot of myself. When you have this type of presentation you very rarely get any hecklers and everyone has a great time. One...

Zenn...I am trying to imagine that, ha ha...that was hilarious. I would have been mad at the clown too but might not have handled it as nicely as you.

That's cute. I could totally see my 3 year old daughter doing that as well.

Not bad...the "get ready" at 0:27 is pretty obvious but would maybe fly by a layman. Towards the end, I don't really see a need to put the card box on that last pile because it almost gives it away that something is going to happen "there" instead of the other pile. Just my two cents. Thank you...

Well...since I was just out there two weeks ago the wife isn't going to allow me to go right about there....ha ha. I'll make it to one of the conventions out there sometime.

Outstanding additional info Craig. I was hoping someone like you would chime in. Thanks.

Luis, are kidding me? You seriously did not make that up? Man, I guess I am not the only one that has crazy crap happen at gigs. I bet that was a bit uncomfortable for you to witness.

"The more relevant the effect is to your audience's lives, the less the audience is concerned with the method." Bob Neale Here's another quote from Scripting Magic that I just read 5 minutes ago and wanted to share. I would definitely agree with this and so it once again proves that...

Wowsers Simon...that is an insane story. I can't compete with that yet. I'm sure I'll have something down the road that is bizarre. Thanks for sharing that one. Hilarious!

I guess I am one of the people that thinks it is crazy to have that many decks because there are so many other props and items needed in magic that I spend my money on. Recent purchases for me have been a $600 gig case, 2 Jet Sets with Curtains, Happy Amp with Mic, etc. Had I bought tons of...

Randy...you are absolutely correct. The old E Master's decks were outstanding. I loved the nice thick stock and they held up well too. The Ghost Decks are still pretty good.

Extreme, Your first problem is that high school can be a very tough crowd to please. You are basically performing for the same audiences all of the time and they expect to see something new and great at the drop of a hat. Many students / kids at that age view magic as "dorky" because they have...

I can see some of our guys in 50 years on the TV show "Buried Alive - Hoarders" They will go through their house and it will be nothing but decks of cards in every room and only pathways to walk through. Ha Ha. I think it is more of a fad thing right now and everyone is like, "OH MY GOSH, I...

That's funny Justin, I think I would have been getting a little nervous at that point. Here's another one. I'm performing at a class reunion for people who are 75 and older. I am opening up a parlour type show with the shrinking and growing head illusion / spiral thing. Those of you who have...

Here's another one I just remembered as well. I'm performing at a wedding reception and I go up to the brides father to show him an effect and he thinks that I am the owner of the country club and is getting ready to hand me money for the balance of his bill. I nicely declined and told him I...

Alright a few more of mine. I'm walking up the drive way of another child's birthday party gig with both hands full, carrying my case and a table. An older woman who appears to be in her 70's or 80's walks up to me and asks, "Are you the birthday party magician?" "Yes"...I reply. She laughs and...