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Yes. I have been fooled numerous times and have been in magic 10 years. I love the feeling of not knowing. It is like viewing magic again as a kid and feeling the excitement and the question of, "How in the heck?" I honestly don't want to know how EVERYTHING works. That would take the fun out...

Donald, I am not 100 percent sure but I don't think you can advertise your sale in a thread. I could be wrong though. I just didn't want you to get in trouble or this closed for not following forum rules. Hope all is well with you and you have dug into some of your Ed Ellis material...

Alfie, I see that you edited your comment to now add that other kids were on phones, eating, etc. If that was the case then No, I would not see a problem with you playing with a coin at that particular time. When you first posted your message, it came across that a teacher was up in front of...

Being a teacher of 10 years and a magician of 8, I probably would have done the same thing to you. If you are in class you are supposed to be paying attention to what instruction is going on, learning, etc. You may have thought that, doing a false take and dropping it in your pocket was funny...

Another funny idea is to use two different colored D'Lite's with the 3 cups. This is hilarious with little kid shows...not the adults. You can have one red D'Lite on and one Blue or Green on the other hand and then make it look like the kids are never able to figure out which cup has the Blue /...

Good points Chris, I want to see the David Stone performance if you can find it. I guess I am more concerned with family style shows and kids shows....this effect isn't that appropriate and is a bit dangerous to have kids see.

I love the effect but here are the two scenarios you normally get or I should say I have gotten. You do the effect for adults and you always have the teens or guys in their 20's laughing because of the visual (shouldn't have to say more) and you get harassed. You do the effect for a kids...

Enigma, I am not in Columbus. I am 45 minutes from you in Canton. The Youngstown ring is not closed. I do not know how many young guys are in it though. Our Canton IBM ring is about 25 strong and ranges anywhere between guys who are 80 to me who is 31. You would definitely be the youngest...

Personally if I were you, (this is just my opinion) I would NOT be getting the victorian close up pad or the card clip. Most strolling gigs you won't bother to take a close up pad and unless you are booking numerous close up gigs you can get by with a 20 dollar pad just as easily. Card...

Haven't gotten these yet. Waiting on some X-mas money.

Ah....rats...I'm too old now. Oh well. Some of you young'ins might want to jump on this.

Enigma, Dude...I am in Louisville / Canton which is less than an hour from you. However...I am 31 with wife and kids so you probably don't want to come hang out with a married guy. Ha ha. How old are you? Don't you know that the ring I am in Canton, 243 and the Youngstown ring near you is...

I learned to cheat my folds just a tad more than on the video as described so that just one lip stood out and the others were tucked away a little nicer. Crispy money does work better. I get fresh money about every two weeks if it needs it.

Fezzik, Congrats and have fun. You'll be great. Have fun, smile, and really interact with the spectators. Don't just go through the routine. If someone says something funny, learn to play off of that. If you flash or make a mistake, who cares, blow it off and move on. Can't let that ruin your...

I would think that most of them at one point in time had a job and did magic as a hobby and then it grew into being the sole income which allowed them to jump ship on their other job. However, many professional magicians probably still do have other part time jobs when the money is not coming...

Michael, It looks pretty good. The only thing I don't like is that you cannot show the pieces ripped off...the spectator has to believe it is behind your "closed windows" fingers. However the best part that it is using only one card so I see some pros and cons. Nice work though....and I...

Holy crap Shane. Sorry to hear about that mess. That's terrible. If you need anything here in Ohio I'm just two hours north of Columbus.

If it is a paid close up show: No particular order...just listing effects 1.) Kostya's Warning 2.) Slip Off Spots Hot Rod routine with Die cube 3.) Cups and Balls 4.) Hyrum the Haunted Hank 5.) Coin Funnel 6.) Bannon's Twisted Sisters 7.) Witness 8.) Sloppy Triumph 9.) Rubber band...

On Macs you definitely want Final Cut Pro. Cheaper version is iMovie that is supplied on the macs. On a PC I use a software called Pinnacle. It is very simple and easy to make videos. It is relatively cheap as well. I don't know anything about Vegas but have always heard great reviews.

I do not use a topit, however all the guys in my ring who do use them use the Ammar pattern. We've never really discussed why. They are all older guys in their 50's so maybe that was the choice back then.