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Which implies that if they had someone like Jack Nicholson you actually would watch it. But it's not as if you'll watch it to find out either way. Anyway, the peformances are judged my Max Maven and Jeff McBride. If you're in the least bit interested in learning anything, you'd at least...

I admit, it was an assumption on my part and I apologize. I've talked about this all with a mentor of mine, and we both believe that in the proper context, any of these routines can be done in good taste. The Vanishing for example is a routine that could only be done either as a publicity...

Yes you are. You're preaching a right way and a wrong way to advertise. A right way and a wrong way to be a magician. So they're doing a good job, and yet they're hurting magic with their sponsorships and their taglines. Which is it?

Let us just say that there is a moderator here that I don't think particularly well of, nor do I trust him. And no, I'm not going to say who. Getting back to the point, I think it's rather telling of the character of these forums that more people find this offensive... ... than there are...

Anyone who says they wouldn't is either lying or stupid. Some people are going to label me a whore for this and completely disregard my opinion for what I'm about to say, but it's not as if that many of you were ever listening in the first place. Anyway... My site recently went live, and the...

Advertising has been based on manipulation instead of information for ages. They do it because it works. Just look at Theory-11, for god's sake. Were it medically possible to OD on irony, almost everyone here who criticizes Ellusionist's marketing strategies would be 6 feet under right now...

If you're referring to the earlier DVDs, new pressings and editions have since addressed that issue. You are aware that has been the advertising gimmick in magic for the better part of the last century, aren't you? Has anyone here ever seen those old ads from the 50's? No accounting...

Actually, there are people who think that. It's not going to shut people up, because they're addicted to their own imagined conflict. They don't want an answer, they want to be right. A boycott of a magic shop is what's called an idle threat. I refuse to shop at Penguin for moral...

A lot of people are cognizant of the fact that magic shops exist. They just don't know where they're located. I am being logical. If people are so horrified of the idea that an effect they want to perform has been showcased on TV, their only option is to invent their own material. I saw...

Judgmental much. Here's the difference between you and me. You preach doom and gloom because a dealer is going to be on TV. I see this and think, "How can I turn this into more business for me?" Like they didn't already? There are a lot of stupid people out there, but how many do...

There I have to disagree. These are all routines Caleb has performed for paying audiences, but you don't buy this book for the routines themselves. To get anything out of it, you have to read between the lines. That's not bizarre magic, that's just being gross. As to Andrew Mayne, he...

Would it kill some of you to refer to Ellusionist by name?

I recall having typed up multiple times how I found a way to get around anybody questioning my deck and defaulting to the idea that my cards are a trick deck. And with the ability to search for my previous posts, no one really has any excuse for not reading it at this point. I maintain my...

I have no problem with it. Naturally, I do want my name on there. Otherwise it's not shameless self-promotion.

Contrary to what Brian Tudor will tell you, that doesn't work. You can shock somebody into shutting up (as I ended up doing at Phantom Fright Nights when I performed Sean Fields' Excise for my platform show), but the overall philosophy is an egocentric one and speaks more of arrogance than...

This isn't an invisible deck. This is lying about the dead. Am I the only one capable of telling the difference? A better analogy would be going up on stage and manifesting wounds in your palms while crying tears of blood as you're standing in a crucified pose, then having someone call you on...

Docc Hilford does the same thing, but he still admits, "Some people say I'm a con man and they're probably right." Ooh, he was in character! That justifies everything! Give me a break. I do haunted magic too, but if seriously questioned I will come clean. I don't go on national TV and...

I'm just saying that hype, marketing, and advertising seem to be carrying negative connotations lately. People naively want what they percieve to be false advertising to be stopped.

Well whoop-dee-doo! While we're at it, I'm a general second class of the Intergalactic Heartbreaker Squad. If he were an entertainer instead of a con man, he would admit that he's not actually channeling a dead guy. Since he attempts to have his cake and eat it too, he deserves what he got...

The term victims implies malicious intent. And as much as I hate repeating myself, we shouldn't pull advertisements to save everyone else from our temptation.