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My friend made this video and wanted me to share it with you guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4h61usvLYk (Some bad language) Happy Holidays to everyone!

I will be performing Cardiographic on stage at my school talent show for about 1000 people. What size pad would you recommend?

So I want to do the Invisible Deck in my school talent show. My idea was acting like I forgot the deck and then using pantomime, similar to Bill Malone's Standing Ovation Presentation, with lots of audience involvement and funny moments. I produce the deck, reveal the card, and have the...

I'm doing a show for a non-profit organization. How do I promote myself to the audience in order to get other shows from them for pay? Should this be done before, after, or during the show? Where is the line? Thanks!

For those of you who perform it, how do you store it once it is prepped on your person to avoid destroying the set up? PM me if it is too sensitive to discuss here. Thanks

For those of you who perform it, what do you use to break/ cut the thread? Your hands, scissors, candle, etc? and why?

Hi, my friend's mother is thinking of hiring me for his brother's bar mitzvah. I have a good close up repertoire and would be doing a lot of walk around/ sitting at a table. And I also have enough material to do a solid 30 minute stage show. They want me to quote a price, but they said I...

Where do you draw the line?

I forget exactly which section of the book Darwin Ortiz talks about comedy and conditioning the audience to laughter. I looked through the table of contents and I can't find it Help?

Ok to clarify, It was a friend that I've known since middle school. We aren't super close but we do mess around with each other. And we were in Spanish. For our final exam we had to teach a skill to the class in the form of an oral presentation using the command form. So I told the class I was...

We were messing around and just poking fun at each other so I told him I'd teach him a card trick and I did Gator Boots to him. And also I'm just trying to avoid a bad situation by making sure my personality fits it.

Say you are performing for a group of teenagers. How do you incorporate jokes and tricks that poke fun at the spectators, without coming across as a complete jerk? How do you show that you're just joking?

I was wondering what was the Spanish equivalent to "Abracadabra"? And if anyone knows how to say "global warming" in Spanish, that would be a very big help Thanks

The rope routine is a good idea. Plays very well for a big audience. Try to involve some audience participation. If you don't like the Fiber Optics routine, check out Expert Rope Magic Made Easy Volume 3 by Daryl.

My friend and I both perform magic and go to the same school and are trying to come up with acts for the school talent show. We both have very different styles of performing, I'm a close up kinda guy and he's got some stage illusions that involve very big boxes. I'm not sure if two magic...

I'm going off to a sleepaway summer school in a few hours. I'll be back in a few weeks with stories and stuff. Bringing 1 Bicycle Deck 1 Invisible Deck (matching obviously :)) 3 card monte set a bunch of spare bicycle cards/ gaffs sharpie necessary Tagged materials Fight Club rope...

Do topits work if the only things you're wearing is a tshirt, shoes and baggy jeans/ shorts? I honestly just want to use it as a quick gag. I pull out an eyedrop bottle. Put a few drops in my eye and then vanish it. Do they make vanishing eyedrop bottles? Apparently in reviews, they say you...

Any ideas on this? It's my bottle, so it can be gimmicked, if necessary. What's the cleanest way you can think of? (No sleeving, it wouldn't fit the environment that I'm working in.) I'm trying to do this as a gag in a routine, I've developed.

It looks interesting. I'm not quite sure what he means by the 3:00 rule. Does it mean that any routine you do should be 3 minutes long and in that 3 minutes you should be able to convey your character and get booked? How do you think you would apply this to an hour long stage show?

A simple way to do both is I do a routine called Amateur vs. Professional by Jay Sankey but present it based on styles of performing card tricks. It shows too ways to do the same trick one with all the flash and flourishes with the sharp contrast of a completely minimalist handling. You get to...