Predict any freely named card with 100% accuracy and no sleight of hand. A neat way of upping your “Invisible Deck” game.
Tobias Dostal’s package of special props is a wonderful variation on his Liquify plot, for the magicians who just can’t get enough of the visual liquify phenomenon.
Should you really be tempted to buy four unprepared sponge balls for $35? Well, if anyone asks it like that, it sounds crazy. But these neat sponge balls are perfectly suited for Mario Lopez’s great routine, The Clown’s Nightmare.
Based on the Stewart James Tip-See Milk Bottle, Hocus-Pocus offers a well-made new version of this wonderful effect. It’s perfect for stand-up or stage, but a close-up audience may be too close.
A set of casino-quality poker chips that give the magician an inside edge; a secret hidden in plain sight.
Frances Ahrens, later Frances Ireland Marshall, managed a magic shop and knew everything about the profession and might tell you about it with wilting honesty.
On this date in 1918, at the Wood Green Empire in North London, Music Hall illusionist Chung Ling Soo was shot onstage during the Bullet Catching Trick.
Hughes is very comfortable, likeable, and funny on stage. More important than that, he has developed the ability to tell true personal stories as part of his performance.
On March 12, 1904, Lafayette completed the week with his new show at the Avenue Theater in Detroit. He featured a spectacle called The Bride of Thibet (later The Lion’s Bride).
On March 9 1960, Ralph Edwards surprised Harry Blackstone Sr. with the words, “This is Your Life!”
City Lights, Charlie Chaplin’s masterful film comedy, premiered across America on this date in 1931. Which magician was cast to co-star?