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Jon Racherbaumer There Are Not Many People Who Have Been
Anthony Darkstone In Conversation With ….. Jon Racherbaumer There are not many people who have been gifted with the skills of a brilliant writer. Even fewer people have the talent to write about magic and magicians. Jon Racherbaumer knows how to use words. He knows a great deal about magic and magicians. When it comes to writing about magic and magicians Jon Racherbaumer is the acknowledged leader. His name is well known to the magic world and hence also to the readers of The Linking Ring, m-u-m, Magic and Genii. He has written almost 70 books, and to date, well over a million meaningful words on magic. He has the unique ability and genius to make the esoteric understandable. He is, without any doubt, one of the most prolific writers on magic. With the excellent use of language and vocabulary he brings passion and value to our ancient art. I am honoured to be on the same Panel of Advisors with him on the magic web channel and it was a distinct honour for me to be on the close-up panel of judges with him at The Society of American Magicians 2001 convention in his home town of New Orleans. I am proud to be his friend and number 1 fan. I have had the privilege of spending fun times with Jon and I enjoy referring to him as The Thesaurus. He has always been a great source of inspiration to me and I'm indebted to him for several reasons – much too many to list. I am delighted & honored to share one of our many conversations. -
Available Videos for TRADE (Nothing Is for Sale!!) 1
Available Videos For TRADE (nothing is for sale!!) 1/2022 MOSTLY GAME SHOWS AND SITCOMS - VHS or DVD - SEE MY “WANT LIST” AFTER MY “HAVE LIST.” W/ O/C means With Original Commercials NEW EMAIL ADDRESS – [email protected] For an autographed copy of my book above, order through me at [email protected]. 1966 CBS Fall Schedule Preview 1969 CBS and NBC Fall Schedule Preview 1997 CBS Fall Schedule Preview 1969 CBS Fall Schedule Preview (not for trade) Many 60's Show Promos, mostly ABC Also, lots of Rock n Roll movies-“ROCK ROCK ROCK,” “MR. ROCK AND ROLL,” “GO JOHNNY GO,” “LET’S ROCK,” “DON’T KNOCK THE TWIST,” and more. **I ALSO COLLECT OLD 45RPM RECORDS. GOT ANY FROM THE FIFTIES & SIXTIES?** TV GUIDES & TV SITCOM COMIC BOOKS. SEE LIST OF SITCOM/TV COMIC BOOKS AT END AFTER WANT LIST. Always seeking “Dick Van Dyke Show” comic books and 1950s TV Guides. Many more. “A” ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW (several) (Cartoons, too) ABOUT FACES (w/o/c, Tom Kennedy, no close - that’s the SHOW with no close - Tom Kennedy, thankfully has clothes. Also 1 w/ Ben Alexander w/o/c.) ACADEMY AWARDS 1974 (***not for trade***) ACCIDENTAL FAMILY (“Making of A Vegetarian” & “Halloween’s On Us”) ACE CRAWFORD PRIVATE EYE (2 eps) ACTION FAMILY (pilot) ADAM’S RIB (2 eps - short-lived Blythe Danner/Ken Howard sitcom pilot – “Illegal Aid” and rare 4th episode “Separate Vacations” – for want list items only***) ADAM-12 (Pilot) ADDAMS FAMILY (1ST Episode, others, 2 w/o/c, DVD box set) ADVENTURE ISLAND (Aussie kid’s show) ADVENTURER ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (“Castaways”) ADVENTURES OF DANNY DEE (Kid’s Show, 30 minutes) ADVENTURES OF HIRAM HOLLIDAY (8 Episodes, 4 w/o/c “Lapidary Wheel” “Gibraltar Toad,”“ Morocco,” “Homing Pigeon,” Others without commercials - “Sea Cucumber,” “Hawaiian Hamza,” “Dancing Mouse,” & “Wrong Rembrandt”) ADVENTURES OF LUCKY PUP 1950(rare kid’s show-puppets, 15 mins) ADVENTURES OF A MODEL (Joanne Dru 1956 Desilu pilot. -
Michael Vincent 22Nd February 2018
The Tapestry of Deception Michael Vincent 22nd February 2018 0:02:15 Academy Welcome 0:02:50 Lesson Introduc8on 0:09:00 Misdirec8on 0:12:15 The Tapestry of Decep8on 0:16:30 Overview 0:22:05 The Individual Threads of Magic 0:28:10 Strong Magic 0:46:25 Strong Effects 0:47:05 Mee8ng the Master - Slydini 0:49:50 Derek Dingle - Card under Glass 0:52:25 What is Misdirec8on? 0:54:30 Funner Color Stunner - Paul Harris/David Williamson 1:06:50 Alan Alan - “The Ini8a8on of Trains of Thought” 1:11:10 Fred Kaps - “I mis-direct even when I don’t need to” 1:16:40 Performing Context 1:21:45 Darwin Or8z 1:23:20 Sky Hooks - from John Ramsay’s Coins in the Hand rou8ne 1:37:45 Ques8on: How to stop the coins “talking” 1:40:55 Break (Ends: 1:42:15) 1:42:55 Ques8on: How does scrip8ng help with the clarity of the effect? 1:44:25 Ques8on: Do you have an example of a rou8ne that you know the audience will care about? 1:44:50 Smiling Mule - Roy Walton 1:53:35 Ques8on: Do you recommend any gaff coins for anyone not used to coin magic? 1:54:30 The Greatest Computer Ever Invented 2:00:30 The Ebb and Flow of Tension and Relaxa8on 2:04:40 Card under Glass - Loading the card - Derek Dingles handling of Larry Jenning’s Angle Steal 2:07:45 The Changeling 2:15:05 Two Card Monte 2:22:05 Recap of Bluff ShiI and Ultra move from The Changeling 2:23:20 Misdirec8on and physical technique 2:27:05 Tommy Tucker Pass 2:31:00 Applicaon 2:31:30 Signed Card to Sealed Envelope - Ron Wilson 2:46:20 The Signed Card - Brother John Hamman 2:55:10 Recap of the Angle Steal 2:59:10 Midnight ShiI -
Mystery, Suspense and Surprise! Teach-A-Trick
Sacramento Area Magicians January 2011 Newsletter of the Society of American Magicians Assembly 72 Assembly 72 of the Society of Wright writes ... American Magicians meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:00 P.M. for business and 7:30 P.M. Mystery, Suspense and for magic. We meet at the Ronald McDonald House, 2555 49th Street Surprise! in Sac. (behind the UCD Med Center.) Prospective members are encour- By David Wright, President aged to visit us anytime! Assembly 72 Dues Are Due! If you have not paid your local dues for 2011 yet, please pay them as soon Beginnings of a brand new year…_ as possible. You can pay at the meet- Not a time to wax nostalgic! ing or mail a check for $20.00 to our Treasurer: To banish worry, doubt, and fear; Allen Greenberg To love and laugh and conjure magic! 5500 Oak Hill Court Carmichael, CA 95608-6644 We are also updating our Roster. Our January club performance theme is Mystery, Suspense and Please email your current email and Surprise. This is a perfect way to start off a new year. What in your mailing addresses with your phone arsenal of tricks is the most magical? What is the most dramatic, number to Viktor Berry at viktor2@ mac.com or leave a message at 916- mysterious and/or amazing effect you can perform? This club meet- 362-8355. Thanks! ing should prove to be the most entertaining so far this year! Come and enjoy the magic. 2011 Assembly Officers In addition to Mystery, Suspense and Surprise, we are hosting a President David Wright 916-944-8454 Teach-A-Trick workshop this night. -
Prices Correct Till May 19Th
Online Name $US category $Sing Greater Magic Volume 18 - Charlie Miller - DVD $ 30.00 Videos$ 48.00 Greater Magic Volume 42 - Dick Ryan - DVD $ 30.00 Videos$ 48.00 Greater Magic Volume 23 - Bobo - DVD $ 30.00 Videos$ 48.00 Greater Magic Volume 20 - Impromptu Magic Vol.1 - DVD $ 30.00 Videos$ 48.00 Torn And Restored Newspaper by Joel Bauer - DVD$ 30.00 Videos$ 48.00 City Of Angels by Peter Eggink - Trick $ 25.00 Tricks$ 40.00 Silk Poke Vanisher by Goshman - Trick $ 4.50 Tricks$ 7.20 Float FX by Trickmaster - Trick $ 30.00 Tricks$ 48.00 Stealth Assassin Wallet (with DVD) by Peter Nardi and Marc Spelmann - Trick$ 180.00 Tricks$ 288.00 Moveo by James T. Cheung - Trick $ 30.00 Tricks$ 48.00 Coin Asrah by Sorcery Manufacturing - Trick $ 30.00 Tricks$ 48.00 All Access by Michael Lair - DVD $ 20.00 Videos$ 32.00 Missing Link by Paul Curry and Mamma Mia Magic - Trick$ 15.00 Tricks$ 24.00 Sensational Silk Magic And Simply Beautiful Silk Magic by Duane Laflin - DVD$ 25.00 Videos$ 40.00 Magician by Sam Schwartz and Mamma Mia Magic - Trick$ 12.00 Tricks$ 19.20 Mind Candy (Quietus Of Creativity Volume 2) by Dean Montalbano - Book$ 55.00 Books$ 88.00 Ketchup Side Down by David Allen - Trick $ 45.00 Tricks$ 72.00 Brain Drain by RSVP Magic - Trick $ 45.00 Tricks$ 72.00 Illustrated History Of Magic by Milbourne and Maurine Christopher - Book$ 25.00 Books$ 40.00 Best Of RSVPMagic by RSVP Magic - DVD $ 45.00 Videos$ 72.00 Paper Balls And Rings by Tony Clark - DVD $ 35.00 Videos$ 56.00 Break The Habit by Rodger Lovins - Trick $ 25.00 Tricks$ 40.00 Can-Tastic by Sam Lane - Trick $ 55.00 Tricks$ 88.00 Calling Card by Rodger Lovins - Trick $ 25.00 Tricks$ 40.00 More Elegant Card Magic by Rafael Benatar - DVD$ 35.00 Videos$ 56.00 Elegant Card Magic by Rafael Benatar - DVD $ 35.00 Videos$ 56.00 Elegant Cups And Balls by Rafael Benatar - DVD$ 35.00 Videos$ 56.00 Legless by Derek Rutt - Trick $ 150.00 Tricks$ 240.00 Spectrum by R. -
TECHNIQUES from MAGIC APPLIED to DESIGN TMAD TÉCNICAS De La
Felipe Vilches Ivelić TÉCNICAS TECHNIQUES de la MAGIA from MAGIC APLICADAS al APPLIED to DISEÑO TMAD DESIGN TMAD : 0718-8447 (impreso); 2452-4298 (electrónico) : 0718-8447 (print); 2452-4298 (electronic) Proyecto Project Traslation José Miguel Neira El maestro Tony The magician Tony Slydini presentando Slydini performing “Bolas de papel en ‘Paper Bals in la caja”. The Dick the Box’. The Dick Cavet Show. Imagen Cavet Show. cortesía de Daphne Courtesy of Daphne Productions / Global Productions / Global ImageWorks. ImageWorks. Felipe Vilches Ivelić Diseñador, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Ayudante de Taller de Producto en la Escuela de Diseño de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Felipe Vilches Ivelić Designer, Entender empíricamente la percepción Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Product Studio Course humana ―hasta el punto de poder ma- Assistant at the School of Design nejarla― permite a los magos realizar of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. ilusiones en apariencia “sobrenaturales”. Estos conocimientos sobre la percepción resultan útiles para nuestra disciplina, Understanding human perception empir- tal como demuestran los hallazgos que ically ‒ to the point of being able to ma- emergen del proyecto Técnicas de la Magia nipulate it ‒ allows magicians to perform Aplicadas al Diseño (TMAD). A partir del illusions that appear to be supernatural. estudio de diversas técnicas empleadas This knowledge about perception is useful por los magos, este artículo propone una for our discipline, as shown by the find- nueva aproximación para conocer los pro- ings of the project Techniques from Magic cesos cognitivos de las personas, enrique- Applied to Design (TMAD). By studying dif- ciendo la metodología proyectual en áreas ferent techniques used by magicians, this como el diseño de interacción, el diseño article proposes a new approach to unveil de servicios y el diseño de información. -
July 2018 Ring Meeting: Frakson-Egyptian Water Box and More
July 2018 Ring Meeting: Frakson-Egyptian Water Box and more Posted on July 28, 2018 by Dennis Phillips Ring Report Ring #170 “The Bev Bergeron Ring” SAM Assembly #99 July 2018 Meeting President Mike Matson brought the July meeting to order. We had 29 in the seats and three guests, Dr. Ken Schreibman, Jim Duel and Bill Jensen. Bev Bergeron’s “Teach-in” was on his home-made sight gag, the tape measure watch. He showed how to make it and gave us some great lines, “It’s a foot and a half after 3 o- clock”. President Matson did another of his “Theory and Thaumaturgy lectures on rethinking the Hot Rod force. He explained some verbal lines to eliminate the weaknesses of the technique. He also applied the principle to forcing envelopes. Phil Schwartz, resident magic historian explained that the day of the meeting, July 18th, was Floyd Thayer’s 144th birthday and showed his book, The Ultimate Thayer. He then presented Magic History Moment # 94 on Jose Frakson, The Man of 100 Cigarettes. Frakson was born Jose Jimenez Savilla in Madrid in 1891. He achieved worldwide success on vaudeville and night club stages. Frakson is best known for his cigarette act. Phil mentioned that Bev Bergeron, our club’s namesake, is also known for his own cigarette act. Frakson gained fame from the 1920s to 1950s. Frakson made a fortune only to have it all taken away in the 1936 Spanish Civil War. He fled to Paris, bought a new tuxedo and began his career anew. He became a naturalized citizen US citizen and eventually moved back to Madrid where he died in 1981. -
Prospect Us Passed •In Principle'
' Dr. Robert 1. Gluckstern Main Administration Bldg. College Park Campus THE UMBC VOLUME 13 NUMBER 11. Prospect us passed •in principle' By Joe Kerger dent's Advisory Board. The grad Our hope is to get as many pro Following UM President John uate programs in music, chemis grams as we can by the board," Toll's suggestion, the Board of try, and education are being held Mulligan said. Regents committees approved up by "conversations" between "With all of these programs "in principle" the long awaited UMBC and UMCP over specifics there are prescribed formats UMBC Prospectus last Tuesday. of the programs. Mulligan be which have to be followed. This is Toll's support and the committee's lieves the programs will be final the reason that some programs swift approval seem to guarantee ized and sent to the President's are at varying stages of comple that the prospectus will be ap Advisory Board by November 8. tion," said Robert Webb, acting proved by the full board at their ''There is a hope that there will vice chancellor for academic af November 17 meeting at College be a special committee meeting fairs. .Park. before the full board meeting. Many of UMBC's administra uwe are working under a tight This will allow for the whole pro tors and faculty were present at timetable which must be followed," spectus to proceed on schedule. continued on paf!e 6 said Toll stressing the need for the prospectus to be finalized by the November meeting. "That B. Herbert Brown, Board of Regents Chairperson: "(Dr. -
Bob Dorian, Actor and Magician Who Introduced Classic Films on AMC, Dies at 85
The Washington Post Obituaries Bob Dorian, actor and magician who introduced classic films on AMC, dies at 85 By Harrison Smith June 24 Bob Dorian, an actor, magician and avuncular movie buff who presented more than 10,000 classic films, B-movie serials and pre-Code Hollywood gems as the first prime-time host of American Movie Classics, died June 15. He was 85, although he often said he preferred to give his age by way of film history, declaring that he was “born between ‘Flying Down to Rio’ and ‘Top Hat.’ ” His daughter Melissa Dorian confirmed the death but did not say precisely where or how he died, noting that the family prepared only a two-line obituary in keeping with his desire for privacy. Mr. Dorian performed on the stage, radio, television and occasionally on film, appearing in two movies by one of his favorite contemporary directors, Woody Allen, and lending his voice to Sam Raimi’s 1981 horror classic “The Evil Dead,” as an archaeologist whose tape-recorded readings from an ancient text summon demonic spirits to a cabin in the woods. Bespectacled and bushy-browed, he began acting at 14; dabbled in stand-up comedy and trapeze-catching at the circus; played the bass in a New York jazz group, the Four Dimensions; and performed mind-reading tricks and other illusions as the Amazing Dorian, sometimes incorporating his wife and three daughters into his act. “Women, cars — you name it and I’ve floated it,” he told The Washington Post in 1991, describing his powers of levitation. -
On the Cognitive Bases of Illusionism: an Untapped Tool for Brain and Behavioral Research
Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 2 January 2020 doi:10.20944/preprints202001.0011.v1 Peer-reviewed version available at PeerJ 2020, 8, e9712; doi:10.7717/peerj.9712 On the Cognitive Bases of Illusionism: An Untapped Tool for Brain and Behavioral Research Jordi Camí1*, Alex Gomez-Marin2 and Luis M. Martínez3 1 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona 2 Behavior of Organisms Laboratory, Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante 3 Visual Analogy Laboratory, Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract Cognitive scientists have paid very little attention to magic as a distinctly human activity capable of creating situations or events that are considered impossible because they violate expectations and conclude with the apparent transgression of well-established cognitive and natural laws. And even though magic techniques appeal to all known cognitive processes from sensing, attention and perception to memory and decision making, the relation between science and magic has so far been mostly unidirectional, with the primary goal of unraveling how magic works. Building up from the deconstruction of a classic magic trick, we provide here a cognitive foundation for the use of magic as a unique and largely untapped research tool to dissect cognitive processes in tasks arguably more natural than those usually exploited in artificial laboratory settings. Magicians can submerge every spectator into the precise experimental protocol they have previously designed, accounting with ease for both circumstantial and social contexts. Magicians do not base the success of their experiments in statistical measures that smear out the individual in favor of an average spectator that we know never exists in the real world. -
Class Workbook.Pdf
ABOUT STEVE MARTIN Steve Martin was born in 1945 and raised in Inglewood, California. An imaginative youth, Steve nurtured a love for performing at an early age and became a talented musician and magician in college before turning his focus to comedy. He began writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour while in college, and in 1969 won an Emmy Award for his work on the show. Steve cultivated a small but dedicated fanbase in the 1970s for his stand-up routines, but it wasn’t until his 1976 appearance hosting Saturday Night Live that he became a renown comedian. Following his breakthrough, Steve transitioned from stand-up to acting and cemented a reputation as a blockbuster movie-star with films like The Jerk (1979) and All of Me (1984). To date, he has acted in over 45 films and written 11. STEVE MARTIN 2 1. INTRODUCTION CLASS WORKBOOK Steve’s Workbook supplements each lesson with Chapter Reviews, Take It Further opportunities, and Assignments. This printable PDF is filled with places for you to take notes as you go. THE HUB Share your works in progress, and ask your peers for help and support if you’ve hit a roadblock, in The Hub. OFFICE HOURS Submit your questions on the MasterClass site and keep your eyes peeled for Steve’s personal responses. STEVE’S STAND-UP SHOWS AND FILMS To fully enjoy some of the lessons, we recommend watching these films before beginning: Roxanne, Bowfin- ger, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Father of the Bride. Also listen to A Wild and Crazy Guy. -
Born Standing Up: a Comic\'S Life
Also by Steve Martin NOVELS The Pleasure of My Company Shopgirl PLAYS Picasso at the Lapin Agile WASP NONFICTION Pure Drivel Cruel Shoes SCREENPLAYS Shopgirl Bowfinger L.A. Story Roxanne The Jerk (coauthor) Scribner A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Copyright © 2007 by 40 Share Productions, Inc. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Scribner Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Scribner and design are trademarks of Macmillan Library Reference USA, Inc., used under license by Simon & Schuster, the publisher of this work. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Martin, Steve, 1945– Born standing up: a comic’s life/by Steve Martin. p.cm. 1. Martin, Steve, 1945–2. Entertainers—United States—Biography. I. Title. PN2287.M522A3 2007 792.7'028092—dc22 [B] 2007027143 ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-6974-9 ISBN-10: 1-4165-6974-X Photograph credits appear on last page. Visit us on the World Wide Web: http://www.SimonSays.com To my father, mother, and sister, Melinda Contents Beforehand Coffee and Confusion Comedy Through the Airwaves Disneyland The Bird Cage Theatre Television The Road Breakthrough Standing Down Acknowledgments Born Standing Up Beforehand I DID STAND-UP COMEDY for eighteen years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four were spent in wild success. My most persistent memory of stand-up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth speaking the line, the body delivering the gesture, while the mind looks back, observing, analyzing, judging, worrying, and then deciding when and what to say next.