I RECENTLY SAW AN EXCELLENT TV biography of Steve Martin. Hollywood star, stand-up comedian, magician, banjo player and author which revealed a great depth of talent beyond his wacky screen roles seen in films like “The Jerk”, “Dead Men don’t wear Plaid”, ”Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and many other successful movies.
A man who started his career [...]
Posted on April 6th, 2008 by John
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SOME WHILE AGO I PUBLISHED in this blog an idea of Jack Avis whereby a stranger card with a large indice but matching back was introduced into a normal deck. The matching normal card was forced and shuffled back in the pack, the cards were fanned and shown to a second spectator with the request “Please [...]
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by John
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I THINK IT IMPORTANTthat the performances of some of our greatest magicians are preserved on film or tape for future generations, to be aware of what made them the best. Nowadays with camcorders and widespread visual technology this is happening but it would have been wonderful had such facility been available years ago.
It would have [...]
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by John
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