Today, according to Emily Jillette, wife of Penn Jillette, Mayor Goodwin presented Penn and Teller with keys to the city of Las Vegas. Congratulations to Penn and Teller!
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Today, according to Emily Jillette, wife of Penn Jillette, Mayor Goodwin presented Penn and Teller with keys to the city of Las Vegas. Congratulations to Penn and Teller!
Katy Perry will be able to go from California Gurl to Teenage Dream in a snap on her next world tour, according Contact Music she’s made a agreement to utilize the tech behind a quick change act she saw on America’s Got Talent. We can only assume that means David and Dania, who not only made a big splash on the show during the first season, but have also appeared several times (including last season) since.
One of my favorite magicians, David Regal has been apart of the magic community for many years. An expert at the art of slight of hand. In this video he will show you how great he is. You can watch as close as you want, just like me you will get fooled. Enjoy!
For thousands more magic videos, head to iTricks.TV
Irish mentalist Keith Barry and star of the new Discovery Channel series Deception will be our guest on the site all day Monday answering your questions the day before his new series begins!
All you have to do is post a comment on this post and he will answer as many as he can. The best question (as determined by Barry) will win a pass to the Essential Magic Conference.
Deception debuts on the Discovery Channel Tuesday, May 31st at 10 p.m.
Ask away!
You know you do it. You watch the flow of new tricks parade by and think to yourself, “That’s garbage. My version is better.” So why don’t you put your money where your mouth is? Jason Brumbalow, the General Manager of Ellusionist explains how you can sell your trick. Ellusionist is one the Internet’s premiere magic retailers having released effects from Danny Garcia, Wayne Houchin, Rich Ferguson and Eric Ross.
Make sure you know the history of the effect
When (a creator is) sure of its originality it usually means that they have performed and researched it many times. Even if the effect is not original, the creator is at least sure of it.
YouTube comments are not real world feedback
Many creators get excited to hear their YouTube feedback, but it is based on a single angle web cam performance thinking they have created a legitimate working magic effect but as we all know, trial by fire comes by live performance, not webcam.
Perform it for at least one year
Unfortunately many creators consider their effects practical without successfully performing them in a live environment for more than 12 months. It takes that amount of time to just begin to refine an effect for distribution.
Find the worst place in the world to perform your effect, then perform it there
What looks good on a webcam or a mirror does not always mean that it will fly in a live setting, or on stage, or surrounded, or while being heckled by a gaggle of drunken frat boys. Again, apply trial by fire before submitting.
Even if you think it’s amazing, brace for disappointment
If it’s an amazing affect, it’s probably already been done. Do your research. If it is amazing and original, my email is jason at ellusionist
Huge thanks to my good friend’s Bill Goodwin & Jon Armstrong for informing me about this video. Disney and magic have gone hand and hand for many years, from the long lasting friendship of Richard Sherman & Milt Larsen, to the Ghost of the Haunted Mansion. In this hour long episode of Walt Disney presents Disneyland – All About Magic Walt takes you into the world of magic as he performs some effects. Then leads you on your way into the exploration of Magic through out the Disney Company. As I am a huge fan of anything Disney I do really enjoy this video as I am sure many of you other Disney fans out there will too.
For thousands more magic videos, head to iTricks.TV
There is a danger, my friends, to getting Mindfreaked. Sometimes the person that emerges on the other side is simply not the same as the one who went in.
Take entertainment pioneer Flavor Flav. After appearing on an episode of Mindfreak where Criss asked him to set his clock at a random time, which happened to coincide with a previously set wrist watch from the audience, Flav is loathe change the time on his iconic clocks.
He says as much to Vanity Fair:
Daylight savings time must be a rough day at your house. You’ve got to dig through your closet and change clock after clock after clock.
No, man. I take the batteries out of all of them on purpose. It’s not about the time, it’s about the Flavor. You know what I mean? The clock on the cover of my book is set to 4:30, because of my boy Criss Angel, the magician. I was on an episode of his show, Mindfreak, and he did a trick with me where he made me turn my clock to 4:30. So now I keep it set like that. I don’t wanna take any chances.
Yeeeeeeeeeah Boy!