WJ26-01
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Jim explores the history of production
screens, from the earliest one by Doc Nixon (1920) to the
one he saw on live TV in 1957 as invented by and
presented by P.C. Sorcar of India, to the ones Jim
re-invented and performed himself from the 1960's to the
present, including his latest version which is the
simplest of all and which can be broken down and carried
in a car, set up in full view of the audience and
performed solo if you wish.
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WJ26-02
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Translated into English, the name means
“Oh, I see you have (half) Extra Sensory Perception
(ESP).” Translated into Magic, that means any
spectator you encounter will demonstrate ESP powers
beyond their wildest dreams with this special set of ESP
cards that you can make yourself or buy from us. The
spectator always wins. Also contains "improved"
ideas from Corinda, Little Joe White, Ed Marlo, Ted
Annemann and others. The gaffed cards take away the need
for sleights.
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WJ26-03
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This is a special table I first designed
(1957) for holding loads for a Cups and Balls
performance. Later I found other uses for it, in holding
bundles of silks for loading into hats and tubes and
boxes. The photo shows me using my table in 1958 (age
16), but it is covered with a drape. The e-Book will show
you, for the first time, what it looks like beneath that
drape.
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WJ26-04
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Busker: a person who performs
entertainments in public places for donations.
When a busker needs a table, it needs to
be light and transportable, easily set up and sturdy
enough to stand up against wind and weather as well as
bustling crowds of curious on-lookers. Most buskers
aren't the wealthiest magicians, yet professional busking
tables cost several hundred dollars. This is one you can
buy for under $75 ready made (needing just a little work
on your part), or make from scratch for under $25 if you
have some basic woodworking skills and tools.
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WJ26-05
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In 2006, when Spellbinder and I were
working on his new version of the Lu Brent Growing Hat
(see Wizards’ Journal
#8) using Tyvek® paper, I began experimenting with
using the no-tear paper for several other paper effects
that I thought of as “Paper Blendos.” The great
grand-daddy of this idea was the torn and restored
newspaper. The Blendo concept is of separate items
merging into one large conglomeration of all the items,
but starting with a sheet of newspaper and tearing it
into small pieces, then restoring them back to the
full-sized newspaper is just a step away from the Paper
Blendo. By 2008, other magicians began putting versions
of Paper Blendo effects on the commercial magic market,
such as Ton Onosaka's "Check It Out" and Danny
Archer's Birthday Banner. My version has always been for
the "Do It Yourself" magician, easy enough for
Wiz Kids to make and perform, versatile enough to fit
into any occasion or theme, and with a strong enough
magic effect to want to include it in every magic
performance when possible.
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WJ26-06
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This is an almost pure sleight
of hand silk routine that can be mastered easily since
all the attention controls are built right in. Effect: A silk appears, then
disappears, then reappears coming from your mouth. Next a
fountain of four or five colorful silks blossoms from the
center of the same silk. The routine ends with a very
open handed color changing handkerchief. You can also end
with the Push-Me-Pull-You Silk to Flowers Cage
(see below) or any of its variations.
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WJ26-07
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Effect:
Several differently colored silks are dropped into the
open-top cage. The cage is picked up from the table and
suddenly the silks visibly transform into realistic
spring flowers, which are then dumped out, showing the
cage completely empty. You can also use the cage to turn
the silks into multicolored sponge balls, or to merge
them into a large (36") multi-colored silk like a
Blendo.
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WJ26-08
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Effect: The
Magician removes a flat, folded paper lunch bag from his
pocket, opens it up and shows it empty. In a few moments,
something heavy “arrives” in the bag. Out rolls
a red ball (color optional, but I like red). The ball is
dropped back into the bag and a helper is asked to remove
it, but the ball has disappeared. The magician takes the
bag and the red ball rolls out into his hand. He puts it
back in the bag for the helper, but this time the helper
pulls a blue ball from the bag. The next time the ball is
green. The next time he holds out his hand, a whole bunch
of balls (all different colors) pour out and the ones
that he misses bounce all over the stage.
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WJ26-09
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Effect: A
Zipper Bracelet is around your wrist. You remove it,
unzip it, and take from it a yellow sponge ball. A
spectator holds the bracelet with the yellow sponge ball
gripped between its “teeth” and the sponge ball
changes from yellow to red. Then another yellow sponge
ball appears inside the zipper “purse.” Now you
can do some two ball tricks with the yellow and red
balls, and end up with eight or more red and yellow
sponge balls appearing in the spectator’s hand.
Qua-Fiki introduces his new Open Palm Change-Over
move in this one!
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WJ26-10
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The concept is Julian Mather's*, but the
design is by Jim Gerrish and can be made on a week-end
using easily available parts and Jim's favorite building
materials (hardboard and duct tape, or in this case,
gaffer's tape) for under $50.00. The e-Book shows you
how.
A recent addition to the e-Book is Jim's
"Little Red Box Of Magic" that is eventually
given away as a gift to the birthday child (or a contest
winner, etc.).
* Julian Mather, Australian Magician and
author of the on-line experience called Build
Your Magic Show: http://buildyourmagicshow.com/
and http://www.birthday-party-magician.com/free-magic-ebook.html
. The name Big Red Box of Magic is used
by his permission.
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WJ26-11
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Jim explores the history of today's
Miser's Dream, starting with Hoffmann's Shower of Coins
and up to the present day, where everyone sticks a hand
in a pail to produce a bunch of coins. But what if you
didn't have to stick your hand in a pail to do the same
thing? What if you handed the pail to a helper to hold as
you filled it with noisy coins? What if you used a glass
jar instead of a metal pail and could see the coins fall
into it, as well as hear them? See where Jim's Dreams
takes him (and knowing Miser Jim, it won't be
expensive!).
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