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Gamblers Cop (difficulty rating: 2)
The ultimate palm, if your sitting down! This gets by a lot of great magicians. |
Standard Tip Up Palm (difficulty rating: 2)
A great palm that's also very good for palming multiples |
Vernon's top palm (difficulty rating: 1)
A simple and quick way to palm the top card of the deck. |
The one-handed riffle shuffle (difficulty rating: 2)
A brilliant one handed riffle shuffle with dovetail ending that really looks hard to do but is fairly simple to learn. |
The corner crimp (difficulty rating: 1)
Don't overlook this, great work on the crimp that you may not know! |
The Bridge (difficulty rating: 2)
A must have move that is very useful for many effects. |
Paper to Money (difficulty rating: 1)
A really great little illusion. You take blanks pieces of paper and change them into real money with no cover! |
Matrix (difficulty rating: 2)
The classic 4 coin assembly. Everybody should know this great impromptu effect. |
Linking Paperclips (difficulty rating: 1)
A Simple but very effective beginner's effect. 2 paperclips and a rubber band instantly join together. |
Charlier one handed cut (difficulty rating: 1)
The classic and basic one-handed cut that is easy to do. |
Finding Your Funny Bone
This new broadcast quality highly produced DVD goes behind the scenes and shows you what the pros do to make people laugh. It will teach you how to write, perform and remember a full original comedy act, so if you're a magician, a juggler, a singer, you're writing a speech for your best friend's wedding or you ever have to speak in public this DVD will help you!
Features
9 different styles of comedy
20 things that cause people to laugh.
A 7-step process to writing your own jokes
8 techniques that get the biggest laughs
How to get a whole original act
Topics and Segues
Tags and Rolls
Call-backs
Devolving an onstage persona
Timing and delivery
Pitfalls to avoid
How to remember your act
And tons of professional advice |
Vernon Transfer Move (difficulty rating: 2)
You have eight cards in your hand. You need to get rid of three…comes up in a lot of routines. The Vernon transfer move accomplishes just that.
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Vernon Multiple Shift (difficulty rating: 2*)
Four cards placed in different positions are instantly brought to the top via a straight cut or running cut. You choose. |
Vernon Cold Cut (difficulty rating: 2)
This tabled cut looks so cool. From the mind of Dai Vernon, the deck is cut 3 ways and assembled, all stays in order.
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Up the Ladder (difficulty rating: 2)
The infamous cut originally used by gamblers(you know, the ones who cheat). If you like gambling routines you'll need to know this. |
Turn Over pass (difficulty rating: 2*)
The basic pass from Alexander Hermann . The pass is made as the deck is being turned over.
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Running Cut variation2
Another version of the running cut wherein the top stock is kept intact. Running cuts are a popular way of shuffling in casinos appear fair. The more versions you know the more you can do with them.
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The Tap (difficulty rating: 1)
A way to instantly control a card and maintain control of it even after placing the deck on the table. |
Oink Shuffle (difficulty rating: 3)
A great false tabled riffle shuffle that has been around for ages. An extremely versatile move for controls, riffle stack worked.
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The Glide (difficulty rating: 1*)
A basic move allowing one card to be secretly exchanged for another.
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Table Pass (difficulty rating: 2)
How the tabletop itself can be used to give cover to the pass.
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Swivel Cut (difficulty rating: 1*)
This is easy but looks flashy and is the basis for a lot of other moves.
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Strike Bottom Deal (difficulty rating: 2)
Another version of the bottom deal combining the strike technique with the Erdnase Grip.
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Slip shuffle (difficulty rating: 1*)
The basic overhand shuffle for keeping the bottom of the deck intact.
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Slip Cut (difficulty rating: 1*)
The basic slip cut. A basic move that you must know.
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Skinner Tabled running Cut (difficulty rating: 2)
The running cut on the table. This shuffle is very deceiving. |
Skinner In-Hands Running Cut (difficulty rating: 2)
The legendary Michael Skinner's version of the Vernon False Cut done as a running cut and in-hands so no table is needed.
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Pick a card gag (difficulty rating: 1)
Some techniques just never seem to go away... because they're good. This simple gag always manages to get a laugh. |
Rifle Force (difficulty rating: 1)
You need a variety of forces. This one is great for close up or stage. |
Rifle shuffle (difficulty rating: 2*)
A proper shuffle that looks good and lends itself to plenty of false manipulation as well once learned. |
