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The Sleight Doctor 🃏

A slightly fancy false cut, based on the Sybil. My only innovation was to eliminate the weird, discrepant move that everyone does at the end to restore the deck to original order.

I don't like fancy *anything* when it comes to cards, because it seems to defeat the object of appearing as though you're not proficient.

In this regard, magicians and cardists are always working at cross-purposes.

#cardistry#magician
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Karsten Johansson

Kids can be hilarious.

I watched a 1970's interview with child actor Mason Reese on the Mike Douglas Show. If you were alive back then, you have seen him in every other ad for breakfast cereals and fast food, amongst too many other things. He was easily recognizable because of his appearance, which I'm sure at the time was little understood. But he totally pwned it.

Anyway, he wanted to show a magic trick for the interview, so they give him a bag with all kinds of things he brought it it. He pulls out a silk cloth, followed by a full salt shaker. :magic_wand:🧂

He then looks deadpan at the audience, and says, "I always carry a salt shaker," before doing the magic trick. :blobwizard:

I lmao. Magicians always have corny lines to explain away the inconvenient bits. But his delivery of that line was so good. I think even pro magicians would be impressed.

The rest of the trick was what you'd expect from a 7 year old. But his ability to keep the humour rolling, even with an adult audience and television cameras, was awesome.

Before the trick, he said if he had his own show, there'd be no lights, because his co-host would probably be a girl! 😭

Douglas said he reminded him of Buddy Hackett. Amazingly as an adult... he STILL does look a lot like him. Even the hair.

He didn't grow up to be a comedian or a magician, but he sure had a promising start. He runs his own management company, which is probably far more lucrative!

#magic#magician#kids
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Doctor M. Popular

Mat Ricardo (@matricardo) is an incredible showman, magician, and film maker. I really enjoyed his newest video, "A day in the life of this autistic person" and thought y'all would too. There are parts I really connected with and parts that seemed totally foreign, but as he says in the video, "If you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person". youtube.com/watch?v=gDSv51Tu07s #autism #magic #magician

YouTubeA day in the life of this autistic personBy Mat Ricardo
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Chris Trent
Chapter 5: The Magician and the Ghosts
On his birthday, the boy decided to become a magician.

He read about hat tricks and sleight-of-hand illusions, learning how to manipulate the world around him. He set up a curtain in the hallway, placed a table in front of it, and prepared for his performance.

But the audience wasn’t kind.

His aunt, the one who always had something to say, called him names—mocking, belittling, turning his moment of wonder into something small, something laughable. Every time he reached for something outside the box, there was always someone there to tell him he was wrong.

To dismiss him.

And maybe that’s why he kept running.

#magic #love #ai #aiart #youarelovedmorethanyouknow #space #cowboy #magician #show #passion
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Timo Tijhof

@darius

It's funny you know, when it comes to actual magic (that is, close up magic with cards, or stage illusions), it's the opposite.

As soon as technology is or even appears to be involved, any chance to amaze your audience is ruined. There is an easy explanation right there: oh it's some kind of technology.

That's why the best magic is close up with common objects in the spectator's hand. Tech no longer creates wonder at a gut level for most people.

#magician#cardistry#PennAndTeller
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The Sleight Doctor 🃏

"Using suggestion, I could never make someone do something he didn't want to do. But it's different in a crowd. Psychologists don't know why, but somehow the level of morality is lowered and responsibility is lost."

George Joseph Kresge, better known as psychological illusionist The Amazing Kreskin, has passed away at age 89. He was notable for being an honest trickster who never took advantage of the impressionable by claiming to have paranormal abilities.

variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-a

Variety · Kreskin Dead: Renowned Mentalist Was 89By Michaela Zee
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