In this magic review we discuss a magic book inspired by the magic books from the 80's by Jonathan Friedman. Title: The 80's Called...They Want Their Magic Book Back Vol.1 Format: Book Creator: Jonathan Friedman Cost: $24.95 Skill Level: Intermediate Page Count: 246 Rating: 4/5
To Build your gimmick you are going to need some scissors, and re positional, or restickable glue, and a playing card that is the opposite color of the deck you are using. I did a quick search online found that you can get a few sticks glue on Amazon for around $3.00. To do the Anniversary Walts routine you will need some special cards that are pretty standard for Anniversary Waltz routines.
Blank cards, blank face, and double back.
The primary routine is a Card to Pocket with Color change kicker, and Dave teaches a variation on this as well. Also included is a Chicago Opener style effect, and an Anniversary Waltz to be shared between the magician and the spectator. For the Chicago Opener be aware of your side angles. The way the gimmick is being used here just requires a little sensitivity from the side.
I particularly like how the color change for the card to pocket helps cancel out any palming fishiness from the spectators mind because the card you are showing them is of a different color than the signed and selected card.
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As much as I love to read and watch magic effect and theory
books and videos, sometimes I just need a break.Not too long ago I started reading a series
of books by John Gaspard that I found while looking for magic stuff on
Amazon.
I have read the first two of three books about magician Eli Marks,
and the questionable scenarios he seems to get himself into.
The first book is called “The Ambitious Card”.The story revolves around Eli Marks who is a
magician who lives above, and works in his uncle’s magic shop.After debunking a “psychic” on TV he runs around
trying to solve the murder of that psychic to clear his name as the primary
suspect.
The second book is called “The Bullet Catch”.In this volume Eli is running through
multiple plot lines.One, trying to
solve a mystery around the death of a high school acquaintance, and another as
a magic consultant on a movie set.Are
the two plots connected?You will have
to read to find out.
The books are a good read, and I enjoy waiting to see what
odd turn our magician and amateur sleuth takes as he tries to solve the
mysteries ahead of him.
I was surprised to see that the author, John Gaspard, is not
a magician.With all of the references
to magic, magicians, and the magic dialogue from everyday magician conversation,
I just assumed the author was a magician and was heavily entrenched in the
magic community.In the second book
there is a discussion on the “Too Perfect Theory” and a mention of Darwin
Ortiz, and other magicians throughout both books. There are even discussions in the books about
filling in for children’s birthday parties that seem like pretty much every
conversation I have ever participated in.
John Gaspard must have done some pretty awesome research to be able to replicate the conversations that happen at monthly Ring, and Assembly meeting across the country.
I have really enjoyed both books and I look forward to
reading the third volume,“The Miser’s
Dream”.
You can check all of these out on amazon.com in both print, and digital format.
If you have read any of these I would love to hear your thoughts on them. Leave a comment, and let me know your thoughts.
