Number
1077 - Saturday 13th February 2021
Dynamo:
Magician Impossible - 20 episodes now available on BBC's iPlayer.
Ordinary guy, extraordinary talent. Magician to the stars Dynamo takes
to the streets - from LA to Ibiza - to perform unbelievable feats:
iPlayer. "Dynamo Became ’the undisputed king of magic'"
www.becomingx.com. 13.2.21
The
Bristol Society of Magic celebrates 100 Years of Magic 1921 - 2021. Last
week The Bristol Society of Magic celebrated its 100th anniversary! On the 8th
February 1921 eighteen magicians met in Bristol , decided to form a club, and
elected Ernest Wethered President, a position he was to hold for the next 50
years, becoming a County Court Judge, President of the IBM British Ring, an OBE
and a MIMC along the way. The Society also celebrated its 50th Bristol Day of
Magic in 2010, now known as Magic in the City. Currently, President Callum
Weaver, at 23 years old, is thought to be the youngest in the country. At 70
members the BSM is going strong and always welcomes new members. Centenary plans
are unfortunately on hold at the moment until Covid-19 restrictions are lifted,
when we hope to hold a special 100th year celebration event in the Autumn. Watch
this space. Paul Preager. [Picture: Our young President Callum Weaver.] 13.2.21
New
Online Magic Course AlphaMagic. Jake Banfield recently launched a brand new
online magic course. The Instant Magician program is an easy, straight forward
approach to learning incredible magic. The course is designed to take you from
zero to hero featuring in-depth video tutorials on card and coin magic, mind
reading, sleight of hand and misdirection. Jake has distilled his knowledge as a
working professional into an easy to follow series that provides tricks and
tools for getting great reactions from your audiences. Visit his brand new
platform today www.alphamagic.club to find out more! 13.2.21
"Professional
Magician Reacts to the World's Greatest Coin Magician" This is Ali Cook's
new YouTube series, where he studies the world's greatest magicians to see what
we can learn from them. Episode 1: Coin Magic Legend David Roth:
YouTube.
[This is such a fitting tribute to American Coin Master David Roth, who sadly
died on January 15th. DT]. 13.2.21
The
Alakazam Hub Magic Hangout. Open 365, 24/7. New, from Alakazam: You are
going to love this! We have always strived to create the friendliest and most
encouraging community in the magic world. Our live shows, launches, monthly Jams
and Academies show just how great the Alakazam Magic Community is. But it's been
our dream to create a place where you can all come together whenever you like to
chat magic, jam with other magicians and make new friends. It's open 365, 24/7!
Yes, you read that right. It's not once a month or even once a week, The
Alakazam Hub is open 24/7 365 days of the year. So no matter what time zone you
are in or what country you live in you can be part of it any time of the day or
night. Click Here to
join right now. 13.2.21
Select
Secrets. Rare & Important Magicana. Potter & Potter Auction, February 27th,
online. This is the first of its kind for Potter &
Potter: a closely curated selection of rare and important magicana. Just over
100 lots will go on the block, but what the auction will lack in quantity it
will more than make up for in quality. Unique Houdini memorabilia, exceptional
stone lithographs, unusual apparatus and historically significant association
items will all be part of the sale. See
www.potterauctions.com
PDF catalogue:
Click Here. 13.2.21
Sunday
Night at the London Palladium. Jimmy Tarbuck hosts an episode from
1965, featuring Spike Milligan, George Raft, Paul and Barry Ryan, Russ
Conway, and David Nixon. Sunday 21st February on Talking
Pictures. See TV Magic for details. 13.2.21
The
MagicWeek Video Archive. A new magic clip or show every week! This
week, Marshall Brodien's 'TV Miracle Cards' going wrong, in a clip from
'Noel Edmonds' Late, Late Breakfast Show' from 1984. See
The MagicWeek Video Archive. To catch up with more from The
MagicWeek Video Archive
Click Here. [This is a funny clip, but doesn't, of course, do
justice to magician Marshall Brodien, one of magic's great retail
entrepreneurs. DT]
13.2.21
British
crime drama television series Unforgotten returns to ITV for a fourth series
on February 22nd at 9pm. Andy Nyman co-stars, alongside regulars Nicola Walker
and Sanjeev Baskar. The three previous series are available to watch on Netflix.
Andy said "I was already a huge fan of the show, so to be in this new series is
an absolute honour".
13.2.21
"Barnes'
People - Jon Culshaw"
YouTube.
See
www.originaltheatreonline.com to book. 13.2.21
Carl
& Dave: The Live Zoom Show! Carl & Dave will be performing a live
interactive show on Zoom on Saturday, 20th February, at 6pm. To join the fun, it
is just £10 per screen. To book please use this link
www.paypal.me/daveallenmagic/10 for payment and a zoom invite will be sent
to you. Looking forward to seeing you all! Carl & Dave. 13.2.21
Whose Line is it Anyway? Aisha Tyler hosts as guests Penn & Teller, and regulars Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie and Jeff Davis put their comedic skills to the test. Friday 19th February (30 minutes) on Dave. See TV Magic for details. 13.2.21
Read
My Mind Ltd are proud to present our 'Master Peek' envelopes! A
custom made utility prop that allows you an easy, yet ultra deceptive
peek of anything written onto the back of a business card. The Master
Peek envelopes are expertly manufactured from a high grade Kraft Stock
material to match existing envelopes already on the market. The
increased thickness of the envelopes adds to their durability, creating
another high quality professional mentalism product as you would expect
from Read My Mind Ltd.
www.readmymind.co.uk.
13.2.21
Do
you remember Dinardi? Paul Temple writes: Many magicians will remember the
spectacular closing act of the late great German Magician Rolf Dinardi as he
filled the stage with a seemingly impossible array of brightly coloured flowers
from a box. I am currently researching his life and work in preparation to leave
a written record of him for magical history. Can you help? I am looking for
photographs and information about his act, did you book him? Did you meet him?
Did you work with him? Are you connected in any way to his descendants? If you
have memories from conventions where we was the closing act, or a story about
him you would like preserving for history, please contact me: Paul Temple
pauljtemple71@gmail.com. 13.2.21
An
Evening with Kozmo - Zoom event from Tony Junior. Tony Junior writes: All
magicians, of all skill levels, are invited to my next event that I have
organised for Monday 15th February at 7.30pm GMT. An Evening with Kozmo the
Street Legend, hosted by myself, Tony Junior. The event is free for all
magicians, see
www.tony-junior.co.uk/zoom. All events are limited to the first 100
entrants, that includes myself and my guests. The virtual doors will open half
an hour before the event at 7pm. 13.2.21
Magicseen
Lite Issue 11 February 2021. From the publishers: Those of you who like to
get something for nothing will hopefully enjoy our latest free taster edition of
Magicseen. Selected from the full January issue of the magazine we offer you the
full article on cover star Gaetan Bloom, take you behind the scenes of Luca
Volpe's virtual show called Luca's Lounge, and reveal what Romany has been
getting up to during the lockdown. From the Masterclass we provide instructions
for a balloon elephant, talk to actor Joel Courtney 'In The Phonebox' and let
you see what magical things are on the minds of our readers in the letters page.
This is then topped off with a selection of the latest product reviews. You can
enjoy all this by downloading your complimentary copy direct from the publishers
at www.magicseen.com, or
from your favourite magic supplier. 13.2.21
Tony
Griffith Zoom Lecture - Leicester Magic Circle. Following his recent
successful Zoom lecture to the Home Counties Magic Society Tony Griffith will be
repeating the exercise when he Zoom lectures for the Leicester Magic Circle on
Monday, 15th February. This lecture is available for all magic clubs and magic
minded groups. During lockdown Tony has taken the opportunity to update and
revise all the books in his Reflection series. He has also released a
number of his favourite routines. See
www.tonygriffith.co.uk.
Enquiries to Tony Griffith 01275 835463
tony@tonygriffith.co.uk. 13.2.21
The
E-Video Newsletter February 2021. The latest edition of Mark Leveridge's
monthly online video programme tempts you with: The Teach In – Mark
explains the exact handling for a top ring and string move. Pro Peeks –
for February Mark has delved into E-Club Pro's Mark’s Monthly Message files to
present a discussion on collaboration in magic. Keeping Control Unplugged
– part 8 looks at how to make good decisions on trick selection and patter.
Web Offers – get information and save money on a feature coin box routine
and on one of Mark's card e-books. 60 Seconds To Success – a reminder of
the care needed when storing digital trick instructions. The Review Corner
– Mark gives his opinion on the Universal xChange from Biz. Access to the full
37 minute online video is available to anyone who is signed up to MLM's free
E-Club Lite. You can sign up in a few seconds at
www.markleveridge.co.uk
and you will then receive the monthly MLM email newsletter, which is full of
interesting advice, information and freebies and which also gives you the link
to the E-Video Newsletter itself. 13.2.21
Mark
Bendell's The Unknown - now an instant download from RSVPMagic. Starring
Mark Bendell, Lee Smith and Gary Jones. Here's one of our most popular projects
ever, Mark Bendell's 'The Unknown', starring Lee Smith and Gary Jones, at the
unbeatable price of just £9.99 for a limited time only. The Unknown features 13
incredible routines from the mind of Mark Bendell; bought to life by friends Lee
Smith and Gary Jones.
All of the tricks pack a punch, hit hard, and are ones that you will use.
Included is the incredible Bag 4 Life, Back to the Future and Ouija Card. Best
of all they're not at all hard to do! We've decided to put up the trailer and
full performance clips, so that you can see just how stunning this magic really
is. Trailer:
YouTube,
Bag 4 Life:
YouTube.
The Ouija Card:
YouTube.
To order visit
www.rsvpmagic.com. 13.2.21
Ultra
Zodiac Match - Mr E Enterprises. Performers looking for something different
will find this is the ideal effect using two sets of Zodiac cards. You show two
packets of Zodiac cards one with red backs and the other with blue backs, there
are duplicate signs of the Zodiac in both sets. Your spectator is asked to
choose a Zodiac sign from say the Red-backed pack, positively no force is used,
and their choice can be their very own Zodiac sign just as they wish. The
selected card is placed protruding crossways or facing upwards in its pile. The
packs are placed next to each other and the cards from each pile are turned over
one-by-one and each pair of cards fail to match each other. When they reach
their selected card this and its equivalent face down card in the other pile are
put to one side and the cards are once again turned over in sequence to see if
they match each other. None of the pairs of cards match, that is until the two
cards laid aside are both turned over to show they are identical. Next you make
a magical pass over the two non-matching piles, these cards are again turned
over two at a time to show magically all the signs are now matching! This is the
perfect double-whammy Zodiac effect. The cards can now be left for examination
as they are not faked in any manner. Comes with two sets of 12 Zodiac cards and
instructions. See:
www.mreenterprises.co.uk. 13.2.21
Magicians Advice Podcast - Kieron Johnson. "In this episode Phil and Ian are joined by Kieron Johnson: "Kieron has been smashing the TikTok game since the first lockdown, but is being a social media success story everything it is cracked up to be? In this episode we talk about the addiction that comes with 'likes' and 'views'. We look into the constant need to get more followers and the feeling that you are only as good as your last viral post. Kieron talks openly and honestly about TikTok and how it has changed his magical life." www.magiciansadvice.com. 13.2.21
Marvelous
Poker Pro Chips, Series One, All-In - Merlins. Series One (gimmicks and
online instructions) by Matthew Wright, part of the Marvelous Poker Pro Chip
Range, this is all three of the Poker Pro Series One releases in one bargain
package deal. Series One includes: Ante Gravity - The stunning floating 3 Fly
effect. Straight Thru (Sharpie Thru) - The modern Sharpie pen thru chip effect.
The Hold'Em Chip - A 4-in-1 magnetic locking chip gimmick. All three of these
effects use matching chips and can be combined to create a multitude of
different routines. A set of three professional poker chip tricks at an
incredible price! See
www.merlinswakefield.co.uk. 13.2.21
Gnashers
- Mark Leveridge Magic. Mark Leveridge writes: I regularly use this routine
in my children’s magic shows and it is perfect for the 4-7 age range. All you
will need to get the routine together are a few silks, a three way change bag
and a pair of large wind up chattering teeth (available in most joke shops).
There’s loads of fun as the teeth, in an attempt to untie one of the hankies
from a chain of three placed in the bag, only manages to chew holes in it. At
first, your attempts to magically repair the hanky only makes it worse before
finally all ends well. Lasts 5-6 minutes. This effect is supplied as an
E-Routine, which is a downloadable PDF text file. See:
www.markleveridge.co.uk. 13.2.21
Mad,
Mad Balls by Quentin Reynolds - A Practical Magic Exclusive. Originated by
Ernest Bradford, and unavailable for over 40 years, Quentin Reynolds has taken
this little known prop, and rebuilt it from scratch using modern materials to
bring you a funny, entertaining and extremely clever piece of magic!
The magician displays a small red box, which is tipped upside down to
allow a small red ball to drop out. The box is empty, and the idea of the game
is to make the red ball jump from the magician's pocket back to the box. The red
ball is placed inside the pocket, however, when the box is tipped up, a green
ball appears! This green ball is dropped into the box and tipped out several
times, when suddenly it becomes yellow! The ball changes from yellow to green
several times, and just when the audience think they've seen it all, a blue ball
appears! These colour changes can go on as long as you need, but eventually the
red ball does end up back in the box, but it's a giant sponge ball, four times
the size of the others!
It's a great fun routine, ideal for kids or adults. The gimmicked box is unlike
anything I've seen before. Quentin has taken the original and improved it vastly
by making it totally self-contained. No magnets or sleight of hand; yet you
always control which coloured ball appears. These boxes are hand made by
Quentin, and there's a whole load of work that goes into making each one - so
supplies are sure to be limited on this item. Box size 16cm x 9cm x 9cm. See
www.practical-magic.com. 13.2.21
Signs
by Vernet -
Zane's Magic Shop. Decode the present to predict the future. The
magician shows three business cards with predictions written on them. These
predictions are doodles, so he announces that he's going to teach three
spectators how to read them. To do so, he whispers something to each. The
spectators sign the predictions. One of the spectators names the predicted cards
and they match cards that were chosen. Finally, the magician offers to explain
how to read the signs. When he puts the signed business cards over a candle, the
doodles visually turn into the names of the three chosen cards. You can give the
three business cards as a souvenir! Includes: Printed instructions, gimmick and
video download. Find out more, visit
www.zanesmagicshop.com. 13.2.21
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). That's How Murder Snowballs. Series 1, episode 5. Jeff enlists the help of ghostly partner Marty to find out who switched a stage magician's blank bullets for the real thing, turning a harmless illusion into a horrific and highly public killing. Starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. Monday 15th February on Sony Channel. See TV Magic for details. 13.2.21
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Click Here • Many thanks, as always, for all your magic news. See
you next week, Duncan.
13.2.21