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SHOW #40. CARD TRICK.
HANDS WITH DISPLAY OF HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CARDS. MAGIC TRICKS. FANNING OUT CARDS. WRITING ON CARD WITH PEN, SHUFFLING CARDS. SPREAD ON TABLE, THROWS COIN ON CARD AND PICKS IT. |
00:49:27 256 |
SHOW #71. HANDS WITH PIECES OF ROPE IN FIST PULL ON ONE END, TURNS INTO ONE LONG PIECE OF ROPE.
PIECE OF STRING AND PAIR OF SCISSORS. CUTTING LOOP WITH SCISSORS. STRING THREAD ON SCISSORS, PUT DOWN. WHEN LIFTED UP, STRING ONE PIECE AND SCISSORS THREAD ON IT. UNRAVEL MIDDLE OF STRING. |
00:53:30 499 |
SHOW #72. PAGE FROM THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS. PAPER FOLDED INTO FUNNEL. POURS OUT COLORFUL FLOWERS HOLDING UP CARD THAT LOOKS THE SAME FRONT AND BACK, PUT INTO HAT. THREE CARDS THAT ARE ALSO SAME FRONT AND BACK, PUT INTO HAT. ONE CARD BETWEEN THE TWO PUT UNDER HANDKERCHIEF. CARDS SWITCH PLACES.
SILLY STORY TOLD WHILE DOING TRICK INVOLVING COLORFUL ALIEN, THREE SUITS, HOLLYWOOD, AND BASEMENT OF COFFEE HOUSE WHERE THE ALIEN STILL LIVES TODAY. LIVING ON COFFEE AND FOLK MUSIC. SIGN OF THE TIMES. |
00:57:33 742 |
SHOW #73. QUARTER THROUGH HOLE. HAND COVERS LARGE COIN. WHEN TAKEN AWAY, TURNS INTO DIME.
PAPER WITH SMALL HOLE CUT INTO IT. PENCIL PUT THROUGH HOLE AND PUSHES QUARTER "THROUGH THE HOLE". QUARTER PUT BY HOLE OF FOLDED PAPER, SQUEEZED OUT. PAPER WITH SLIT IN IT. |
01:01:42 991 |
SHOW #80. THE GOLD FISH WHO LIVES IN INK. HANDS HOLD PICTURE OF MAN IN TOP HAT. TURNED OVER TO SHOW TITLE, TURNED BACK AND MAN HAS BEARD.
GLASS OF BLACK INK. CARD PUT INTO INK PART WAY. COLTH PUT OVER GLASS WHEN PULLED AWAY. WATER IS CLEAR AND FISH IS IN GLASS. FISH IN SMALL BOWL. BLOCK PLASTIC AROUND GLASS. |
01:05:52 1241 |
SHOW #83. HAND HOLDS DECK OF CARDS. CARDS FALL OUT BOTTOM OF DECK. MAGICIAN SUPPLIES RED BALL.
PUT INTO GLASS, COVERED WITH HANDKERCHIEF. STUFF RED SCARF INTO HAND. BALL NOT IN GLASS APPEARS IN HAND. SCARF GONE. HOLE CUT IN BALL UNCOVER EMPTY GLASS. |
01:10:03 1492 |
SHOW #87. MAGNETIC CIRCLE. POURING MILK INTO FULL GLASS. LEVEL OF MILK IN GLASS GOES DOWN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TRICK WITH MAGNITISM. MAGNET HOLDS PAPER CLIPS. HANDS HELD INTO CIRCLE. PUT AROUND CARD, CARD RISES AND MOVES. SAME WITH PENCIL CLAPSED HANDS. FINGER BENT IN.
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01:14:09 1738 |
SHOW #1. STRING AND STRAW TRICK. HANDS HOLD STRING AND MAKE STRAW MOVE UP AND
DOWN IT. BEND STRAW ON STRING. CUT STRAW BEND. COVER, PULLING STRING, BECOMES ONE AGAIN. TWO PIECES OF STRAW. SLIT CUT INTO SIDE OF STRAW. |
01:18:20 1989 |
SHOW #116. THE VANISHING SPOT. HANDS WITH SMALL COIN PURSE. PULL OUT LONG TAPER CANDLE. FIVE BLANK CARDS AND PAPER CLIP. ALL STUCK TOGETHER. DRAW
SPOT ON CARDS. PUTTING PAPER CLIP ON ONE SIDE. FLIP OVER, NOT NEAR SPOT. SPOT DISAPPEARS. OPTICAL ILLUSION. |
01:22:27 2236 |
SHOW #84. THE REAL HIP KNOT. HOLDING ROPE, ROPE BECOMES STIFF. TYING ROPE INTO SQUARE KNOTS, IT'S SQUARE, UNHIP.
(SIGN OF THE TIMES) PULL ON ROPE AND KNOT UNTIES ITSELF. SHOWS EXAMPLE OF GRANNIE KNOT. CUT OUT AND PUT ON CARD AS AN EXAMPLE. |
01:26:30 2479 |
SHOW #88, TYING KNOT DOESN'T STAY.
COMES UNDONE. TYING KNOT, PUTS RING ONTO ROPE,IT APPEARS IN KNOT. |
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