The Video Theatre [A-G Listings]

Push coins through a tabletop! Vanish a coin from a spectator’s clenched fist! Cause two coins to fade away into thin air! Pass a coin through your body! Cause a coin to appear in the closed hand of a spectator! And much, much more.
 

Force someone to choose a card you already know! Cut to the spectator's selected card - while blindfolded! Impale the selected card on the blade of a knife! The entire deck visibly transforms into duplicates of the spectator's selection, then changes back! And much, much more.
 

Balance a dollar bill on your hand and cause it to slowly lay down on command! Push a pencil through the center of a bill yet leave no hole! Vanish a marked penny from one hand and cause it to appear under the other! Cause two bills to melt through each other - right under a spectator's nose! And much, much more!
 

The effects in which an inanimate object moves without any visible cause are perhaps the most magical and effective in all magic." - Al
 

The effects in which an inanimate object moves without any visible cause are perhaps the most magical and effective in all magic." - Al
 

The effects in which an inanimate object moves without any visible cause are perhaps the most magical and effective in all magic." - Al
 

Also includes discussions on how and why the show is structured, getting the whole audience involved, presentational ideas, patter and more. All items are easy to execute and are within anyone¡¦s reach. After watching this program you will want to be a Psychic Entertainer!
 

Contains: Chinese Purse - A chinese coin appears on a rope between two knots!, Interchange - A stunning in-the-hands four card transposition!, Jump and Pass - Two selected cards change places with the four kings!, Imaginary Journey - Four kings assemble in one packet revealing, at the same time, two selected cards!, Y2K Deck - Your signature and the spectator's signature change places and then both appear on the same card from a totally blank deck!, Printing Ahead - You print a back on one card, a face on another card, then the two cards melt together forming the selected card!, Same Time, Same Place - You apparently know, in advance, the card that a spectator will select leaving it reversed in the middle of the deck!, Half Binding - You borrow a dollar bill, tear it in half and eventually restore it in the spectator's hand!, Ring Up - A borrowed ring is knotted onto a rope. Magically, the ring becomes free, leaving the knot on the rope!, Sponge Away - Wonderful magic happens with three sponge balls that pass from your hand to the spectator's! A novel handing for this classic effect., Ring Thru -You place a ring on your third finger and the spectator's can see it jump to your little finger!, King Ko's - A spectator's signature jumps from card to card, duplicates itself, disappears and reappears in your pocket!, Pyramid Trick - A rubber band finds a selected card!, Pick Me, Pick Me Not - Two spectators each select a card from a packet of jumbo cards and they are the only two cards with the words Pick Me on the back, while the other cards have the words You Won't Pick Me!, The Ruler - Wonderful comedy impressions using a carpenter's ruler by folding it into different shapes, ending with the shape of a spectator's selected card!
 

Volume One Contains: Mr. Roger's International Act: Deck Production, Think-A-Card (in-depth), One Hand Top Palm, Classic Rear Palm, Marlo Angle Palm, Longitudinal Tenkai Palm (LTP), Rapid Cull, Strip-Out Control, Repeat Card(s) to Case, Cop Steal Hold-Out, Shuffle Shift, Flash Production, Master Method Second Deal (in-depth), Open-Style Prediction, Double Lift Substitute, Tilt, Deck to Case.
 

Additional Techniques - Control Knockout; The Center Double Life (Jack Avis); The Hofzinser Spread Pass (J.N. Hofzinser); To Boldly Go; The Push-In Change (A. Roterberg, Hatton & Plate, Frederick Braue); The Ambitious Miracle Change (Edward Marlo); The Tip-Over Change (Jack Merlin); The Tiltless Tilt; Bluff Insertion from the Front (Irv Weiner); The Daily Leaper (Dr. Jacob Daley); The Impromptu Duplicate; Four - Fifths of the Truth (Phil Goldstein); Ambitious Movie (Roy Walton); A One-Handed Sequence (Daryl); Mexican Turnover Top Change Second Deal (Daryl); Diminishing Lift Sequence (Edward Marlo & Daryl); Flustration Count (Brother John Hamman); The Trick That Fooled Houdini (Dai Vernon); The Gaffless Houdini-Fooler (Daryl); Nothing Changes (Rick Anderson); The Ambitious Twins (Frederick Braue, Jean Hugard, Daryl); Ambitious One Way (Daryl); The Paintbrush Change (Stanley Collins & Dai Vernon); The Pop-Up Card (Frederick Braue).
 

Contains: Bennett's Boner (Horace Bennett), Instantaneous Knot,ƒnPretzel Knot, Dai Vernon's Climax to a Dice Routine (Dai Vernon), Daryl's Color Changing Knives, Four of a Kind (Dai Vernon), The Trick Question (Brother John Hamman, Daryl),ƒnChinese Laundryman (Eric D. Widger), Mystery of the Traveling Marbles (Silent Mora, Daryl), As Many and As Much As You (Jon Racherbaumer, Daryl),ƒn Sponge Ball Routine (Daryl) Cup and Ball (Daryl).
 

Chuck Fayne LIVE! Contains: E-Z OIL & WATER ALA FAYNE: A simple to perform, three-phase Oil & Water routine with a great final kicker-four of a kind! THE CARD ON THE SEAT: A true showpiece of magic! A signed card ends up where they least expect it-they're sitting on it! Utterly hilarious and magical! THE RAT TRAP: A very funny routine wherein a selected card magically finds its way onto the bottom of a mouse trap. The method employed is very versatile and can be adapted to many other routines. SIGNED CARD IN COFFEE CUP: A signed selection magically finds it way into a coffee cup that has hust been inspected by a spectator. Great magic! YANKEE DOODLE CIGARETTE: Add a little tobacco and a rolling paper into your fist and voila! Out comes a fully rolled cigarette! MacFAYNE¡¦S ACES: Chuck's super easy, ultra-clean version of MacDonald's Aces. This routines is a real fooler.
 

Volume One: Realizing Your Strengths and Talents, Selecting The Best Material, Importance of Directors and Choreographers, Adding Your Style to a Standard Act, Creating "Pictures" With Strength, Power and Presence, Costuming, Speaking, And Music...Its Selection and Editing to Enhance Every Moment of Your Magic.
 

Structuring a Routine, Directing Attention to Each Step, Movement Motivated by Thought, Storytelling, Handling Mistakes, Staging for Assistants, Entrances/Exits, Striking Small Props, Applause Cues, Smooth Transitions, Varying Effects, And Lighting...Use of the Artistry with Lighting to Define Spaces and Accentuate Magic.
 

Commanding Presence, Posture, Movement Exercises, Building a "Vocabulary" of Moves, Movement as Dialogue, Guiding Audiences with Movement, Cloth Handling for Productions and Vanishes, The Magician is Dominant, Magician Picture Frame Around Dancer, Creating Pictures, Using Props in Choreography, Simple Turns.