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Imagine spending a week with Dai Vernon...
History was made September 2-6, 1982 in a filming studio in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, as the life and magic of Dai Vernon was permanently recorded for future generations. Inspired by Bill Larsen, the project was undertaken by Videonics, owned and operated by Hans Zahn. The co-hosts of the filming project were Michael Ammar, Gary Ouellet and Steve Freeman.
The original footage is digitally re-mastered it and released it on 8 DVD's. Not only can we learn by actually seeing and hearing the Professor at work, but our great grandchildren and their great grandchildren will be taught that most elusive of crafts by the grandest master of them all.
Some of the important points to be considered are:
The idea behind these videos was to capture Vernon live so future magicians can experience him.
No magician should miss these videos. Dai Vernon was the Dean of modern magic and he shares great things on these tapes. AND now the beauty of DVD offers: Superior Picture Quality Dolby Digital Sound Interactive Menus Take You To Every Trick & Explanation with just a Click of Your Remote Multi-Region for Worldwide Viewing.
| Volume 1 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The Story Behind the Stars of Magic Series |
| Vernon on Think-of-a-Card, Dunninger | Brainwave Deck |
| Vernon on Effects | Triumph-the Vernon Triumph Shuffle |
| Proper Presentation Triumph Shuffle | Story of the Vernon False Shuffle |
| Practice & Improve Your Magic | Keeping Notes on Your Magic |
| Cutting the Aces | Another Vernon Card Classic |
| Vernon on Passes, False Cuts | Irv Weiner's Opening to Cutting the Aces |
| The Story is the Entertaining Part of the Trick | Story of the Ambitious Card |
| Vernon Performs the Ambitious Card | Vernon Explains an Ambitious Card Move |
| Volume 2 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The Vernon Double Lift |
| The Fingerprint Card Trick | Vernon Double Lift Replacement |
| On the Strike Double Lift | Vernon's First Intro to the Pass |
| Spellbound | Story of the Purse Palm |
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Vernon Demonstrates the Purse Palm and Spellbound Move |
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| Vernon on Coin Vanishes | The Ring and the Wand |
| Slow Motion Aces Performance (Steve Freeman) | Story Behind Slow-Motion Aces |
| The Slow Motion Card Vanish | Story of the Last Card (Tent Vanish) |
| Freeman Demonstrates Last Card Vanish | Vernon Explains Slow Motion Aces |
| Lay Down & Routine | The Force with No Name |
| Slow Motion Aces for Magician | |
ITEM # DVD0300 PRICE $35.00
| Volume 3 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The Travelers (Michael Ammar performance) |
| Explanation of the Travelers | Vernon on Malini's Method of Marking the Cards |
| Proper Way to Turn the Top Card Over | Why Vernon has the Cards Signed |
| The Kangaroo Coins (Gary Ouellet performance) | Kangaroo Coins Explanation |
| Vernon Talks About Lapping | The Balls in the Net (Steve Freeman performance) |
| Vernon's Story about The Balls in The Net | The Tenkai Palm Switch |
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Vernon Explains the Moves for The Balls in The Net |
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| Han Ping Chien with Ball | Jumping Jacks |
| Vernon Explains What Makes a Good Trick | |
| Vernon Explains How He Got the Name "Professor" | |
| Volume 4 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The Tenkai Switch - The Pivot Move |
| Story Behind the Symphony of the Rings | Vernon Tells a Silhouette Story |
| Vernon Performs the Symphony of the Rings | Explanation of Ring Routine - Counting the Rings |
| First Link | Spinning the Ring |
| Unlinking the Ring | Crash Link |
| Chain of Three | Linking Three & Unlinking Three |
| The Continuous Linking | The Falling Ring |
| The Interlocked Rings | The Figures |
| The Long Chain | Unlinking a Solid Ring |
| Unlinking All the Rings | The Secret to a Good Coin Vanish |
| The Symphony of the Rings Vernon Performs for Live Audience | |
| The Coins and Champagne Glass - A Vernon Classic | |
| More Coins & Champagne Glass Explanation | |
ITEM # DVD0301 PRICE $35.00
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Volume 5 |
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| Gary Ouellet Intro | Vernon Talks About Fred Kaps |
| Vernon Explains Coins & Silk Routine | Vernon Explains Coin Transfer |
| Ammar Teaches Chanin Classic | Palm Coin Productions |
| Ammar Introduces the Cups & Balls | Vernon Tells How He Got His Cups |
| Vernon Demonstrates the Opening to the Cups & Balls | |
| Ammar Demonstrates Jay Marshall's Bit with Cups | |
| Explanation of Depth Illusion | Wand Spin |
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Vernon's Story About the Cups & Balls at the Magic Castle |
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Vernon and Ammar Walk Through Cups & Balls Routine |
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Vernon's Advice On What To Do After Palming Something |
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| Explanation of Phase Two & Three | Loading Sequence |
| Large Ball & Wand Vanish | Vernon Explains Ball Under Cup Vanish |
| Vernon Explains Coins & Purse Swindle | Malini's Version |
| Vernon's Purse Palm Vanish | Leipzig's Coin on Knee |
| Volume 6 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | Color Change Section Intro (Freeman) |
| History of Color Change | Erdnase's First Method with the Vernon Improvement |
| The Erdnase Pivot Color Change | The Malini Handling |
| Picking Off the Pip | Leipzig's Handling |
| Leipzig's Side Slip and Vernon's Variation | Handling the Sucker Gag |
| Steve Freeman's Tips on the Color Change | "Softy" Color Change |
| Vernon Passes on Good Advice | The No Palm Color Change |
| The Time Vernon Cheated the Cheats | The Greek Crimp |
| The Gambler's Peek | The Back Crimp |
| The Suit Peek | The Corner Crimp/Cutting to a Crimp |
| Story About Larry Grey | The Snap Crimp Story |
| The Snap Crimp | Mexican Joe Crimp |
| Best Way to Reverse a Card | The Breather Crimp |
ITEM # DVD0302 PRICE $35.00
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Volume 7 |
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| Gary Ouellet Intro | An Unpublished Linking Ring Move |
| The Vernon No Key Linking | The Five-Card Mental Force |
| Some Thoughts on the Stop Trick | Taking Advantage of Good Breaks |
| The Trick That Cannot Be Explained | The Cutting Trick |
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How to Practice the Trick That Cannot Be Explained |
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| Vernon Talks About Card Palming | The Hofzinser Bottom Palm |
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The Diagonal Palm Shift and the Vernon Improvement |
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| The Hofzinser Bottom Palm Transfer | |
| Volume 8 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The Erdnase Top Palm |
| The Diagonal Palm Shift-a detailed description | |
| The Hand Washing Move | The Gambling Palm |
| The Vernon Gambling Palm Transfer | Topping the Deck |
| Several Methods of Replacing the Palmed Card onto the Deck | |
| Skinning the Hand, Version 1 | Skinning the Hand Version #2 |
| The Tenkai Palm Color Change | Vernon Color Change |
| The French Pass | Covering the Side Slip |
| Two Technical Descriptions of Bottom Palms | |
| Dramatizing Revelations | The Loewy Palm |
| Some Moves for Cards Up the Sleeve | The Vernon Card Switches |
| A New Top Palm | The Card to Jacket Pocket |
| The Palm Change | Story of the Mysterious Kid |
| Vernon Talks About Shiners | |
ITEM # DVD0303 PRICE $35.00
| Volume 9 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The Berg Move |
| Explanation of Berg Move | Story of the Trick That Fooled Houdini |
| Explanation of the Trick That Fooled Houdini | Vernon Tells Horwitz Story |
| Vernon Explains the Boat Trick | |
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Vernon Performs Three Card Monte for Live Audience |
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| Explanation of Three Card Monte | Preparing the Cards |
| Bent Corner | Tips on the Hype Move |
| Sucker Ploy | Explanation of Hype Move |
| The Torn Card | The Broad Worker's Story |
| The Double Flash | Removing the Bent Corner |
| Bobby Fischer Story | |
| Volume 10 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The Vernon Cone and Ball Routine |
| Basic Move for Cone & Ball | The Ball and Silk |
| Hand to Hand Ball Transfer | Vernon on the Dye Tube |
| Color Changing Silks | Loading the Silk |
| Palming the Tube | Start of Routine |
| Steal of the Tube | Routine Taught from Behind |
| The Chopstick Double Lift | Valuable Tip from Erdnase (Double Lift) |
| The Overhand Shuffle Technique | The Pinky Count |
| The Greek Break | Bottom to Top Transfer |
| Vernon's Simple Double Peek Control | Triple and Multiple Peek Handling |
| The Fan Force | |
ITEM # DVD0304 PRICE $35.00
| Volume 11 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The International Gambler's Code |
| The Zanzig Code | The Spread |
| The Miami Brothers Ploy | The Vernon Card Switch |
| The Gambler's Hole Card Switch | The Snatch |
| The Verbal Code (Vernon) | |
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Teaching Method for Verbal Code (Memorized Cards) |
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| How to Memorize the Cards (Vernon Method) | |
| Vernon Tells the Story of Benny | Vernon Short Card |
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Vernon Tells the Names of Each Card in his Code |
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| Corner Short | Freeman Demonstrates Short Card Control |
| Volume 12 | |
| Gary Ouellet intro | Freeman Quotes Erdnase |
| The Erdnase Bottom Deal | The Elliott Bottom Deal |
| The Artanis Bottom Deal | Gambling vs. Magic |
| The Second Deal - The Erdnase Methods | The Johnny Thompson Method |
| Vernon's Trick for Second Deal | Vernon Gives Tips on Second Deal |
| The Vernon New Theory Second Deal | The Big Lie about the Strike Second |
| The Elliott Million Dollar Secret | Mexican Joe's Shift |
| The Side Shift | Covering the One-Handed Shift |
| The S. W. E. Shift | Bad Habits Center Deal |
| The Kennedy Center Deal (The Real Work) | |
ITEM # DVD0305 PRICE $35.00
| Volume 13 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | The Drunken Mitt |
| How to Tell Backs from Fronts by Feel Alone | |
| Tips on the Overhand Shuffle | The Erdnase Full-Deck Control |
| The Vernon Full-Deck Control | The Charlier False Shuffle |
| The Push Through Shuffle | The Strip Out Shuffle |
| Vernon Gives Tips on the Push-Through Shuffle | |
| The Kid Royal Shuffle | The Up the Ladder False Cut |
| Up the Ladder used in Triumph | |
| Volume 14 | |
| Vernon - Three Card Monte | Ammar - Beanie Wienie, Cards to Pocket |
| Ouellet - Three Shell Game | Ouellet - Kiss Trick, Ring on Rope |
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Freeman - Time Machine, Cutting the Aces, Slow Motion Ace Assembly |
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| Ammar - The $2 Bill Tear, The Yeast Card, Card on Ceiling | |
| Ammar - Coins & Silk | Ouellet - Silver Passage |
| Ammar - Roll-Over Aces | Ouellet - The Two Goblets |
| Vernon - Symphony of the Rings | |
| Volume 15 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | Why Vernon Changed his Name |
| How he Got the Name "Professor" | Interest in Magic Since a Young Boy |
| Enjoyed Watching Gamblers | Talks About Erdnase |
| Vernon's Favorite Book: Erdnase | School Magic Show |
| No Use of the Word Damn or Egg Bag | Great Weakness of Magician |
| Meeting Cliff Green | Producing a Card in the Shower |
| First Time Seeing Max Malini | Malini Egg Bag - Russia Story |
| Malini at the GM party | Malini Card Stab |
| Antique Table Story | Advice from Malini |
| Malini's Best Tricks Were Never Performed | Malini's Vanishing Tobacco |
| Malini's Opener | Malini at Buckingham Palace |
ITEM # DVD0306 PRICE $35.00
| Volume 16 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | Cutting Silhouettes |
| The Harlequin Act | How Vernon Met Frances Rockefeller King |
| Magician Spies on Vernon | J. K. L. M. |
| Dr. Daley's Notebook | The Book, "Our Magic" |
| Cardini | The Frogman |
| Cardini's Talking Act | Cardini's Tails |
| Al Baker | The History of Silhouettes |
| Colorado Springs | World's Fair |
| Vernon Cuts a Silhouette | Twenty Dollar Gold Piece |
| Volume 17 | |
| Gary Ouellet Intro | King of Koins |
| The Gimmick | Emil Jarrow |
| Jarrow Plays London | Closing of his Act |
| Partner in his Act | Warren Keane |
| Malini Block of Ice | Fred Keating Canary Story |
| Paul Rosini | Herbert Brooks |
| The Manner In Which Tricks are Presented | Larry Grey Follows Hobos |
| High School Dance | Lance Burton at the Body Shop |
| Garrick Spencer / Academy of Magic | Allen Kennedy Center Deal |
| Teaching John Scarne the Center Deal | Vernon Takes Ted to See Allen Kennedy |
| Mrs. Vernon Meets Mexican Joe | The Greek Gambler |
| The Hold-Up Story | Jack Benny Joke |
| Dr. Ross | Meeting Dan Cummings at Restaurant |
| Takes the Touch of a Billiard Player | One Arm MacDonald - The Diamond Ring |
| Frank Tobey / Vernon Sees Faro Shuffle for the First Time | |
| $100 Ace Trick | Davis the Miracle Man |
ITEM # DVD0307 PRICE $35.00
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