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An unopened, sealed box of microwave popcorn is given to a spectator in the audience. They open the box and remove one of the three bags, tossing it to the performer.
The performer unwraps the bag, holds it between the fingers and thumbs of each hand, and proceeds to pop the bag of popcorn! A bowl is placed on a table, the bag opened, and the popcorn dumped into the bowl. The bowl of popcorn can then be handed out to a spectator in the audience.
This is the killer opener you've been waiting for. It just makes sense. Entertainment and snacks go hand-in-hand. Imagine the gasps of disbelief when you open the bag and fill a glass bowl with the popcorn. Then, you immediately hand the bowl of popcorn to a member of the audience for them to eat during the show.
It's visual... It's original... It's practical... It's seemingly impossible. Use it as straight-up magic or incorporate the effect into your mentalism act. The routine options are bound only by your imagination!
On this DVD Nigel explains all the ins and outs of this fantastic new effect. The routine is broken down step-by-step in great detail, explaining the technique and purpose behind every move.
Nigel will also walk you through the process of making the gimmicks and will talk about the care and maintenance of the props involved. Keep in mind, this isn't difficult to make-up. Once you have the materials required you can have the effect up and running within an hour.
Bonus Effect
At any moment in your performance, you remove a tea towel from your table, show it front and back, then immediately produce a full bowl of popcorn resting on your outstretched hand. The popcorn is then given to a member of the audience. There are no body loads, easy set-up, ready to go at a moments notice!
ITEM # DVD0704 PRICE $25.00
TOPIT WORKSHOP DVD SET by BOB FITCH
We are proud to announce the release of a monumental new product, The Bob Fitch "Topit Workshop." We believe this amazing training set will cause a paradigm shift in the way magicians think of using the Topit.
Bob Fitch is a master of many things such as acting, tap dancing, voice training and much more. He is well known as a "magician fooler" and his reputation is well earned. So exactly how did Bob get this reputation? The first part of the answer is he uses the Fitch Kohler Professional Holdout system. The second part is Bob has extreme skill. The last part of the solution is that Bob is without question a master of the Topit. For years those magicians in the know have been waiting for Bob to tip his Topit work. The good news is the wait is over!
Bob Fitch's "Topit Workshop" is a 3 DVD set that contains 4.5 hours of training with the master. Shot and produced by Bob Kohler Magic in Las Vegas, the level of detail is what you expect and deserve. Bob tips it all! Nothing is left out!
To give you a firm foundation, Bob goes through the history of the Topit's use in magic by Pat Page, Senor Galindo, Michael Ammar, Carl Cloutier and of course his own design's. You'll learn the strength's and weaknesses of each design. This will make it easy for you to decide exactly how to integrate the Topit into your show!
Once you understand how to integrate the Topit into you coat, shirt or costume Bob gets into the real core of Topit work. He covers different styles of use, all of the techniques to open the Topit. Perhaps the most enlightening feature of the DVD's is when Bob shows you how the five myths of the Topit are overcome. I won't tip it all here, but I'll give you a small taste with these two principles;
Also included are techniques to use the topit while seated at a table! You'll also learn a multitude of productions, changes, switches, and tosses. These are the moves that will soon have you popping the eyeballs out of your audiences. There's no doubt that Topit work is both visually stunning and diabolically deceptive especially when you integrate Bob's choreography and handling.
Out of all of the techniques that have been developed by Topit users over the years the deadliest of them all is the Fitch Master Move. This technique is taught here for the first time. It's very easy to do, yet the simple choreography virtually guarantees that even the sharpest spectators will never see a thing. Only a professional dancer like Bob could have invented it. Yes, there is a move, but there's absolutely no tell. The spectators won't see anything --and perhaps even more important is they won't FEEL like anything could have happened. The Master Move is so natural it goes by everyone!
Once you've finished the lessons and techniques Bob teaches a ton of routines that apply the techniques with the proper choreography. The routines were chosen to give you an opportunity to integrate your new knowledge and get you up to speed as fast as possible.
The Fitch "Topit Workshop" DVD set is truly the reference work all magician's must have to complete their library of essential building blocks of professional magic. The DVD's are encyclopedic in content. The scope is awesome. Bob has been working with the Topit for over 40 years. He's trained many professionals and has created many solutions for their shows. His complete knowledge of the Topit is covered from start to finish by this fabulous DVD set.
Due to the nature of this intensive training the Fitch "Topit Workshop" is only sold as a set of all three volumes.
VOLUME #1
Topit Challenges - Topit Variations
| Patrick Page | Michael Ammar | Ramon Galindo |
| Open Vest | Shirt and Tie | Carl Cloutier |
Style - Techniques
| How to Open | The Basic Move |
| Coin Vanish | Plumb Line Vanish |
Table Techniques
| Rub-A-Way Vanish | 4 Coin Vanish | Salt Shaker Vanish | |
| As You Stand | Breast Pocket Slide | ||
Productions
| Wand And Purse | Fire Bowl Production |
| Glass Production | |
Changes
| Color Changing Ball | Color Changing Cane |
VOLUME #2
Switches
| Invisible Deck Switch | Visible Deck Switch |
| Wallet Cover Switch | |
Tosses
| Basketball Toss | The Flip |
| Justified Toss | Raised Elbow Toss |
| Yo-Yo Toss | Dice Vanish |
| Strike Vanish | Downward Throw |
Master Move - Unique Uses
| Diminishing Cards | Vanishing Glass |
| Match Box Penetration | Handkerchief and Pencil |
| Lazy Plumb Line | Juggle Vanish |
| Zone Zero | Pickpocket |
Tricks
| Invisible Deck | Coin Through Cards |
| Card in Lemon | Card in Purse |
VOLUME #3
Coin Tricks
| Houdini | Flurious |
| Downs Vanish | Copper/Silver |
More Coin Tricks
| Wipe Away | Virtual Magic |
| Virtual Wallet | Matrix in Hands |
Card Tricks
| 4 Cards to Pocket | The Bet |
Balls
| Passé-Passé Balls | Golf Ball Routine |
| Cup and Ball | Ball and Silk |
Classics
| Burnt Bill in Kiwi | Newspaper Tear |
ITEM # DVD0696 PRICE $100.00
SHELL GAME #1 WITH BOB SHEETS AND WHIT HAYDN
Bob Sheets is one of Magic's most accomplished professionals. Behind Bob's humorous presentation style is experience gained from one of the most diverse work histories in Magic. Serious credentials in a variety of venues include; Circus and Side Show performer, Shopping Center Magic promotions, Magic Bartender, Street Magician, Bar/Restaurant Owner, Renaissance Festival performer , Magic Dinner Theater entrepreneur, Trade Show crowd stopper, and Sales Meeting wake up artist. Bob lectures and performs for magicians all over the world including England, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, and India. In 1996 Bob won first place at the prestigious "Ron MacMillan World Close-up Magic Contest" in London. Together these make Bob an interesting character and a "Good magician and funny guy". In November of 2004, Bob Sheets, Whit Haydn, and Chef Anton combined their original methods for the ancient swindle, the Shell Game, and taught this new system to the School for Scoundrels class at The Magic Castle.
This is far more than an introduction to a whole new way of looking at the shell game, and a new system for performing the game that is rock solid, unassailable, and easy to learn.
In this, the first installment of a series of DVD's on the shell game, the beginning student is taught an entertaining beginning routine with patter, the basic moves and approaches to the game that make up the system, and given everything necessary to move from a complete beginner to an intermediary proficiency in the shell game.
These lessons are not just a rehash of what has been published before, but new moves, ruses, and strategies that will change the way the game is played far into the future.
ITEM # DVD0706 PRICE $35.00
Bob Sheets has taken the Sachs Dice Routine, and cranked it up a serious notch! Magicians are being fooled by the new and deceptive handling. It's just not the same trick anymore. IT'S THE RULES can be performed anywhere, anytime, and without any set-up. You'll love the killer climax!
What People Are Saying:
"Killer! The Climax is the Best" - Michael Weber
"Sheets has himself! This routine is a must for everyone!" - Steve Bedwell
ITEM # DVD0705 PRICE $25.00
Not only do you get the incredible Rope Thru Body and all of it's jokes and handling. You also get performance tips and routines for Insomnia, the Idiot's Rope Trick, and a Killer Cards Across routine! Hey, you'll have a whole act just from this DVD....Hang 'Em High!
What People Are Saying:
"I was at the end of my rope until Bob showed (me) my new favorite routine." - Chester (Gunsmoke)
"Forget the routine, I want the jokes..." - Terry Lunceford
"Now I have a sawing-in-half illusion that I can Carry Anywhere!" - P. T. Selbit
ITEM # DVD0697 PRICE $30.00
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