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Joshua Jay has been busy. He has performed or lectured in over thirty countries and on national television. He wrote two best-selling books on magic and has been the monthly trick editor for MAGIC magazine for over three years.
He has won numerous national and international magic awards, including the Las Vegas World Seminar. He has completed two sold-out runs of his one-man show, At Home On Stage. And, as of this moment, he's tipping it all.
Joshua tips the work on his twelve-minute act, including his Ambitious Card and borrowed ring routines. He's performed this award-winning act all over the world, and now you'll have a peek at the thinking behind it. Also included are performance clips from his acclaimed one-man show, a detailed study of his Discreet Displacement sleight, and a special screening of The Heckler, Joshua's magic-themed short film.
Losing Diamonds: Visually flick the pips off the wrong card and change it into a signed selection.
The Remote Control: A signed card is controlled by a remote held by a spectator. The routine climaxes with the discovery of the same signed card inside the remote's battery compartment.
The Aspirin: The opener and closer to Joshua's act-produce an aspirin bottle and later reveal a signed selection inside...without ever touching the bottle.
The Discreet Displacement: This easy-to-do sleight can be used as a control, force, or switch. You'll learn several effects possible, including...
Discreet Displacement Collectors: An in-the-hands version of this Roy Walton classic that takes place in less than a minute.
Ringin' Alarm: A borrowed finger ring (and a ring finger-no joke) is discovered inside an alarm clock...just in the nick of time!
Plus: The Jay Change, D.D. Thought-Of Card, and lots more.
Extra Feature: "The Heckler," a short, fictional film written, starring, and co-directed by Joshua Jay. This is what happens when you mess with a magician.
ITEM # DVD0769 PRICE $35.00
The material on this volume ranges from close-up to stand-up, from easy to difficult, and from cards to coins to ropes to tape measures to bills. But from start to finish, it's all audience-tested and approved magic. Also included are performance clips from Joshua's one-man show, a detailed discussion of practical memorized deck magic (that won't disturb your stack), and a making-of featurette.
Shrunken Revelation: Joshua has performed this trick on national television in four different countries and it won first place in the Marvin's Magic video competition at FISM 2000. Four Kings appear on four packets and then visually shrink to miniature cards.
Printing (Performance only): See Joshua's explosive handling of Dominique Duvivier's classic effect.
Inflated Transposition: A dollar bill transposition with a new kicker-impromptu, easy-to-do, and perfect for walk-around professionals.
Heightened Senses: Predict any spectator's height with an "X" on a tape measure. The method is as ingenious as the effect!
The Lampshade (performance only): Straight from his one-man show, this is Joshua's acclaimed chop cup routine to music using a lampshade and a bulb.
Pulling My String: The perfect opener to any rope routine. Stretch a tiny rope over seven feet...visually.
Dear Journal: This trick won the IBM creativity award in 1998. A "journal" deck is shown, each card bearing a different journal entry. Joshua divines not only a selected "journal" card, but even what entry is written on it!
Plus: Princess in my Wallet, Invisible Coin Purse, Jumbo Homing Card, Prediction Piece, Combined Interests, and a detailed discussion on memorized deck magic-from the point of view of a worker. You'll learn the work Joshua puts in the deck, an extremely deceptive in-the-hands false shuffle, and several routines that don't disturb the stack.
Extra Feature: A behind-the-scenes documentary detailing what happened behind the cameras at every stage of Close-Up. Up Close.
ITEM # DVD0770 PRICE $35.00
Volume 3 explores Joshua's favorite genre: formal card magic. It's Joshua Jay, a deck of cards, and an astounded audience. The range of effects is equaled only by the range of methods-Joshua uses a clever blend of subtlety, sleight-of-hand, and gaffs for maximum impact. Also included is a detailed study of Triumph, the Bluff Pass, and extra footage of Joshua's gambling exposé, shot in a live theater.
Trumped Triumph: A Triumph routine with an unbelievable climax. This utilizes a fascinating principle and other ideas are included by Darwin Ortiz and Karl Heinn.
Silent Card Routine (performance only): See the formal, elegant, six-minute opening of Joshua's one-man show, shot live in front of the usual sold-out theater.
Triple Thought-of Card: Three thought-of cards. No questions asked. No preparation. No gimmicked cards. No sleights. Three thought-of cards. Works every time.
Back in Time: Joshua's workhorse Triumph routine. The presentation, the structure, the sleights, the timing...it's all worked out, ready to become your go-to card routine.
Pseudo Centers Transpo: Who said everything had to be easy? If you're willing to put in the time, this routine will have your audience convinced you're a master mechanic.
Overlap Hitchcock: A squeaky-clean assembly routine with a surprise kicker. Utilizes Joshua's ingenious Overlap gaff.
Bluff Shifts: Joshua's work on the Bluff Shift is raising eyebrows from magic's top practitioners. You'll learn three counter-intuitive approaches.
Plus: Triumph in Aces, Paradise Aces, The Book Cut, Déjà vu Collectors, and Joshua's thirteen-minute gambling exposé, shot live at his one-man show.
Extra Feature - Gambling Photos: Joshua's gallery exhibition of sleight-of-hand, depicted close-up...a combination of photography and magic.
ITEM # DVD0771 PRICE $35.00
SANKEY/SKUTT SESSIONS by JAY SANKEY
Spend some time with two of magic's most seriously twisted minds. At the same time learn the secrets behind a jet-fuelled collection of brand new, highly original magic.
SEE ...Two cards fuse together to prove that love is everlasting! An initialed coin melt first through a tablecloth, and then through the table! The fold in a t-shirt visibly transform into a sponge ball! A leaking teabag reveal the date of a borrowed coin! A selected card ride across a spread deck like a California surfer! The voice of a bell mysteriously travel from one bell to another! A pair of cards change, not once but twice, under impossible conditions! A coin vanish up an ordinary nose, never to return! A freshly drawn "X" leap off the back of a card onto a borrowed coin and then jump back onto another card! Two ordinary twist ties travel back in time! A marked coin disappear from inside the folds of a borrowed bill and then reappear inside the performer's own sock!
Jay and Mike. They share some marvelous magic. They play music. They interview each other. They stare awkwardly at each other in absolute silence. Proof once again that great mimes think a like.
"Mike Skutt is one of the most creative magicians that I've has met in a long time. I just HAD to work with him!" - Jay Sankey
ITEM # DVD0772 PRICE $30.00
AS I RECALL (2 DVD SET) by TONY SLYDINI
Slydini's students pay tribute to the man, the mentor, and the magic. They recall some of their most cherished moments with the master and perform their favorite effects, keeping his legacy alive.
A note from the producers: We would like to boast that (to our knowledge, at the time of this DVD set's release) we have collected the most footage of Slydini, to be released anywhere in one production, for your viewing pleasure. We hope you enjoy learning from The Master!
DISC ONE
Slydini Performs
Cellini Performs & Explains
Other effects performed by Slydini students
Bill Brunelle
Charlie Cambra
Bob Yorburg
DISC TWO
Slydini Performs
Cellini Performs & Explains
"You can look at a book. You can read it. You can hope to understand what the principles are... but, to not see the creator perform it, there is something missing, until you have the opportunity to see the master perform. And then, you say to yourself 'Oh'! I understand something now,' something that you can't interpret or get from a book." - Jim Cellini
"What I adored about Slydini was not his ability to deceive people, but rather the magical feeling that he generated in people." - Bill Brunelle
"The Slydini magic, I loved. The Slydini philosophy - I thought was in a class by itself. That's where I got a special thrill!" - Bob Yorburg
Disc One Length: Approximately 1hr 45min
Disc Two Length: Approximately 2hrs
ITEM # DVD0810 PRICE $70.00
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