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John Mendoza is a legendary figure in close-up magic and his books and manuscripts can be found in just about every magician's library. In addition to his own effects and routines, John has also authored books for such notables as Don England, Chris Kenner and Dan Fleshman. For over 35 years, he's made his living performing close-up magic and in this remarkable set of DVDs, John shares the secrets of that success. These are the tricks that have taken John Mendoza literally around the world – they're the very best effects that this world-class entertainer has to offer – and now they can be yours.
VOLUME #1
DICE STACKING – In an amazing display of skill, the performer manages to stack four dice with an inverted cup. From there, however, things get even more magical as the dice visibly shrink, huge dice appear and finally, a drink is produced from underneath the dice cup.
AMBITIOUS 1-2-3-4-5 – A spectator is asked to call out a number from one to five. A deck of cards is shuffled with some of the cards turned face up and some face down. Yet, when the cards are spread, the four cards that match the spectator’s choice are the only ones that remain face up.
ACE PRODUCTION – The four Aces are produced from a shuffled deck simply by cutting the deck. This is the perfect lead-in to any four Ace routine! SIMPLE
COLLECTORS – The four Aces are set aside and three cards are selected and lost in the deck. The Aces are very fairly placed on top of the deck yet, when they are spread, the three selections are now found to be in between them.
RED/BLACK SHUFFLE ROUTINE – To begin, a spectator deals the cards randomly into two piles yet somehow, the cards are divided into reds and blacks. Then, the performer performs a dazzling display of pasteboard dexterity as no matter how much or how many times the cards are mixed, the two colors refuse to be mixed!
CHOP CUP ROUTINE – The spectator can't seem to guess correctly whether the little ball is in the performer’s pocket or underneath the little brass goblet. It all becomes a moot point when two large balls are produced from out of nowhere. Short, sweet and to the point.
FEMALE – A spectator freely names a card and every other card is shown to have a man's name on its back. The chosen card is not just the only card in the deck with a woman's name – it turns out to be the spectator's name!
ROUTINED POKER MENTAL – Four spectators are asked to simply think of one card in a Poker hand, yet the performer is able to accurately determine each of the mentally-chosen selections.
MENDOZA CUPS AND BALLS – A classic of magic with the Mendoza touch, complete with sequences that are guaranteed to fool even seasoned Cups and Balls workers. A truly reputation-making routine!
Running Time Approximately 1hr 50min
ITEM # DVD1038 PRICE $35.00
VOLUME #2
BOWL ROUTINE – The Mendoza version of Roy Benson's classic routine is full of magical surprises as sponge balls vanish and reappear underneath an inverted bowl. The fun doesn't stop there as the balls even magically appear in a spectator's hand, leading up to a surprising and off-the-wall finish.
BENDIX BOMBSHELL – Two signed cards magically appear within the zippered compartment of the performer's wallet which has been in plain sight the entire time. This no-palm routine is perfect for strolling performers.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF – What begins as a game of Three-Card Monte (and later, Four-Card Monte) turns into a marvelous production of the four Aces.
COINS THRU THE TABLE – The performer causes three coins to pass through a solid table top all at once and then, later, one at a time. To finish, he shows the audience how it's done with a hilarious and amazing finale that can be adapted to any Coins Through Table routine.
VERNON CUPS & BALLS – Using the Professor's classic routine as his starting point, John Mendoza has taken the basic Cups and Balls to another level, ending with a final load sequence that has to be seen to be believed.
MULTIPLYING BUNNIES – If you think you know all there is to know about this all-time favorite, you've never seen John Mendoza perform it. This is an object lesson in how to take a trick and wring every ounce of entertainment out of it.
AUTOMATIC DECK – Turn an ordinary deck of cards into a machine that can produce Aces at the performer's command.
THREE CARD MONTE – A tall story and three ungimmicked cards make for an entertaining interlude where the audience is shown why you never play cards with strangers.
TRANSLOCATION – Four coins travel invisibly from one of the performer's hands to the other, even though his hands are flat on the table! An amazing variation on the classic Coins Across.
BARRY NELSON’S FLASH CUPS – Don't blink or you will miss the world’s fastest Cups and Balls routine! Every element of the classic Cups and Balls is here, including final loads, and it's all performed in 20 seconds. A must see!
Running Time Approximately 1hr 58min
ITEM # DVD1039 PRICE $35.00
VOLUME #3
KORAN PREDICTION – While dealing, a spectator stops at a totally random card, which is shown to match the performer's prediction which has been in an envelope inside his wallet. And, yes, the wallet was on the table the entire time.
COLOR CHANGING DECK – Three selected cards are chosen from and returned to a red-backed deck. The performer locates all three – not difficult to do since the selections are now the only red-backed cards. The rest of the deck is shown to have changed to blue-backed cards.
POKER MACHINE – The performer demonstrates a calculator with the uncanny ability to divine chosen cards. A baffling routine that will leave your audience shaking their heads!
UNIVERSAL CARD – Three red-backed blank cards, in turn, assume the identity of three freely-selected blue-backed cards. A classic polished to perfection by the Mendoza touch!
CLYDE – A freely thought-of card is named by the performer. Unfortunately, he names it "Clyde." However, when the backs of the cards are shown to all have completely different names written on their backs, an amazing moment is created when the thought-of card is shown to be the only one named Clyde.
THE ULTIMATE TORN & RESTORED CARD – A playing card, signed on the back by the spectator and on the face by the performer, is torn into small pieces and then completely restored.
MYSTERY OF THE 19TH CARD – A self-working trick that seems truly impossible. The spectator deals piles of cards from a shuffled deck and through an amazing coincidence, is able to accurately forecast a completely random outcome. An object lesson in how to make mathematically-based card effects entertaining and engaging!
UNEARTHLY POWERS – Through an elimination process, the performer forms smaller and smaller piles of cards until he is left with only one – the spectator's selection. For the surprise finish, the top cards of the four piles are turned over to show the four Aces. As if that isn't enough, the piles are turned over to show a King on the bottom of each!
VISA VERSA – Two selected cards are found but unfortunately, are placed in front of the wrong spectators. The performer magically corrects the situation and causes the cards to invisibly change places.
THE AMBITIOUS CARD – Another classic of magic as a freely-named card repeatedly comes to the top of the deck. After several eye-popping sequences, the card returns to the top of the deck one last time—and brings its three mates with it!
BETWEEN YOUR PALMS – The Mendoza version of Alex Elmsley's timeless effect. A card is set aside in plain sight and a spectator is asked to place her hand on it. Three cards are selected – one is signed – and returned to the deck. The magician finds the first two but is apparently unable to find the signed card. For the amazing finish, the prediction card is found to be the one subsequently signed. The performer then reveals another prediction – a slip of paper revealing the names of all three selected cards that was in a purse in plain sight the entire time!
SIMPLE TUNNEL – A selected card, pushed through a deck of cards, visibly turns face up as it slowly emerges from the other side. No gimmicked cards—just visual magic at its best.
THE MOST DIFFICULT CARD TRICK IN THE WORLD – Two cards are selected and lost in the deck. The performer tosses a card into the air and catches it in the middle of the deck – right between the two previously chosen cards! MCDONALD’S FOUR ACES – Three Aces vanish from their respective packets of cards – with each vanish more amazing than the one that preceded it – until all are found in the leader packet. If you perform any version of this classic Ace assembly, you will love the subtleties and throw-offs in the Mendoza version!
Running Time Approximately 1hr 50min
ITEM # DVD1040 PRICE $35.00
CARD ON CEILING by MULTIPLE ARTISTS
The Secrets of CARD ON CEILING
Learn a classic of card magic that your audience will remember forever.
If you could have one set of magic DVDs, this would be it! This benchmark collection features just about all of magic’s most enduring and classic effects and routines. It's a fabulous compendium with many of the top masters in the world of magic teaching their handlings and routines for some of magic’s classics. Linking rings, sponge balls, metal bending, cups and balls, thumb tips, Zombie, color-changing knives, and many, many more topics are all gathered in this one terrific DVD reference set. Each volume covers a specific subject and features new, old, and sometimes rare footage by some of the top video producers in magic.
In the early part of the 20th century, legendary bar magician Matt Schulien threw a deck of cards against the wall of his tavern and left a spectator's selection stuck in place. Little did he realize that he had created one of the most memorable and dramatic card tricks of all time. Since then, magicians have aimed their sites a little higher – ceilings, to be exact – and have been amazing and mystifying audiences with one of the very few card tricks that has such a huge, built-in "wow" factor.
On this volume, you'll meet five modern-day practitioners who have all made important contributions to the evolution of the Card On Ceiling. Doc Eason shows you how to make this trick play for large groups, drawing in all of the spectators into this very magical experience. You'll learn all of the fine touches in J. C. Wagner's version of the trick that's used by bar magicians everywhere, including Doc Eason. Karl Norman performs and discusses the version that he performed for 40 years at the legendary Forks Hotel and Michael Ammar teaches his take on this classic effect, one that helped to forge his reputation in the world of magic. Lastly, Scotty York, in addition to his very funny and clever presentation of this trick, will demonstrate how to make a gimmick that will enable you to streamline its handling.
Card on Ceiling is a trick that people will talk about for years... and on this DVD; you'll meet the gentlemen who can ensure that you'll be the magician your spectators will always remember.
Doc Eason - Card on Ceiling
J. C. Wagner - Entertainment Tacks (courtesy of Meir Yedid)
Karl Norman - Card on Ceiling (courtesy of Meir Yedid)
Michael Ammar - Card on Ceiling
Scotty York - Card on Ceiling (courtesy of Murphy's Magic)
Running Time Approximately 61min
ITEM # DVD1041 PRICE $20.00
MAGIC WITH EVERYDAY OBJECTS by MULTIPLE ARTISTS
Perform miracles with ordinary items that people see and use everyday.
If you could have one set of magic DVDs, this would be it! This benchmark collection features just about all of magic's most enduring and classic effects and routines. It's a fabulous compendium with many of the top masters in the world of magic teaching their handlings and routines for some of magic's classics. Linking rings, sponge balls, metal bending, cups and balls, thumb tips, Zombie, color-changing knives, and many, many more topics are all gathered in this one terrific DVD reference set. Each volume covers a specific subject and features new, old, and sometimes rare footage by some of the top video producers in magic.
Paper clips, string, napkins, pencils. These are all ordinary objects found in every household. However, it's precisely their familiarity that makes it such an impact when a magician creates an apparent miracle with them.
On this volume, some of the best performers in the world of magic present their favorite tricks with common objects. Dan Harlan, for example, will show you how to present the classic Professor's Nightmare, not with rope, but with ordinary business cards and also how to magically tear open and then reseal a pack of cigarettes. Dan Harlan returns later to perform and teach Starcle, his neo-classic paper napkin effect. Bill Malone presents a wonderful trick with an ordinary book of matches that he learned from the legendary Michael Skinner and Johnny Thompson demonstrates a classic of magic with nothing more than sugar cubes. David Regal and Banachek turn in some great mentalism with business cards while Tom Mullica performs his version of David Hoy's impromptu book test. Tom Mullica is back later with a great party stunt that will leave one spectator breathless and everyone else breathless with laughter. Jay Sankey has some typically wacky effects with items easily found in any home or office while Joshua Jay accurately predicts a random spectator's height with an ordinary tape measure.
Rounding out the package, Joe Rindfleisch shows off his wonderful broken and restored rubber band effect, Fielding West has a phenomenal finger ring vanish, and Jeff Sheridan demonstrates one of his eye-popping creations, a cut and restored string effect that is guaranteed to fool even knowledgeable magicians.
Dan Harlan - Business Card Nightmare
Bill Malone - Skinner Matches
Johnny Thompson - Chink-a-Chink
David Regal - Not This!
Jay Sankey - Clipped
Dan Harlan - Cellophane Surgery
Tom Mullica - The Book Test (courtesy of Murphy's Magic)
Banachek - This 'n That
Fielding West - Ring Vanish
Joshua Jay - Heightened Senses
Tom Mullica - Ultra Sensory Perception
Dan Harlan - Starcle
Joe Rindfleisch - Smarty Pans
Jeff Sheridan - Cut and Restored String
Jay Sankey - Unleaded
Running Time Approximately 1hr 40min
ITEM # DVD1042 PRICE $20.00
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