Caleb Wiles LIVE (Penguin LIVE)

Caleb has prepared a full close-up set featuring some of his pet routines. These are powerhouse effects displaying a wide-variety of card magic plots. In fact, during the entire show, only ONE trick involves the audience physically selecting cards. Each routine is suitable to be performed on its own, but Caleb has carefully woven them together to form something where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Holy BLANK – A freely-named card is found to be the one isolated on the table from the very beginning… and the rest of the cards are ALL BLANK! It’s that simple, and it looks that good.

Holy PRINT – A never-before-seen follow up to Caleb’s original Holy BLANK routine. The blank deck visually prints leaving the magician with normal cards to continue the show.

Mystery Monte – A stunning monte routine that magicians swear uses gaffed cards… but everything is completely examinable. However, if you are willing to add something extra into the mix, Caleb will teach a killer mystery card ending to leave them speechless.

Thousand Timer Card to Box – This is Caleb’s “thousand timer”… a workhorse card-to-box routine building on the brilliant ideas of Joshua Jay and John Bannon.

Travelers for Jack – This showpiece is a true lesson in clever magic construction. At every step, Caleb is miles ahead of the audience. The ending never fails to elicit gasps.

M.A.T.E. – Caleb teaches an impromptu trick from his friend Mark Tams: a coincidence effect from a shuffled deck that makes the perfect lead-in to the finale.

26! – This is, quite simply, the strongest effect Caleb has ever devised. A blockbuster closing routine that’s easy to do but finishes the show with a bang!

BONUS – Fully Automatic Card Trick – Learn ALL the details for the self-working trick that earned Caleb a featured spot on Fool Us and made Penn exclaim “You are so good!”

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Christopher Carter – Penguin Live Lecture

For almost 30 years, Christopher has been one of the busiest working mentalists in the United States. He has appeared at over 3500 college campuses and well over 1000 corporate events. He has been awarded Entertainer of the Year, Best Live Novelty Act, Best Performing Artist, and Best Male Artist by Campus Activities Magazine, and was the only performer to ever sweep all of the major awards in a single year. He has been awarded the Milbourne Christopher Award in Mentalism by the Milbourne Christopher Foundation, and the Dunninger Award by the Psychic Entertainers Association.
His material is noted for being direct, hard-hitting and fun.

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Dee Christopher LIVE (Penguin LIVE)

Quicksilver – A beautiful, interactive metal bending routine with fluid visual bends and twists.

Syn – A coin bending routine in which two coins bend, using just sleight of hand and a clever linguistic ploy that you can use elsewhere too!

Legion – A ‘hidden in plain sight’ gimmick that allows you to create hands off card forces, perform mind reading, hallucination effects and more. Takes 2 minutes to set up, and you only have to do it once.

Broken Wings – A gimmicked note pad with which you can force cards or pictures, create automatic writing effects, peek information and much, much more!

Kill Scene – A horror movie themed confabulation style effect, with none of the work!

Cast – A gimmick that fits in your wallet that allows you to know a word thought of from a borrowed book at any time.

Syllacode – A two person code that works in ANY language, with no memory required and as long as your confederate knows the ultra-simple secret, you’re set to go.

The New Black – A thought of word on a thought of ESP card. (Or playing card!)

Scar – Visually HEAL a scar, (that can be seen or touched by your audience) for a time…

Falling Coins – Prove that you can influence which way three coins will fall, in your spectator’s hands, without touching anything.

Rush – A close up Russian roulette style effect with cigarette lighters.

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Jay Sankey LIVE ACT (Penguin LIVE)

“Jay Sankey has established a strong reputation as one of the top creators of innovative close-up magic.” -Max Maven

“Jay will go down in history as one of the funniest, ground breaking, and most creative magicians of all time.” –Nathan Kranzo

“Jay’s bar-raising efforts have helped produce a generation of magicians with higher expectations.” –David Acer

What will he teach? SIMPLY LETHAL: Powerful close-up mentalism that is easy to do.
Magic Wand (stick)
3 Times Lucky
Formal Affair (spoon in hank + drawing of spoon)
Hypersensitive (coins)
Simply Divine
At Any Number
Twister (twisted spoon)
Stop Me Here (post it notes)
Group Hypnosis (3 packets)
Strange Attraction (rubber band, ring and bills)
The Monopoly Mystery

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Dan Harlan LIVE ACT (Penguin LIVE)

Emergency Card Act:

Nate Leipzig’s Double Reverse- Spectator has half deck, I have half, we each select cards and switch them and return them in each other’s halves, the deck is re-assembled face-up 1/4, face-down 1/2, face-up 1/4, and with one hand everything is straightened out except for the two selected cards.

Poker Demo- I show 4 aces and a king and demonstrate how to deal them from the bottom, then the deck is re-assembled and I deal again quickly ending up with a royal flush.

Win/Win- Two spectators each think of one of fifteen cards, one of them is shown a few and awarded points if he sees his card, otherwise points go to the other person, this is done four times, in the end both cards are found in the locations related to the points earned.

Four Forces- Spectator finds the aces by pointing to one in a face-down fan, saying stop as I run my thumb along the edge, stopping me when dealing from the bottom, and the last one changes magically.

Counting On You- Spectator keeps track of the number of cards by holding up her fingers yet my cards always total four, at the end they become the four threes.

Kenner Switch

Harlan’s Collectors- Five chosen signed cards are returned in separate parts of the deck and shuffled, the four aces vanish one-at-a-time, and are revealed face-up in the center of the deck with the five cards interlaced face-down.

Dr. Jacob Daley’s Last Trick Red and black aces shown alternating, I place two of the same color face-down onto spectator’s palm while I hold the other two, the aces switch places.

Immaculate Connection- Three cards are folded, their centers torn out, one is linked onto the other two, unlinked, linked again, torn off, and “restored” back into rings

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Jack LIVE ACT (Penguin LIVE)

Jack is a generalist who loves to offer variety in his magic act. You’ll see some strong and theatrical card magic, but the lecture won’t be limited to cards. You’ll also learn about presentation, psychology, misdirection and timing. All of the tricks presented in this lecture are in his current working repertoire, so you can be sure there will be no filler. Each one is practical, hard hitting and reputation making and most have an automatic reset.

Nervous jolt : A coin is placed on a spectator’s hand and some pressure is made on the fingers and elbow to channel the energy. The coin eerily rise until it flips completely without you even touching it. Magician control everything despite the fact that everything is super fair and justified. Reputation making stuff.

Silver dust : A strong and very easy to follow coins across routine that has a real meaning to your audience. A nice lesson in psychology and body movement.

Printing 99.0 : A streamlined presentation for the classic Dominique Duvivier’s Printing. An easy “in your face” reset makes it a real worker. Even if you know and perform Printing, this one will really catch you off guard with the killer ending that will drop their jaw.

ESPecially Wild revisited : A super clean and direct handling for this Paul Hallas classic that you’ll fool yourself with, introducing the “Billboard enveloppes”. A quick and nice mentalist effect followed by a super strong wild cards effect. Automatic reset.

Ultimate Ace Unleashed : Jack’s version on the Macdonald’s aces plot. Lots of ideas and killer subtleties that put it on another level. Automatic reset.

Samsung’s fiasco : The version of Richard Sanders Extreme Burn that everyone was hoping for. The bills change occurs 2 times and the trick now as a real meaning and is logical on top of you having an entertaining story to tell.

Daytona coins : A spectacular/do it everywhere/automatic reset coin routine that will establish you as a master sleight of hand artist. 17 magical moments in less than a minute will let them gasping for air. Need a little work but not hard to master.

Spectator’s ambition : Jack’s personalized version on the ambitious card plot where the spectator is the center of attention and gets all the applause. Lots of original phases and strong psychology throughout. This conclude by an extremely clean and self contained rising card. A great crowd pleaser. This include an original idea that will help you sign more clients.

Say my Name : An incredibly strong and direct mentalism effect that you can perform hopping table or on stage. A “magician’s in trouble” effect that really knock their socks off. Based on the “Oscar” plot. Automatic reset.

Zombie : Jack’s version on the classic cannibal plot, but with zombies. A nice, surprising, theatrical and streamlined version of this great classic. Uses the “Billboard enveloppe” and a severed hand. Highly entertaining.

Viva Las Vegas : Close up theatrical magic at its best. Jack’s adaptation of this great Mark Mason classic. You offer the spectators a trip to Las Vegas. An entertaining routine follows where you offer a 100$ casino chip to the spectator if you’re not able to find their freely chosen card using a coin. Strong, crystal clear, and at the end they will clap until their hands hurts.

Money Maker : An entertaining bill routine where you explain them how to easily make money without effort. You proceed to change your own 20$ bill into a 50, then the 50 is changed into an 100. You offer them to do the same with their own money and borrow a 20. This time it doesn’t work so instead you offer to change their 20 into 2 20$ bill … so … you take out scissors and cut their bill in 2 … at the end, you restore it and have the serial number checked for authenticity. Nice sure-fire gags throughout.

Premonition : Jack’s take on the book test plot. A prediction is made and 2 spectators makes free choices to chose a page number and a word anywhere in that page. An un-gimmicked dictionary is used. Reputation making material.

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Ted Karmilovich – Penguin Live – Online Lecture

“One of the most creative mentalists of all time.” – the late Charles Reynolds, magic and mentalism historian.

“No one thinks like Ted when it comes to mentalism.” -Neal Scryer

What will he teach?

Ted will showcase effects for close-up, stage, and walk-around including:

PSYCHIC ‘SNAPS’!
A psychic version of an effect made popular by Caribbean bartenders where a celebrity name freely chosen by a spectator is transmitted to another person. A secret kept underground for more than a decade.

VOICE PRINT PLUS!
A handling of Ned Rutledge’s Voice Print that shows that the performer knows much more than a simple name a spectator is thinking of.

2 BOWL Q&A
The perfect Q&A for any-size group requiring absolutely NO pre-show.

DIME & PENNY
A group of spectators try their hand at intuition with the performer showing he knew all along what the outcome would be.

BLOCKS
Three children choose blocks and concentrate on an image on them. The performer perceives their thoughts.

IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS
A normal deck is shuffled and distributed to 3 people who each think of a card. The deck is left with the audience as the performer tells each person the card they have in mind.

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Scott Alexander – Penguin Live – Online Lecture 3

“Very unique and different for a magician.” –Sharon Osborne

“I’ve seen levitation before, but not like that. Amazing!” –Howie Mandel

“Wow, you guys are still applauding? Maybe we should bring the magician back out here.” –Dennis Miller

“This guy is pure showmanship.” –Piers Morgan

“Scott sports an amiable, self-deprecating stage presence as he does tricks only magic aficionados are likely to have seen elsewhere.” –Las Vegas Review Journal

What will he teach?

Sugar Rush

Scott’s funny routine for the classic salt pour with a gimmick you can make super cheap.

Shoe Business 2

Scott performs and explains his latest release.

Egg Bag

Scott performs and walks you through his handling of the Egg Bag with his Sure Shot ending.

Wakeling Liquid Sands

Scott performs and explains the Alan Wakening Liquid Sands in a fun and novel way with a few tips and additions he incorporates.

Super Fly

Scott performs and teaches his popular Super Fly Cards Across. 10 Minutes of comedy with very minimal props.

Further work on Shattered

Scott tips more work on his Shattered routine, including how to load the bags right in front of the audience.

The American Sticks

Scott performs his version of the Chinese Sticks and talks about why it is such a great trick. He has some tips from Roy Benson and Charlie Miller and a few touches of his own.

Epic Deck

Scott talks about his collaboration with Penguin and shows you some handling with this new gaffed deck that laymen loose their minds over.

The Missing Link Speed Version

Scott tips some of the inside work on his diabolical Himber Ring Routine – The Missing Link. This is a version you can do with most any standard ring.

The Ghost House Illusion

For budding illusionists, Scott shows us an illusion you can build for only a few bucks but plays big on stage and is quite versatile.

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Steve Draun – Penguin Live – Online Lecture

“Not too many have heard Steve Draun although he is quite well known among those in the inner circle of magic. Those who have had the good fortune to see him perform have witnessed some excellent magic as compared to the obvious finger flinging of so-called. experts. This does not mean that Steve does not do sleights, but rather that the slights are subdued thus making a sleight of hand effect slightless.

Steve is very discriminating in his choice of methods and effects. All the effects he does are direct and their plots are easily understood by laymen or magicians. But their methodology is skillfully concealed even the most knowledgeable expert. The material in ‘The Magic of Steve Draun” is not something that was thrown together just to write a book, but are routines and methods that he has been doing quite a number of years and have been witnessed by many magicians.

Those who are seeing Steve Draun perform and lecture for the first time will be in for a number of effects that will appeal to the most expert as well as those less skilled. Even if you don’t do any of these effects, you will have enjoyed watching and admiring “The Magic of Steve Draun” – Ed Marlo

“One of America’s finest card men and close up performers” – Mike Close

“One of the best card men around.” – Richard Kaufman

What will he teach?

System for coin vanishes: Including some classic tricks used as examples of how the techniques are applied

System for blind shuffles: Including a poker deal to demonstrate how the shuffles might be used in the real world.

System for palming: Card to pocket tricks to illustrate new techniques.

System for double lifts: At least one trick to show off the benefits of original technology.

Demonstrations of items Steve is known for such as the Midnight Shift, Fan Glimpse, Draun Control, and several others.

Some new ideas for impromptu silverware tricks which Steve uses professionally.

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Richard Turner – Penguin Live – Online Lecture

Royal Hold’em Trick – This is a great opener that will cause the prettiest lady to want to take you and run off to Vegas. A deck is shuffled by performer. Five random numbers are selected by the spectators and the performer counts off the number of cards into five separate piles. On the top pile is a full house aces over kings and on the bottom is a straight flush in hearts. The cards are washed and gathered together in a very hap hazard manner and casino shuffled. The performer asks the prettiest lady to use her female intuition to pick the winning position. The performer deals out 5 hands of Hold’em and there is 5 pat hands starting with a “flush, full house, 4 of a kind, a straight flush, and in the chosen position is a “Royal Flush in spades.”

Double Switch – Two cards are selected and shuffled back into the deck. The first card is shown very haphazardly and naturally definitely not a double then turned down and spectator two places their finger on it. The second card is displayed again definitely not a double turned facedown and one-handedly flicked to spectator one. So right now spectator two is holding spectator one’s card and spectator one has the wrong card. The cards are revealed and they are correct. (NO DOUBLE LIFTS)

Middle Deal Mod– Spectator one shuffles the deck then deals three hands of five card draw. The spectator is instructed to deal all the performer’s cards from anywhere in the middle and at the showdown the performer is holding four-of-a-kind.

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