Is anyone here adept at card tricks
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Is anyone here adept at card tricks and can they recommend a good introductory DVD on the subject? My 15-year-old son is interested in the subject. I found a highly recommended $80 set, but am hoping to find a single DVD with just the basics in case he gets bored.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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Is anyone here adept at card tricks and can they recommend a good introductory DVD on the subject? My 15-year-old son is interested in the subject. I found a highly recommended $80 set, but am hoping to find a single DVD with just the basics in case he gets bored.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
You might try Dave Williamson[^]. His stuff seems pretty :cool:. I went to school with Dave. He was adept enough in high school that he was making commercials. He's always been a purist; he does sleight-of-hand, rather than special effects.
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Is anyone here adept at card tricks and can they recommend a good introductory DVD on the subject? My 15-year-old son is interested in the subject. I found a highly recommended $80 set, but am hoping to find a single DVD with just the basics in case he gets bored.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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The only one I can do is called "52 pickup":doh:
You may be right I may be crazy -- Billy Joel -- Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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The only one I can do is called "52 pickup":doh:
You may be right I may be crazy -- Billy Joel -- Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Mine's a 47 card pick up by now...
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Mine's a 47 card pick up by now...
Did you check under the couch?
And I get on my knees and pray. We don't get fooled again.
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Is anyone here adept at card tricks and can they recommend a good introductory DVD on the subject? My 15-year-old son is interested in the subject. I found a highly recommended $80 set, but am hoping to find a single DVD with just the basics in case he gets bored.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Skip the DVD, teach your kid to read, and to enjoy reading. I learned most of my tricks from books, of course we didn't have DVDs or VCRs or any of that when I was a kid. These books are probably available at your local library. Also they are on Amazon, here's a link: "Encyclopedia of Card Tricks" (not sure if this is the same one I had when I was a kid... my copy had a purple cover) - this covers the standard "is this your card" type of tricks, as well as some mathematical tricks and sleight-of-hand, concealments, trick deals, story-telling (patter-misdirection) tricks, and tricks with props (coins, wires, etc). http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Tricks-Coins-Other-Magic/dp/0486212521/sr=8-8/qid=1161118547/ref=sr_1_8/102-7594662-5886561?ie=UTF8&s=books#citebody[^] There's a ton of books on this subject available on Amazon and everywhere else. The real nuggets of goodness can be found at actual magic shops, if you have one in your town. I find that the owners of such shops (unless they are really comic-book geeks in disguise) are usually happy to discuss their best tricks for hours on end. A note about the world of magic: the really good tricks can never be learned from literature. There are some rip-off artists out there selling videos and computer programs and what-not, but they aren't giving up the good techniques and modern tricks. A video can be helpful (particularly with close-up magic), but they aren't going to have the really juicy stuff. Want to know how to safely shoot yourself in the head? Not gonna find it in a video :) (Might find it on Wikipedia, but the trick spoilers on there are obviously posted by unscrupulous magicians, and I wouldn't expect a magician who breaks The Code to also be telling the truth. "A magician never reveals their secret!" - unless it's to another magician who agrees to The Code) *I've way exceeded my geekiness quota with that, I guess I'll have to shut up now*
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Skip the DVD, teach your kid to read, and to enjoy reading. I learned most of my tricks from books, of course we didn't have DVDs or VCRs or any of that when I was a kid. These books are probably available at your local library. Also they are on Amazon, here's a link: "Encyclopedia of Card Tricks" (not sure if this is the same one I had when I was a kid... my copy had a purple cover) - this covers the standard "is this your card" type of tricks, as well as some mathematical tricks and sleight-of-hand, concealments, trick deals, story-telling (patter-misdirection) tricks, and tricks with props (coins, wires, etc). http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Tricks-Coins-Other-Magic/dp/0486212521/sr=8-8/qid=1161118547/ref=sr_1_8/102-7594662-5886561?ie=UTF8&s=books#citebody[^] There's a ton of books on this subject available on Amazon and everywhere else. The real nuggets of goodness can be found at actual magic shops, if you have one in your town. I find that the owners of such shops (unless they are really comic-book geeks in disguise) are usually happy to discuss their best tricks for hours on end. A note about the world of magic: the really good tricks can never be learned from literature. There are some rip-off artists out there selling videos and computer programs and what-not, but they aren't giving up the good techniques and modern tricks. A video can be helpful (particularly with close-up magic), but they aren't going to have the really juicy stuff. Want to know how to safely shoot yourself in the head? Not gonna find it in a video :) (Might find it on Wikipedia, but the trick spoilers on there are obviously posted by unscrupulous magicians, and I wouldn't expect a magician who breaks The Code to also be telling the truth. "A magician never reveals their secret!" - unless it's to another magician who agrees to The Code) *I've way exceeded my geekiness quota with that, I guess I'll have to shut up now*
"Quality Software since 1983!" http://www.smoothjazzy.com/
I bought a really good book on card tricks (which is what he's interested in), but think a DVD might help understand the actual hand movements better. And yes, after that; it's practice, practice, practice.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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Did you check under the couch?
And I get on my knees and pray. We don't get fooled again.
Oh look, here they are! I can get back to playing Solitaire with reals cards, rather than then on the computer. See ya!!
