DVDs & Videos

Amazing Magic Tricks With Cards -DVD

Two cards selected by someone as you deal the cards match two predictions. ..Find a selected card by feeling the pulse of the person who selected it.. Tell a charming story where the Kings and Queens go out on a date. These and many more card routines are taught on this wonderful DVD.

25 AMAZING MAGIC TRICKS WITH A SVENGALI DECK DVD

The Svengali deck of playing cards is undoubtedly the best selling of all "trick decks." Marketed under many different names by many different companies it allows for very easy and startling magic which would be very difficult to replicate with an ordinary deck of cards. Routines demonstrated and explained by Dave Hudspath.

Routines demonstrated and explained:
Svengali Routine, Two Pile Trick, Quick Tricks, Spirit Message, Two Deck Reverse Trick, Future Thought Double Prediction, Ribbon Spread Location/Force, Ashes On The Arm, Card On The Forehead, Riffle Force/Two Rows Trick, and Card Stab.

25 Tricks with a Stripper Deck - DVD

The basic classic effects are included in this DVD. Have any selected card appear face up in a face down deck. All reds separate from the blacks in one cut. Deal yourself a Royal Flush during a card game. All effects taught by one of the countries best magic teachers.

25 Tricks With A Thumb Tip - DVD

Here is the perfect combination to turn anyone into an instant magician. First, obtain a Thumb Tip from your favourite magic shop. Then pop this into your DVD and the learning will begin. Within a short time, this DVD will have you performing amazing tricks with your own two hands.

Amazing Tricks W/Sponge Balls - DVD

They appear from nowhere...They multiply...They vanish...They magically jump from one hand to another...They seem to do miracles. Yes, the simple little balls of sponge can be the handiest items a magician can carry, and this DVD will teach you twenty-five astounding sponge ball tricks.

25 AMAZING MAGIC TRICKS WITH A SCOTCH & SODA OR DIME & PENNY DVD

The "Scotch & Soda" and "Dime & Penny" coin routines which use specially manufactured coins are classics of the genre. Most magicians and hobbyists own a set of these coins and this DVD features additional routines that can be performed using the coin sets. Routines demonstrated and explained by Dave Hudspath.

Routines demonstrated and explained:
A False Explanation, Jumping Centavo, Jumping Centavo Revisited, Trick Question, Two Coin Vanish, Coin Under Card, Hand Sandwich, Coin Through Hand, Copper/Silver Bill Swindle, Watch The Watch, Perforated Cigarettes, Centavo In-Creases, Coin Through Table, Homing Centavo, Double Vision, Nutty, Vanishing & Reappearing Centavo, Classic Palm, Coin Sandwich, Coin Through The Body, Two sided Display, Scotch & Soda Spellbound, Coin Though Handkerchief, and Fingertip Vanish.

AMAZING MAGIC TRICKS WITH ROPE DVD

A DVD featuring Tomas Medina demonstrating and explaining some of the more popular routines and sleights with rope. You will learn: Cut & Restored Rope (3 methods), Rope Penetrations (3 methods), Knot Illusions (5 methods), Rope Manipulation (4 methods), and Rope Escapes (2 methods).

THE RESTAURANT ACT (DVD)

R. Paul Wilson gives an entire course in the art of Restaurant Magic. More important than the magic on the video is the priceless advice and strategy taught. You will learn how to structure an act so it can be instantly reset, when to shorten the performance, about audience interaction, contingency planning incase something goes wrong, dealing with a restaurant staff, tips, patter, bad audiences, approaching a table and much more.

You will also learn the act he has used to earn a living with and the many ins and outs of performing it. The act consists of five classic routines woven together for optimum impact. It opens with a quick and visual sequence where a small silk handkerchief appears and disappears. From the silk a sponge ball is produced and so begins a direct and entertaining sponge ball routine which ends with the magic happening in the spectator's hands. Another classic of magic begins with an ambitious card routine where a signed card keeps jumping to the top of the deck after being lost in the middle. It perfectly segues into a long card prediction and concludes with the signed selection appearing behind the zippered compartment of your wallet. The finale of the act is a Chop Cup routine where a small red ball appears, vanishes and reappears under a cup. The routine climaxes with the production of two lemons which is a guaranteed applause invoking finale that gets the attention of the rest of the customers in the restaurant who are now anxious to see you perform.

Also included is a bonus routine, "Strange Intruder," where a red back card is placed in a blue deck. A spectator names any of the face up cards in the deck and it is shown to be that red backed card.

You can use this to learn an entire act, or as a tool to construct your own. Either way you will be rewarded many times over. Produced by Meir Yedid Magic (from the A-1 Magicalmedia collection). Original release date: DVD: August 2002, Running time: Approximately 62 minutes.

WHO'S AFRAID OF INVISIBLE THREAD? (DVD)

This is considered the definitive work on magic with invisible thread. If you have ever wanted to perform astounding magic where objects seem to move and float on their own this is your opportunity. Based on Jon LeClair's best-selling book "The Art of Invisible Thread," this program takes you on a candid outing where LeClair performs live for startled spectators in a restaurant. You are then taught how to perform everything. LeClair's techniques can be used at virtually anytime and in any situation -- they are the most practical methods for using invisible thread ever developed.

Routines performed and taught:
Whirling Card: Inspired by Bob Hummer's Whirling Card, a borrowed business card spins in mid air and flies around your body.
Standing Card: Based on a routine by Gaeton Bloom, a borrowed business card is balanced on it's edge on the back of your hand.
Erectile Bill: LeClair's version of Al Baker's popular routine where a borrowed bill is folded lengthwise and placed on a table -- it slowly begins to rise until it is standing upright.
Floating Bill: A borrowed bill is crumpled into a ball and placed on your palm. It slowly begins to move and float while your hands wave above, below and all around it.
Ring on Wand: A handling of Jamy Ian Swiss' Animated Ring on Wand where a borrowed finger ring magically moves along the length of a Plexiglas wand. As a repeat the entire sequence is performed while everything is in the spectator's hand.
Animated Matchbox: Amadeo's classic Animated Matchbox where a matchbox which is laying on your palm flips over and then its drawer magically and eerily opens. What makes this version special is that the matchbox is examinable before and after the routine.
Animated Deck: LeClair's most popular routine is a version of Al Baker's Pack That Cuts Itself, where a selected card is returned to the deck as the pack cuts itself and pushes the selection out.
Rising Card: A selected playing card rises out of the deck.
Cigarette Follies: A borrowed cigarette moves and jumps while on the table.
Defying Death: A spectator writes the name of someone who has died on a piece of paper which is folded and placed into a vase along with four similarly folded papers containing names of living persons. All of a sudden one of the papers starts bouncing in the vase and finally jumps out -- on it is the name of the dead person -- his spirit made it happen!

Also taught are the most important techniques used in invisible thread magic: how to overcome thread breakage, making your own invisible thread, quick thread set-up, practice tips, vital thread handling, and much more. You are also taught the secrets of the LeClair Animator, which makes everything on this video possible.

Comes with a free starter package of invisible thread and specially compounded flesh coloured putty so you can start performing immediately after learning the techniques. Even if you never tried to use invisible thread before, this program will give you the confidence and teach you everything you need to know. This is one of the most diabolical tools available to the close-up magician. A real reputation maker.