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Here is detailed info about the products I offer (to magicians only, please): "THE LECTURE YOUR MOTHER NEVER GAVE YOU" lecture notes Price: $15.00 postpaid in the US (overseas, add $7.00 US). Payment methods: cash, personal check (drawn on US bank), money order and PayPal [gwilliamsmagic@yahoo.com]. They are 36 pages long with 40 illustrations. Comb bound with a plastic front cover. Autographed (inscribed upon request). Contents: -- THE HAT TRICK - The close-up version of pulling a rabbit out of a hat, suitable for restaurant workers. Now you have the perfect answer to the age-old challenge. -- THE "I HATE DAVID COPPERFIELD" TRICK - Based on "Close-Up Illusion" by Larry Jennings, a card VISIBLY MELTS through another. The visuals here go WAY BEYOND the original. -- CARD IN POCKET - Al Koran's classic made even easier. Card palming made fun! -- BEAR HANDS - A great packet trick for kids (or adults) where a bear jumps from a card onto a spectator's hand. -- IS IT HOT IN HERE OR IS IT JUST ME? - How to produce a seemingly-lit cigarette from anywhere on your person AT ANY TIME in your act. -- JUST A BIT MORE ULTIMATE THAN JOHN MENDOZA'S "ULTIMATE TORN & RESTORED CARD" TORN & RESTORED CARD - The name says it all. In an e-mail to me, Mr. Mendoza (a close-up DEITY) said he thinks more of this method (of his trick which appeared in "The Book of John") than any of the "piece-by-piece" restorations out there. You're clean at the first and clean at the end. As a bonus, it's SUPER EASY to do even though the card is SIGNED ON BOTH SIDES! -- MIRACLE COIN VANISH - This gets GASPS from spectators. Looks like real magic. (Note: a jacket or sport coat is required) -- BACHELOR'S THREAD - Raj Madhok's marvelous method of magically producing the ring for a Ring & String routine. It just appears out of NOWHERE! -- THREADY OR NOT - My "improved" handling for the first phase of any Ring & String routine. Originally based on the Earl Nelson move (in "Variations"), this one addresses two major discrepancies in the original. -- DEVASTATION - This might just be the BEST impromptu card trick ON THE PLANET! Tom Daugherty's totally impossible card location that'll devastate your audience (hence the name). Note: there's NOT ONE SLEIGHT in the entire trick! Works with a borrowed deck. Worth the price of the notes MANY TIMES over. -- MORE ON "OIL & WATER - Sam Schwartz's wondrous 3-phase, 8-card O & W routine with NO SLEIGHTS! NONE! Thanks to Sam for allowing me to include this gem with minor handling changes. -- COLOR CULLER - J.K. Hartman gave me permission to include this beauty (originally published in "Card Craft"). I've not changed a single thing; it's included here because it's the PERFECT follow-up to the previous Schwartz effect. -- NOTES ON "THE OMEGA BET - Based on the Karl Fulves effect, Bob Wagner has turned this into a KILLER piece of entertainment, a 5-phase whirlwind of fun for everyone in the room! A random spectator decides the final, and most impossible, bet of all. The routine uses my false overhand shuffle (which is quite easy but appears totally fair). -- SPOTLIGHT CAMOUFLAGE - A totally NEW concept: make sleights invisible by SLOWING THEM DOWN and DRAWING ATTENTION to them (Yup, you read right). This technique can be applied to many, many moves such as... -- ESTIMATION PASS - The Spotlight Camouflage technique as applied to the Classic Pass. You'll love the thinking behind this (it's also a lot of fun to do). -- ESTIMATION GET-READY - Need a perfect get-ready for a double/triple/sextuple/whatever lift? This is it. Also based on the versatile Spotlight Camouflage technique. -- READY 2 LINK - A technique that makes the get-ready for the Linking Rubberbands TOTALLY INVISIBLE. Based on Roger Klause's brilliant concept of half-moves. -- ELECTRICAL ARTLET - Boom box cord too short to reach the wall outlet? No problem; just draw an outlet on a pad of paper, plug in the cord and the music starts right up! Based on a Fantasio effect and used with his permission. -- UPLOOPTED- A horizontal card levitation that looks UNBELIEVABLE! -- TORN & RESTRAWED - The classic torn & restored effect applied to a soda straw wrapper. Perfect for restaurant workers. -- EVERYTHING'S A RADIO - A real reputation maker! Make a radio station broadcast come out of anything: a ketchup bottle, a crayon, a drawing...ANYTHING! -- JACK ELMSLEY'S L.A. WOWEE ZOWEE CARD PREDICTION MIRACLE - A funny prediction effect that uses only two Elmsley Counts. All four cards can be examined at the end (BTW, the necessary cards are included in the notes). "THE LECTURE YOUR FATHER NEVER GAVE YOU" lecture notes Price: $15.00 postpaid in the US (overseas, add $7.00 US). Payment methods: cash, personal check (drawn on US bank), money order and PayPal [gwilliamsmagic@yahoo.com]. They are 38 pages long with 91 photo illustrations. Comb bound with a plastic front cover. Autographed (inscribed upon request). Contents: -- THE ONE-TWO PUNCH: A hole punched into a movie ticket is visibly pulled off of the ticket and slid onto another. Revised handling from Michael Weber's original (used with permission). A reputation maker. -- SHUFFLING STYLES FROM AROUND THE WORLD: A modular card routine where a card is located after a series of shuffling demonstrations. Includes the marvelous "Sybil" flourish cut (thanks to Chris Kenner) which is taught with a 5-card packet for ease of learning. -- HAIRBALLS: A multi-phased, 2-ball sponge ball routine loaded with magic and designed to keep the spectator from opening their hand early (and spoiling the surprise finish). -- THE MAGIC COIN TEST: A modular, one-coin routine. Very easy to do. -- 3CP: A silver dollar is produced at the fingertips in a very visual manner. It then splits into two after which a third is produced from between them. Not nearly as hard as it looks. -- 4-WAY COINCIDENCE: A reworking of a stunning prediction routine by John Murray from "Card Cavalcade 3" by Jerry Mentzer (included with Jerry's permission). Use a borrowed, thoroughly-shuffled deck. There's only one real "move" (which is laughably simple). -- D.E.TRIUMPHS by Don England (with permission): A Triumph-style effect that is even EASIER than Don's original handling which appeared in an issue of Onyx. -- INVISIBLE DECK FINESSE: Makes using an Invisible Deck more fun than ever (and the reset is DURING the routine). -- FLURIOUS, JR.: A "penny to jumbo coin" routine inspired by the Gary Kurtz original. -- HELPING HAND: You grab your invisible assistant out of the air and he peeks out at the audience from your cupped hands before disappearing completely. -- IF THINE EYE OFFENDS THEE: Your eyeball falls out. You wash it off in your mouth. You glue it back in. What could be more natural? -- TWO OPENERS: Two variations on a bottle production for stage or parlour (or even close-up, if you're so inclined). -- BIPOLAR GEORGE: Dollar bill gag where the President's expression changes quite visually. -- THE TWO PENNY TRICK: a slight reworking of Tenkai's original impromptu miracle. -- ARNOLD SCHWARZENQUARTER: Using your incredibly-strong thumbs, you twist the face of a normal quarter 180 degrees. A platform routine reworked for impromptu close-up. -- 21 ALL OVER AGAIN: The venerable 21-Card Trick...performed with all the cards FACE DOWN. -- COOKIE FORTUNES: Switch one of these in on an unsuspecting dining guest! Not just for laughs as these can be used for card revelations, too. -- PASSES FOR THE COMMON MASSES: Try one of these hilarious alternatives to easily (and entertainingly) accomplish what normally takes years of practice. Jamy Ian Swiss, eat your heart out! --- OTHER ITEMS --- EVERYTHING'S A RADIO (DELUXE) - $120.00 postage paid in the US (overseas, add $7.00 US). The most-requested effect in my restaurant repertoire, I'm now offering the COMPLETE setup for this reputation-making device: The perfect size analog radio with AM/FM, volume & tuning controls, footpad with toe switch connected with a 7' wire, security pen on a chain, 9-volt battery and a set of blank 3 x 5 cards all in an attractive vinyl carry case. Pros such as MICHAEL AMMAR, MICHAEL FINNEY and DANNY ARCHER love using the E.A.R. (in fact, Danny immediately bought one after watching me use it to win a regional close-up contest). Includes complete hookup diagrams, my own personal routine and loads of supplementary ideas for using the E.A.R. device. LIFETIME WARRANTY is included! BEAR HANDS - $12.00 postage paid in the US. The perfect giveaway routine NOW with the perfect stickers for this effect. Includes the necessary poker-size cards and 48 stickers (additional pages available at $1.50 per sheet). Complete instructions. Specify red or blue Bicycle back design (if not specified, I will decide for you). MIRACLE COIN VANISH - $12.00 postage paid in the US. Super clean vanish of a US half dollar. Elastic, bulldog clip, modified half dollar and complete, easy instructions on customizing this to fit you. Jacket required. "IS IT HOT IN HERE?" CIGARETTE DROPPERS (includes a fake "puff" cigarette) - $3 ea. PUFF CIGARETTES (apparently-lit-but-harmless fake cigarettes) - get TWO for only $1. HELPING HAND finger puppets (in red, blue or yellow; either alien or smiley face guy) - $1 each. DAY-GLOW SHOELACES (a variety of fluorescent colors, for all "Ring & String" routines) - $1 ea. "MIRACLES FOR MORTALS: Killer Magic For The Rest Of Us" - $35.00 each postage paid in the US (or $60 postage paid for both volumes). This two-volume DVD set contains some of my favorite routines from both of my lectures. If you've enjoyed my notes ("The Lecture Your Mother Never Gave You" and "The Lecture Your Father Never Gave You"), then you'll love these DVDs. Simple, direct magic that's easy to do. Each DVD is nearly TWO HOURS IN LENGTH! They're available from me or any magic dealer who carries Murphy's Magic Supplies titles. $70 for both volumes. And here is the breakdown on the DVDs (see descriptions above): MIRACLES FOR MORTALS DISK 1 -- ELECTRICAL ARTLET -- UPLOOPTED -- THE "I HATE DAVID COPPERFIELD" TRICK -- THE OMEGA BET -- MORE ON OIL & WATER -- MIRACLE COIN VANISH -- JUST A BIT MORE ULTIMATE THAN JOHN MENDOZA'S "ULTIMATE TORN & RESTORED CARD" Bonus effects: -- INVISIBLE DECK FINESSE -- FORKLIFT - Move silverware with your mind! -- 4-WAY COINCIDENCE MIRACLES FOR MORTALS DISK 2 -- BACHELOR'S THREAD -- THREADY OR NOT -- READY 2 LINK -- SHUFFLING STYLES FROM AROUND THE WORLD -- IS IT HOT IN HERE OR IS IT JUST ME? -- DEVASTATION -- BEAR HANDS -- HAIRBALLS -- THE HAT TRICK -- EVERYTHING'S A RADIO -- IF THINE EYE OFFENDS THEE Bonus Effect: -- FLURIOUS, JR. ------------------- A Miracles For Mortals review: from Visions website http://www.online-visions.com/reviews/0606mortals.html: "Miracles for Mortals" Volumes 1 and 2 DVD by Geoff Williams Suggested Retail USD$35.00 each Available from your favorite dealer In a Blink: 10 Out of 10 Geoff Williams, an unknown quantity as far as I'm concerned, has loaded his two-volume set with fun, entertaining, and sometimes outlandish magic that is worth learning and worth doing. I'll have to cop to a certain amount of skepticism when it came to these discs. After all, just what the magic world needs is yet another multi-volume set of tricks done by some anonymous someone featuring the same-old-same-old. But when I sat down with "Miracles for Mortals", I was hooked. Geoff Williams is something else. I know nothing about him, but I do know his work now, and it's great stuff. His effects are a bit on the weird side, some of them are spectacularly mind-blowing, he's entertaining and engaging (at the same time, imagine that), even his explanations are entertaining. This is a guy who loves doing magic, talking magic, and explaining magic -- very rarely do you see that come through as well as it does in "Miracles for Mortals". ------------------- NEW: The "I Hate David Copperfield" Trick DVD - $20 (This is a breakout of the SAME ROUTINE found on Miracles For Mortals Vol 1 above) ------------------- I take cash, checks, money orders and PayPal [gwilliamsmagic@yahoo.com]. $10 minimum order. Any questions, comments or whatever, don't hesitate to drop me a line. Sincerely, Geoff Williams 10930 Dahlia St. NW Coon Rapids, MN 55433-3919 email: gwilliamsmagic@yahoo.com |
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