In the Gary Kurtz manuscript 'The Ultimate chair prediction Plus', he explaisn the effect derived from an effect called Bank Night. Does anyone know who this was by and where I can find it? Thanks

I'm not sure who created the "bank night" effect, but here are a few suggestions of bank nights effects :

- Richard Osterlind's "bank night" (from Mind Mysteries vol. 1)
- Marc Spelmann's "prize draw" (from his DVD vol. 3 "the acquaintance)
- Greg Arce's "Clear Nite" and "more clear nites" e-books
- Paolo Cavalli's "Chairvelopes" (from his e-book "Omicron") (also chair prediction).

Sincerely, Matt

Its invention is credited to Tom Sellers I believe. Since then, almost everyone have come up with their own version.

The one that inspired the Kurtz routine was a Bruce Bernstein version, found in his book "Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers." From reading that effect, it's easy to see how the basic idea could be applied to a chair prediction, though apparently Kurtz added a lot to it. (I don't have his routine, so I don't know what his additions are.)

Speaking of Kurtz, does anyone know what is he up to these days? Does he have a website?

He runs his own show in and around montréal in french. Here's the website

http://www.riezencore.com/fhtml/principale1_a.asp?id=gk

I like his book - but I don´t like his website...
and about 2 years ago I read "biography: comming soon"...

I have the biography of Gary Kurz and its great, and thanks for the replies guys. Ive since been told it is the idea of envelopes where bbasically the performer wins the prize and the spectator gets nothing