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Levi Bennett Inner circle 1778 Posts |
I just got the older Tarbell's and was wondering what (if any) effects are your favorites and if any of you currently use anything from the series in your act.
It's a lot of stuff to read so I was hoping you guys could point me to some cool, sure-fire stuff to start with. Thanks!
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
I can't remember which volume it's in, but my favorite rope routine--which I use in practically all of my stand-up talk performances--is Ted Collins's "Panama Rope Mystery." Hold on. It's in Volume 2. There's a listing of the contents of each volume at:
http://magicref.tripod.com/bookssz/tarbell1.htm Just subtitute "tarbell1.htm" with "tarbell2.htm" etc to see the contents of the other volumes. I also like "Pack Full of Pep" credited to Lou Tannen in the rising card chapter of Volume 2. It's a great way to open a series of card tricks and can be done close-up without the audience seeing anything. If you're into card flourishes, Audley Walsh's Long Distance Side Spinner is great. I first saw Johnny Hart use this flourish on an Ed Sullivan Show in the 1960's, Very visual! I "shuffle" the four aces into the deck and then they come flying out of the deck with a thumb flick. There's also a nice 20th century silks routine with ungimmicked silks in one of the chapters on silk magic. Also a great bare-hand silk production in Volume 4, pages 366-367. (I am able to be specific about the volume and page numbers because I reference this production in my own magic lecture.) These are off the top of my head and relate primarily to manipulative magic. I expect that other people will chime in with their favorites from each volume. ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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Levi Bennett Inner circle 1778 Posts |
Thanks Anatole.
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9987 Posts |
The effect from Tarbell I have done the most over the last 55 years is "Knife through Coat" -- the one using a small dicardable gaff. I performed this last week at the local IBM Circle and it was "new again" for old members and schocking for yonger ones who have never seen a man's jacket before ;-). PM me if you can't find it and I'll look it up.
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