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Creator of world-renowned magic tricks and optical illusions Jerry Andrus (January 28, 1918 – August 26, 2007) was an American magician and writer known internationally for his original close-up , sleight of hand tricks, such as the famous "Linking Pins", and optical illusions .
This article contains a list of magic tricks. In magic literature, tricks are often called effects. Based on published literature and marketed effects, there are millions of effects; a short performance routine by a single magician may contain dozens of such effects. Some students of magic strive to refer to effects using a proper name, and ...
How it works in a magic trick: “It’s rare that a magician straight-up lies to you,” Barnhart says. “Instead, they encourage you to lie to yourself through your assumptions.”
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows and specials in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained by a narrator and are performed in a warehouse in the United States with no audience, by an unknown "world class" magician known as the "masked magician" who does not speak and wears a mask on the show to ...
One visitor to the Barcelona Zoo had a simple trick up his sleeve, and we're lucky that he did because this painfully adorable video is the result. Watch this orangutan positively lose his mind ...
The World's Most Dangerous Magic was the title of two American television specials showcasing illusion and escapology acts, which were made for the NBC network. The first was originally broadcast on 27 April 1998 [ 1 ] and the second, titled The World's Most Dangerous Magic 2 , was initially aired on 2 May 1999.
Murray John Sawchuck (born November 25, 1973, [1] stage name Murray SawChuck) is a stage illusionist, magician, comedian, actor, and host.Based in Las Vegas, SawChuck has dubbed himself "The 'Dennis the Menace' of Magic," and his shows often consist of a blend of "comical mishaps" that result in illusions and magic tricks. [2]
As an orphan, Soo said he was taken in by a Chinese magician named "Arr Hee", who trained him to perform ancient Chinese magic tricks mixed with more modern European magic. When Hee died, Soo began performing the magic his mentor had taught him. [8] As Chung Ling Soo, Robinson maintained his role as a Chinese man scrupulously.