by Joshua Jay
From the pages of MAGIC Magazine to your TV screen, the "Talk About Tricks" DVD Box Set is one of the most eclectic, unexpected collections of magic and magicians ever captured on DVD.
The concept is simple: Joshua Jay writes the critically-acclaimed "Talk About Tricks" column every month in MAGIC Magazine, and this set is the column come-to-life! Every month, Joshua Jay features original effects from the world’s greatest magicians. There are hundreds of fantastic tricks buried in those pages. Now we can finally see how great these tricks look at performance speed.
From close-up to parlor, from cards to Q-tips, from money to mentalism, from easy to difficult, this collection boasts over seven hours of the best magic ever published in "Talk About Tricks." Better still, many of these effects are performed live by their originators. See magicians Felipe Abreu, Paul Cummins, Joel Givens, Rune Klan, John Lovick, Raj Madhok, Rick Maue, Francis Menotti, and more, all performing and explaining their creations. You’ll also see magic created by Eric Buss, Bob Farmer, Martin Gardner, Larry Jennings, Ed Marlo, David Parr, Gaston Quieto, David Solomon, Gregory Wilson, and dozens more!
This box set boasts over seven hours of close-up magic from the industry’s leading thinkers. Hosted by magic performer, author, and lecturer Joshua Jay, you don’t want to miss out on the most comprehensive, exhaustive DVD release of the year!
Originators of all the tricks are credited in parentheses. (Performers are introduced on the actual DVD.)
VOLUME 1
The Tricks
Oil and Water (William Eston, Ed Marlo, Yannick Chretien)
Kicking Ace - Easy Oil and Water - Outjogged Oil and Water - Reflipped
Change for a Twenty (Adam Ryan)
Impromptu Hit Man (Rune Klan)
Punken Droker (Paul Cummins)
Ten for Ten (performance only) (Yves Doumergue)
Exdislycally Shunuffled (Francis Menotti)
Gold from Straw Elevator (David Solomon) Sweet Straw (Joel Givens)
242 Deal (Richard Vollmer)
The Interview
The Moves
Erdnase Break Subtlety (Larry Jennings)
Full Palm Change (Rune Klan)
Miumph (Reinhard Mueller)
False Faro (William Eston)
Bebel on Tilt (Bebel)
One Back Up (Rune Klan)
Psyboards (Tom Frame)
Divided Shuffle (Luis Otero)
Box Balance (Chastain Chriswell)
Kissing Up (Gregory Wilson)
Squist (Bob Farmer)
Bonus: Overlap (Joshua Jay)
Overlap Homing Card - Jumbo Overland Homing Card - Overlap Hitchcock
Assembly and Reverse - Scatter - Overlap Twisting
Overlap Jacks to Kings - Overlap Jacks to Aces - Overlap Jack Cutting
Overlap Gambling - Overlap Open Travelers - Overlap Hofzinser
Deuces are Wild - Overland Transposition - Four-Card Tunnel Change
Collectors and Back Again - Shrunken Revelation
Bonus: Contributors’ Footage — plus — Behind the Scenes
VOLUME 2
The Tricks
Open Perception (Raj Madhok)
Any Card at Any Page Number (Joshua Jay)
Ninja Coin (Joe Givens)
Riding the Wave (Rick Maue)
Llasser Open Prediction (Manuel Llasser)
Mates Prediction (William Eston)
Tap a Lack (Paul Cummins, performance only)
Across Coins (Joel Givens)
Kickback (Ryan Swigert)
Switch (John Lovick) / Illegally Yours (Gregory Wilson)
I Dream of Mindreading (John Lovick)
Beard Book (Rune Klan)
Coins through Floor (Rune Klan)
My Lady’s Other Ring (John Lovick)
The Interview
The Moves
Ace Location Routine
Eerie Spinout Subtlety (Salvador Sufrate)
Dribblocation (Joshua Jay)
Finger Flip (Patrick Stenberg)
Benzais Spinout Subtlety (Julius Chan)
Breakless Aces (Patrick Stenberg)
Cutting Off Colors (David Jade)
No Use Aces (David Jade / Damien Vapereau)
Hindu Control (Martin Gardner)
Breeze Coins (Gaston Quieto)
And the Other Two Follow (Rune Klan)
Rub a Dub Subtlety (Bruce Kinsey)
Prediction Wand (Eric Buss)
Behind the Scenes
VOLUME 3
The Tricks
Time is Money (Asi Wind) (performance only)
Laser Aces (Joel Givens)
Kings Face Aces (Adam Ryan)
Muck You (Derek Delgaudio)
Here and There (Ken Garr)
Coin and Bottle (Rune Klan)
Proof Positive (David Parr) (performance only)
Piano Seance (Raj Madhok)
The Trick that Wasn’t (Paul Cummins) (performance only)
Palm Prick (Felipe Abreu)
Overlap Hofzinser (Mark Aspiazu / Joshua Jay)
Paper Balls (Peter Lentini)
Threesome (Jason Dean)
Matches All Gone (Joel Givens)
The Interview
The Moves
Slip Shift (Joshua Jay)
Riffle Force Finesse (Joshua Jay)
Riffle Force Variant (Ernesto Melero)
Turnover Pass (Eric Leblon)
Hold ’Em (Jason Alford / Paul Cummins)
Stairway to Heaven (Reynold Alexander)
Cloud Change (Robert Moreland)
Erdnase Variant (Ernesto Melero)
Skinner Monte Handling (Caj)
Behind the Scenes
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REVIEWS
"...one of the most valuable videos in my library and I can't recommend it enough..."
-Shane. (2007) Editor, Online-Visions.com. Retrieved Oct. 11, 2007, from Online-Visions.com Web site: http://www.online-visions.com/reviews/0707talkabouttricks.html