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What The Audience Sees:

“This Jamie dude can make stuff, like, teleport, man! He made this card I pick fly across the table and land under a box, and I didn’t see a thing! Check it, I pick a card. He puts it into the deck. BAM! It’s under the card box. He takes it again. He puts in into the deck. BAM! It’s back under the cardbox. He says he’ll do it one more time. It doesn’t work. Why? BAMALAM! Because the whole deck, except my single card, is under the cardbox! AMAZING!”

How It Went:

I think I may have mentioned this before but I often feel like I’m an old miner in the Klondike searching for gold. While sorting through DVDs. Books, tricks, etc, looking for effects for Magic Friday, I get hungry, cold, scared, and worried. Sometimes I cry. And then, while knee deep in the proverbial rivers, I’ll look into my goldpan and find the biggest nugget you could imagine. And it all suddenly becomes worth it.

Box clever is one of those pieces of gold. You can use a borrowed deck. There’s no moves. Brilliantly routined. Everything I look for. Why James Brown didn’t just call me and tell me to look at this is beyond me, lol.

When I performed this all day, it kept getting better and better. I ended it with the deck going to under the box and people couldn’t believe it. It’s just such a shocker. I think they thought that twice was impossible enough, so when you can keep going, it just fries their minds. And the great thing is, that everything can be examined. People would immediately grab the deck and I could just sit back and relax. Fantastic.

The Difficulty:

This isn’t a hard routine in the slightest. You just need to focus and control your surroundings a bit. 2/5.

Best Lines:

“NO IT’S NOT!!!!”
~When I told them the deck had traveled, lol. And yes it had.

“UNGH!”
~This person actually let out a noise like they had been punched in the calf.

Angry Bob Rating:

For those of you reading this article for the first time, Angry Bob is a co-worker who has an understanding of some magic because his uncle was a magician. Angry Bob knows that TT’s exist, for example, but he has no desire to become a magician himself. He also has an anger management problem that can be experienced first hand if he can’t figure out how a trick is done. A high rating means he has no idea.

Ha! There’s nothing more enjoyable than leading Angry Bob down the garden path only to watch him fall into a deep hole at the end. After the first phase he was so smug and demanded to see it again. When I did, he was floored. And when the entire deck went, he was silent, lol. A true testament. 4.5/5.

My Rating:

Magic Friday Approved!

A great find. This is going into my Top 10 tricks that I do with a borrowed deck, for sure. It's basically a combination of Card Under Glass and The Homing Card~ I love it!

The JDG Tip:

Watch it here!

The iTricks Idea:

Read it here!

Closing Thoughts:

I’m up for future Magic Friday suggestions so, if you have any or if you have anything to say at all, please leave a comment (on the blog)~ I read them all!

Have a Great Week Everyone!

Jamie D. Grant
http://www.cardsinabottle.com

Magic Friday Reviews

357 by Tom Lauten
3D Realization by Mark Southwork
ACAAN by Barrie Richardson
Atomic 2.0 by Michael Paul
Be Honest, What Is It by Eddie Fechter
Black Envelope by Bob Kohler
Blackout by Platt
Boomerang Band by Al Angelo
Branded by Tim Trono
Card On Head by Matthew Johnson
Cash Cabaret by Peter Nardi
Chameleon Knives by Joe Mogar
Christmas Carol Book Test by Josh Zandman
Crazy Man's Handcuffs by Arthur Setterington
Crossroads by Ben Harris
Cut & Restored String by Charles Townsend
Cutting Tens by David Solomon
Deck Dropper by Trevor Duffy
Deep 3 by Bro Gilbert
Diplopia from Paul Vigil
Directors Cut by Jay Sankey
Double Jointed Card by Jeff Pierce
Dough by Jay Sankey
Dr. Daley's Last Trick by Dr. Daley
Dragon Thread by Mike Wong
Eight Card Brainwave by Nick Trost
Encased by David Forrest
Enlightenment by Ben Harris
Entourage by Gordon Beam
Extension Of Credit by David Ben
Fan Mail by Jay Sankey
Fantasy Phone Experiment by Jack Galloway
Fiber Optics by Richard Sanders
Flow by Dan Hauss
Four, Five, Six Packet Trick by Sal Piacente
Future Zone by Mark Mason
Gum by Jeff Prace
Homing Card by Francis Carlyle
Hopping Halves by Roy Kueppers
Hundy 500 by Gregory Wilson
Impossible Knot by Barrie Richardson
Impromtu Penetration by Russell Leeds
Intuition by Hondo & David Leon
Invisible Deck by Eddie Fields
Key Accessory by Andrew Gerard
Kolossal Killer by Kenton Knepper
Linking Ring Through String by Fantasma
Lit by Dan Hauss & Dan White
Magic Lock Box by Pocket Magic
Matchbox Penetration by Anonymous
Metamorphisis by Wayne Dobson
Micro Chop Chup by James Riser & Dennis Loomis
Mind Control by Bill Abbott
Miracle Chip by Mark Mason
Multi Dimensional by Craig Fillicetti
Multiple Selection by Mark James
Newspaper Tear by Paul Potassy
NFW by Gary Freed
Observation Test by Nick Trost
Passe Passe Salt by Dr. HarlanTarbell
Pinnacle by Russ Niedzwieki
Pointless by Gregory Wilson
Positive/Negative by Max Maven
Power Of Poker by John Bannon
Powerball 60 by Bill Abbott & Richard Sanders
Precious Metal by John Zander
Prohibition by Charlie Miller
Prophesy In Numbers by Robert Nelson
Proximity by Craig Fillicetti
Rebate by David Williamson
Revealation by Wayne Dobson
Ring Thing by Garrett Thomas
Ringer by Steve Duschek
Rising Ring On Rubberband by Martin Gardner
Satisfaction Guranteed by Daniel Garcia
Search and Destroy by Aaron Fisher
Shirt Happens by Angelo Carbone
Shoe't by Mark Southworth & Mark Mason
Signed Torn & Restored Post-It Note by Richard Osterlind
Silk Vanish Into A TT by Anonynous
Sponge Bomb by Jamie D. Grant
Stargazer by Alan Wong
Strange Travellers by David Blaine & Paul Harris
Sweeter and Lower by Richard Osterlind
Tagged by Richard Sanders
Test of Strength by Bill Malone
Three Card Monte by Whit Haydn Chef Anton
Three No Evil by Doug Higley
Three Quarters Across by Gregory Wilson
Torched and Restored by Brent Braun
Torn & Restored Transpo by David Williamson
Travelling Expenses by Jay Jankey
Triumph by Dai Vernon
Two Card Monte by Don Driver
Two Cards In Pocket by Richard Osterlind
Ultimate Jump by Joe Rindfleisch
Ultimate Three Card Monte by Michael Skinner
Untouchable by Jeremy Hanrahan
Unwritten by Oliver Meech
Vanishing Ketchup Bottle by Norm Nielsen
Warning by Kostya Kimlat
White Star by Jim Critchlow
Wow by Masuda

Jamie D. Grant V.I.P. as seen in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Twice! 2413 Posts	Posted: Jun 7, 2010 11:53 pm 0 What The Audience Sees: “This Jamie dude can make stuff, like, teleport, man! He made this card I pick fly across the table and land under a box, and I didn’t see a thing! Check it, I pick a card. He puts it into the deck. BAM! It’s under the card box. He takes it again. He puts in into the deck. BAM! It’s back under the cardbox. He says he’ll do it one more time. It doesn’t work. Why? BAMALAM! Because the whole deck, except my single card, is under the cardbox! AMAZING!” How It Went: I think I may have mentioned this before but I often feel like I’m an old miner in the Klondike searching for gold. While sorting through DVDs. Books, tricks, etc, looking for effects for Magic Friday, I get hungry, cold, scared, and worried. Sometimes I cry. And then, while knee deep in the proverbial rivers, I’ll look into my goldpan and find the biggest nugget you could imagine. And it all suddenly becomes worth it. Box clever is one of those pieces of gold. You can use a borrowed deck. There’s no moves. Brilliantly routined. Everything I look for. Why James Brown didn’t just call me and tell me to look at this is beyond me, lol. When I performed this all day, it kept getting better and better. I ended it with the deck going to under the box and people couldn’t believe it. It’s just such a shocker. I think they thought that twice was impossible enough, so when you can keep going, it just fries their minds. And the great thing is, that everything can be examined. People would immediately grab the deck and I could just sit back and relax. Fantastic. The Difficulty: This isn’t a hard routine in the slightest. You just need to focus and control your surroundings a bit. 2/5. Best Lines: *“NO IT’S NOT!!!!”* ~When I told them the deck had traveled, lol. And yes it had. *“UNGH!”* ~This person actually let out a noise like they had been punched in the calf. Angry Bob Rating: For those of you reading this article for the first time, Angry Bob is a co-worker who has an understanding of some magic because his uncle was a magician. Angry Bob knows that TT’s exist, for example, but he has no desire to become a magician himself. He also has an anger management problem that can be experienced first hand if he can’t figure out how a trick is done. A high rating means he has no idea. Ha! There’s nothing more enjoyable than leading Angry Bob down the garden path only to watch him fall into a deep hole at the end. After the first phase he was so smug and demanded to see it again. When I did, he was floored. And when the entire deck went, he was silent, lol. A true testament. 4.5/5. My Rating: Magic Friday Approved! A great find. This is going into my Top 10 tricks that I do with a borrowed deck, for sure. It's basically a combination of Card Under Glass and The Homing Card~ I love it! The JDG Tip: Watch it here! The iTricks Idea: Read it here! Closing Thoughts: I’m up for future Magic Friday suggestions so, if you have any or if you have anything to say at all, please leave a comment (on the blog)~ I read them all! Have a Great Week Everyone! Jamie D. Grant http://www.cardsinabottle.com Magic Friday Reviews 357 by Tom Lauten 3D Realization by Mark Southwork ACAAN by Barrie Richardson Atomic 2.0 by Michael Paul Be Honest, What Is It by Eddie Fechter Black Envelope by Bob Kohler Blackout by Platt Boomerang Band by Al Angelo Branded by Tim Trono Card On Head by Matthew Johnson Cash Cabaret by Peter Nardi Chameleon Knives by Joe Mogar Christmas Carol Book Test by Josh Zandman Crazy Man's Handcuffs by Arthur Setterington Crossroads by Ben Harris Cut & Restored String by Charles Townsend Cutting Tens by David Solomon Deck Dropper by Trevor Duffy Deep 3 by Bro Gilbert Diplopia from Paul Vigil Directors Cut by Jay Sankey Double Jointed Card by Jeff Pierce Dough by Jay Sankey Dr. Daley's Last Trick by Dr. Daley Dragon Thread by Mike Wong Eight Card Brainwave by Nick Trost Encased by David Forrest Enlightenment by Ben Harris Entourage by Gordon Beam Extension Of Credit by David Ben Fan Mail by Jay Sankey Fantasy Phone Experiment by Jack Galloway Fiber Optics by Richard Sanders Flow by Dan Hauss Four, Five, Six Packet Trick by Sal Piacente Future Zone by Mark Mason Gum by Jeff Prace Homing Card by Francis Carlyle Hopping Halves by Roy Kueppers Hundy 500 by Gregory Wilson Impossible Knot by Barrie Richardson Impromtu Penetration by Russell Leeds Intuition by Hondo & David Leon Invisible Deck by Eddie Fields Key Accessory by Andrew Gerard Kolossal Killer by Kenton Knepper Linking Ring Through String by Fantasma Lit by Dan Hauss & Dan White Magic Lock Box by Pocket Magic Matchbox Penetration by Anonymous Metamorphisis by Wayne Dobson Micro Chop Chup by James Riser & Dennis Loomis Mind Control by Bill Abbott Miracle Chip by Mark Mason Multi Dimensional by Craig Fillicetti Multiple Selection by Mark James Newspaper Tear by Paul Potassy NFW by Gary Freed Observation Test by Nick Trost Passe Passe Salt by Dr. HarlanTarbell Pinnacle by Russ Niedzwieki Pointless by Gregory Wilson Positive/Negative by Max Maven Power Of Poker by John Bannon Powerball 60 by Bill Abbott & Richard Sanders Precious Metal by John Zander Prohibition by Charlie Miller Prophesy In Numbers by Robert Nelson Proximity by Craig Fillicetti Rebate by David Williamson Revealation by Wayne Dobson Ring Thing by Garrett Thomas Ringer by Steve Duschek Rising Ring On Rubberband by Martin Gardner Satisfaction Guranteed by Daniel Garcia Search and Destroy by Aaron Fisher Shirt Happens by Angelo Carbone Shoe't by Mark Southworth & Mark Mason Signed Torn & Restored Post-It Note by Richard Osterlind Silk Vanish Into A TT by Anonynous Sponge Bomb by Jamie D. Grant Stargazer by Alan Wong Strange Travellers by David Blaine & Paul Harris Sweeter and Lower by Richard Osterlind Tagged by Richard Sanders Test of Strength by Bill Malone Three Card Monte by Whit Haydn Chef Anton Three No Evil by Doug Higley Three Quarters Across by Gregory Wilson Torched and Restored by Brent Braun Torn & Restored Transpo by David Williamson Travelling Expenses by Jay Jankey Triumph by Dai Vernon Two Card Monte by Don Driver Two Cards In Pocket by Richard Osterlind Ultimate Jump by Joe Rindfleisch Ultimate Three Card Monte by Michael Skinner Untouchable by Jeremy Hanrahan Unwritten by Oliver Meech Vanishing Ketchup Bottle by Norm Nielsen Warning by Kostya Kimlat White Star by Jim Critchlow Wow by Masuda TRICK OF THE YEAR: Industrial Revelation, BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Approach, The AIP Bottle, and my new book Scenic 52, can all be found over here: SendWonder.com Kindness takes practice. My TEDx talk
Jamie D. Grant V.I.P. as seen in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Twice! 2413 Posts	Posted: Oct 18, 2012 05:18 am 0 Now on Youtube! Thanks for watching! TRICK OF THE YEAR: Industrial Revelation, BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Approach, The AIP Bottle, and my new book Scenic 52, can all be found over here: SendWonder.com Kindness takes practice. My TEDx talk
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