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RickDangerous Special user I can't believe I made 974 Posts |
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On 2005-10-25 16:41, bodin wrote: This guy is crazy (remember the Radar Deck sequence?!)
"Reality is what you can get away with."
Robert A. Wilson "Think for yourself and question authority." Timothy Leary |
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BT New user Winnipeg, Canada 64 Posts |
Richard, as discussed on your website blog, I've put my order in for the MM2/final
answer combo and was just wondering approx. how long it takes to ship to Canada? I've e-mailed Jim a couple of times, and he has never responded! Thanks, Brian T. PS: For the record, I too love Janelle on the tapes..There are a couple other lovely ladies as well on the ETMMM dvd's -can't remember their names though (some mentalist I am *Richard, is it your idea to have these ladies in the front rows? Notice how they all wear skirts too? Sorry...I'm going off on a tangent - Heh, heh..
Brian T.
"Nothing I do can't be done by a 10-year-old with 15 years of practice." Harry Blackstone, Jr. |
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Renaldi Regular user Toronto, Canada 106 Posts |
I await a fair but critical review of this series from anyone has seen the dvd's. I can only assume many others do as well.
Renaldi |
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KenW Elite user 439 Posts |
I own them.
Great stuff! A real good investment. Now go support Mr. O! We all owe him a lot for what he has given us. KW |
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Decomposed Eternal Order High Desert 12059 Posts |
Yes Janelle is a regular now, fun watching her blossum into a young woman. She may have had lazic (sic) now, no more glasses. We were missing Jon though this time, he usually is on the front row.
Margaret was missing from this series I believe. Or wait, maybe she was on them, I have only watched volume 7 once.
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bodin New user 21 Posts |
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This guy is crazy (remember the Radar Deck sequence?!) Yes. That one and the marked coin in bottle sequence. Totally on some rush. But to be serious: I think having a well mixed crowd like this is good. The DVD:s also provides constant examples of somewhat audience management. Otherwise we could as well just read the books, I guess. -- magnus |
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RickDangerous Special user I can't believe I made 974 Posts |
And I'm always thinking to myself... these L&L guys saw so much mind blowing magic but the STILL freak out.
It's got to be good material!
"Reality is what you can get away with."
Robert A. Wilson "Think for yourself and question authority." Timothy Leary |
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mormonyoyoman Inner circle I dug 5,000 postholes, but I have only 2440 Posts |
I used to think Jon was over the top. Well, I still do -- but I discovered two odd things.
(1) I behaved just as abominably at a Michael Close lecture. The guy blew me away and made me crazy; that's my excuse. (2) When performing some of the stunts as Richard teaches them, I have received responses JUST LIKE JON'S! Either the material is really that powerful, or the presentation (learned from Mr. O.) is really that powerful, or there are a lot of guys on speed in our audiences. *jeep! --Chet
#ShareGoodness #ldsconf
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Richard Osterlind V.I.P. 2213 Posts |
Since some of you have said you are interested and because I promised a little background on the making of Mind Mysteries Too and I would like to begin here.
If you know me than you know what a hectic schedule I have. That's what makes it almost impossible to book a convention or a lecture. I have a management company that I work for and they keep me going with top corporate shows. To turn one down not only mean a big financial loss for me, but goes against my contract, too. Mind Mysteries was a tremendous success (it still is a top seller!) and Louis Falanga from L&L had already contracted me in 2003 to do a sequel in the summer of 2004. After a couple of months Louis came up with the idea of doing another set of videos called Easy To Master Mental Miracles. I agreed as I saw this as a way to show how powerful the classics of mentalism can be and I was really excited to tackle the job. I felt confident enough with my own material to not let that get in the way of this series. The problem was with the scheduling. Besides my own busy lifestyle, Jim Sisti is always involved in a slew of things as well as running Osterlindmysteries and his own full performing schedule. After much deliberating, we all agreed that it would be far easier to schedule both shoots at the same time over the course of 3 or 4 days. We chose a week and were off and running. One of the logistical problems was all the props necessary for the 2 shoots. I wasn't too worried about Mind Mysteries Too as that material was mostly effects I was actively doing. ETMMM, however was a different story. These were all effects I had done earlier in my career and which I had to brush up on again. Many I included in my own shows for a few months prior to the shoot. Still, just remembering everything necessary to have ready and then having another set of props ready for the explanations, was a nightmare! My house was covered with sets of props for each effect laid out to be carefully packed so we wouldn't forget anything. In Tahoe, we spent the entire first day orchestrating the 2 shoots and deciding on the order of the sets. After dinner we went to bed early to get ready for the next day. Lisa and I woke up about 5am to get ready and start laying out the props for ETMMM. We were still in the room when the audience arrived. The first time I saw them was when I walked out to be introduced. We shot the whole series over the course of the day and finished by suppertime. That was 40 effects with only a few re-takes. After dinner we shot about half of the explanations. Then next day we did the same thing with MM2. The audience was a lot larger and the staging different. We shot that whole set over the day and things went great! I can only remember one re-take. After dinner we finished up the explanations for ETMMM. The next day we started in on the explanations for MM2 and finished up that afternoon. Then we collapsed and had dinner! As you can see from the above schedule, it was absolutely grueling. (Due, once again, to our own scheduling requirements.) I remember that everything seemed like a haze afterwards and is wasn't until months later, when I received the first working copies of ETMMM that I could really remember what I had done! Same thing for MM2. It wasn't until a few months ago that I saw what I actually said and did on them. But I have to tell you, I am delighted. The new Mind Mysteries Too really reflects what it is often like being on the road. Just this last week I spent half a day flying, getting about 2 hours sleep and then up and running to do a show. Then back to sleep another 2 hours and another show. I really think that many of the things done on MM2 are more "real world" than other videos. So that is the basics of the 2 shoots. I will be happy to elaborate on other aspects of the 2 series and what went into them. Just for the record, outside of the crew of L&L and a few regulars like Janelle, all of the other people were new to me. Yes, a lot of magicians show up for the shoots, but they are normally seated off to the side or in back. Frank was great and I love the guy! I miss John, however! With everything said about him, he was wonderful. Many have suggested that L&L audiences are "staged", but it is characters like John that are really like what you encounter in real life! There you have it. Ask away about anything else! Richard |
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ScottJ Regular user Hertfordshire, England. 143 Posts |
Fascinating stuff. Thanks for the insight, Richard.
When you speak of 're-takes', what does this involve and why does this happen? Is it usually due to technical difficulties or does something...ahem...'happen' on the performer's end? I'm glad you kept the mistake in Pseudo Psychometry on ETMM, by the way. Let's us all know that mentalists can get things wrong! Scott. |
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RickDangerous Special user I can't believe I made 974 Posts |
And I guess it's also a big problem when you mess things up and the audience doesn't react the way you want them to when you perform the effect a second time.
"Reality is what you can get away with."
Robert A. Wilson "Think for yourself and question authority." Timothy Leary |
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Richard Osterlind V.I.P. 2213 Posts |
Rick and Scott,
I vaguely remember doing a routine twice on ETMMM and completely changing the presentation so it would be different. On Mind Mysteries Too I was just in a fog when I did Digital Feedback and forgot to make the prediction at the end! (I know, how stupid is that??) But I remembered during the routine and just said let's do this again. So it wasn't as if we had to redu the climax. Both of the above were my fault. As for the others, if, during the viewing you hear me say, "Now are you sure YOU play cards?" what that really means is that I did the routine just before and the person didn't know the right name of the card! I think all in all, there were either 2 or 3 re-takes on ETMMM and just 1 (unless it is wishful remembrance on my part) for MM2. Richard PS In case you wonder why I used Janette so often, it's because she never messes up an effect! |
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Juan D Elite user 482 Posts |
Great Stories Richard!
If you have the time we'll be delighted to hear more about it Juan D |
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nalu_magic Loyal user Paradise 297 Posts |
Thanks for the great insight, Richard. Sounds like a very busy schedule. Thank you for taking the time to shoot these DVDs as I have learned a great deal about the intracasies of patter, staging, audience interaction, and presentation - all of which I strive to improve upon when I perform myself. Please let me know when you come to Hawaii...if ever with your busy schedule.
Aloha, Clarke |
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Richard Osterlind V.I.P. 2213 Posts |
Clarke,
I will be in Honolulu next April! Richard |
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Badger Elite user Ireland 401 Posts |
Richard,
have L&L come out with a DVD called "the making of MM2". that would sell, LOL |
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mormonyoyoman Inner circle I dug 5,000 postholes, but I have only 2440 Posts |
Badger: Now THERE's a capital idea! (pun intended)
Or do the conversations with Jim Sisti count as "the Making of MM2"? *jeep! --Chet
#ShareGoodness #ldsconf
--Grandpa Chet |
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BT New user Winnipeg, Canada 64 Posts |
I think they should also release a "behind the scenes look at the behind the scenes conversations between Richard & Jim"...Here we could see that when they call cut, Richard could storm off the set saying I can't work with this guy!!!
:)
Brian T.
"Nothing I do can't be done by a 10-year-old with 15 years of practice." Harry Blackstone, Jr. |
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Richard Osterlind V.I.P. 2213 Posts |
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On 2005-10-27 15:32, BT wrote: Actually, Jim and I get along just great. Now, if I were with another host (insert whatever name that comes to mind here) things might be different. Richard |
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Brady Loyal user Los Angeles, CA 235 Posts |
Hi Richard,
Just received MM2 & The Final Answer combo set. I watched the Final Answer segment and examined the apparatus. This is absolutely brilliant! It is the best Q & A set up I have ever seen; including the one I have been usings for years that I thought was the best. Thank you for sharing all these wonderful effects with the rest of us. Regards, Brady P.S. Please thank Jim for the prompt shipping! |
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