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williamHerrick Regular user Mountain View, CA 140 Posts |
The title of this topic says it all -- really funny, very corny. Send in two wrappers from Whiz candy bars (wrapped in cellophane for freshness) and 6 cents and be sent a book of magic tricks.
http://www.archive.org/stream/PartyMag19......56kb.mp4 If this mp4 stream doesn't work for you, go to the following page, right click on the "MPEG 1" link, click "save target as" and download it -- you can then play it on Windows Media Player. http://www.archive.org/details/PartyMag1938 Amazingly, despite this horrifying and blatant exposing, magic still survived... --William |
Amir Loyal user New York. 296 Posts |
There are a number of words that can describe what I just saw. Some of which include:
-Golly Gee. -Zoinks. -Jinkies. and -Gosh. Anyways, those chocolates looked disgusting. |
williamHerrick Regular user Mountain View, CA 140 Posts |
But Amir, don't you think it's funny for just those reasons. It is so lame it is beautiful right?
Please don't tell me you didn't find it amusing at all. The obvious thing is have the video playing on a tv behind you or on a laptop screen, and tell the audience you have been trying to practice this advanced trick you saw. The kid on the film does the trick, you do it as well, but you're string gets cut at the end -- then you go into alternate effect where something else happens, etc... If guys think this ain't funny *at all*...well...man!... By the way, that kid in the film is the image a lot of *laypeople* have of us magicians... Looking for a little positive feedback here! --William |
ufo Inner circle Phoenix, Arizona 1185 Posts |
I enjoyed the clip and yes, its bad enough to be good. In a strange way.
Keep Your head up, your heart open and your magic alive.
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David Bilan Special user Clarksville, TN 714 Posts |
Did Bob Graham ever become a big name in magic?
Yes, I am a magician. No I did not make my hare (hair) disappear... it just took early retirement.
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Maro Anglero Loyal user FLORIDA 248 Posts |
I would like to see it but the links pages says this:
The item you have requested had an error: Error reading XML data which prevents us from displaying this page.
For the Magician: The hard must become habit, The habit must become easy, The easy must become Beautiful
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27370 Posts |
I get a 10060 disconnected message
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Dan McLean Jr aka, Magic Roadie Special user Toronto, Canada 804 Posts |
Quote:
On 2005-12-11 20:41, Amir wrote: I agree 100%, Amir! I think it's a blast. It doesn't seem to me that it's an unusually-styled ad for that era, and it had to be dead simple so that every kid who had the skill to eat a WHIZ Bar could also be sure to have the skill to do the trick! By the way, I was able to view it in my browser (Mac OS X w/ Firefox 1.0.7), and was able to download it by right clicking.
Dan McLean Jr
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2487 Posts |
Aaaargh! Exposure! We'll never be able to do magic again! Heresy!
The same trick is in every "Cub Scout Magic Tricks" and "simple magic" book in print. Anybody know if the kid kept on in magic? |
Joe Russell Veteran user Buffalo NY 397 Posts |
Ward, The Beavers doing those magic tricks again, you two better have a little talk
Who is Tattoo Joe?
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