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Walking Bob Elite user 499 Posts |
I am looking for some history & references on Dr. Daley's last trick!!! I do have some info from the Dai Vernon Book of Magic, just wondered what else is available.
Any information would be appreciated!!! Thanks and have a nice day, Walking Bob in Iowa |
S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
I think that there was another thread on this topic recently (within the last three to four months). Try the search function and you may find it. (Alas, I don't know what information was unearthed.)
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tgold65 Regular user 194 Posts |
I don't have any help for you. But I just love this trick. Love it! So simple, so clear. It just seems impossible.
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jcroop Special user 771 Posts |
Although not a detailed history, there are a number of variations reference in an old Genii Magazine forum.
http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbt......1#import Variations are also referenced in MagicPedia http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/......st_Trick You might email Martin Joyal. He has indexed the histroy of many tricks in his Joyal Index. I know he has done Vernon, but I don't know if this trick is included. Good Luck. |
BrucUK Regular user UK 163 Posts |
I seem to remember reading somewhere that at a restaurant (?), Dr. Daley had just finished this, and Benson had just stood up to perform his "Benson Bowl" when the death occurred.
Cannot remember any source, or substantiate though - sorry. Bruce |
Open Traveller Inner circle 1087 Posts |
I'm not sure what you mean by "just finished this." On the day Daley died, he collapsed at a meeting of magicians at the Art Directors Club in New York. The effects he had "just finished" performing were Vernon's "Travelers" and "Cavorting Aces."
Vernon included "The Last Trick of Dr. Jacob Daley" in The Dai Vernon Book of Magic and named it such as a tribute. It's undetermined if it's the last trick Daley created, but it was one of the last that he ever showed Vernon before he died. |
ttorres Special user Rock Hill, SC 513 Posts |
Lots of good information. Thanks guys.
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Bill Hallahan Inner circle New Hampshire 3222 Posts |
This topic is continued at This topic is continued at Daley's Last/Lost trick...?.
Humans make life so interesting. Do you know that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to create boredom. Quite astonishing.
- The character of ‘Death’ in the movie "Hogswatch" |
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