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jsbosco.jpg "View Profile") New user Detroit, MI 64 Posts 
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On Feb 20, 2015, Bluesman wrote: Volume 7 of Tarbell was compiled by Harry Lorayne and published in 1972. The name "Crazy Man's Handcuffs" was invented by Daryl and published by Michael Ammar in 1989. https://www.conjuringcredits.com/doku.php?id=misc:crazy_mans_handcuffs#:~:text=%E2%80%9CCrazy%20Man's%20Handcuffs%E2%80%9D%20was%20invented,22. Did you ever show this trick to another magician in the 60s? |
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Blaine G New user 87 Posts
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On May 15, 2023, jsbosco wrote: Ammar's intro to the 1989 publication of CMH states: "...I want to make certain that historical credit remains accurate. Arthur Sutherington, from England, apparently invented the effect itself. Herb Zarrow (of shuffle fame) realized it's potential and cleaned up the handling enough fool those who might have seen this little known effect before. He showed it to Lou Tannen, who then pushed for It's Inclusion into Tarbell Seven. Harry Lorayne, one of magic's greatest authors, wrote Tarbell Seven, but since Herb didn't walk through the handling with Harry himself, it was inaccurately written up. In the meantime, Dennis Marks (one of New York's "inner circle") moved to 1os Angeles. Dennis was able to perform this beautifully, so before long, It became a pet secret of the LA magic underground. Finally, Dennis showed it to Bob Jardine, who became the resident magician at the Magic Castle for awhile. Few ever performed this as well as Bob, so it soon became his trademark. It Is fairly safe to say that anyone else in the country who does this effect, and that Includes myself and Davld Copperfield, does It because they saw one or these three people doing it." |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2889 Posts
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On Feb 20, 2015, Bluesman wrote: I'm looking at my copy of "The Original Tarbell Course," under "Rope, Tapes and Rubber Bands." and I see nothing called "The Uncanny Penetrating Rubber Bands."
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5445 Posts
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I agree with Ed. I cannot it find it in the Magic Maker's reprint "The Original Tarbell Course" or the Conjuring Arts PDF (searchable) version.
As explained above (and bears repeating), Arther Setterington is credited with the plot/idea and initial handling. As mentioned above it was published by Peter Warlock in the "New Pentagram" in May, 1970. Herb Zarrow modified the handling and showed it to Lou Tanner who had it put in the Tarbell volume 7 (written by Harry Lorayne). Daryl came up with the name "Crazy Man's Handcuffs" and Michael Ammar popularized it making it a signature piece. I traveled a lot in the mid to late 60s and 70s and never saw it performed or heard it mentioned. Was in NYC in 1977 hanging out with Jeff Sheridan when I could and almost living at Tanner's Magic shop. In the weeks I was there I didn't see it performed or mentioned. I really didn't see it performed until the mid 80s in Washington D.C. At Als Magic Shop. One of the young guys behind the counter was performing the trick). Later, almost every restaurant worker I ran into was carrying a bunch of rubber bands around their wrists. It was almost the uniform of the day for close-up, table hopping magicians. Emmett should have published his version if he was performing it in the 60s!
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Kaliix Inner circle Connecticut 1990 Posts
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I bought the whole Tarbell series, hard cover volumes 1-8, 20 years ago. My copy has this trick right where Emmett said it was, page 214 as the uncanny penetrating rubber bands. Not the best of descriptions but it is there.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.
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Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5445 Posts
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The 8 volume series is NOT the single volume bound version of the original course which was published in the 1920s as a mail order course. The implication that the rubber band through rubber band penetration trick was published well before the 1970 time frame. It may have been but not in the original mail order course that was referenced (that I can find and I am still looking).
There is no argument about it being in Volume 7 of the multi volume course. It is, in fact there as described. Volume 7 was written by Harry Lorayne, Illustrated by Ed MIshell, and copyrighted in 1972. Harlan Tarbell had been dead over 10 years before Volume 7 was published.
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UKNeil Regular user 195 Posts
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I remember teaching the Crazy Man's Handcuffs to a load of residents in a homeless hostel I worked in. It was an interesting experience watching people that were usually quite noisy settle down and learn the effect.
Some got it some didn't.
Chamber of Wallets
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