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Titanas V.I.P. 1995 Posts 
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This is Wayne's take on the classic Diary Card effect.
As ever, he has routined it to be SUPER-SIMPLE to perform: NO STACKS - NO ARITHMETIC - NO MEMORIZING - NO CRIBS NO SLEIGHT OF HAND - ONLY ONE DIARY - INSTANT RESET Not only is it a strong effect, but the Houdini theme is intriguing and memorable. You offer to show them the trick Houdini claimed as his favorite card trick! It involves a vintage diary - and you managed to get hold of one of Houdini's original private diaries. As a man fascinated by the occult, Houdini liked to write the name of a playing card against every day in the diary, in the belief that particular cards had resonance with certain days of the year. The spectator calls out any date in the year that means something special to them: a genuine, free choice. When you spread the deck face down, every card is blue-backed except for one card - which is red-backed AND bears Houdini's signature on the back! The spectator only now turns to the date and confirms that the cards for that week are all different. For the first time, they tell you the name of the card at that particular date. The amazing coincidence is that their chosen date was the very one that Houdini's pet dog died; the single red card is now shown to be the very same card. You'll love the antique diary and photograph Bob Gill designed and Alan Wong produced especially for this effect. But most of all, you'll love Wayne's very funny comedy presentation that is the making of this routine: one you'll enjoy performing - every time you do it. More info: https://www.murphysmagic.com/Product.aspx?id=63784 Best regards, Titanas
Product Developer @ Murphys Magic Supplies
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magicinsight Inner circle 4306 Posts
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Looks very good. I would add an old, antique looking deck to fit with the theme.
Michael
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pegasus Eternal Order United Kingdom 10537 Posts
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On Mar 15, 2019, magicinsight wrote: Bicycle 1800 vintage deck would be perfect. |
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magicinsight Inner circle 4306 Posts
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On Mar 15, 2019, pegasus wrote: Pegasus, Thank you very much for the recommnedation. Michael
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pegasus Eternal Order United Kingdom 10537 Posts
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Kjellstrom Inner circle Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe 5203 Posts
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This looks great. I have been using Chronologue by Collectors’ Workshop and this looks like a new concept that I will be interesting to test out.
I found the trick here: The Magic of Wayne Dobson. http://dtrik.com/ |
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videoman Inner circle 6750 Posts
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I really like the fact that the deck can be used for other things. Makes it so much more practical and easy to carry.
What I don’t like so much is that to cover an entire year the deck would have to repeat about 6 times and that just seems like it may seem odd to specs. But I suspect it may repeat much more than that. I wonder how many pages can be shown in the diary? |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12968 Posts
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On Mar 16, 2019, videoman wrote: I don't think specs think that way...like we do. These diary type tricks are classics. Specs don't care. |
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TheBentos Loyal user Grim North 246 Posts
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I really like the idea of this, but does this diary have any other features built into it?
Or is it just a diary with a deck repeated 7 times? |
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Steven Conner Inner circle 2720 Posts
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On Mar 16, 2019, John C wrote: Keep in mind that this was one of Bob Cassidy's signature effects. I've been doing this for many years and never had anyone give it a thought. The whole diary can be shown but is not necessary. Way too much overthinking on this. Best Steve
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saysold1 Eternal Order Recovering Cafe addict with only 10798 Posts
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SVE*N!
Looks cool - also looks like you will need very decent spectator management in terms of having them flip correctly/correct direction. Bob's Chrono was classic.
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aligator Inner circle Canada 2044 Posts
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Can anyone recommend any other good diary effects that do not use playing cards?
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12968 Posts
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On Mar 16, 2019, aligator wrote: What would they use? |
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no2ss Inner circle California 1027 Posts
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On Mar 15, 2019, pegasus wrote: I'll second the recommendation. I use the Bicycle 1800 series all the time (I love the markings on them as well), and they're great (and it's amazing how many people really do think they're an ancient deck, even when they're fresh out of the box). |
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Oil&Water Elite user 468 Posts
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How does this differ from Pat Pages Old Moore’s diary effect? Regards Olly
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Papa Legba Special user home-an unremarkable spiral arm of an insignificant galaxy 750 Posts
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On Mar 16, 2019, Oil&Water wrote: 1 - According to the blurb HD does not use a stack OMD certainly does use a stack. 2 - With OMD the 'selected' card is the same back colour as the rest of the deck. Art
Use the FORCE Luke.
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts
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Remember that though bobs one features playing cards, the presentation covers why, and there's no physical deck involved... Just the ahem ahem.
Once you know the principles, you can apply to all kinds of themes.
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simplymagicweb Inner circle Norfolk, UK 1415 Posts
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On Mar 16, 2019, aligator wrote: Try CelebriDate - has famous peoples birthdays in the diary. No cards. Here’s a clip of me performing it at the Magic Circle https://youtu.be/WOOaVNaO0gs
Magically,
Website - www.simplymagic.co.uk Twitter - www.twitter.com/simplymagic19 Facebook - www.facebook.com/SeanGoodmanMagician Creator of BDZ, Holidayz, The Grayle, DUO, Secret Servante, Genetics, Vision, Tick Tock, Starstruck, CelebriDate, MagiDate, Focus, SIGMA and R2R |
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indomagic Inner circle 1143 Posts
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Any review please ?
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Kjellstrom Inner circle Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe 5203 Posts
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On Apr 4, 2019, indomagic wrote: Yes, still waiting for a review... |
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