Hello friends,
NBC seals the deal and a new reality show is now in the works.
Phenomenon is a live competition in which your hosts Criss Angel & Uri Geller, search for the next greatest mentalist.
Your hosts will give the mentalists various psychic challenges. Under test conditions the contestants will interact with celebrity guests, the studio audience and the viewers at home.
Be on the look out for it!
This American program is based on
Thanks for reading,
Pete
Hello friends,
In just 8 days… Mind Control with Derren Brown premieres on Sci-Fi.
On Thursday July 26th 10/9C make sure you are glued to your set.
I’ve had the privilege of seeing several of his UK shows and I am not exaggerating when I say, he is by far the best in his field.
Derren could make the biggest skeptics believers. If I didn’t know any better and I really don’t know any better because I have been consistently fooled & amazed by him, I would be a believer!
Make sure you tune in. This is a show you really will not want to miss, especially if you have never seen him before. I really hope this show takes off in the US because he is an exceptional performer and he will set the bar for others.
Thanks for reading,
Pete
Hello friends,
Here’s an a classic effect that I strongly believe, belongs in the hands of every close-up entertainer.
Ring Flite
Two of the most spectacular elements in magic…a vanish and an appearance. You borrow a finger ring from a spectator and place it in your closed fist. You ask the spectator to hold your fist with his/her hands. When your hand is opened, their ring has vanished!You explain that they shouldn’t worry…last time this happened, you found the ring out in your car. You reach around to your back pocket and bring out your car keys. Clipped to your key case, in the middle of all your keys, is their ring!
Ring Flight comes with a fine quality leather zippered key case and instructions.
We have been manufacturing and marking our version of Ring Flite for about 20 years now.
There are so many versions on the market, how do you know which one is best for you.
Well ours has a few things that rivals our competition.
1. “Wow, It’s gone. Can I have my ring back now please?” “What do you mean it really is gone?”
Our plastic coated steel cable means someones engagement ring will never bounce along the floor of a dark catering hall, filled with 300 people. NEVER Gonna Happen!
2. Can you say “Zzzzwooshp Thoop?”
Our reel is smooth and fairly silent. With the slow down of your pocket & hand for retrieval, you might say it doesn’t make a sound at all.
3. “Er-Umm, That scratch must have been there when you gave it to me.”
Our spring clip is a factory made from plated & polished nickel. It is just won’t scratch your volunteers prized possession, going on or off the clip.
4. “What’s that big round thing, next to your keys?”
Our reel is hidden in a separate zippered pouch and never visible when the keys or ring are exposed.
5. “But I swear I didn’t break it. It broke itself, really”
The Ronjo Ring Flite comes with a Lifetime Warranty. As long as we have the materials and are still in business, we will repair or replace your Ronjo Ring Flite if any part of it it ever fails you. Just send it back to us along with a check or money order for $5.00 to help cover shipping fees.
Other key design features for functionality, security & ascetics of our brand clearly make our model the choice for pros & amateurs alike. Not too mention you’ll love our price. The cheapest versions of this start at about $30.00 and will last you a few times, if you are lucky. Some units cost upwards of $60 or $70 and still have flaws in construction. You may even find a version or two in the $200 range, why? Got me. I do not see value for me personally in any other model, except if you desire to go reel-less as with Gateon Bloom’s Flying Ring. His style is quite unique and I like it a lot.
Thanks for reading!
Pete
That’s all for now
Hello Friends,
You guys have been exceptionally hungry lately for effects that have a premise based on watches , clocks and time.
We’ve got some great things for you, some are way out there. All good.
EM Pocket Charger
It will make all your penomenon performances soar.The EM Pocket Charger’s revolutionary design does that special something to the pen that allows you to move the pen as if it’s inhabited by spirits from another the great beyond!Not only that, but you can move the pen with you hands much farther away! If you’ve been holding back from doing Penomenon, now is the time to jump on it so you can start blowing away your audiences too!
Mark Allen includes many tips and ideas, including his own personal handling for the penomenon effect.
just one of the effects possible with the EM pocket Charger
A spectator secretly chooses any hour of the day and the magician draws a clock face on a piece of paper or table napkin. He then produces six coins and places them into a stack in the center of the clock. A straw is placed on top of the coins, acting as the hand of the clock and the magician causes the straw to mysteriously spin, stopping when it points right at the spectator’s chosen hour!
“Mark Allen’s EM Pocket Charger is the perfect secret for Penomenon and other effects of its ilk. It removes absolutely all of the guess work, and, in fact, greatly adds to its power. Bravo, Mark!” –David Regal
Gellerism Revealed
| The Geller phenomenon may have been short-lived, but it left a lasting impression. Demonstrations of using your power of concentration to effects objects physically is a real attention-getter. The author studied the Geller demonstrations and has worked out methods of re-creating these effects using simple and logical means. Ben Harris has also included some of his own methods and ideas in this book. Step-by-step photos and text show you how to bend keys and cutlery, and how to start stopped watches. The psychology behind each trick is explored, as well as the physical means.
You will also learn more about the presentation commonly known as ‘Gellerism’. The book ends with an encapsulated history of Geller’s activities, and some of the myths that have grown out of the minds of believers. |
Pro PK Magic Kit
Make matches stand in a spectator’s hand, stop watches, move objects with your mind and much more!The Pro PK Kit contains the thinnest and most powerful magnet available-the Micro 5 PK magnet. Thin enough to conceal on your wrist or under a coat, yet strong enough to penetrate the thickest hands and tables. You also get the PK Book with over 70 routines and tips, a manuscript of additional routines, plus 2 brass rings, 2 copper-plated steel pennies, Shim Shell Coin, Shimming supplies and a custom wrist strap.
There is no end to the strong magic that can be created with the Pro PK Kit.
Richard Osterlind - Mind Mysteries - 1
There are lots of great effects on the DVD, but we’ll only tell you about this one here in the blog.
The Watch Steal DVD with Chappy Brazil and Charles Bach They also teach you fun routines to lead into the Watch Steal, as well as imaginative ways to return the watch that elevates it from a simple pick-pocket effect to an incredible feat of magic that will amaze and astonish everyone in your audience! |
PSI Sharpie by Yves Doumergue
Picture this: you have just performed a killer routine where you had the spectator sign a trick with your Sharpie. Now, to further drop their jaws, you set the Sharpie down and use your amazing mental powers to make it start spinning freely on the table- no strings or any conceivable gaff. Your audience walks away eerily impressed and dumbfounded at your amazing ability. Are you ready to cash in on your $1,000,000 from the James Randi Educational Foundation, or have you just had the foresight to pick up one of the new PSI Sharpie illusions from Yves Doumergue? We suspect the latter
The possibilities are endless- do a “Spin the Sharpie” game to point to people or objects, predict the “hour” of an event by using laying the Sharpie on a clock patterned surface…you have probably thought of something even better while reading this ad!
There are no strings, threads, magnets, switches, and absolutely nothing attached to the performer’s body at any point in time. All the “magic” is completely self-contained within the Psi-Sharpie, and it may be examined at any time!
With your hidden, wireless remote control, the power of Psi-Sharpie is completely at your command; when you push the button it moves, if you stop, it stops! This Quality device comes complete with a 12-month manufacturer’s warranty!
Don’t be fooled by imitations- ask for the Psi-Sharpie by name.
Psychokinetic Time by Banachek
| Do you remember the stunning magic effect that Master Magic Man David Blaine used to open his “Street Magic” TV special? In effect, he borrowed a watch from a man sitting in his car and checked the correct time. He placed the watch back in the man’s hands and then asked him to think of a number to move the time. The man said “24″ and after a few seconds of mental hocus-pocus, the man opened his hands and saw the watch indeed MOVE AHEAD 24 MINUTES! The reaction was incredible!Now, you can learn the original method and forcing techniques used for this amazing effect in Banacheck’s 26- page manuscript Psychokinetic Time. After being long out of print, Banachek has re-released this monumental effect. Psychokinetic Time comes complete with nine clear photos and descriptive text that details the ultimate impromptu method for altering the time on a spectator’s watch while held in their own hand! Other effects and concepts with watches are also discussed using the secret principles. No “gadgets” or difficult handling. This is for the serious magician, mentalist or conjuring enthusiast - but can be mastered by anyone! |
Timetrix
| Introducing timetrix, the 21st century’s very own Stull Watch!Finally, a wrist watch based on the original Robert Stull model is available after many years of unavailability. It took the creators over two years of research to make the 21st Century Stull watch, affectionately dubbed “timetrix.”
Take the watch off your wrist and give it to any spectator. Ask him to put the watch face down and select any time by pulling out the stem and turning it. The spectator stops at any desired time and remembers it. He then passes the watch to a second spectator, who then passes it to a third spectator, who then passes it to a fourth, all of whom select a time by pulling the stem out and turning it. Like magic (of course!), you correctly name the hours and minutes of each one, or even reveal a 100% accurate prediction you wrote down before the show even began! OR: Show a sealed envelope containing a prediction and give it to a spectator to hold it for a while. Ask for a Bible, and while the spectator is looking up the Apocalypse chapter on it, give your watch to another spectator and ask him to turn the watch dial-face down, ask him to pull the spring out and turn the crown as much as he wants. Once he has done it, the spectator mentions the exact position of the watch hands, for instance: 5: 32 The other spectator looks up Chapter 5, verse 32 on the Apocalypse and he reads it. When the envelope is opened, your prediction matches that verse exactly, the same phrase is written there! OR: timetrix is a valuable instrument to be used in mental magic when you need to use the one ahead method, such as in the case of Mental Epic routines. When using Mental Epic, instead of forcing a card, ask the spectator to use the watch to “choose” any time “at random.” timetrix can be examined before and after the performance. timetrix includes one year warranty, leather box and more than 12 different routines specially created for this watch by RICH BLOCH, FANTASIO, MAX MAVEN, ANTHONY BLAKE, TREVOR LEWIS and more. This is the best part — timetrix requires no skill, it is very easy to perform and comes with several routines and carrying leather case. |
SYKYS by Bazar De Magia
| SYKYS is a cool innovation and actually keeps time. Yes, it’s a real watch! We worked over 3 years designing SYKYS, and the outcome is breathtaking. This is a truly diabolic magic weapon.Let’s see: You can predict four different pre-defined times (not a sequence). You perform the illusion while the spectator holds the watch with his own fingers. The watch can be examined before and after the performance. SYKYS is self contained, nothing else is needed to perform with it. No magnets are used. Perform 17 routines by Max Maven, Trevor Lewis, Rick Bloch, Fantasio, Tony Binarelli, Anthony Blake and others. Since it’s a real watch you can wear it as your regular watch. The perfect impromptu-”show-me-a-trick” kind of trick. One year warranty SYKYS is build upon a fine-quality and fashionable watch. |
Moving Tanline DVD
Can you move YOUR tan-line? Do you want to do something that NO ONE has ever seen close-up before? Look no further - Bande Du Soleil. Imagine this… You take off your watch, and show everyone your embarrassing tan line. Announcing that you would like to make it move, you grab your tan-line with your other hand, and slowly move it up your arm traveling toward your shoulder! I am not kidding.
You really move your tan-line up your arm so that it’s hidden by your shirt sleeve. The spectators can feel it, see it and agree - your tan-line is less noticeable beneath your shirt. Let me repeat — The tan-line can be examined to ensure that it’s not fake. It is genuine TAN-LINE. A tan-line that you can magically move at will! Bande du Soleil is a favorite among top professional magicians.
This effect has caught the attention of magicians all over the world from David Copperfield to Penn and Teller who filmed it for their NBC special Off The Deep End. Marco Tempest performed this on his series The Virtual Magician which aired in over 40 countries. Most recently this effect was featured by Chris Korn on the series Mondo Magic. Nathan will teach the real work that only comes from years of refinement and thousands of performances. Nathan will also share great ideas and variations from…
Homer Liwag Chris Korn John Kennedy Donny Orbit Magicians often claim there are no new effects in magic. Nathan Kranzo proves that’s a lie.
“His tan line trick is funny, startling, and completely original” - Teller
Nathan Kranzo’s Tan Line is the perfect excuse to put down that magic book, get out of the house and get some sun. Tan lines have never been so “in vogue”. A unique and fantastic effect from a brilliant thinker in magic - again. - Homer Liwag
Running Time Approximately 50min.
For more TIME related ideas and other fine products, go to our web site. www.ronjo.com
Thanks for reading,
Pete
Hello friends,
Stop! You must be at least 18 years old to purchase PRISN The Off-Color Series of Mentalism by Francis Menotti.
What is it? Well it’s a spoof on Max Maven’s Color Series released in the late1970’s
The Color Series were in high demand and got upwards of $300.00 a copy on E-bay until Maven decided to reissue these works last year in his book PRISM
While a sizable literature devoted to mentalism was produced in the past hundred years, little has stood the test of time. Among the scant amount that has is that of MAX MAVEN . Writing under the name of Phil Goldstein, MAVEN has created one of the largest, cleverest and most influential bodies of work in the field, stretching from the latter part of the twentieth century into the twenty-first. His star rose early, with the publication of five slim collections, each packed with innovative and performance-caliber mentalism. These booklets, which have become widely known as “The Color Series,” contained items such as “Desire”, “The Spirit is Willing (to Write)” and “Four-sided Triangle”—items that have become modern classics in the field. MAVEN produced the Color booklets in small quantities and, despite ongoing popular request, refused to reprint them. They have become highly sought after, fetching prices in the hundreds of dollars. At last, after a quarter of a century, the entire Color Series is again available; all 53 effects, newly illustrated by Ton Onosaka, 240 pages in hardcover. Welcome to a classic reborn— Prism
In 1999 some college friends discussed what they loved & hated about the art of magic. PRISN was born.
Instead of The Violet, Yellow, Green,Red & Blue Books Of Mentalism as in the actual Color Series, you receive The Blonde, Violent, Greencard, Blueball & Redneck Books Of Mentalism.
Author Francis J. Menotti says PRISN “Will only bring you sorrow,same and generally bad feelings.”
Here’s what the pros are saying.
“Weird, bizarre, disturbing, vile and in several places possibly illegal… Brilliant! I love them!”
- Simon Lovell
“Quite possibly… the most fun you can have in mentalism short of telephoning Kenton Knepper when he’s ironing.”
- Ian Rowland
“Very amusing… You’ll be hearing from my lawyers.”
- Max Maven
Ad Copy:
Do you find humor in animal cruelty, eating disorders, terrorism, masturbation, menstruation, sadism, masochism, French people, hearing/speech impairment, poor dental hygiene, nipples, and missing children? If so, there is probably counseling for that. Until then, you will absolutely enjoy every filthy page of this unfortunate collection that has forever stained the questionably proud face of magic and mentalism.
This R-Rated literature lovingly mocks the hard work put forth by the audacious young Phil Goldstein (Max Maven) in his Color Series of Mentalism, 1976-1980. The creators of PRISN have painstakingly tried to be ludicrously offensive (all-in-good-fun, of course) to as many social and ethnic groups as possible.
Need anyone say more? So just put this down and step away. You don’t want this. You’re a fine-upstanding, politically-correct individual. Walk away…
My take:
These are full of effects, routines and complete methods that only a sadist would ever think of performing. These booklets are full of crude humor, sick ideas, risque drawings and foul language. Crazy stuff, like Card In Bulimic, Tossed-Out Hand Grenade, Gin & Bear It, Nipple Matrix, Ovary Action, Pop-Up Book Test and so very much more.
Listen, if you need a good laugh, PRISN is money well spent. There are plenty of things in here that inspire you too. Many of these are actual effects that you might want to rework in a real life situation that won’t harm or offend anyone. At the very least learn more about the origins of these concepts from actual existing effects and methods.
This is hysterical masterpiece. I find every time I flip through one of the books, I can’t stop laughing and find myself re-reading the same passages over and over. If you are a bit twisted like myself, you need to own these. If you get offended easily or are under 18, these are not for you! Not no way, not know how.
Thanks for reading!
Until next time,
Pete