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True. During the preparation and the effect, I never suspected a thing. Since that evening, I don't trust either of them. Occupational hazard? o_O

Dude has a bunch of coins which he doesn't all show from the beginning.

I disagree with this. Just two weeks ago, I was on a video chat with @RealityOne and another magician. David wanted to do the Bill-in-Orange, a trick I'd heard of but never seen. Here's the catch: He had the other guy, who lives about 1200 miles away from him, get a dollar bill and asked me to...

Several rings aren't solid.

Spectator think of a piece of paper, dude shows it to him.

I agree with David for the most part. With most people, elaborate shuffling techniques are overkill (and, if not executed without any hesitation, may even be harmful). It may however be good to add another layer of deception when performing for magicians. Here's where we differ: Check out...

Haha, understood :D Anyway, thank you for all the help you've given here! Wait, one more question: One thing that's always befuddled me is that street magicians so often seem to break the rules that are put in place everywhere else, regarding spectators: don't make fun of them, make them feel...

I see what you mean. If you earn your living busking, this might not be the best way, but it might be fun to do occasionally for the amateur (as in "non-professional"). What exactly would this look like? I'm thinking about Teller suggesting amusing things via his body language (e.g. his needle...

Could you expand on that? I believe Teller once even mentioned that he started out busking (at least occasionally) on college campuses, which is where he expanded on his idea on remaining silent.

Sorry, I should have specified. I mean silent busking magicians. Apart from the question how advisable that would be (considering the alternative of talking), do you think that could be done well?

Making it 3 am here in Germany ... *sigh* But you have fun there, Josh! Have you ever seen a silent busker? Not as in speaking softly, but not talking at all? I'd imagine that it's possible, but way harder than the alternative.

Especially the Bill in Lemon you can have a lot of fun with if you plant a stooge ... as I can attest to from experience.

@RealityOne, @WitchDocIsIn, thank you both for your detailed responses. @Tym68 Check out this thread: https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/performing-for-money-plz-help.28631/#/post-352685 William Draven and Craig Browning give some excellent advice on the business side of busking.

Why several shows? With busking, don't you get a new crowd automatically after you've ended your first show?

I don't know if he ever did an infomercial, but Gregory Wilson does the kind of magic you described. Maybe check him out?

The only thing I'd like to add is that - if you're dead set on the Zarrow - there are ways to make the cards look interlaced-er. See the first variation in this video: Apart from that, I completely agree with Christopher. There's just a little thing I noticed in your poll: As far as I know...

There are a few descriptions I had to re-read a couple of times, and even one or two times at which I had the nagging suspicion that the author just messed up the whole left-right thing. But for the most part I find the descriptions quite easy to follow. Which effects are you having trouble with?

The one time I've really performed (apart from the occasional trick for friends and family) was at an event of my school library. The librarian (whom I know well) was looking for a motto for this event, I was looking for an opportunity to do some magic at school, so we settled on the motto...

For us in Germany, this hits a little close to home, as there's recently been a massive (for German standards) outbreak of Covid-19 in a big meat company.

... and present it as the breakthrough for conjurors everywhere.