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Oh man...that had to be the most embarrassing feeling. We've all been there man.

Ha! These are great. I love hearing other moments like this from performers. It means we are human and perform enough that "crap" will and does happen for sure. :)

What was the most recent card to location on Penguin about a month ago? Did it sell well? I was looking at it and the name escapes me now. It wasn't Regal's.

David was like Tom Hanks in Castaway only doing cups and balls with the rocks and I think he may have even invented Sands of the Desert back then too. :)

John Ferrentino currently does a "Spirits" type of show which is pretty cool.

Awesome...I had another one where a spectator selects a force card and then I dress them up as a cowboy/cowgirl and hand them a cap gun. I play soundtrack from "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" and have them fire the gun at the deck while I hold it. I count down and pull out a scorched card with a...

Nobody else has any performance show screw ups? Come on....I can't be the only performer on here. Another time, I didn't realize that the extra stratosphere ball fell out of my case in the back of the car and when I went to perform the trick the 3 balls wouldn't switch their order. When I...

Now that's funny :) Ha!

Tons of great advice right there. My best piece of advice that I use (I'm sure it's in the videos Michael shared) is to take a group of your friends to the place you want to hopefully work at. Perform for them (probably want to do effects they haven't seen before) and their reactions will "sell"...

So if you perform enough, it's going to happen at some point. Eventually you are going to mess an effect up at a show, event, etc. and there is no out at all. You either laugh it off and move on or hope that you can get yourself out of it. Let's hear them :) I'll start with one from last...

Not necessarily on video, but one of my favorites has to be Johnny Ace Palmer! PHENOMENAL.....

As a performer with 20 years of experience I will say that yes, social media magic does have its own place and it does have a following because I see this happening with my son who is 14. These videos are what excited him and hooked him, which then led him to joining our local IBM ring that I am...

Does anyone here have any experience at all with a seamstress putting in custom pockets inside their suit coat? Not a topit, I know what that is and that's not what I mean. I'm trying to figure out what material works best and do's and don'ts of having someone stitch some custom pockets in my...

A lot of great advice here and I too sometimes find that the reason they are following me to the next table is one of the following: A.) Call out whats going to happen = this sucks and you want to punch the lil kid, kidding, but not really. :) B.) Watch you again so they can catch you = sucks...

Traveling Cash or Up/Down the Ladder is always fun. I personally use Alan Wong's Stargazer Bands EVERY single strolling gig I have.

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE being fooled nowadays. Being 20 years into magic, conventions, IBM ring, etc. it exposes you to so much; however, there is such a plethora of magic out in the world that it is still quite possible to go back to being a young child and get that goosebump feeling and...

Also keep in mind that diamond cut silks will allow you to produce/vanish silks that "appear" larger than square cut. silks. :)

The pinky count happens on the "off" beat as your hand drops down to your side in a relaxed position as you look at the spectator and converse. This will also take the heat off of you and your hands.

I'm going to be brutally honest and just say, "No, I do not know of actual flash paper that makes a loud bang or pop and there have been a few major accidents and even a death or two of magicians who have been transporting large amounts of flash paper/chemicals or making it on their own. Just...

I didn't start until the age of 21. I am now 41, and perform semi professionally all over my state with sometimes 2-5 gigs per weekend. Is it my full time job? Nope. I am an elementary education teacher of 20 years experience, Master's Degree in Administration and definitely would NOT rely on...