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  1. Al e Cat Dabra

    "Spectators do the darndest things"

    It has been years since I have had a card selected by spreading or fanning the deck and asking the spectator to pick a card. I remember the night and the event when I stopped doing it once and for all. I was performing at this private club in Palm Beach, Florida. Lots of "fancy," well-dressed...
  2. Al e Cat Dabra

    Sleight of hand isn't magic

    I think some excellent points have been made in response to the OP's post. @RealityOne has raised the intriguing question: "So, how do we not trivialize our magic?" I have pointed this out before, but I do not believe it can be overemphasized. As Robert-Houdin wrote almost 200 years ago, "A...
  3. Al e Cat Dabra

    Most famous person you have performed for

    Yeah. Being super-careful, of course, as to from where on the dress I pulled the light!
  4. Al e Cat Dabra

    What is your reputation maker?

    WOW, good question. I would have to say it's a 3-way tie: (1) Signed Card to Ceiling; (2) One Cup Routine with three lemon final load production; (3) A Magic Square Routine (I get the "thought of" number using a p _ _ k wallet.)
  5. Al e Cat Dabra

    Most famous person you have performed for

    Ivana Trump It was at Mar A Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida in 1998. It was at a yearly charity event she put on for the American Heart Association. The resort was, of course, owned by her then-husband, whom you have probably heard of, LOL. (He wasn't at the event). She had on a bright red...
  6. Al e Cat Dabra

    People don't like the cross cut force?

    I could not possibly agree more with the comments of Antonio and David. What magicians "don't like" is generally irrelevant because they most often do not think like laymen do, or understand the psychology of an ordinary person, i.e., the average layman. A great many magicians are enamored with...
  7. Al e Cat Dabra

    Be honest what is it / two card monte - presentational ideas

    The coolest themes, scripts and ideas are the ones we create ourselves just by working with a trick and using our imaginations. Because nothing anyone else has come up with will compare to something that is naturally and uniquely us. That being said, what works best for me personally, is to...
  8. Al e Cat Dabra

    Personalized storage Box

    This is my particular favorite: http://www.playingcardsandmore.com/card-storage-boxes.aspx But here's some other nice possibilities...
  9. Al e Cat Dabra

    Fake WSJ articles

    MAGIC SEALS TAKE OUT YOUTUBE EXPOSERS
  10. Al e Cat Dabra

    What's a trick you hate doing but your audience loves?

    That's perfectly understandable and makes total sense. I am primarily a comedic performer, so that gives me significant flexibility in terms of material I can use, and it's easier for me to cross-over to more serious and/or mental magic items, than it would be vice versa, i.e., for the more...
  11. Al e Cat Dabra

    What's a trick you hate doing but your audience loves?

    It's an interesting question. I guess I have a bit of a different take on this. I automatically LOVE any trick that the audience LOVES.
  12. Al e Cat Dabra

    How to approach potential spectators

    Generally, I approach to a distance where I am not so close that I am in their personal space, but close enough so that I'm sure they can see me and what I'm about to do. Holding a piece of flash paper (about 2-3 inches square), I light it with an attractive lighter and produce a silver dollar...
  13. Al e Cat Dabra

    Finish the analogy

    Catching frisbee is to dog as performing hot shot is to magician.
  14. Al e Cat Dabra

    List of Effects that Leave your Spectator With a Souvenir

    I enjoy performing a mental card effect where the deck is first shuffled by a spectator. A prediction is then written on the back of each of two of my custom business cards, a different prediction on each card. Each of two spectators is given one of the business cards, prediction side down...
  15. Al e Cat Dabra

    What are some of the most impressive magic tricks you can learn?

    The truth of the matter is that spectators often hire magicians on the basis of having been super-impressed by a certain trick(s). And there is nothing wrong with that. They know real magic doesn't exist (or at least they believe it doesn't), so the default is tricks which blow their minds and...
  16. Al e Cat Dabra

    Had the weirdest "heckler" the other day...

    @RealityOne shared some really insightful thoughts and wisdom there, and I wholeheartedly agree. That being said, there will be times when, regardless of how we phrase things, there may be that rude individual who will insist on being the center of attention. When we are performing, even in a...
  17. Al e Cat Dabra

    Marketing tips and how to book gigs

    I would offer a two-word piece of advice: P A R T Y P L A N N E R S Once you get in with the right party planner(s) you will get 10 times as many bookings as you could just pounding the pavement with paper or approaching prospective individual clients. And it won't just be one off.
  18. Al e Cat Dabra

    What is the best ACAAN?

    I probably should have mentioned in my prior post that at the beginning, I riffle the cards towards the spectators in the usual manner so they can see they are all different. I do not say, "Look, the cards are all different." Instead, as I am riffling the cards toward them, I say, "In a...
  19. Al e Cat Dabra

    What is the best ACAAN?

    IT's always hard to say what is the "best," when it comes to both tricks and ice cream. It is a subjective question. I can tell you what works for me; Using a S _ E _ G _ L _ Deck, f _ r_ e the card on spectator number 1. I use a dribble from above into my other hand, and ask them to say...
  20. Al e Cat Dabra

    Terrible Pickup lines

    Dang that Darwin - stealing not just all my moves, but now my lines *DISCLAIMER: The above was intended only as a joke.
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