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  1. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    For presentational techniques, Darwin Ortiz's Strong Magic and Ken Weber's Maximum Entertainment are both great books. Our Magic is a great book on magic theory as well. With cards, Darwin Ortiz's Designing Miracles along with his three trick books, At the Card Table, Cardshark, and Scams and...
  2. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    I can't answer the first question because I think it's meaningless as written. As far as I can tell, there is no consensus on what would constitute a working definition of hypnosis that we could all agree upon. In short, I think hypnosis is 98% B.S. and 2% science. Find a place to perform at...
  3. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Probably the first edition Erdnase, but I might go with something else on any given day. I own some private items that belonged to Forte that are very special to me. Jason
  4. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Never really thought about the first question. The truth is it's a mixture of things: knowledge, technical ability, innate intelligence, charisma and a host of other things will all play a role in being entertaining. If you lack in a particular area (I don't think I'm particularly funny in...
  5. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    I advise performing techniques and effects that are commensurate with your skill level. If you're capable, knock yourself out. If you're not, practice more. When you're ready (or very close to it), you'll know. I love to learn. That's what keeps me reading. There are dozens of great ones...
  6. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Probably Vernon, though I never met him. I'm very influenced by his writings and the writings of his students. Actually, I find it the opposite. Too many guys think the double-lift (or double-undercut) do the same thing as a pass. The tough moves often can accomplish things that no other...
  7. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    I actually prefer to perform standing, but with a table at just above waist height. This probably stems from doing magic behind a bar for a few years. If I can't do that, I'd choose seated with spectators up close. Jason
  8. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Only for a television show, The Takedown. I have however, taken a poker dealing class here in Las Vegas a year or so ago. So, I've had the training. Incidentally, I passed with flying colors. The instructor (who knew nothing of my passion/experience with cards) said I was "a natural." Who...
  9. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Easily the most memorable experience was watching him handle a deck of cards in person for the first time. It was a 6-hour session and I left his house thinking I'd just seen the greatest card handler that has ever lived. Many years and thousands of hours with him later, I now know I was...
  10. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Although this is a generalization, more advanced tricks often get better responses, simply because the effect plays bigger. For example, a signed card to a sealed envelope in your wallet (requiring palming techniques), will typically play much better and bigger than a simple location of a signed...
  11. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Learn the things with the most overall utility. In other words, the things that will repay your practice time the best. The double-lift, palming, push-through and Zarrow shuffles and probably the second and bottom deals are the best in this regard, although the second and bottom deals are...
  12. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Phil, I don't care what the spectator thinks of my magic in an intellectual way. I'm after emotional impact, not logical or intellectual conviction. Darwin Ortiz disucsses this at length in his Strong Magic. Just like Steven Spielberg isn't trying to convince you that dinosaurs are real or...
  13. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    I think the foundational texts in magic (with cards) are: The Expert at the Card Table Expert Card Technique Greater Magic Royal Road Card Control The Card Magic of Paul LePaul Encyclopedia of Card Tricks Scarne on Card Tricks The Complete Walton Vol. 1 and 2 Inner Secrets Trilogy Ultimate Card...
  14. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Don't have a favorite move, but I love all the false deals and false shuffles as a group. I practice them probably more often than any other thing. See previous answers for books and DVDs. Look for authors, rather than titles, as most of the guys I mention have more than one item. Jason
  15. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    I fool around with various other types of close-up magic. I run through a cups and balls routine nearly every day to stay sharp, as well as practice the 3-shell game and Fast and Loose patterns. I enjoy rubber band magic very much and would probably surprise you with them if given the chance...
  16. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    Read more books, less internet forums. Jason
  17. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    The Expert at the Card Table by Erdnase Gambling Scams by Darwin Ortiz Casino Game Protection and Poker Protection by Steve Forte. The Cheat DVD by Richard Turner Gambling Protection Series DVDs by Steve Forte Understand, not all of the sources listed above are books, nor are they all for...
  18. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    I'm not entirely sure where my interest comes from, but I know that seeing Gary Plants at a very young (magic) age was important to me. He told me to track down Steve Forte's videos which I did. I was blown away. Richard Turner's videos followed soon after and again I was blown away. I began...
  19. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    It depends on the relative difficulty of the move, but it's usually months before anyone sees it, unless it's similar enough to something I already do that I can make faster progress. Jason
  20. JasonEngland

    Saturday Night Contest - Roundtable with Jason England

    I think this was answered in the interview. Depending on what you consider the categories to be, it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 1500 - 2000. Yes, I had a mentor - several actually. Jim Surprise and Richard Oakley of Memphis, Tennessee and John Riggs of Knoxville, Tennessee were all very...
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