50 Ways To Rock A Lighter DVD

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Ever since the iconic Zippo lighter was introduced back in 1933, its users have applied cool routines to open and close it. From GI's killing time during WWII to Hollywood actors adding some flavor to their characters, Zippo lighter tricks have always been a sure way to boost your personality by adding some class and style. However, it wasn't until 1996 that the art of performing these tricks started to evolve beyond the basic moves previously seen. This DVD presents a selection of 50 popular tricks including everything from one hand wonders and spins, to aerials and duo tricks (performed by two tricksters).

TRICKS Alex Aarvik (Norway) teaches you 50 selected tricks including the legendary Goofy Style series. Each trick is filmed from 2 different angles plus a walkthrough and slow motion.

BASIC TECHNIQUES
In addition to the tricks, we have also included 24 basic movements and techniques that will serve as a good entry point for the rookies.

MAINTENANCE
Learn basic maintenance that will keep your lighter in tip top tricking condition. Disc Length: Approximately 60min
 

INCLUDED TRICKS

Spinning Wheel
The Gun
Twilight Zone
Inside Out
Fire Spin Advanced
Back And Forth Advanced
Backdraft 2
Bond Style
Ice Cool
Confluent Bondsmen
Double Smack
English Rose
Wet Panties
Press It!
Flip It!
Goofy Style 1
Goofy Style 2
Goofy Style 3
Goofy Style 4
Goofy Style 5
Goofy Style 6
Goofy Style 7
Goofy Style 8
Universal Spin
Wet Pastries
Zippo Tango

Hit & Run
Hit & Run Advanced
Hit n' Spin
Legally Blind
Merry-og-round
New Balance
One Move Almost
Open Always
Oppressor Pig
Over-The-Hill
Sticky Fingers
Goofy's Back
Power Squeeze
Push It!
Resurrection
Ring Ignitor
Slam
Boomerang
Slugger
Twisted Spin
Snap
Goofy & Pain
Tilter
Transport
UFO
 

Best Of The Bottoms (2 DVD Set)
by Richard Turner

Many of the demonstrations open with a wash-riffle-riffle-strip-riffle and a cut or with a cut card placed on the bottom. Then the bottoms begin. You can now get around the cut card!

In this two-DVD set Richard (A Master Fifth Degree Black Belt) uses his 35 years of martial arts footage to talk about discipline and focus. He addresses the many speculations about his super, bat-like vision, questions like, "Is it true that he blocks with his head to protect his hands?"

The DVD concludes with the LA Times story describing how he took on ten fighters for his first black belt.

But the meat and potatoes are the hours in-between where this DVD will include Turner’s See Saw Bottom Deal with his Clip Take. The See-Saw will be shown with cards face-up on the bottom… Close-up dealing top bottom top bottom… with Turner’s hand resting dead still on the table... from above dealing the bottoms opening the hand before each deal to show the deck does not need to be framed… and from under a glass table to clearly see the below finger work.

You will also learn

Gambler’s Palm from a Riffle Shuffle
Sailing the Bottom
Sailing the Stud
Turner’s Off Beat Bottom
Palming While Riffle Shuffling
Upper Corner Stud Bottom
Turner’s Dead Top Bottom
Turner’s One Hand Bottom
Vernon’s Open Hand Bottom (Marlo’s Vernon story told by Turner as he demonstrates the deal)
Turner’s Open Hand Stud
Turner’s Diagonal Down
4 Beats a Full
A Double Duke for Hold’em
Double Duke Stud
Only With a Bottom
Four Magic Effects Using the Bottom
Four to One
Dead Man’s Hand
Aces 2 and Card Finds the Card
Turner’s Cut Card Palm
Turner’s Cut Card Shifts — TCCS Five Ways (Using TCCS you can now get around the cut card and freely use your bottom deals)
Other Gambling Effects using the TCCS
Looks Like a Greek
Looks Like a Greek Stud
Bottom Greek
Hold’em Sucker
Must Be a Center
Black Jack Every Time

Romaine The Monarch of Manipulators                    Click Here To Watch A Video

Romaine is a REAL magician who has achieved a level of magic few ever attain...

Romaine is one of the greatest sleight-of-hand experts in the world. This two DVD set gives you complete step by step explanations on many of the best manipulations, all perfectly routined and executed flawlessly.

Volume I  Go into serious depth on everything you need to know about manipulating cards.
Volume II  Learn expert billiard ball manipulations without shells or gimmicked balls! Plus get Romaine's tips and other great bonus material.  

Million Dollar Card Magic Simon Lovell

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Go inside with the "Million Dollar Magician" Simon Lovell.

Simon shares with you in-depth more than 30 card tricks and secrets that will put you in a class above the rest.

The card tricks are so secret we couldn't list them on this website! As an added bonus Simon shares his Ambitous Card Secrets that will only further enhance your Million Dollar Experience!!!

An essential DVD...

Michael Finney - Live at Lake Tahoe volumes 1-3 

Michael Finney's magic and comedy have taken him around the world. Comedy clubs, corporate functions, network TV-you name it, he's done it, including an appearance at the recent Presidential Inaugural galas. He has been nominated for Magician of the Year, received the Silver Lion Head award for excellence in comedy and magic from Siegfried & Roy, and had his first real break in the business as a finalist in a Star Search competition. For the past 14 years, Michael has headlined comedy clubs across the country as well as entertained many corporate clients. Michael is no stranger to the networks either as he has performed on NBC's World's Greatest Magicians and World’s Wildest Magic shows. He also performed on the Fox Network with Magic Johnson on The Magic Hour.

In this remarkable video series, Michael Finney found time in his busy schedule to get in front of the L&L cameras and share the things that made him such a success just for you-the jokes, the magic...and even a few tears along the way. This is more than just an instructional DVD series. It's an encounter with a remarkable human being who overcame huge obstacles in his life to become one of America's top performers.

Volume 1 - Comedy: No Magic

In front of a live audience (who are probably still trying to catch their breaths after laughing so hard), you'll see and hear Michael expound on the following subjects:

Volume 2 - Comedy Magic Act & Motivational Speech
 

Volume 3 - The Secrets

These are the inner workings of the magic in Michael Finney’s repertoire; the tricks that made him a star. And, though you’ll learn the secrets behind the tricks, there’s much more here than that. You’ll learn the real secrets of what makes magic entertaining to real-life audiences and even if you choose not to perform these specific pieces, the information that Michael so generously shares on this DVD has the power to transform and empower the magic you already do. Watch Michael as he tips the real work on.

Encyclopedia of Card Sleights Daryl

This 8-volume series is a true encyclopedia that will provide card workers, regardless of their experience level, with all they need to improve their skills and broaden their knowledge base. This is an incredible opportunity to learn about card magic. Rather than how to apply a few moves to a card trick, this series focuses on the technical aspects of card magic and prepares viewers to handle any situation by knowing what secret weapons are available to them. Daryl goes well beyond the mechanical process and you receive the benefits of Daryl’s Years of experience as one of the best magicians in the world.

Daryl begins with Playing Card Terms and moves forward with Technical Terms (dozens of examples to familiarize you with those mysterious words you’ve heard (but may not have understood)). With this foundation laid, Volume 1 moves into explanations for The Glide, The Break and What To Do With A Break, The Step, and begins a section on The Jog.

Encyclopedia of Card Sleights Volume 2

Daryl continues his review of The Jog, and moves forward with The Crimp, Overhand Shuffle and Controls, Hindu Shuffle, Strip Shuffle and begins his review of False Shuffles.

Encyclopedia of Card Sleights Volume 3

Daryl concludes his review of False Cuts and moves through the Riffle Shuffle, The Glimpse/Peek, Trick Break and ends with The Key Card.

Encyclopedia of Card Sleights Volume 4

Daryl begins with a look at Locator Cards and moves into Forcing, The Classic Force, and Single Card Controls and starts his review of Multiple Card Controls. Interspersed between the various sleights is the insight and psychology that Daryl offers about how he would use the various techniques.

Encyclopedia of Card Sleights Volume 5

In Volume 5, Daryl begins with Multiple Card Controls and moves through The Spectator Peek, Fancy Counts, Secret Counts, Multiple Lifts, and Multiple Lift Touches and begins a discussion of The Secret Reverse.

Encyclopedia of Card Sleights Volume 6

In Volume 6, Daryl conducts his review of The Secret Reverse. Moving forward, he covers Vanishes (from the deck), Vanishes (from a small packet), Top Vanish A Single Card, Palming (positions), Palming Single Cards, Palming Multiple Cards, Miscellaneous Palming Techniques, Trick Break, Producing Palmed Cards, False Counts and False Displays.

In Volume 7, Daryl continues his review of the False Displays. Moving on he covers False Dealing, Color Changes, and Switches and Changes with many variations and contributions by many famous Card Men.

In Volume 8, Daryl concludes his review of Switch and Changes and moves to the Top Change, The Packet Switch, and Miscellaneous Items to complete the topic of card magic. Daryl also embellishes on flourishes with One Hand Cuts (Two Packets), and One Hand Cuts (Three or More Packets). To complete all this Daryl explains many other flourishes, which will add a touch of professionalism to your card displays.

Daryl’s Ambitious Card DVD

“If I had to choose only one card effect that I could perform  for the rest of my life, I would unhesitatingly select The Ambitious Card. This effect has it all. “—Daryl The Ambitious Card is one of those rare things in magic-a “perfect” effect. It is quick and easy to understand, yet has variations limited only by your imagination.

The performance transcends all language barriers and can be as simple or as complicated as you wish. Freestyle routining makes this effect a little like playing jazz. Once you have mastered the basic theme, you can weave in and out of it to create a unique and personalized rendition for each performance.

Here you have the chance to witness the live performance of Daryl’s entire gold medal-winning F.I.S.M. routine. Daryl also demonstrates and explains dozens of additional tips and subtleties he has created and refined over many years to allow you to be the best you can be. And, for the first time ever, Daryl reveals the real work on the most amazing finalé to this routine-Daryl’s Ultimate Ambition Improved!

DARYL’S GOLD MEDAL F.I.S.M. ROUTINE:

Riffle Shuffle Control Triple Lift Snap Double Lift (Larry Jennings) The Double Lift Build Up (Verne Chesbro) Brrrrtttt (Bruce Elliott)
The Top Change For The Unambitious (Edward Marlo) The Double Whammo Deck Switch (Daryl) The Bluff Pass (Paul LePaul)
Topper (Frank Garcia & Bill Spooner) Tilted and Turned (Daryl) Up the Falls Thin Ambitious (Daryl & Edward G. Brown)
Ultimate Ambition Improved (Daryl)

ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES:

Control Knockout The Center Double Lift (Jack Avis) The Hoffzinser Spread Pass (J.N. Hofzinser) To Boldly Go
The Push-In Change (A. Roterberg, Hutton & Plate, Frederick Braue) The Ambitious Miracle Change (Edward Marlo)
The Tip-Over (Jack Merlin) The Tiltless Tilt Bluff Insertion from the Front (Irv Weiner)
The Daily Leeper (Dr. Jacob Daly) The Impromptu Duplicate Four-Fifths of the Truth (Phil Goldstein)
Ambitious Movie (Roy Walton) A One-Handed Sequence (Daryl) Mexican Turnover Top Change Second Deal (Daryl)
Diminishing Lift Sequence (Edward Marlo & Daryl) Flushtration Count (Brother John Hamman)
The Trick That Fooled Houdini (Dai Vernon) The Gaffless Houdini-Fooler (Daryl)
Nothing Changes (Rick Anderson) The Ambitious Twins (Frederick Braue, Jean Hugard, Daryl) Ambitious One Way (Daryl)
The Paintbrush Change (Stanley Collins & Dai Vernon) The Pop-Up Card (Frederick Braue)

Daryl Does The Full Monte DVD

The Real Secrets Behind The Three-Card Monte! You will be expertly taught this amazing effect by none other than Daryl—the World Champion Magician’s Magician. Daryl is one of the finest teachers of magic in the world today. He takes you through step-by-step instructions for many different 3-Card Monte sequences and, if you need any further convincing of the astonishing reaction this effect gets, you are also treated to Daryl’s live performances of two of the more famous routines. This video is both entertaining and invaluable to anyone interested in magic.

Topics include: Dai Vernon Routine—Working Surfaces: On the Ground; Tray Suspended from a Leather Belt Around Neck; A Newspaper, Blanket or Coat Spread Across the Lap; A Tray on a Stand; A Man's Umbrella; Cardboard Boxes—Cards To Use: Best Set; Impromptu Work;—Preparing The Cards: Bridging the Cards; The Crease; The "S" Bend; The Simple Bend; Softening the Corners—The Mix: The Standard Mix; The Slide; The Cascade—The Throw: The Toss; The Hype; Calling the Card Face Down; The Double Flash; Fake Hype and Double Flash; The Double Double Flash; Three in the Hand Toss—Turnover Moves: The Mexican Turnover; Mexican Turnover as a Test; The Mexican Turnover Top-Change Second Deal; The Flip / Flip Switch—Miscellaneous Moves: Flushtration Count; The Rumba Count; The Chameleon Show; Double Lift/Double Lift Off the Face; The Glide; Variation #1; Variation #2; Variation #3; Vernon's Optical Move; Variation #1; Scarne's Monte Slide—Hooks And Come-Ons: One-Way Backs; Stewart Judah's Routine; Bent Corner; Scarne's Crimped Corner; The Paperclip Routine; Variation #1 (Glide); Variation #2 (Down's Change); Variation #3 (Double Lift); Variation #4 (Flushtration Count); Variation #5 (Scarne/Monte Glide); Matchbook Variation; Stamp; Torn Card; Torn Corner Version #1; Torn Corner Version #2—Special Sets: Seven Card Monte (Vernon); The Sucker Card Trick; The Lady Vanishes; A Detachable Corner; The Dutch Looper; Amaso; Jumping Jack (Bob Haskell); Find the Ace (Eddie Taytelbaum); Three Card Monkey Business (Bill Elliott) If You Want To Learn The Three Card Monté You Need This Video