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The Big Blind Friday Ep. 65

Your weekly dose of magic from around the world, from BBM

Hey Owen,


When I started writing this email, I did not believe that I will be pronouncing the words "magician" and "aliens" in the same sentence. But, hey, here we are!


This week we're looking at all sorts of things from around the world - some weird and some nice.


And, we're continuing our interview with George McBride this week. In this episode McBride will show you his take on the Top Change, Roy Walton's advice on The Pass, why McBride was in the best place at the best time and much more. Use the timestamps in the video to get to the section you want to know more about.

Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton and Sleight of Hand CREATING MAGIC with George McBride

🎙️ 1. Fire Wallet Prank Guy


I found a guy on YouTube that has only videos with him doing fire wallet pranks to drive-throughs.


I never thought one could make an entire YouTube channel around this idea haha. It's funny seeing people's reactions or lack to reaction to this.


See one of the pranks

🎮 2. Richard Turner's Final Show



Richard Turner has announced his farewell magic show and it will happen this year.


If you live in the US, then this is your last chance to see the legend perform.


See where it happens and when

🪄 3. Uri Geller Says NASA Is Hiding Aliens


"‘Head is big, body is thin…’, American magician told how aliens look."


Either this is a hilarious publicity stunt, or Uri Geller just decided to drop an unexpected info bomb on the whole world.


Uri Geller Talks About Seeing Aliens

📚 4. Magician Spotlight: The Wizard Jacobs


A band of magicians have revived a century old show from The Wizard Jacobs.


It's interesting to see how they made old illusions using new technology. I would love to see more old shows brought back to life.


Read more about the show here

🃏 5. Jamy Ian Swiss on "The Origins of Deception"


"Empathy is a very important part of deceipt."


Found this gem on Jamy Ian Swiss' channel. It's Mr. Swiss, so you know he's going to say a LOT of poignant things about magic.


Watch the whole episode here

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In case you missed it...

Adjective by Liam Montier

A prediction envelope is placed down on the table, and then a deck of cards is introduced and shown. The faces are normal, but the backs of the cards each have a word written on, which you explain have all been words used to describe the trick. There's words like 'Amazing' 'Confounding' 'Fantastic' etc


A spectator freely chooses one of the cards, and one of the words, in the fairest way possible - by simply calling stop as the cards are dealt to the table. Let's say they end up with 'Astonishing' and the Nine of Hearts. The prediction is opened, and unfortunately is a total miss! It is a Five of Diamonds with the word 'Unexpected' on the back!


However, the magician suggests that you should always expect the unexpected, and slowly turns both selections over... the 'Astonishing' card is the Five of Diamonds, and the back of the Nine of Hearts has 'UNEXPECTED' written across it, making the prediction a direct hit!


Liam teaches you how to make this up using any Svengali Deck (available at all good magic shops/Amazon/eBay)!


Commercial presentation

No sleights or moves

Spectator can change their mind on either selection

Self working

Instant reset

£7.99
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