If you could have one set of magic DVDs, this would be it! This benchmark
collection features just about all of magic's most enduring and classic
effects and routines. It's a fabulous compendium with many of the top
masters in the world of magic teaching their handlings and routines
for some of magic's classics. Linking rings, sponge balls, mental bending,
cups and balls, thumb tips, Zombie, color-changing knives, and many,
many more topics are all gathered in this one terrific DVD reference
set. Each volume covers a specific subject and features new, old, and
sometimes rare footage by some of the top video producers in magic.
The
folding coin was first introduced into the literature of magic by Professor
Hoffmann in the late 1800s. Since that time, magicians have been coming
up with diverse ways to perform the classic Coin in Bottle, the effect
for which the gimmick was first invented, in addition to other novel
ways in which this unusually gimmicked coin can be put to use.
In
this volume, you'll learn David Roth's take on what
has now become a classic of street magic as a piece of a coin is visibly
bitten off and then expectorated back into place. You'll then be treated
to five different approaches to the Coin in Bottle. First, Johnny
Thompson performs and teaches his version, which he refers
to as one of his pet tricks. Then, one of the world's
great bar magicians, Karl Norman, demonstrates his
fine touches on the trick. David Roth is up next with
an adaptation with a truly bizarre finish and also imparts some important
information on the care and handling of folding coins. Then, Michael
Ammar teaches his reputation-making versions that features
a squeaky-clean way of getting into the trick and, in the stage version,
a similarly clean finish. To round out the set, David Roth finishes
up with two completely different ways to use the folding coin, first
as a way of magically producing coins in the hand and secondly, as a
method for performing the classic Coins Through Table so that the coins
apparently visibly vanish into the surface of the table.
The
folding coin has been around for a long time and there's a good reason
for that. If you've never experienced the sheer astonishment of an audience
as they watch a coin apparently pass into and out of a solid glass bottle,
you're missing out on what Michael Ammar called one of the five
strongest effects you can do with a coin. And, on this DVD, you'll
learn everything you need to know to put a folding coin effect right
into your A list of material.
Biting a Coin - David Roth
Coin in Bottle - Johnny Thompson
Coin in Bottle - Karl Norman
Coin in Bottle - David Roth
Coin in Bottle - Michael Ammar
Coin in Bottle (Stage Version) -Michael Ammar
Magic Mint - David Roth
Coins Through Table - David Roth
Running Time Approximately 1hr