Miracles of my Friends II

2010
Written by Burton S. Sperber
Work of Burton S. Sperber
124 pages (Hardcover), published by Real Miracle Publication
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
55 entries
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Peter Reveen Foreword
Burton S. Sperber Preface
Burton S. Sperber Larry Becker mini bio
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Larry Becker It's About Time spectator thinks of an hour of the day and a time keeping device from a list, they're divined
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Burton S. Sperber Leo Behnke mini bio
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Leo Behnke Add-A-Memoir numbers written on a pad by spectators, performer remembers them all as memory demonstration
Related to 9
Burton S. Sperber David Ben mini bio
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David Ben Psychic DNA blindfolded, knife balances on finger and points out selected card
Inspired by 13
Rotary Scramble Shuffle single card
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Burton S. Sperber Robin DeWitt mini bio
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Robin DeWitt The Mentalist's Thumb Tip comments and routines using a pendulum
  • Test No. 1
  • Test No. 2 (ESP cards)
  • Test No. 3 (half-precious stones)
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Burton S. Sperber Paul Draper mini bio
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Paul Draper Escape from Sin one shot glass filled with vodka, six with water
Inspired by
  • idea from Andrew Mayne
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Burton S. Sperber Ed Fowler mini bio
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Ed Fowler Hair Pin Turn wire hair pin moves along ruler by itself
Also published here 27
Ed Fowler New Effect for the Butterfly routine for John Riggs's marketed "The Butterfly", number divination
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Ed Fowler Q&A Answers thoughts on the Q&A effect
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Burton S. Sperber Richard Ganstwig mini bio
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Richard Ganstwig The Most Interesting Man number force, forcing a name on a list
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Burton S. Sperber Paul Green mini bio
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Paul Green You Can Do It, I Know! Ace through Ten randomized with Paul Curry's Swindle Switch, they match a prediction set
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Burton S. Sperber Scott Grossberg mini bio
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Scott Grossberg Speed Cards Sorta deck distributed among two spectators, memory demonstration which cards of a suit are where, rounds and angles
  • Alternate Working
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Scott Grossberg I'm Committed card crimped while spectator remembers it from a packet
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Scott Grossberg Overskill Kings found on top of four packets via re-deal force, then performer finds the Aces in the four piles with a cut as well
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Burton S. Sperber Bascom Jones, Jr. mini bio
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Bascom Jones 19 Rules of Mentalism
Also published here
  • "19 Rules of Mentalism", pamphlet
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Burton S. Sperber Todd Karr mini bio
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Todd Karr Web Scam deck riffle shuffled (interlocking chains), card placed from one half into the other, by looking at that half the performer names the card, can be performed over zoom
Inspired by 63
Burton S. Sperber Nick Lewin mini bio
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Maurice Fogel, Nick Lewin Fogel's Invisible Piano comedy routine with an invisible piano and the gag prediction of a tune
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Burton S. Sperber Max Maven mini bio
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Max Maven Sing a Song of Sixth Sense chosen song predicted with music box, 10/11 force
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Burton S. Sperber Jheff Poncher mini bio
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Jheff Poncher ESP Do As I Do "Jheff Poncher"
Inspired by 79
Burton S. Sperber Burton S. Sperber mini bio
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Burton S. Sperber Three-Card Do As I Do three matches
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Burton S. Sperber Pay Envelope Miracle six numbered envelopes with bills, selection procedure, amount of dollars predicted
Related to 85
Burton S. Sperber Miracle From Your Pocket ten cards chosen, then collected and pocketed, performer assigns them to spectators in pairs
Inspired by 88
Burton S. Sperber Find the Mate two cards chosen, performer finds their mates, deck in pairs
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Burton S. Sperber Pass Out the Cards hotel trick with four times four borrowed business cards
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Burton S. Sperber Mind Play Frixion pen scrambles become selected card
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Burton S. Sperber Mind Flash
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Burton S. Sperber One Step Beyond two cards chosen by spectator and performer from pocketed decks, they match
Also published here 100
Burton S. Sperber The Ten-Card Trick
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Burton S. Sperber Jack Tillar mini bio
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Jack Kent Tillar Location, Location, Location two postcards are chosen, the cities are divined by pushing pins in a map
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Burton S. Sperber Chris Woodward mini bio
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Fogel's Stacked Deck Idea same as Nikola's Subtle Game, arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
Related to 111
Christopher Woodward Triple Prediction simple re-deal prediction of three cards
Related to
  • Fogel's last American lecture
 112
Burton S. Sperber Rob Zabrecky mini bio
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Rob Zabrecky A Skeptical Prediction number of skeptical spectators in audience is predicted
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Burton S. Sperber Acknowledgements
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Burton S. Sperber Other Sperber Publications
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Burton S. Sperber Colophon
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Data entered by Denis Behr, February 2022.