159 entries for Michael Close

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Paul LePaul The Diagonal Left Hand Palm (Improved Method) Related to The Card Magic of Le Paul 61
Dai Vernon, Wallace Galvin Card through Handkerchief tabledRelated to Classic Secrets of Magic 18
Edward Marlo The Diagonal Steal as a direct Insertion StealRelated to Side Steal 45
Bert Allerton Card Stabbing Trick any named cardRelated toVariations The Close-Up Magician 36
Edward Marlo Marlo Miracle Aces classic faro ace cutting ("estimation aces"), last ace found at named numberRelated toVariationsAlso published here Faro Controlled Miracles 44
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dim The Lights small hand taps out value of first selection, then finds second selection by dragging top half away, see also p. 340Related to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5, No. 3) 316
Roy Walton The Smiling Mule two parts, first gag then surprise twist, named card ends up sandwiched between aces in the middle of the deckRelated toVariations That Certain Something... 13
Karl Fulves Gaffless Brainwave sorted red/black stackRelated to Milennium Aces 44
Michael Close Royal Poker Cull procedure to get a royal flush from shuffled deck, no normal game procedureInspired by Arcane (Issue 3) 23
Michael Close Wild Underground Transposition all eight cards change to jokers as climaxRelated to Arcane (Issue 3) 25
Harry Riser The Last Hand procedure to get a royal flush from shuffled deck, no normal game procedureRelated to Arcane (Issue 6) 69
Michael Close, Stewart James Derby Downs "Waltz Time Stewart James - Three Variations by Michael Close", two selections found by 10D, using automatic placement variation, faro shuffle, based on "Place and Show" from New Tops Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 283
Michael Close, Stewart James Prose Duplex based on "Inverse Duplex" from New Tops, strange prediction effect involving numbers, automatic placement for two selections Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 285
Michael Close, Stewart James Coda Chrome based on "Chronothot" from New Tops, prediction from odd-backed deck is put on table and matched named card, gaffed decks and double backer Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 286
Larry Jennings One-Hand Bottom Palm Related toVariations The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 234
Robert D. Michaels, David Ben, Michael Close, Bob Farmer, Michael Weber Invisible Triumph rough smooth, for credit information see referenceRelated to Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 9, No. 5) 1207
Michael Close Introduction - What is a "Worker"
- Who is this Michael Close, anyway?
- A Philosophy of Magic
- About Audience Management
- How to Read this Manuscript		 Workers Number 1 1
Michael Close The Unbelievable Useful Comedy Prop plastic hand as running gag and sight gag Workers Number 1 5
Michael Close The Origami Bunny - Folding the Bunny
- The Opening Bit
- For Children (mini hat production)
- For Adults #1 (coin production)
- For Adults #2 (ear torn and restored)
- Glossary of Origami Terms		 Workers Number 1 6
Michael Close Dr. Strangetrick "Or how I stopped worrying and learned to love card warp", detailed routine with card in bill Workers Number 1 14
Michael Close The Pothole Trick hole travels from business card to business card Workers Number 1 27
Michael Close First Application of MC Spread Double Lift, as fake side steal to impress magicians Workers Number 2 43
Michael Close Second Application MC Spread Double Lift from face-up deck Workers Number 2 43
Michael Close As a Force and a Control MC Spread Double Lift application Workers Number 2 44
Michael Close The Frog Prince card folded in origami frog transposes with selectionRelated to Workers Number 2 45
Michael Weber, Michael Close, Eric Maurin Coffee Machine time machine presentation while drinking coffee, sugar packet is restored, coffee free of sugar and spoon vanishes from mug and is resting dry on the table again Life Savers 15
Michael Close Introduction - Some Soul Searching
- A Sense of Conviction
- Paying the Price
- In the Auditorium of the Mind
- How to Learn from this Manuscript		 Workers Number 2 1
Michael Close The Theory of Penetration Effects Workers Number 2 5
Michael Close The Double Bar Workers Number 2 52
Michael Close Rubik's Dollar Bill bill in folded playing card is penetrated with toothpickRelated to
  • Lou Gallo's "Rubik's Revenge" (Lou Gallo - The Underground Man, 1996) p.116-119
 Workers Number 2 4
Michael Close The El Cheepo Magic Club signed business card to matchbox (folded) Workers Number 2 14
Michael Close The Ring, Shoelace, and Straw Routine ring travels from hand to hand, penetrates string, string penetrates straw Workers Number 2 20
Michael Close Dancers at the End of Time aces vanish from top of deck, trap kings, transposition with quartets, all change into jokersInspired by Workers Number 2 29
Michael Close, Paul LePaul The Tuning Fork Inspired by Workers Number 2 30
Michael Close Twenty-Six Cents Worth of Change transformation of pocket change Workers Number 2 35
Michael Close The Four Cent Bonus multiple coin transformation, using glued together coins Workers Number 2 37
Michael Close The MC Spread Double Lift hides back of bottom card throughoutVariations Workers Number 2 40
Michael Close The Big Surprise signed fake contract travels folded to container Workers Number 3 5
Michael Close Folding the Contract secret folding method while "contract" is placed into pocket, could be used for jumbo cards Workers Number 3 9
Michael Close, Larry West A Visit from Rocco using giant billsVariations Workers Number 3 20
Michael Close, John Cornelius You Axed For It ring to box, appears to be at several places at onceInspired by
  • "My Lady's Ring" (John Cornelius)
Variations		 Workers Number 3 26
Michael Close Patter for Pavel's "Fantastic Knot" presentation Workers Number 3 37
Michael Close Technique - We Go to Music School
- Magic Books
- No That I've Got It, What Do I Do?		 Workers Number 3 41
Michael Close On Palming general discussion of classic palm with headings
- The Grip
- The Swing Points
- The Pivot Point		 Workers Number 3 45
S. W. Erdnase, Michael Close The Erdnase Bottom Palm Workers Number 3 48
Michael Close After the Palm what to do after bottom palm Workers Number 3 50
Paul LePaul, Michael Close, Edward Marlo The Left Hand Diagonal Palm Inspired by Workers Number 3 50
Tenkai Ishida, Michael Close The Left Hand Peek Steal Workers Number 3 52
Michael Close, Dai Vernon Transfers, Top Palms, and Shifting the Grip Workers Number 3 54
Michael Close How to Avoid "Framing" Workers Number 3 56
Michael Close Take a Letter signed alphabet card is found in paper bag by shooting a pin in it Workers Number 3 58
Michael Close The Incredible Peeked Prediction free selection predicted in wallet (palming method) Workers Number 3 64
Michael Close The Ooh-Ah Bird origami bird lays egg with prediction in it Workers Number 3 73
Michael Close Criss Cross Force Handling Workers Number 3 75
Michael Close, Dai Vernon, Wallace Galvin Origami Bill Production origami bill produced from handkerchiefInspired by Workers Number 3 79
Michael Close Chicken Teryaki coin through hand, c/s transpo Workers Number 3 89
Michael Close The Incredible Growing Toothpick Workers Number 3 98
Scotty York Froggy Goes A'Courtin card reveals itself underneath handkerchief, glorpy, with card frog that changes into caricature card of performerRelated to For Your Eyes Only 18
Michael Close We're all B*z*s on this Bus clown faces appear on blank cards Workers Number 3 104
Philip T. Goldstein, Michael Close Haback Count Variation flushtration hamman count combo Workers Number 3 106
Michael Close Down for the Count vampire teeth appear in mouth Workers Number 3 112
Michael Close The Card, The Forehead, And The Salt Shaker card on forehead, under salt shaker, deck under salt shaker, 51 cards to pocket combo Workers Number 3 119
Scott Robinson Riding the Wave mentally selected card is found reversed in the deck, three different handlingsRelated to The Trapdoor - Volume Two (Issue 47) 842
Steve Beam Leftovers on Billy McDonald, Mike Gallo, Evan Katz, Michael Close, Gary Plants, Joan Moran, Marty Martin The Trapdoor - Volume Two (Issue 48) 880
Michael Close Introduction - SOB 2000 and Carlo's Three Laws
- About The Stand-Up Routines
- About This Book		 Workers Number 3 1
Michael Close Presentation - The First Barrier
- The Big Lie
- Dr. Nagler's Study
- We're Back Home		 Workers Number 3 15
Michael Close Patter - The Purpose of Patter
- Delivering Patter
- Thinking on Your Feet
- Humor		 Workers Number 3 34
Michael Close Loose Ends replacing palmed cards Workers Number 3 57
Michael Close Naturalness and Motivation - Doin' What Comes Naturally
- Uniformity
- Motivating Sleight of Hand		 Workers Number 3 69
Michael Close The Too Perfect Theory - What is Magic?
- Method vs "Sell"
- Some Examples
- One More Example
- A Corollary		 Workers Number 3 84
Michael Close Analysis and Conviction - Convincing the Audience
- A General Approach
- Analysis		 Workers Number 3 95
Michael Close Ethics Workers Number 3 101
Michael Close Audience Management - Elmsley's Approach
- Authority
- We Meet the Enemy
- Patter
- Maintaining Control		Related to
  • Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. 1, p. 15-17
 Workers Number 3 116
Michael Close The Double Bar Workers Number 3 138
Michael Close, Stewart James Coda Chrome rough smooth Workers Number 4 3
Michael Close Erma La Fource "Oscar", name on back of card predicted Workers Number 4 11
Michael Close Flying Home multiple phase cards to pocket, based on Carlyle, Williamson and card to fly Workers Number 4 44
Michael Close The Imagination Tester origami effect with "bar and bolt" figure Workers Number 4 18
Michael Close, Karrell Fox Ruthless Peephole combining cigarette through quarter routine by Karrell Fox and Dan Harlan's Card-toon Workers Number 4 28
Michael Close Bloom On Your Hand matchbook cover stands on edge (I.T.R.), match animation Workers Number 4 32
Michael Close Cu/Ag/C12H22O11 Thieves and Sheep with sugar packets, double sided packet Workers Number 4 38
Michael Close No Sleeves, No Topit clean vanish of salt shaker or similar object Workers Number 4 42
Juan Tamariz, Michael Close The Tamariz Turnover Handling Related to Workers Number 4 46
Edward Marlo, Michael Close Misdirection Palm Handling Workers Number 4 48
Michael Close Butte Ox? Two Butte Ox! cards across, Mullica style Workers Number 4 55
Dai Vernon, Michael Close Cover for Vernon Palm Transfer Workers Number 4 57
Michael Close The First Add-on Workers Number 4 58
Michael Close Introduction - About the Material Workers Number 4 1
Michael Close The Double Bar Workers Number 4 65
Michael Close MC Spread Double Lift Cardshark 28
Michael Close The Lie Detector Lie Speller Plot, with prediction Workers Number 5 7
Michael Close, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Under-the-Spread Force Handling Workers Number 5 9
Michael Close, Shigeo Takagi You Hue spectator's name is duplicated, using name index, variation on Takagi's "The Wild Blanks" Workers Number 5 16
Michael Close A Trick for O'Brien prediction with one-way deck kicker ("You will not pick the Joker"), back of selection changes Workers Number 5 21
Michael Close Fortune Sugar prediction of number, color, object (forces and multiple outs) Workers Number 5 25
Michael Close, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings Reverse Logic four phase routine: named four-of a kind turns overInspired by Workers Number 5 30
Michael Close Too Ahead multiple phase routine with six coins, then five, then four Workers Number 5 41
Michael Close The Discrepant Count sound illusion, x as x-1 Workers Number 5 47
Michael Close On Sleights - It Starts with a Letter
- The Big Question		 Workers Number 5 59
Michael Close The Bottom Deal Workers Number 5 61
Michael Close, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Culling Workers Number 5 62
Michael Close The Faro Shuffle Workers Number 5 65
Michael Close The Last Card Push handling the last block in an undercount Workers Number 5 67
Michael Close The MC Spread Double Lift additional ideas, no descriptionRelated to Workers Number 5 68
Michael Close Out of U and ME clean turnover of one card, full deck of double backers Workers Number 5 68
Michael Close Renaldo the Great routine for the vase and string trick, Chinese Prayer Vase Workers Number 5 70
Michael Close, Jerry K. Hartman Pink Floyd four blue-backed jokers turn red, then blue again Workers Number 5 78
Michael Close The Tamariz Rabbits presentation for Juan Tamariz' card set Workers Number 5 85
Michael Close, Edward Marlo Red Blue Mama Fooler sticky tape Workers Number 5 88
Michael Close Memorized Mama Fooler method with memorized deck and sticky card Workers Number 5 91
Michael Close Rocco Returns routine for Ton Onosaka's "Lucky Lady" prop Workers Number 5 93
Michael Close, Gaetan Bloom Ring Fright ring transposes with car key Workers Number 5 98
Michael Close Flourishes essay Workers Number 5 101
Michael Close The Unreality Machine matchbook transforms into folded piece of paper Workers Number 5 103
Michael Close Stupid Travelers comedy presentation, ambidextrous travelers Workers Number 5 110
Derek Dingle, Michael Close Bluff Shift Handling to top Workers Number 5 111
Larry Jennings, Michael Close L.J. Angle Steal Handling Workers Number 5 114
Michael Close Center Steal Jennings' technique from centerInspired by Workers Number 5 116
Michael Close On the Memorized Deck - Which Stack?
- Learning the Stack
- The Open Index
- Estimation
- False Shuffles
- Deck Switches		 Workers Number 5 122
Michael Close The Wishing Trick named card comes to top, any card at any number, memorized deck Workers Number 5 126
Michael Close Two For Simon - Tut Tut four aces come together in deck reversed and trap selection, for memorized deck, Aronson Stack only Workers Number 5 131
Michael Close Flushed With Success Royal Flush is found in deck via stack and faros, for memorized deck, Aronson Stack onlyRelated to Workers Number 5 132
Michael Close Myopia two cards, estimation, inspired by Aronson's "Simon Eyes", memorized deck Workers Number 5 134
Michael Close First Finger Estimation finger of left hand estimates thickness of packet it holds Workers Number 5 135
Michael Close, Allan Ackerman The Invisible Deck ungaffed, memorized deckRelated toVariations Workers Number 5 138
Michael Close The Half Pass cover for stand-up use Workers Number 5 141
Michael Close, Roy Walton The Smiling Mule any named card appears in sandwich, memorized deckInspired byRelated to Workers Number 5 143
Michael Close Monkey in the Middle routine for Goldman's effect, named card appears in sandwich, memorized deckVariations Workers Number 5 145
Michael Close Center Glimpse Workers Number 5 146
Michael Close The Haunted Deck named card, memorized deck, small handRelated to Workers Number 5 148
Michael Close, Steve Draun Midnight Shift Variation Workers Number 5 150
Michael Close Full Deck Passover named card from red deck to blue deck, memorized deck Workers Number 5 152
Michael Close The Card Stab stabbing to any named card, memorized deckInspired by Workers Number 5 154
Michael Close The Birthday Book memorized deck Workers Number 5 156
Michael Close Jazzin - The Trick that Can be Explained finding a named card via improvisation Workers Number 5 160
Stephen Hobbs (reviewer) Workers Number 5 by Michael Close The Looking Glass (Issue 3) 130
Michael Close Introduction Workers Number 5 1
Michael Close Assumptions Workers Number 5 3
Michael Close Venue Workers Number 5 28
Michael Close Personality Workers Number 5 55
Michael Close Too Jay about Jay Marshall Workers Number 5 120
Michael Close Magic and Meaning Workers Number 5 164
Michael Close Goodbye Workers Number 5 166
Michael Close Foreward Magic Atlas ix
David Regal Primate Spectator places two Kings on the deck, selection instantly appears between themInspired by Close-Up & Personal 52
Darwin Ortiz The Last Laugh smiling mule version, memorized deckInspired byRelated to Scams & Fantasies with Cards 91
David Ben, Michael Weber, Michael Close, Bob Farmer Invisible Triumph rough smooth Tricks 90
Wesley James, Juan Tamariz The Unload Subtlety credit informationRelated to Enchantments 167
Homer Liwag, Michael Close Body Contact giant contact lense appears, then glasses appear The Rice Papers 5
Larry West, Michael Close, Christian Scherer, Sveroni Spielschulden / Am Bankschalter with giant billsInspired by ... oder so! 32
Derek DelGaudio La Mezcla "Bajo-mano" Inspired by
  • "The Mead/Kennedy False Shuffle" in Michael Close's "Closely Guarded Secrets"
 Spain 2011 16
Oliver Meech Fortune Telling Fish Plastic fish tells fortune, reveals spectator's card/nameInspired by Plot Twists 54
Michael Close The MC Spread Double Lift Confident Deceptions 121
Edward Marlo, Michael Close, Andrew Wimhurst, Patrick Lehnen Jive Aces with whole deck under box kickerInspired by Lecture Notes 11
Michael Close Deck under Box Lecture Notes 14
John Lovick That's My Ring! borrowed rings appear to be at several places at onceInspired by The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc. 53
Michael Close Ring Switch The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc. 58
Sungwon Kim Spread Cull Double Turnover from the centerRelated to Imagery 5
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) The Complete Workers Ebook by Michael CloseAlso published here
  • Genii, May 2005
 Light and Heat 105