This effect is based on a an old children’s toy of the 1930’s: “The man in the barrel”. Others, including: Eddy Taytelbaum, Fred Kaps, Ken Brooke, Herbert Martin Paufler, Tony Lackner, Vienna Magic, and more recently Francois Danis, have also created effects with the same basic principle. Gary Ouellet used his version of this great …
This effect is based on a an old children’s toy of the 1930’s: “The man in the barrel”. Others, including: Eddy Taytelbaum, Fred Kaps, Ken Brooke, Herbert Martin Paufler, Tony Lackner, Vienna Magic, and more recently Francois Danis, have also created effects with the same basic principle. Gary Ouellet used his version of this great …
This effect was invented by Lu Brent and originally called Lox (Pallbearer’s Review: Vol 1. No. 2, page 5, 1965). It was then re-invented by Gus Southall and sold by Ken Brooke as Release Me, c. 1967. It was then re-invented and sold as Locked Deck by Mystic Hills c. 1974 and finally as Locked …
This effect was invented by Lu Brent and originally called Lox (Pallbearer’s Review: Vol 1. No. 2, page 5, 1965). It was then re-invented by Gus Southall and sold by Ken Brooke as Release Me, c. 1967. It was then sold as Locked Deck by Mystic Hills c. 1974 and finally as Locked Deck by …
Edward Victor created this effect c. 1950 and sold the rights to Ken Brooke which Ken started selling c. 1954. The main move, the EYE Count, was invented by Chris Charlton c. 1940 for his Modern Monte effect. As a teenager I purchased this from Ron MacMillan’s International Unique Magic Studio and used to perform …
_EF This is a fabulously entertaining routine with a cute story that is played out visually on custom made, super heavy stock plastic cards. Audiences of all ages will love it. A white rabbit appears in a previously empty top hat. Next a fresh red apple appears and afterwards that same apple is shown, but …
These were created and routined by Anverdi and Tommy van Rhee in Holland and sold by dealers such as Ken Brooke. _EF These props were made for the classic “Chink-a-Chink” routine. The props handle very well, especially with the deluxe addition feature with the shell locking on to one of the solid Chincas. They are …
This is a rip off of Bob Ostin’s Beam Shot that was originally released by Ken Brooke c. 1969. This version was released by Bob Little c. 1973. It works well though I feel that the ad copy is a little over the top – certainly for modern day audiences. I created a more streamlined …
This effect was invented by the Dutch Magician Dick Koornwinder in the 1960’s. It won first prize for Close-up Magic at the National Dutch Convention c. 1971. It was marketed under license by Ken Brook as “Koornwinder Kar” although there is some question as to whether Mr. Koornwinder ever gave Ken manufacturing rights, which becomes …
Read a great article by Nick Lewin about Roy Johnson here. For me The Dunbury Delusion of Chapter five was almost as important to me as Paul Curry’s Out of This World. It was one of my favorite routines for years, and I think high time I brought it back into rotation! _EF Illustrated by …
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