This is Greg Otto's “packs very small, plays big can be done under virtually any conditions” act. An act that can be done for practically any size of audience. The TORN & RESTORED BILL is his very funny, rapid fire, opening routine, which ends in a couple of great sight gags, that can be used in other money tricks too. His method for CARD TO FLY is amazing in its simplicity, and the effect on an audience and unbelievably strong. Like the bill trick, there are gags in this routine that can be applied to almost any other card effects.

Greg likes to end a trick with a laugh and his CUT AND RESTORED ROPE routine does just that. You will mine a plethora of adaptable material in this easy to do triple restoration. Also on the disk are his performances and explanations for the HIMBER RING - M. O. A. B. - BALOON ANIMALS (sort of) and more. The DVD concludes with Greg's no gaff ADD-A-NUMBER (the method flew by both me and John Carney...)

After the performance Greg sits down with me and discusses his methods and the thoughts behind them - with nothing held back! Believe Leonardo da Vinci who said, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication!” Greg's material has that in spades! He will teach you his super easy methods, strong effects, and hilarious presentations, which are the keys for creating an unforgettable entertainment experience for your audience.

You probably know how to do the tricks, now learn to present them in a memorable way...

Martin Lewis

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“What a great idea. If you are one of the thousands of magicians who have done Cardiographic on stage then this should be in your pocket!" Paul Gertner

“I have been watching Brian do this for years and silently wished I had it for my own shows. Now I do! A totally organic and motivated way to get your card out to the audience. Brilliant!” Bob Sheets

Although the Out to Dinner clip is not required, it makes a great addition - both Brian and I use it with this effect. Buy it along with this DVD for a package deal of $40.

Six Stand-Up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong, audience tested material, from his Cabaret act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step hands on guide, how to make the “props” on your kitchen table quickly and easily with only basic tools and materials and needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic.

Includes artwork on disk, requires a computer with a DVD drive.

BIG SWITCH
A great MC bit. Attempting to right a wrong the peformer shows the audience how to switch a card… Literally!
SNACKS, ALIVE!
Martin’s take on the classic vanishing bottle. The delayed climax provides a pleasing ending without insulting the audiences intelligence. Perfect for both children and adults.
COME-BACK CARD
A very visual card effect for the platform. A card keeps jumping to the face of a pack, which is out of the performers hands. Created by Martin’s father Eric Lewis.
TECHNICOLOR PREDICTION
A prediction effect with built in comedy that leads up to a suprising finale. Easy to customize for different audiences. Each time the outcome is different.
RIPSTIX
The classic Chinese Sticks never had much of a finish until now. This one leaves the audience really baffled.
CARDIOGRAPHIC
Yes you can make one, it’s easier than you think! For the first time on videotape Martin reveals all of the details and subtle touches that brings his sketchpad card rise effect into the miracle class.

Subtitled in English, Deutsch, Francais, and Italiano. No region coding for worldwide viewing.

Six more Stand-Up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong, audience tested material, from his Cabaret act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step hands on guide, how to make the “props” on your kitchen table quickly and easily with only basic tools and materials and needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic.

Includes artwork on disk, requires a computer with a DVD drive.

TWO COLOR TORN TISSUE
In this version of the classic “Torn and Restored Napkin” two different colored papers are used to explain how it works… But the audience is still no wiser.
COMEDY CARD STAB
At the end it seems like the magician stabs the wrong card, but instead ends up with a visual knockout!
CRYSTAL GAZING
A spectator slowly names the card that the audience is thinking of by gazing into a crystal ball. Martin’s method is as amazing as the effect.
HALVE-IT
The “Three and a Half of Clubs” is taken from being a close up gag to a brilliant stand-up routine. Along the way Martin shows a great way make giant cards.
HANDSCAN
Show the front and back of your hand slowly and produce a fan of cards. Absolutely no manipulation required.
CARD IN BOTTLE
The title tells all. Martin’s presentation of an effect created by Harbin. This is a real fooler, and a closer in anyone’s book. Worth it for the card vanish alone!

Subtitled in English, Deutsch, Francais, and Italiano. No region coding for worldwide viewing.

The Martin Lewis Video is now on DVD

The DVD version includes the following;

The "Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper" has been around for over a hundred years.

Now Martin Lewis brings this classic into the 21st century with a new and exciting handling that relies on subtlety rather than dexterity. A handling that makes the effect clearly visible for two or two hundred! (Or 9 million if you have your own national TV special.)

This video shows how you can perform this ultra clean restoration, which has consistently baffled magicians and laymen alike. Learn from Martin's 24 years of experience in performing this effect.

? The ideal materials
? How to prepare them
? The important displays
? The simple switch
? The visual restoration

"Martin's version of this classic embodies it with balletic verve and visibility. It will thrill and delight everyone, as the carny barkers used to say, ...from 8 to 80, man, woman, child!" - Jon Racherbaumer

"Martin is a Master Magical Artist in every sense of the word. He has taken a time-honored classic and turned it into a masterpiece. The video is clear and concise. I particularly like his "overview' section. This is a real winner!" - Dimmare

"Notice how the hands perfectly display the effect, while professionally framing the performer? When combined with Martins deep understanding of powerful magic, this becomes the ultimate Packs small plays big effect!" - Michael Ammar

Also available is a kit of required materials.

Read the Mike Close review of this video from MAGIC Magazine.

They were the work of passion, these three volumes, and they were beautiful. They revealed the finest of magic sifted from a lifetime of experience. They were unique. Typewritten by the recipient of the A.M.A. Literary Fellowship and author of over 26 books of magic. Filled with hand drawn watercolor artwork and illustrations, and bound in library covers. Seen by only a select few and destined to stay that way. There was only one copy of each.

Things have changed. Although still impossible to publish by conventional means due to the high cost, the books are published on CD-ROM. We have faithfully retained the original texture and feel of the originals and added an interactive interface that allows for searching, scaling and printing from your personal computer.

The 359 pages of this CD-ROM book contains 97 effects for Close-up - Stage - Mentalism - Children, etc. Taken from written instructions and books, to watched performances and word of mouth instruction. Here are the cherished ideas of Annemann, Stanley Collins, Paul Curry, Cy Endfield, Robert Harbin, R.W. Hull, Stewart James, Jordan, Milton Kort, Ed Marlo, Clayton Rawson, Harlan Tarbell, Edward Victor and many more.

Read the Mike Close review of this CD from MAGIC Magazine.

The classic magical effect The Egg Bag, has never been explained as well as on this video.

Four top professional routines are performed. Martin Lewis shows and explains the Senor Mardo Egg Bag. Tom Mullica entertains with the Comedy Egg Bag, Billy McComb bedazzles you with his favorite routine using the Whiskey Egg Bag. The last segment is a lecture by Charlie Miller and Johnny Thompson on the famous “Malini Egg Bag”.

Long a classic effect, but seldom performed, this video will instruct and teach how the novice or professional can add an excellent effect to their acts. This teach-in video spotlights another magic classic and gives an in-depth view of this popular effect.

Six card effects from the Academy of Magical Arts “Parlor Magician of the Year” for the year 2000, with the emphasis on novelty effects. As expected, Martin delivers his original ideas with clear and insightful explainations. Oh! There is a non-card effect too, Martin’s chop cup routine “Cheap Cup” the best $1.95 you’ll ever spend. Martin also explains his “Spread Shuffle,” an extraordinarily deceptive false shuffle.

This is material for the working magician, each effect being forged in the heat of live performance, it is all practical and carefully thought out magic.

• The One Hand Boomerang
First published in Ricky Jay's "Cards as Weapons" this is Martin's method for the Boomerang card.
• The Whispering Joker
Three selected cards are named, while the deck is blindfolded. A real fooler!
• Eye-Opener
A prediction goes wrong but magic saves the day.
• The Daydream Card
How can a card be in two places at the same time?
• Magician's Poker
Where cheating is not only allowed, it's required!
• The Little Switch
The wrong card is switched for the right one, literally. With a switch on the back of the card!
• Cheap Cup
The only no card item on the list, You will find the Cheap Cup well worth looking at.

Read Michael Close's Review from MAGIC Magazine

NOW AVAILABLE!

Sixteen effects from our Catalog caught on video. Performed live by Martin Lewis.

The McAbee Rings, Cardiographic, Ghostwriter, Undivided, Sidewalk Shuffle, S.U.M., Ghost Deal, Mardo Egg Bag, Technicolor Prediction, Comedy Card Stab, The Come Back Card, Re-Covered, Halve it, Big Switch, Crystal Gazing, Rabbit Test and the Stampede Second.

These are full performances and not simply "demos." See what the effects look like and get Martin's full presentations for a very low price.

These notes contain 32 effects for stage, close up, and parlor, and include all the effects the originals do. Three sets of notes for the price of two.

Contents:

MARTIN LEWIS 2001 LECTURE NOTES

Stand-up Magic : Two Color Torn Paper - The Eric Lewis Card Stab - Jumbo Halve-It -Sharper Sharped - Harbin's Card in Bottle.

Close-up Magic: Dice Finale - Magicians Poker (former Ghost Deal) - Ghostwriter - Re-Covered - Impossible Minature Card Rise - The Natural Count - Oil and Water Waltz.

1999 - 2000 LECTURE NOTES

The Prismatic Pencil - The Cheap Cup - Technicolor Prediction -Torn Cigarette paper -The Comedy Comeback Card - Cardiographic - Point of Arrival - The Whispering Joker - Queenie - Lucifer's Card - Masklyne's 24 Rules.

Featuring Cardiographic. The card that rises from a sketch! This is the latest in innovations, handling, and set up from the creator of the effect featured by David Copperfield. Fully described and amply illustrated, this is a complete primer on making and performing this extraordinary effect!

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