The Frogs, the Fish, and the Bowl of Water: A modernized method to effortlessly produce live fish.

The Broken and Restored Clay Pipe: A broken and restored party horn makes for a funny, and surprising, emcee gag.

The Fu Manchu bag escape is one of the absolute best parlor/platform effects. I had previously seen it performed, and was completely fooled. The method is very clever, it is easy to perform and inexpensive to put together. This alone makes the lesson 5 stars.

The arts and crafts on the coffee, milk and sugar production lead to some really useful utility props. Just Dan showing us the readily available and inexpensive pieces and how to gaff then is quite valuable.

There is also an effect that ends with a solid deck (presaging so many later gaffs). The routine is decent as well.

I was not a fan of the egg bag effect.

As always, Dan does an outstanding job of explanation and routining.

The effects presented in this episode were interesting and I am glad I saw them performed and found the explanations fascinating. A little too much crafting for me and not the kind of effects I would personally perform, but still worth the price.

If you aren't subscribed to this series you are really missing out. The lessons are always great and this one is particularly good.

Great egg routine that I am making the props for now.

This lesson is filled with great magic that Dan has updated for modern audiences. My favorite act has to be Okito's Tea, Milk, and Sugar Mystery where Dan teaches you how to produce liquids from a pitcher filled with paper. Excellent lesson.

This lesson is filled with great magic that Dan has updated for modern audiences. My favorite act has to be Okito's Tea, Milk, and Sugar Mystery where Dan teaches you how to produce liquids from a pitcher filled with paper. Excellent lesson.

This lesson is filled with great magic that Dan has updated for modern audiences. My favorite act has to be Okito's Tea, Milk, and Sugar Mystery where Dan teaches you how to produce liquids from a pitcher filled with paper. Excellent lesson.

I'm getting tired of saying this, but Dan is a genius. Some will say that these are old effects that won't play well in the modern era. They are wrong, But it's not just the effects and presentations that makes it all worth it... it's Dan's bits of knowledge that he gives away. The stuff you learn about tapes, glues, paints, sewing, crafts, etc, is priceless.

Many of this bits of inside info can be used is so many other effects you might decide to put together in the future.

Dan's a genius and this is a great collection

This video will give you good ideas for magic even if you don't do the tricks as shown. Some of the original tricks have aged poorly -- I don't see anyone doing a routine based around clay pipes today. Here's some comments on my favorites.

Boomerang Coins: notable for including a moment similar to a popular one by Paul Harris. I didn't know the idea was this old. This one works away from the stage, too.

Tea, Milk, Sugar Mystery: a very complex trick. Dan Harlan has changed the main methods into simpler ones, but it is still a major undertaking.

Phantom Bag Escape: a confounding escape that's underused. I don't care for the routine -- I think I'd combine the trick with another escape. Minimal prep required.

This was one of the best of the best going to use as much as I can in my shows the only thing is some of the props they show you how to make you cant find the things you need to make them like the double wall pitcher and a different lesson I still can't find a special plastic glass for a vanish of a silk that was said we could party city but wasn't there

Dan Harlan has done it again. A video with much material that is awesome. Highly recommended.