I really enjoyed this lecture. The routines are practical close-up card magic. He used to work at
Malone's and he gave a lot of good advice from what he learned from Bill Malone. There is great
wisdom there for the working magician. He has original presentations. There are some slights on this
lecture that can be on the intermediate side of difficulty, for example, one-handed top palm. But as
a whole I think the skill level required to do most of these effects are within reach of the Penguin
audience. Ed does an excellent job communicating and explaining the routines and sleights in detail.
I like how he took classic effects such as the Chicago opener and Triumph and put his original spin
on it. Made me re-think how I can make my own changes to those effects.
He has a great
routine where a selected card is chosen. He takes out a card with an 8 ball picture on it and an
actual real eight ball pops out of there and then later the eightball vanishes and the 8 ball
picture card turns into the selected card! So visual.
He has a great card in the pocket
transposition. There is a great presentation he has using the deck, 2 selected cards and the out to
lunch principal. Very original thinking of this routine.
Not only did I find great advice
on this lecture. He has a great sense of humor and it was entertaining to watch.
practical close-up card magic
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