Suzanne is a savvy, practical magician with decades of experience doing restaurants magic. The
routines she teaches are original, highly polished, and have proven their worth in thousands of
performances.
Suzanne's teaching of sleights is especially helpful. For instance,
there's a move in the Dai Vernon Cups and Balls where the balls are batted under the cups with the
finger tips. Gannon's booklet on the Vernon routine does a poor job of explaining this sleight, but
Suzanne makes it all clear in about two minutes. As another example, she shows how to palm a card
and convey it to your pocket, even though your hand is small and the card is peeking out the side.
Suzanne's advice about the business of restaurant magic is at once shrewd and ethical. She
explains how to convince a restaurant manager to hire you, how to establish a relationship with
servers, how to handle hecklers and children. Regarding the last point, some of the videotaped
performances in her lecture are with a child spectator who is sweet and difficult at the same time.
I learned a huge amount from this lecture and intend to watch it again to soak up
everything. I just wish Suzanne would teach us her famous band-aid trick, which she used to fool
Penn and Teller. Five stars!
Hi James,
I contacted Suzanne before her lecture to see if she would include the band-aid trick and she said she couldn't because it was actually Joel Given's effect which he created some time ago. She recommended that I contact him directly about it. I sent Joel an email to ask if the effect was available commercially and received no reply.
I also read in a magic magazine that the method she used for Penn and Teller was a revised one from her initial method to increase her chances of fooling them.
Magic Bob
Magic Bob,
Thanks for the extra info on the band-aid trick. In the Penguin LIVE lecture, Suzanne and Dan Harlan briefly chatted about the band-aid trick. Dan suggested that Suzanne has talked with Joel Given about the possibility of her eventually teaching other magicians the method. However, Suzanne didn't say anything definite about what's likely to happen. I had the impression she doesn't even want to talk about the matter publicly until she and Joel work something out. It all sounds pretty iffy for the time being.
Jim Wood
Hey Jim,
Thanks for the response. I purchased the Suzanne Penguin lecture but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I have a feeling the secret won't be released any time soon. I have a book with Joel's tricks (published by Joshua Jay) but didn't find this trick within the contents. He has another book that was released later but I don't know the contents. Anyway, it looks like it would be a cool trick (especially since I do magic in a children's hospital) but there are plenty of other great tricks out there. Although I haven't put any effort into trying to figure out how the trick works, I suspect it may require a bit of arts and crafts set up for each performance and that usually deters me from including a trick in my repertoire so, maybe I wouldn't use it anyway.
All the best,
Magic Bob
Hi Jim and Bob!
The creator of Band-Aid Transpo is Joe Givan from Colorado. It was written up in lecture notes by Joe, in a book called Magic From the Attic II by Joe, and a slightly different version of it was written up in the Magic Man Examiner by Chris Kenner.
If you can't find it from one of those places, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
I hope that's helpful.
Suzanne
Thanks, Suzanne!
Nobody can deny that you are a personable, warm-hearted and gracious person (in addition to a solid, talented magician). We're lucky to have you in the magic community.
Magic Bob
Suzanne,
Many thanks very much for the tip on how to find the Band-Aid trick. I did a web search for Chris Kenner Magic Man Examiner, and it let me to a pdf copy of this publication. The version of the Bandaid trick taught there is called "Blood Transfusion Show" and is on pages 16-17 of Volume 2 (page 20 of the pdf).
Thanks even more for the outstanding lecture. You set an example of how to present powerful, family-oriented magic in a warm, sophisticated way. And your teaching of sleights was outstanding.
Jim
Thank you Jim! I'm glad I could be help. Please know you can contact me any time.
Suzanne
Suzanne, your lecture was outstanding! I really like it. Dear James Michael Wood the version of Blood Transfusion Show is the one that is in the Genii Magazine: October 2012? Thanks in advance for your help!
UFF! Now I see that I was following the wrong lead. I was emailing Joel Given about this not Joe Givan. I already knew about Joel Given since I have one of his books and thought maybe Suzanne got the name a little wrong from memory. Sorry Suzanne! How could I have doubted you? :-). Joel was probably wondering what the heck I was talking about when I emailed him but a response still would have been appreciated. It's not right for magicians to have similar names! THANKS Jim for steering us on the right track. I can find it now.
Since I'm a subscriber to Genii, I can access all the past issues on-line. I found it. All is peachy.
Great blpprt! It is the one of Genii Magazine: October 2012, correct?
Thank you!
I do want to make the point that the Chris Kenner's version is done a bit differently than Joe's version and is completely different than the version I did that fooled Penn and Teller. It does get you on the right track however to do a transposition with bandages.
Hi Mikelodion13,
Yes, it is the Oct. 2012 edition of Genii.
http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2910
Happy trails.
Great lecture. Thanks, Suzanne.
As there are references being tossed around, I would like to clarify that the band aid trick is not (for those who aren't already aware of this) Suzanne's to share. It is, as is pointed out above, in Magic From The Attic II -- however, to be accurate, is the actual title "More Magic From The Attic"? Lest anyone rush to the back issues of Genii, the more pertinent question to ask is whether there will be any plans to reissue the MMFTA lecture notes?
http://www.conjuringlibrary.net/newopc/bookslist.asp?start=4626
Looks like an ebay search.
Thanks for the correction of the name of the book Spartacus! I'm hoping Joe still has that in print. I've sent people to him it and sometimes hear back that he doesn't have anymore copies and they want to just have me teach them. I don't feel comfortable doing that so please just contact Joe.
Correction. In a previous post, I said that the band-aid trick in Chris Kenner's Magic Man Examiner is called "Blood Transfusion Show". That's incorrect. It's called simply "Blood Transfusion."
Thank you so much Blpprt!
For those who don’t know him, JOE GIVAN, from Colorado is a FANTASTIC magician!! He also has a theater and is the owner of “Dream Masterz Productions” in Castle Rock, CO. He is an out of the box thinker, and if you can get your hands on his manuscripts “Magic from the Attic” and “More Magic from the Attic”, DEFINITELY pick them up. They are excellent and full of “gems” like the “Band Aid Transpo” mentioned above… Joel Givens is a different guy completely, but wonderful, as well. JOE GIVAN is very “under the radar”, hard to find, but an excellent creator, performer, and a great guy, to boot! I met him at a convention in Gatlinburg, TN, about 15 years ago, and still do many of the effects from his lecture. Definitely worth your further research!
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