Jon Racherbaumer & T.A. Waters: Virtual Foolery
Racherbaumer, Jon & T.A. Waters: Virtual Foolery
©1997 Stevens Magic Emporium
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x9", 32 pages
Racherbaumer & Waters: Virtual Foolery
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Comments: Conceived by T.A. Waters, material collected by Jon Racherbaumer. This is a book of tricks and routines written by the columnists of Stevens Magic Emporium's Greater Magic Network (GeMiNi), an early Internet magic bulletin board.

Contents: (from book, updated Sep 2019)

3 Introduction (T.A. Waters, Jon Racherbaumer)
4 The Sound of Music (Ian Adair): VHS tape changes to ballerina puppet
5 Billion Dollar Bill Switch (Peter Biro): no thumb timp
6 Everywhere and Nowhere Goes Hollywood (Steve Bryant): version of Hofzinser card trick
10 Sand-Which (Aldo Colombini): card sandwich theme with Elmsley and Siva Counts
11 Pieces of Eight (Karrell Fox): four wrong cards turn out right
12 Persistence of Thought (Mark Garetz): using a Lesley deck and a manual camera flash
14 Dai's Wager (Pat Hennessy): a dice bet
14 Two Teasers (Roger Klause)
14 - First Teaser: a very multiple lift
15 - Second Teaser: a demonstration of the Tilt with surprises
16 The Supra-Selling of the Lemming Man (Simon Lovell)
16 - Selling the Roll Out: four coin roll out flourish
17 - Selling the Six-Dice Stack
18 - Grandfather's Beer: climax
19 At Homb With McComb - Sympathetic Silks (Billy McComb)
21 Mullica's Four Ace Ending (Ton Mullica): an easy Four Ace routine
23 Magic for the Rest of the Week (Anthony Owen): idea for a gag card routine
24 Marlo's Favorite Devilish Miracle (Jon Racherbaumer): version of Marlo's card creation
28 On Line, Who Is, and Who Cares (Mike Rogers): essay about online magic forums
29 Gypsy Cursive (T.A. Waters): routine using a set of Peter Kane Gypsy Curse Cards
32 Double Restoration Rope (Ron Wilson): cut and restored


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