Columnist: Banachek Not too long ago I wrote an article about some funny episodes in the lives of magicians for the GeMiNi network. Amongst these tales I mentioned an offbeat prank played by the late David Hoy on Walter Blaney. It involved the four letter “F” word. Funny enough, few magicians know that mentalist/psychic David […]
Columnist: Banachek The Blindfold Drive With an April fool’s joke on this network that I got caught up in, came some pretty good advice about the blindfold drive. The original post asked for advice on a blindfold drive for the Indy 500 pace car that was to be driven at 75 miles an hour. The […]
Columnist: Banachek Back in 1993, Raj Madhok used a wonderful principle in an effect he published in the PEA’s publication called Vibrations. The effect involved a prescription bottle with the following on the label: FOR THE NEXT FOURTEEN DAYS. TAKE ONE PINK CAPSULE DAILY. You either covered the ‘TEEN’ up with your thumb to show […]
Columnist: Banachek Lucky Number This first appeared in the late Bascom Jones’ Magick Magazine. This routine came to me about four o’clock in the morning one night. The time that most good ideas come to me. I was pondering the reason an old effect worked. The one where you have someone secretly pick a number […]
Columnist: Banachek Lorayne’s Buck A borrowed dollar bill is folded and placed in an envelope and laid out in a row with three other envelopes. The mentalist turns his back and the spectator freely moves the envelopes about. Under these conditions, with his back turned, the mentalist eliminates all of the other envelopes leaving the […]
Columnist: Banachek Here is an effect for you that I came up with around 78 or so. It is not very deceptive on its own, but if utilized amongst some other stuff and quickly followed by something else it will blow them away. I will give you one of the cards and Homynoms, I have […]
Columnist: Banachek GEORGE & BILL This first appeared in Bascom’s Magick Experiment with this strange of-the-wall concept. You’ll find it can be employed as close-up as well as stage presentations. “As most school-children know” you begin, “Abraham Lincoln was known as Honest Abe. Yet, he was not the most honest president we ever had. “That […]
Columnist: Banachek Funny Incidents in Magic This column is not going to be about mentalism, or me for that matter. It’s going to be about funny incidents in magic. Often I tell these supposedly true stories and people will end up choking on their food or spewing their milk or coffee from their nose. So […]
Columnist: Banachek ON 21 Feb 97, I posted the following on another limited Network. With the recent discussion of Koran’s Medalion in the Mentalism section, I thought it might be of interest here. For a full presentation of “Room Service”, pick up a copy of T. A. Waters, Mind, Myth & Magic. For the last […]
Columnist: Banachek Permission for me to share this article was kindly given to me by Bev Bergeron. It certainly shows the showmanship of some performers and how they can always seen to grab the spotlight. BLINDFOLD DRIVE TO DALLAS The year was 1959 and the month was September – that time of year when the […]
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