Re: Just a few things...

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: : Here are some things I just wanted to ask and say in one message rather then a bunch of : : them. --When DC was on Oprah, he said his special was going to be on April 1. It : : wasn’t. There hasn’t been one on TV( I think) since then. Someone on a DC message : : board said that he heard it was supposed to be sort of a magic april fools day “trick” . : : Ha. Does anyone know if this is true or not? If so, when will the next special be on?! : : Ok, now the next thing has to do with the great wall of china illusion and the “fan” : : It has to do with the shadows. Joel W. told me there is a specialprojector inside the : : enclosure that projects a fake shadow onto the wall. But someone else told me it is his : : real shadow, it’s just in a different spot then his body really is because of lighting. : : Anyway, I’m kind of curious. Next. Who is this Herbert Becker guy? Is this book of his : : out yet? Someone told me he is trying to ruin David’s career. Next. Can anyone be : : more specific about how he flies? I know he is wearing a suit underneath. But how can : : they make such small slits in the glass box and the bars for the wires to pass through. : : Wear in the heck do you get this kind of wire from?!!! It would have to be really : : strong!!! On his tv special, the camera had a shot of him flying in the box from a side : : view. I thought the wires were supposed to be on a horizontal plane or something. : : Anyway, if someone can be a bit more specific about that. Next. I have this book that : : says you can appear to make something levitate. If you tie a thin piece of black thread to : : your ear and to a ball that you have inbetween your hands. You can make the ball rise : : and fall by moving your hands around foward and back. But this trick never works : : successfully!!!!!!!!! Someone always sees it right away. I’m using fairly thin black : : thread. I’ve tried it under certain conditions also!!!!! Is there a special magicians thread : : that is extra thin or something that is supposed to work good? That floating cane trick : : DC does...someone told me it uses black thread...but how come you can’t see it at all?!!... : : or can someone recommend another way I can accomplish a close-up floating illusion. : : (With or without thread) Well if anyone can help me at all with anything I’ve said, : : please post it or e-mail me. Thank You. Bye. : : Merlin, : If you go to the magic shop, just ask for invisible strip thread. This costs like $5, and is plenty for months and months. This is also sold with instructions and is a little bit of thread for $20. Therefore ask for strip thread. It is a thread that is very thin, and very hard to see, even for the Magician. HOwever you can only float very light things with this thread, such as paper, dollar bills and cards. There are alot of different setups for this. Here are just two of them. Connect one side, using wax, also available at the magic shop, to a table, and the other somewhere on your body. This will cause the thread to be extend in a horizontal path from you to the table. Well, put anything on this horizontal line and make it float. Another setup which if you practice gives you so much control, actually its amazing. Wax the thread on to your thumb, then run the thread up behind your ear and over your head to about your chest level and then attach it to the paper. This way the thumb moving up and down can control the motion of moving the object (paper or whatever) up and down and your head by moving it in any direction will cause the paper to move in a horizontal position. Go to the magic shop and ask them to show you the setups, they probably will. Also they have a thing called the ITR, which is $30-40. This is the same thread but comes in a reel form, I have never used it, but know how it works, before you buy this one, check it out. Because I know magicians who love it and who hate it. SO go to the magic shop and see it for yourself. It's pretty cool, I use the regular thread for people close-up it works great and is very inexpensive. This is already a long message and I have to pull an all-nighter for my midterm tomorrow so I am gone, but you can e-mail me if you need more details. : Magician

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