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Bill Abbott Performs Magic for Kids
by Bill Abbott
This Deluxe Edition DVD Set includes the re-edited and re-mastered original performances and explanations from the landmark DVDs Bill Abbott Performs Close-Up For Kids and Bill Abbott Performs Stand-Up For Kids plus over 75 minutes of Deluxe Edition Bonus Features!
Original Material from Bill Abbott Performs Close-Up For Kids Includes:
Sponge Balls - A classic that Bill uses as a perfect opener for kids. The Shadow - An extremely visual card change that happens 3 times in the participants own hands. The Autograph - A motivated card-in-wallet routine that leaves a child with a true collector's item they will treasure forever. The Ninja Card Trick - Bill's favorite card effect that features finding a selected card at the point of a miniature ninja sword. The Mental Photograph - A very strong promotional tool, where a mental thought of playing card appears on your business card being held by the spectator. Edwin Alonzo Boyd - A riveting tale about a real-life jail break demonstrated with a photograph of the criminal that becomes permanently altered at the conclusion. The Great Game - A routine with many applications limited only by your imagination. A freely selected prize is predicted in advance by the performer, and is given to the child to keep at the end. Flash - Bill's closing effect that features an original presentation for the ashes on palm. This effect has built a reputation for Bill with lay audiences. Card on Forehead - A classic effect redesigned for young children with a great finish!
Original material from Bill Abbott Performs Stand-Up For Kids Includes:
The Sponge Snack - When touring across Canada Bill performed this silent opener 110 times in 90 days! Develop an instant rapport with audiences with this humorous routine that non-verbally communicates that your show will be fun, magical and full of surprises. The Thing - Practical, one-man levitation's are few and far between. Bill has created a reputation-making miracle that can be performed anywhere. From the smallest living room to the largest theater stage to the most stringent street conditions. The thing can float in any performing situation with your audience viewing from any angle. Chico The Mind Reader - For those who have witnessed a performance of Chico know that the revelation of this routine is worth the price of the DVD set. Bill has booked more shows from this one routine than any other in his repertoire. The explanation segment is a virtual course in the creation, development and performance of you won original puppet routine.
Deluxe Edition Bonus Features Include:
The Three Bears - The Equal-Unequal Ropes performed live at a family resort with some original twists and then explained in detail. Cut & Restored Rope - See how this classic of stand-up magic entertains a nightclub crowd then join Bill at an exclusive lecture at Denny & Lee's Magic Studio in Baltimore for the detailed explanation. Cut & Restored on T.V. - Witness the hosts of a preteen talk show be entertained and completely fooled by Bill in broadcast quality. Nightclub Monkey Business - Experience why Chico is flexible, entertaining and truly for all ages. Chico takes this nightclub audience of adults by storm. Chico's Secrets - The real secrets of creating a memorable puppet routine revealed. Chico on T.V. - Chico brings the star of this popular kids show to tears.. of laughter! Street Thing - Bill demonstrates how practical, effective and powerful The Thing is on the streets of downtown Toronto. Signed Bill in Orange - The classic effect performed live on T.V. Flash on T.V - See the host of Canadian Idol flee the studio in fear and disbelief! Sponge Balls - Witness this audience favorite get squeals of delight from the studio audience. The Shadow & The Autograph - Great reactions on live T.V. for this solid piece of slight of hand. The Ninja Card Trick - The ninja returns looking better and faster than ever. Mental Photograph - This gets a tremendous reaction for such a simple effect. The Boyd Mystery - Historical Toronto story performed live. Flash on Studio Magic - See why dead pets still make the best assistants!
Running Time Approximately 4hrs
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Cabaret Card Magic
by Bill Abbott
Have you ever dreamed of being a performer who can fill a room with personality, excitement and mystery, without resorting to a lot of props to do the filling? Does the idea of carrying a deck of playing cards in your pocket and having a limitless supply of entertainment options available to present to large audiences appeal to you? Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic reveals how to turn your card tricks into real magical experiences that can entertain and mystify large audiences. Proper selection of material, the effect of your performance environment on that material, as well as the use of stories and how to generate consistent applause are some of the tools Bill discusses in detail. Ultimately, what is revealed here is how to create commercial card magic for the stage. Bullet proof performances that will work for any audience and in any environment you are thrown into. You already know that a deck of cards packs small. Now learn how to make it play big.
Contents
Dedication Foreword Contents Cards On Stage The Princess & The Pea Pokerface The Last Romance of Diamond Jack EZ Action Ultra-Mental DeckPages 19 - Saddle Stitched
Praise for Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic...
"As a professional magician for over 12 years, I am very picky when it comes to material selection for my act. Having read this booklet, I will be putting two of the routines directly into my show and I'm anxious to try out the third. Bill is a true artist. Whether it's an effect, a method or a presentation, Bill remains unsatisfied until he has created something truly unique. The routines in this booklet are a breath of fresh air for the stand-up performer. The effects are easy to do, the presentations are simple to carry out and their impact on a lay audience is HUGE! To top it all off, each routine is fully scripted, complete with all the lines, comedy, bits of business and psychology that makes each blockbuster routine play so well."
- Richard Sanders - from the Foreword
"Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic is an extremely cogent work and is of tremendous value to every magician out there, but particularly to magicians who want to increase the effectiveness of any material they choose to do for real people. Bill's ideas with the do-it-yourself Ultra-Mental deck is wonderful and I love the Princess and the Pea, a very commercial routine that packs small, plays big. However the real gold is found in the information on pages 7 through 9. To any working magician this information is worth the price of the book."
- Marc Desouza - Author & Performer
"The idea of entertaining a large group (as in 50 plus people) with only a deck of cards is at once thrilling and scary. It would be convenient...but what sort of material would you use? Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic has answered our questions with a collection of card material designed for large groups, and I enjoyed it immensely."
- Joshua Jay - Magic Magazine
"Reading Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic was a real breath of fresh air when it comes to literature about "card magic". It became increasingly clear that Bill thinks long and hard about staging, presentation and creating professional pieces that are memorable. Although I have my own signature presentations of classics like the Invisible Deck and the Tossed Out Deck that I use professionally, Bill's original take on each of these is incredibly inspiring and are truly worthy of serious study. Professional secrets worth ten times the asking price!"
- Cody S. Fisher - Master Comedy Magician
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Close -Up Magic For Kids by Bill Abbott (DVDBABILL) For over 18 years professional magician Bill Abbott has been developing and performing the material on this 2-disc DVD set. Witness actual, uncut and hilarious performances shot live on location in a family restaurant with children and their parents. Bill's performance focus is on original presentations that leave the audience with a truly entertaining experience.
After the performances, Bill takes you step-by-step through the construction of each routine, analyzing the props and using a non-verbal cinematic approach to explaining the technique. All of this is combined with his professional tips and information regarding audience management, creating original presentations and adapting your magic to fit who you are as a performer.
The Sponge Balls - A classic that Bill uses as a perfect opener for kids.
The Shadow - An extremely visual card change that happens three times in the participant's own hands.
The Autograph - A motivated card in-wallet routine that leaves a child with a true collector's item they will treasure forever.
The Ninja Card Trick - Bill's favourite card effect that features finding a selected card at the point of a miniature ninja sword.
The Mental Photograph - A very strong promotional tool, where a mentally thought of playing card appears on your business card being held by the spectator.
Edwin Alonzo Boyd - A rivetting tale about a real-life jail break demonstrated with a photograph of the criminal that becomes permanently altered at the conclusion. The Great Game - A routine with many application limited only by your imagination A freely selected prize is predicted in advance by the performer, and is given to the child to keep at the end.
Flash - Bill's closing effect that features an original presentation for the ashes on palm. T his effect has built a reputation for Bill with lay audiences.
Card On Forehead - The classic effect redesigned for young children with an hilarious finish
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Cocktail Card Magic
by Bill Abbott
Bill Abbott's "Professional Man of Mystery Collection" Presents...
Cocktail Card Magic
All around you are people that seem to know each other. They're laughing, engrossed in conversation, busy eating and drinking. You on the other hand are hired to 'entertain' these busy people with your magic, and at that precise moment you wish you could be anywhere else. One thing is keeping you from disappearing from the party.
You've been paid to be there.
Walk-around magic, strolling magic, roving magic, mingling sorcery, cocktail conjuring, etc. It has been given many names but it all boils down to the same thing, crashing people's otherwise meaningful conversations and consummation of expensive food and alcohol, with your magic.
Contents:
Forward - by David Acer The Art Of Cocktail Magic Blockbuster Autograph CTRL+ALT+DELETE Invisible Origins Revealed Ultra-Mental MinglingPages - 26 -Black and White photos and full color cover - Saddle Stitched
Praise For Cocktail Card Magic...
"Bill Abbott's Cocktail Card Magic gets my highest recommendation. Bill's objective is to entertain his audiences, use methods that work under fire and he takes the responsibility of making magic fun very seriously. His advice about working walk-around gigs is advice I think everyone should read. It's worth much more than the price of the book. The routines are all top notch and it's easy to see that they have been polished over thousands of performances. The one issue I have with the book is that Bill decided to dedicate it to Bob Sheets and not me. If you can overlook that, buy this book."
- Bill Malone - CEO Of Comedy Magic
"I love this book. Bill has nailed the essence of that often awkward position we have to fill. His words of advice on how to handle yourself in that (sometimes) uncomfortable situation of cocktail magic, is worth the price of the book and the routines are inspired. I love it that Bill has figured out that the trick is not the thing... but that it is the 'ringmaster of fun' that is the real reason for us being there. I hope that this way of thinking inspires more of the workers out there to pack lots of visual and fun magic into a short window."
- Doc Eason - 2004 Bar Magician of the Year
"Bill Abbott has finally drawn important distinctions regarding performing in cocktail-party settings, doing it succinctly, concisely, and with clarity and good humor. The way this book looks and reads immediately draws you in and makes you care about the 'right stuff' for the ‘right people' in the 'right places.' Add "sharp focus" (your own), stir gently, and serve."
- Jon Racherbaumer - Author and Cocktail-Party Crasher
"Bill Abbott's "Cocktail Magic" is one of the finest values available today for the working, walk around performer. Bill's theory on performing in a cocktail environment is worth ten times the price of the booklet. I have been working cocktails for over 15 years and I still learned some very valuable information from Bill's book that I will apply directly to my craft. The effects in the manual are absolute killers. Each effect contains a script, funny lines, great bits of business and smart psychology. The effects are all instantly repeatable with little or no reset, which is of prime importance for the working pro. Bottom line, if you are at all interested in the field of Cocktail Magic, either as a beginner or as a seasoned pro...GET THIS BOOK!"
- Richard Sanders - Canada's Other Favorite Magician
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Merlin's Classic Workers (2 DVD Set)
by Bill Abbott
Bill Abbott's Professional Artist Series - With over 30 years of experience performing and producing thousands of magic shows, international magician Merlin is divulging the professional secrets that have put him at the top of his field. Merlin has shared the stage with a wide range of performers including Jim Carey, Elvis Costello and Alanis Morrissette as well as acting as a magic consultant for TV shows like My Secret Identity and Hollywood movies like The Believers.
Merlin's stage act is action-packed with highly visual magic consisting of classic material performed silently to a hot jazz soundtrack. Merlin's upbeat style, original presentations and ultra-practical methods honed over 30 years of performance are all revealed on this 2 volume set. Live nightclub performances, studio performances, bonus renaissance performances, in-depth interviews with Bill Abbott and all of the detailed explanations are here.
Volume One:
The Spot Card Surrounded - What's Next, Dizzy Domino & Dinamo have all but been ignored in recent years. Merlin has taken this standard and made it a modern classic with what Michael Close referred to as, "A genuine solution to this effect!"
Color Changing Handkerchief - New life is breathed into this gem with a logical "dying" motivation and wonderful technique.
Jumping & Crawling Flower - Imagine a flower suddenly appears on your lapel, jumps from one lapel to the other and then slowly and eerily crawls back to the other side!
The Hydrostatic Glass - Water in a glass tumbler remains suspended upside down with no visible means of support and at the audience's command it falls into a champagne bucket.
Volume Two:
The Silk Fountain - The beautiful overflowing 'fountain' of silks from the performer's bare hands is a stage classic. Now you can get the in-depth work on table-loads vs. body loads, a permanent set-up vs. the loose silks set-up and an ingenious use of magnets for the best of both worlds.
The Professor's Nightmare Complete - Finally, here is a real routine that goes beyond the tired old technique most magicians know all too well.
The Salt Pour - Merlin uses this effect as a closer and it's easy to see why. Brilliant technique combined with a spectacular finish makes this routine an unforgettable audience favorite.
The Butterflies - There is almost no real work on the classic butterfly trick in print or on video. Now all of the work is revealed from various thread handling techniques, rehearsing with and without a thread and various steals for the final 'snowstorm' of butterflies is described.
Running Time Approximately 240 min
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Mind Control Remastered (With DVD)
by Bill Abbott
An Impromptu Classic Gets The Full Treatment.
Imagine. You place three objects in a row on a table. A set of keys, a credit card, and a watch. You hand a willing participant a pen and ask them to write down the object they seem most drawn to. The participant makes an ABSOLUTELY FREE CHOICE of any object. They can even change their mind. You then reveal an indelible prediction left in full view from the very beginning that reveals their chosen object!
Mind Control is...
A totally free choice! No forcing involved. Guaranteed that you will always be correct. Easy and convenient to carry with you everywhere. Performed with common objects supplied by you and your audience. Self contained and performable anytime, anywhere and without a moments notice. A prediction that is in full view of the audience from the beginning. So easy to learn you will be performing it almost as soon as you open the package. Mind Control can be presented as a stunning demonstration of linguistics, psychology and neurology to convince anyone you actually possess the power to control their minds! Mind Control is the one you will have with you ALWAYS!
The New Mind Control DVD Contains...
Information revealed for the very first time. Bill Abbott explains how to perform Mind Control using three, five and six objects PLUS The Mind Control Deluxe Routine where the number of objects is increased to TEN. This makes the predicted outcome decidedly more impossible. There is an in-depth examination on performing Mind Control one-on-one, at a house party and on stage in front of a large audience. Professional tips and presentation ideas from other performers that use Mind Control on a regular basis are provided as well. Finally, Bill Abbott supplies you with recommended resources and effects to enhance your Mind Control performances and how to customize the effect to suit your own personal style.
Comes complete with everything you need to perform.
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Octopus Deck
by Bill Abbott
Effect
You begin by fanning the deck before two spectators and ask each of them to think of any card. After two questions you instantly name the two freely thought of cards.
Wrapping rubber bands around the deck you toss it to an audience member across the room and ask them to peek at any card. The deck is then passed to another person to do the same. Without any questions you name their selected cards.
Finally you ask two people to join you on stage. Removing the rubber bands from the deck you hand half the deck to each spectator and ask them to place the cards inside their pocket. The two spectators reach inside their pockets and remove any card and place it in another pocket, without looking at it. You write something on a piece of paper and hand it to an audience member. Both of the unknown cards are removed and named out loud for the first time.
Your prediction is an EXACT MATCH!
OCTOPUS DECK DETAILS
The Octopus Deck can be freely shuffled by a spectator between each phase. There is no miscalling of the selected cards. The cards they see are the cards you name. Can be performed close-up and surrounded. Resets instantly for walk-around performances. The Octopus Deck is a complete mind reading act in 3 phases. The Octopus Deck can play to the largest audience, involving as many as 6 spectators in a single performance. Surefire and reliable so you get the right cards every time. PACKAGE INCLUDES 2 Handmade Decks In Red Backed Bicycle Cards Rubber Bands Metal Card Guard to protect your Octopus Deck. A 17 page illustrated instructional booklet with detailed script, routines and ideas along with the complete history of the Octopus Deck researched & developed over the past 7 years. Bob Farmer's "Fishing For Octopus" pumping system Paolo Cavalli's "Radarama" script & pumping systemProduction is limited to 500 decks numbered and signed by Bill Abbott!
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Secrets Of The Octupus Deck Revealed
by Bill Abbott
Learn About The Amazing Deck That Can Manipulate, Control & Extract Thoughts From Absolute Strangers! Bill Abbott's Octopus Deck Entertains Audiences Close-Up And On Stage And Is Now In An Affordable Do-It-Yourself Version!
The Octopus Deck Routine:
You begin by fanning the deck before two spectators and ask each of them to think of any card. After brief questions you instantly name the two freely thought of cards.
Wrapping rubber bands around the deck you toss it to an audience member across the room and ask them to peek at any card. The deck is then passed to another person to do the same. Without any questions you name their selected cards.
Finally you ask two people to join you on stage. Removing the rubber bands from the deck you hand half the deck to each spectator and ask them to place the cards inside a pocket. The two spectators reach inside their pockets and remove any card and place it in another pocket, without looking at it. You write something on a piece of paper and hand it to an audience member. both of the unknown cards, are removed and named out loud for the first time.
Your prediction is an EXACT MATCH!
THE OCTOPUS DECK Details:
The Octopus Deck can be freely shuffled by a spectator between each phase. There is no miscalling of the selected cards. The cards they see are the cards you name. Can be performed close-up and surrounded. Resets instantly for walk-around performances. The Octopus Deck is a complete mind reading act in 3 phases. The Octopus Deck can play to the largest audience, involving as many as 6 spectators in a single performance. Surefire and reliable so you get the right cards every time.The Secrets of the Octopus Deck Revealed Package Includes:
Special cards made by The United States Playing Card Company in red-backed Bicycle cards. Complete details on how to construct your very own Octopus Deck in under two hours!* The 21 page illustrated instructional booklet with detailed script with routines and ideas along with the complete history of the Octopus Deck researched & developed over the past 9 years. And as an outstanding bonus feature included is Bob Farmer's 'Fishing For Octopus' pumping system designed for the Octopus Deck and Paolo Cavalli's 'Radarama' script & pumping sequence, also formulated just for the Octopus Deck!
*Needed to construct the Octopus Deck: 2 regular decks, double-sided tape, X-Acto knife, two-way forcing deck and nail clippers.
Contents Dedication An Introduction A History of Influences The Effects And The Methods Constructing The Octopus The Octopus Deck Routine Trouble Shooting Other Routines and Ideas Fishing For Octopus Octopus in the RadaramaPages 21 - Saddle Stitched
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Bill Abbott has entertained audiences across North America and Western Europe with the magic on this DVD for over 19 years. Now you can experience the original, magical, and very funny stand-up magic for kids that Bill has honed through years of tough experience. Recorded at a resort in front of a live audience witness material that was developed in the trenches of the birthday party circuit and perfected in tours across Canada and the United Kingdom. These routines have the practicality and the versatility that have lasted almost two decades of solid performances. Beyond the performances are the careful details that make up the construction, set-up, and delivery of each of these treasured routines.
Performed and Explained on this DVD are...
The Sponge Snack - when touring across Canada Bill performed this silent opener 110 times in 90 days! Develop an instant rapport with audiences with this humorous routine that non-verbally communicates that your show will be fun, magical, and full of surprises.
The Thing - Practical, one-man levitations are few and far between. Bill has created a reputation-making miracle that can be performed ANYWHERE. From the smallest living room the largest theatre stage to the most stringent street conditions. The Thing can float in any performing situation with your audience viewing from any angle.
Chico the Mind Reader - For those who have witnessed a performance of Chico know the revelation of this routine is worth the price of the DVD. Bill has booked more shoes from this one routine than any other in his repertoire. The explanation segment is a virtual course in the creation, development, and performance of your own original puppet routine. Included are two bonus routines and additional ideas for both family and adult audiences. What People Are Saying:
"A rare opportunity. It was a pleasure watching him work his very commercial wonders." - Jay Sankey
"Bill Abbot, is one of a rare breed of children's entertainer who is actually entertaining." - David Acer
"Combine seasoned people skills with good material, engaging presentations, and great technical ability and you have a highly successful commercial entertainer. And, when someone like that decides to share some of this winning formula, you should be all ears (and eyes)." - Jim Sisti
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You begin by telling the true story of Toronto's most notorious bank robber, Edwin Alonzo Boyd. In 1951 Boyd robbed a record breaking 11 banks before he was caught by the authorities and held downtown in the Don Jail. Unwrapping a series of folded papers you reveal an old black and white photograph of Boyd behind bars that your audience can fully examine. You wrap the photo inside the papers placing them in the center of the table or laid across the open palms of a spectator. Then yo describe in detail the riveting tale about Boyd's jail break and how he escaped by eluding the guards and conquered the city's toughest prison. You then slowly unwrap the papers disclosing the photograph that is now permanently altered. The face and body of Edwin Alsonzo Boyd has been ripped right out of the photograph, leaving a gaping hole the audience can see through. Underneath the photograph lies the only evidence of Boyd's daring escape. A broken hacksaw blade that has suddenly appeared out of nowhere!
Included with the Boyd Mystery:
- The complete script, photos, hacksaw and presentation for the Edwin Alonzo Boyd story that was featured on the best-selling DVD Bill Abbott Performs Close-Up For Kids (matches not included)
- Beautiful, handmade Buddha papers that have been designed to fit in a hip-style wallet or small pocket making it easy and convenient to carry with you everywhere.
- No angle problems, self-working and resets instantly for repeat performances.
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