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each DVD includes a full color inserts with your
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Linking
Ring Review (Part 5):
 
Stage
and platform magic abound on these shows. The first
episode highlights a Wilson signature effect, the Vanishing
Cane in Newspaper. Every show contains magic with a menagerie
of animals. Basil the Baffling Bunny makes a frequent magical
appearance. From a small Drum Tube, the cast produces an
enormous load of silks, doves, and, with a gasp from the
audience, a squawking duck. Animals appear from balloons,
tubs, boxes, cages, and newspapers. Gertrude the Glorious
Guinea Pig is transported to a Nest of Boxes. A Dancing
Handkerchief waltzes across the stage. Episodes are filled
with magic using canes, clocks, balloons, rings, eggs, newspapers,
banners, and liquids. The famous and ubiquitous Allakazam
Hat makes its début appearance in the second show.
Stage and platform magic is used to sell the sponsor’s
products. In these commercials the team introduces the sponsor’s
products, slogans, and brand names in innovative magical
ways. Products appear, disappear, and float about. These
commercial effects are a rich source of ideas for performers
who wish to “sell” with magic or send a “message.”
Manipulation and Close-up routines are
performed in every Allakazam show. Wilson conjures with
thimbles, billiard balls, cards, ropes, silks, and rings.
He presents close-up magic under the most stringent of conditions,
with the camera hovering only inches from his hands. His
simple routine with large colored marbles (stretching one
marble into two, making them appear and travel invisibly)
is an understated masterpiece. With a small boy on the stage,
his Paper Cone and Balls is a delight. Highest Recommendation.
–
Elson Bihm, Linking Ring Review (continued
on next volume)
Volume
5 Features:
The
Asrah Levitation
The classic levitation,
vanish, and reproduction
of lovely Nani Darnell. It’s real magic!
Sentry
Box Illusion
How
can so many people be in that small Sentry Box?
You’ll see on this Allakazam Show!
 
Dora
the Dancing Doll
In
this original illusion Dora the Dancing Doll comes to life,
yet no one is inside. Incredible!
Throne
Chair
wIn
this story, Nani appears, vanishes, and reappears
in an elegant Throne Chair.
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