Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,183
March 9, 2024
Today I will introduce you to Ted Bogusta’s Organic Coin Wash which is a clever routine where three quarters change into three washers. What makes it seem impossible is that the washers have holes in them. Ted originally released it as part of the Martinka Coin Club in 2017.
There is a lot more you can do with the coin set than what is taught in the tutorial and seen on the trailer. For example, everything I talk about in the trailer for the Jumbo Holed Double Sided Coin (HERE) can be done with this set. Some of those ideas were even released by someone else last year as a standalone trick. The coins can also be used for some standard copper/silver transpositions.
I also just received a shipment of the new edition of the Max Malini book which contains some corrections, additions, updates, as well as a new red cover.
►Organic Coin Wash:
This is a unique coin routine using gimmicked coins and some simple handling.
The basic routine revolves around three US Quarters which one at a time change into Brass washers with holes in them.
Watch and buy: HERE
►Max Malini:
NOTE: This is the second edition of this now classic book and includes minor corrections, updates, and additions, as well as a new cover color.
From the methods behind Malini’s famous Block of Ice Production and Blindfolded Card Stab, to the techniques he used for card control, forcing, and palming, as well as a lengthy discussion of the Malini Egg Bag and the Button Biting stunt that made him famous, this new work is a virtual tell-all how-to tome. You will get detailed descriptions to 95 of Malini’s tricks & methods.
Watch and buy: HERE
►DON’T FORGET:
Every shippable purchase during March gets a FREE Magical Gift Card. More info in a previous newsletter: HERE
►BACK IN STOCK:
Three items that are back in stock are the Guru Paradox which is an ingenious small object to impossible location trick, Six Outs Mini that is an ingenious six-way-out revelation, and the Charlie Frye book which is full of ingenious ideas.
►3D Guru Paradox:
You hand a spectator a sealed envelope with a prediction inside. A card is freely chosen, signed and shuffled back into the deck. The prediction envelope is then opened to reveal a greeting card that says, “A Most Surprising Prophesy Enclosed.” When the greeting card is opened a pop-up scene comes into view of a Guru holding a coin envelope.
The inside of the card says, “Look inside for the true you!” When the spectator opens the envelope, they find their signed selection!
Watch and buy: HERE
►Sleightly Absurd:
Sleightly Absurd is a journey through the mind of a mastermind–Charlie Frye. Within its pages, you’ll find a slew of the secrets he has developed, refined, and performed over some four decades on six continents, as a professional entertainer on stages the world over.
You will learn the ins, outs, and inside outs of more than fifty fantastic feats, each mined from the mind of this peerless prestidigitator.
Watch and buy: HERE
►Six Outs Mini:
This is a terrific design for a six-out revelation that is large enough to be seen on stage yet fits in your pocket.
It is made from tear-proof and waterproof Tyvek. It opens up to an 8.25”x5.25” sheet of paper and folds into quarters (2.5”x4” inches). You can easily open it to any one of the six outs with the exact same handling every time.
Ask your spectators any questions having 1 in 6 outcomes and watch their minds explode when you are correct every single time!
Watch and buy: HERE
►LATEST RELEASE:
►Brain Bogglers:
For many years Meir Yedid has been opening his stage, parlor, and formal close-up shows with a series of three optical illusions/brain twisters where he explains how magic works. The premise is that we tell you the truth, but your brain lies to you.
The three optical illusions/brain twisters are the standard Word Skipping Illusion, Cornsweet Illusion, and Thatcher illusion, although they have been modified to optimize the live presentations and make them more interesting.
Watch and buy: HERE
►eBay Update:
Please visit my eBay store and auction for some cool and not so cool magic items. I keep trying to add more stuff every few days.
►Direct link to auctions: HERE
►Direct link to the MyMagic eBay store: HERE
►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
►March 17: Spinnato’s Comedy Magic Show at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino in CT. Tickets: HERE
To view all my upcoming appearances go: HERE
Stay happy, Meir
PS: For those who read my last PS and were wondering how to create luck. The secret is to meet as many people as you can, as often as you can, and be around people who can help you whenever possible. Or as a friend of mine likes to say being there is 90% of any opportunity. Of course, you also must be likable and polite.
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“So if we take the word ‘amateur’ to express certain heartfelt devotion and wide-eyed wonderment (and not ‘ineptitude’), count me in.”
…Charlie Frye (Sleightly Absurd, 2023)
