[MyMagic] Monti Eliminations

Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,103
May 10, 2023

One of my oldest friends in magic is Joe Safuto, now known as Joe Monti, when we were teenagers, he used to teach people how to pronounce and remember his name as “so-few-toes.”

I was with him at the 4F convention when he mentioned that PropDog just produced the best version of his 3 Card Joe routine, and he had a few he could sell to me. Below you can read more about it.

I also just received a shipment from Hungary with some of Astor’s Eliminator routines. I really like these. So clever and is a real fooler for both magicians and lay people. And I love the shuffle idea. I decided to stay with the informal trailer and tutorial that he originally made for me so you can see exactly what happens. You can read more about it when I originally introduced them: HERE

Also just received a shipment of the new Bannon book.

►3 Card Joe:

This is Joe Monti’s version of Chase The Ace. He has used it in his stage shows and on his TV appearances. He originally released it many years ago and eventually sold out. This version is by far the best made.

The cards have been expertly engineered and beautifully screen printed on a special hard-wearing plastic, with a coating that allows the cards to spread perfectly and last a very long time.

Watch and buy: HERE

►Eliminator:

A very fair looking gambling/gaming routine where a spectator gets to decide which of two envelopes contains money. If they pick the right one, they get the cash.

Two envelopes are displayed, a red one and a black one. The spectator is then given a chance to eliminate cards, in the fairest possible manner, until there is only one left. If the last card is red, they get the red envelope. If its black they get what is in the black envelope.

The envelope they did not pick is then opened and it is full of cash. They lost.

But wait. What about the envelope they selected? What is inside that? When they look inside, they find a duplicate of the card that they freely selected!

Watch and buy: HERE

►BACK IN STOCK:

►Very Hush-Hush:

John Bannon’s latest book features forty card tricks with a “mental” slant that require little to no sleight-of-hand.

In five large chapters, John explores impossible location effects (including some that can be performed over Zoom), prediction tricks with and without multiple revelation procedures, and performance pieces with a mental magic/mindreading theme, among other cunning card effects in the miracle class.

Along the way, you’ll learn a host of helpful sleights and subtleties, including false cuts and shuffles, switches, and other moves. And while there is no real finger-flinging required, yes, you still have to practice.

Watch and buy: HERE

►OUR LATEST RELEASE:

►Strolling Smiley:

This is one of the rare, seemingly impromptu routines that puts a smile on people’s faces.

You begin by borrowing a Quarter from someone and drawing a sad face on it while explaining that coins can sometimes reflect the emotions of their owners.

To make the coin feel better by rubbing it, it begins smiling when the sad face changes into a happy one! Another wave, and the coin changes to a very happy grinning face as you hand it back to the person you borrowed it from as a souvenir.

The tutorial includes Michael’s original routine, his new streamlined handling, and Meir’s simple handling.

Watch and buy: HERE

►New eBay Auctions:

I have 36 items that are expiring on Sunday and Monday night as eBay auctions. Some are autographed and included are many of Daryl’s original releases.

Direct link to my eBay auctions: HERE

Direct link to my eBay store: HERE

►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

►Sunday May 14, 4pm: Appearing in Comix at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. Tickets: HERE

►Saturday May 20, 12-5pm: Hosting a music festival in Westchester, New York. Tickets: HERE

Stay happy, Meir

PS: Wanted to thank everyone who reached out to me on Saturday with Birthday wishes. Thanx.

“If it is necessary for the magician to put his hand in his pocket in order to accomplish a certain trick, he is careful to have some logical excuse for doing so.”
…Greer Marechal, Jr. (Magic For The Millions, 1957).