[MyMagic] Paneled

Meir’s Muses
MyMagic eNewsletter #1,132
August 30, 2023

As I unpacked my booth, I realized that five products generated around 90% of the income. One of those was the Black Modern Panel Board. Probably because it was one of my favorite things to show. Must have performed it more than 100 times in four days.

I have around twenty left and that will be it.

►Black Modern Panel Board:

These are the original Modern Boards that have been professionally painted black. Should you drop or scratch the board you can fill in the spots with a Sharpie marker.

The black color makes the boards look more innocent and can be used as drink coasters.

Everything taught on the tutorial also applies to this board which was manufactured to accept US Quarter sized coins.

Watch and buy: HERE

I enjoyed reading Nathan Kranzo’s book on comedy magic. It was a quick read that was full of valuable information about how to put together a solid show, many tips about surviving in show business, and tons of advice about doing stand-up comedy magic.

►Thoughts On Performing Stand-Up Comedy Magic:

This is a terrific book full of practical advice on how to do comedy magic. Then nine chapters are filled with the secrets, professional advice, and war stories about the art of performing comedy magic. If you ever wanted to be funny while performing magic, this is the book for you.

Full of the secrets to comedy magic like how to handle audience members, performance tips, taking advantage of spontaneous moments, hecklers, running gags, local humor, writing your thoughts, reading the crowd, show notes, and so much more.

Get a copy: HERE

►Gatekeeper:

This is the sequel to Craig’s Keymaster. It is a self-contained effect that uses simple sleight of hand, it can also be as an addon to the original since it uses the same type of keys.

You introduce a brass key and a coin. You then tell your audience that you will give them $100 if they can push the coin through the hole in the key.

After the audience tries and realizes it’s impossible, you offer to show them how. With just a rub, the hole in the key magically stretches ten times in size to become a coin-sized slot. You can then easily drop the coin through the key before shrinking the hole to its normal size. Everything is examinable.

Watch and buy: HERE

►Keymaster:

An entire act that lives on your keychain. Move and vanish holes on keys and much more. This is an updated and greatly enhanced version of the previous release.

The basic routine has you remove house keys from a keychain. One of the keys is put into the spectator’s hand for safekeeping. You then pluck the hole right off the key they are holding. When the spectator opens their hand, the key they are holding now has two holes. You then visibly remove the second hole from the key that the spectator is holding and transplant it to the stem of the original key. Everything is examinable at the end.

Watch and buy: HERE

►OUR LATEST RELEASE:

►Meaningful Conjuring:

Ed Solomon, who was also known as DeNomolos, was a master storyteller who used magic to emphasize the point or moral of his stories. He wanted his magic to appeal to the intellect and touch the soul of his audiences, or as he put it: “People may not remember my name or the magic that I performed, but they will remember how it made them feel.”

Between 2004 and 2015 Ed wrote 125 columns in The Linking Ring magazine that featured short stories that used simple magic to highlight their messages. All those columns are included in this book along with some bonus tricks, essays, and more.

If you ever wanted to elevate your magic from just being a series of puzzles into meaningful moments of magic, this book may inspire you to think along those lines.

Watch and buy: HERE

►UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

►Sunday September 10: Performing at Comix @ Mohegan Sun Casino. Tickets: HERE

►Friday October 13: Mind Games Reloaded with Marc Salem at the Turning Point in New York. Info/Tickets: HERE

Stay happy, Meir

PS: Ironically the stuff that generated the other 10% of sales used up around 80% of the shipping costs.

“It’s very difficult to covey your personality if you are constantly in monologue mode.”
…Nathan Kranzo (Thoughts On Performing Stand-Up Comedy Magic, 2022)