The magician decides to take a cigarette break. Just as he’s about to light the cigarette he realizes that the cigarette is in his mouth backwards. So he does the obvious and flips the cigarette end for end and puts it back into his mouth. To his surprise the filter is still on the wrong end of the cigarette.
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Sinful is the most bulletproof coin penetration ever created. This mind-blowing quarter through soda can trick is created by Wayne Houchin and performed by Criss Angel on his critically acclaimed A&E television series Mindfreak.
Borrow a spectator’s signed coin… ask for any can of soda or beer from anywhere… then watch their face as their signed coin miraculously penetrates their sealed can, which immediately is heard and seen inside the can.
Frankly, nothing! But spare yourself a Sharpie.
The method behind this trick is very simple. There is no gimmick or anything. This effect can be performed anywhere, anytime with no special props. OK, here is the secret, revealed.
OK, this is the tutorial for one of the greatest card tricks from Penguin Magic, the Revolver.
Four blue-backed cards turn upside down one at a time. In a startling climax, all cards turn from blue to red.
Two different card decks, a blue and a red deck.
Ok, here is the video tutorial:
No locks could hold him, no tomb could keep him, no audience could resist him, he was Harry Houdini the greatest magician and escape artist of all time, taking his audiences on a heart stopping ride with his superhuman stunts and death defying feats. More than just a vaudeville magician with a bag of parlor tricks, Houdini was an outsized personality the likes of which the world had never seen. Brashly challenging his audience to find a restraint, any restraint, that could hold him. Nothing could hold Harry Houdini and no one knew how he did it. Now nearly 80 years after his death a one of a kind public auction of Houdini’s magic memorabilia offers the faithful and the curious a glimpse of the secrets he left behind.
This special program, hosted by renowned magician Lance Burton, explores the life and magic of the great escape artist through his most prized possessions--the Chinese Water Torture Cell, the Milkcan, his straitjackets and handcuffs, and lockpicks that were "key" to his handcuff escapes--all revealed to the public for the first time. HOUDINI also unlocks secrets of the man--brash showman, fierce competitor, loyal son and husband. Interviews include his great-nephew and the last surviving member of his magic troop.
Blaine will dangle near Times Square for almost three days before attempting to escape from some shackles.
"This is more difficult than anything I've ever done," Blaine said before he was loaded into the contraption, which was then hoisted up 50ft (15m).
The three spinning steel rings can flip Blaine in various directions up to eight times per minute.
The shackles will be added to Blaine on Thursday, giving him 16 hours to free himself.
The illusionist said his biggest concerns, besides not eating or drinking, were the freezing weather and dizziness.
David Blaine will again risk his life in an attempt to hold his breath underwater longer than any human being (the current record is eight minutes, 58 seconds). He will undertake this latest challenge after living in a specially built human aquarium - an eight-foot acrylic sphere - for seven days and nights, in full public view in front of New York's Lincoln Center. Blaine’s attempt to break the world record will provide the finale to his upcoming two-hour special, "David Blaine: Drowned Alive," which will air on Monday, May 8 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
New Illusions
According to Blaine’s website and ABC.com, the special will feature some new illusions and show Blaine performing street magic in a variety of venues that include a casino in Las Vegas, Angola State Prison in Angola, Louisiana and a New York art gallery.
Blaine, 33, trained with the U.S. Navy Seals and with an elite free-diving team led by Kirk Krack, and multiple free-dive world record holders Martin Stepanek and Mandy-Rae Cruickshank. Free-diving or breath-hold diving is a competitive water sport that relies on no breathing apparatus. The show will also feature segments that depict Blaine training and preparing for his stunt. If Blaine can break the world record, he would easily surpass Houdini, who held his breath for three minutes.
Literally becoming the boy in the bubble, Blaine is touting this challenge as his most interactive as spectators can touch the aquarium, take photos with him and communicate with him underwater from the time he enters the sphere until he is leaves it live during his special. Furthermore, the clear nature of the sphere has been designed to address doubters who have questioned whether Blaine has used body doubles, mirrors or other trickery to complete past challenges.
Blaine's last challenge, in 2003, was to complete a 44-day fast in an acrylic box suspended over the Thames River in London. Past specials featured Blaine’s large-scale stunts. In 2002, on "David Blaine: Vertigo," he balanced on a small platform, atop a 90-foot pillar in Manhattan's Bryant Park for 35 hours. In 2000, Blaine's "Frozen in Time" challenge had him stand in a block of ice for over 61 hours in New York’s Times Square. In April 1999, he performed his seven-day "Buried Alive" stunt. Blaine’s first special, "David Blaine: Street Magic," aired in May 1997.
David Blaine - Drowned Alive - in New York
David will perform Monday April 5th, 1999. It will be at Trump Park, 68th Street at West End Avenue (Riverside Place) at 10:00 A.M.Houdini has always fascinated David. Blaine notes that he is performing a trick Houdini never accomplished but always wanted to do. Lance Burton also compared himself to Houdini when he was buried alive.
Lets all hope Blaine gets the respect he deserves. Unlike Houdini or Burton, Blaine will be there seven days and seven nights. Is it a trick, or reality?
After day one day of the reporters and newspapers David Blaine turned to his side. Masked Magician Valentino supports Blaine. Keep watching Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition for the latest news.
They say they can get him out in two minutes if something goes wrong. The air tube is critical.
David was under a blanket at some of the moments he was in there. I think that maybe he has some food hidden down there and the blanket is to hide him. I believe he is down there, but I don't believe everything down there is the way it seems. After all he does keep licking his tongue. A magician stopped by to examine him and states "David is down there." because of the way he moved.
On the preview for tomorrow, Inside Edition showed an infrared camera down there. It showed David's body in radar. But that is for tomorrow. Inside Edition seems to be "obsessed" with the story.
Why would David go down there? I don't think it is completely stupid if all is true. David stayed in several different stages. He even had his shirt off. David did this for money and more money. Everyone I know has heard something about some magician being buried alive. Event the local TV stations said something. But there is plenty more to come.
I have some images coming that will be taken by Isabela personally. Come back for updates.
It seems every day the line to see Mr. Blaine gets bigger. It was around the block! Instead of a crowd gathering together to see him, they had no choice but to change the system so that only seven or eight people can go at once!
Unlike the first two days he was awake a lot. Amazing. David is the talk of New York everywhere you go you hear something about him.
With the sun in his eyes waking up, David Blaine is beginning to look a little weary. He seems to be hung up on licking his lips and looking at his fingers rubbing the edge of the box. Hopefully not a sign of delusions. I meant to mention yesterday, as his shirt was off, you could see the tattoo David got when he was in love with Fiona Apple. He wasn't wearing his pajamas today anymore so they are probably under the blanket. Two girls set up a camp and had been at the sight for four hours. They probably couldn't stay there long because of the long line to see him. I didn't get any new screen shots from inside edition because I didn't have time and there wasn't anything worth seeing anyway, but I will get some from today and tomorrow, tomorrow.
Oh, Regis talked about David on Regis and Kathy Lee this morning. If you have the newest "People Magazine" there is a small article about David's new special David Blaine: Magic Man. I will probably post it in my "In Print" section tomorrow.
My new front page is up due to the fact that the front page was an illegal image so if you copied it from this website, delete it.
There will be some new images coming up Friday or Saturday taken by Isabella Covino. I think I will also have some magazine articles scanned up and ready... maybe take a little longer to get up.
If you have been watching David Blaine from the beginning you would notice it seems he is losing some weight. If you happened to go up there get the crowd to applause. It builds up his esteem. Today it is rainy and moist so there wasn't as many people there as usual. They had to put up a big tarp for the rain. I don't think it affected David physically because his coffin is temperature controlled. He has some kind of black pouch. Maybe water pouch. Who can tell? There are a lot of more people who love this. David is not one of them… at least till he gets out of there and eats a real meal.
Sorry for the last minute updates. I haven't been here this weekend. I haven't seen anything on TV about him. I will soon have some pictures up send by Isabella. Come back for them. Barbara Walter and Cathy Rigby stopped by. Rosie O'Donnell says David Blaine will be on her show Tuesday April 13 at 3pm central time. She sent her limo driver and a crew out to do a story on David's burial stunt today. He is also supposed to be on Conan that night. The crowds are the biggest yet in the last couple of days. They say David won't be able to walk because of his muscles softened. They should go back to normal in training.
My brother was telling me that David Blaine is not really under there because he has a perfect goatee. I later found out he was watching Inside Edition. I don't know if he shaves in there, but that is something to think about. I have had so many people email me, so hold up till I can get back to you.
David gets out finally. There was no big deal like I suspected. I bet there would be if David had so called hit the panic button. But David did look weak. He said a few words and went to the ambulance. He was happy and I bet he was eating like a fatty if all was as he said. Houdini's niece came by and said a few words. David Blaine was happy and she said she is David's biggest fan. Some of the few words he said when asked if it was nice to breath fresh air was "it's amazing".
"What I saw was every race of people, every age group, and every religion all gathered together smiling; and that made all of this worth it." - David Blaine
It seems David is happy to get out. "The first thing I did is take a three hour bubble bath." It seems David is preparing for a new publicity stunt. "Yeah I had plenty of time to think about that."
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