[Magic Video] Michael Close – Signature Effects (all 2 Volumes)

Two astounding programs jam-packed onto one 150 minute DVD. This is some of the best of Michael Close. Michael is an extraordinary magician, very thoughtful and meticulous. His Workers Series is legendary. He has recently become editor in chief of MUM the organ of the Society of American Magicians.

Workers: Michael Close is truly a magician’s magician. But he does his best work for laymen. His reputation is unsurpassed for entertaining and fooling lay audiences with mind-blowing magic. All of these effects are audience-tested over thousands of performances. It contains the following routines:

• The Origami Bunny
• The Ring and Shoelace
• El Cheapo Magic Club
• Dr. Strangetrick
• Dancers at the End of Time
• The Frog Prince

The Power of Palming: Perhaps the single most important sleight in a cardman’s arsenal, here is a treatise on the art and craft of palming playing cards, from the basics through advanced techniques. Michael teaches you how to master palming in far less time than you ever imagined. On this incredible DVD you will learn:

• The proper grip
• Swing points
• Card transfers
• Avoiding “Framing”
• Pivot Point Principle
• Erdnase Bottom Palm
• Diagonal Palm
• Peek Steal
• Vernon’s Topping the deck
• Marlo’s Turnover Palm

In addition you will witness hilarious performances of two of Michael’s strongest showstoppers: “The Card, the Forehead & the Salt Shaker” and “Butte Ox? Two Butte Ox!”