Onthis DVD/Video John Bannon teaches the best routines from his bestselling book "Impossibilia: The Magic Of John Bannon." The routinestaught on this program are currently being used by many of the leadingclose-up magicians. These are the routines that gave John a worldwidereputation. You will immediately add many of them to your workingrepertoire.
Routines performed and explained:
Shriek Of The Mutilated: A visual flash restoration of a torn piece of cigarette paper.
Stranger'sGallery: A selected card matches three prediction cards which visuallychange to odd backed colored cards. As a kicker ending the entire deckalso changes its back color.
Play it Straight (Triumph): Bannon'soutstanding no-sleight triumph routine where all the cards of theselected card's suit remain face up after three fair shuffles.
Vacuum Packed: A quarter magically penetrates a small sealed glass bottle and is visually removed through its tiny opening.
Oneis the Onliest: A one-coin routine where a signed borrowed Quartervanishes, appears, and changes into a jumbo join. The signed coin isfinally found in an impossible location.
Shock Treatment: A selectedcard and a thought-of card are found under impossible conditions. Theselected card is counted to by the spectator and the thought-of card isfound in your pocket.
Heart of the City: A selected signed card islost in the deck. A second selection matches your three predictions.The signed selection is now found in a sealed envelope that has been infull view the entire time.
Directed Verdict: A spectator cuts thedeck into four packets. The spectator turns the top card of each andshows them to be aces.
The Birnman Revelation: A visual instantaneous production of the four aces.
ShanghaiSurprise: A half-dollar vanishes, appears, changes to an English penny,the half is reproduced and finally both coins change into Chinese coins.
RevolutionaryPenetration: A Chinese coin is threaded and tied on a shoelace. Thelace and coin are placed into a spectator's fist and impossiblyseparate.
Photo Logic: A small piece of photo paper is signed andplaced in full view. A card is selected and a photograph is taken ofit. An image of the selection appears on the signed photo paper.
Returnof the Magnificent Seven: Seven duplicate cards are shown and a card isselected. Each and every one of the duplicates now changes into theselected card. Everything is examinable.