On Profiting from Suggestions by Colleagues by Ray Hyman Steve Aldrich is a magician who has recently returned to Colorado after living several years in Montana. Jerry Andrus and I first encountered him around 30 years ago. He had been performing and traveling with a small group calling itself “Ickle Pickle Circus.” While in Eugene, […]…
The Ten Best Card Tricks…Ever by Ray Hyman In the communiqué I emailed to you on January 27th I included the following comment: Roberto Giobbi, a disciple of both Dai Vernon and Juan Tamariz, is also the author of the 6-volume treatise, Card College. Without question, this is the best course on card magic ever. Following the pattern […]…
The Peter Samelson Lecture Review by Ray Hyman The theme for Peter Samelson’s lecture was that “Small Changes Make a Big Difference.” Peter illustrated this theme throughout the lecture. He showed video clips of how he made small changes that made a big difference to Movies, Commercials, and Broadway plays for which he was […]…