Archive for January, 2009


How to do magic tricks #11 – Slydini’s Paper Balls Over The Head

In the video posted in this article, Tony Slydini demonstrated live to the audience how “Misdirection” could fool an audience. He did this by throwing the paper balls over the volunteer’s head again and again without him noticing it. All the rest of the audience could see clearly what happened except the volunteer himself. You [...]

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How to do magic tricks #10 – Slydini’s Cigarette Tricks & Coins Through The Table

In the video posted in this article, Slydini performed a total of 3 magic tricks. The precious thing in this video is Dick Cavett’s introduction to Tony Slydini and his ingenuity in performing magic. The first magic trick that lasted until 4:30, is some sort of a representation of the “Paper Balls in the Hat” [...]

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How to do magic tricks #9: Slydini’s “Helicopter Card”

In this video, you will watch how Tony Slydini performed 2 of his tricks, namely, the “6 Coins Routine” and “The Helicopter Card”. For each trick, he performed it twice, each time with a slight variation.   It is a basic rule in performing magic that you do not repeat your performance of a magic [...]

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