Professor's Nightmare (World's Greatest Magic) By L&L Publishing video DOWNLOADIn the mid Fifties, Bob Carver created a sensation with a rope effect he created based on ideas from Hen Fetsch. In fact, before he could be awarded the IBM Originality Trophy in 1957, he had to expose his creation's pure sleight of hand method to the judges. Later dubbed Professor's Nightmare by Gene Gordon, the effect of three completely examinable ropes of differing lengths magically becoming the same size has become a classic of magic. You'll meet

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Daryl brings his own spin to the Milliken's Transposition plot

The props required are either readily available or easy to make or collect together

Ovation Position - A surprising opening routine that involves the entire audience and ends with the production of a huge glass of water - and no gimmick is required

displayed at the fingertips

Now the experimenter becomes the experimented

Bar Room Blues - three freely selected cards change colour one after the other

"This trick is awesome

the card completely turns face up

Spider Vanish (Ed Marlo)

who signs it with a permanent pen

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