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Category Archives: Productions
Cups and Balls: the First Routine Magicians Learn
By Tom Interval Here’s a magic trivia question for you: What is the oldest magic trick ever performed? Many magicians would quickly answer, “The cups and balls!” But the truth is, while the cups and balls is one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cups and Balls, Productions, Tricks, tutorials
Tagged beginners, beginning, children, classes, Cups and Balls, first trick, instructor, kids, lessons, magic, magic classes, magic lessons, magic trick, newbie, novice, teacher, tutorials, video
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How to Fan a Deck of Cards: The Pressure Fan
By Tom Interval You don’t have to be a magician to learn really cool flourishes with playing cards, but it does help if you’re already good at shuffling, cutting, dealing, and knowing your way around a deck in general. If … Continue reading
How to Roll a Coin on Your Fingers
By Tom Interval Have you ever seen a movie in which a character rolls a coin on his fingers? Examples include Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993) and as Chris Knight in Real Genius (1985), Van Heflin as … Continue reading
Posted in coin roll, Coins, flourishes, Productions, Tricks, tutorials
Tagged coin magic, coin roll, coin walk, flourishes, juggling, knuckle roll, steeplechase
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Humorous Double Prediction Card Trick
By Tom Interval I just made a short tutorial for beginning magicians interested in learning an easy card trick that will not only amaze people but also entertain them with a humorous finish. One caveat, though: The following video is … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Productions, Tricks, tutorials
Tagged card magic, card tricks, mental card trick, mental magic, mental tricks
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Blogcast #11: Dinner at the Magic Castle with Kristen Connolly
By Tom Interval About six years ago, I wrote a blog about the night John Cox and I had dinner with actress Kristen Connolly (The Cabin in the Woods, House of Cards). Kristen was researching the role of Bess Houdini, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogcasts, Famous Magicians, Harry Houdini, Podcasts, Productions, television, Television Shows, Videos
Tagged adrien brody, harry houdini, history, houdini, john cox, kristen connolly, miniseries, series, show, television, tom interval, tv
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Easy Impromptu Spell Card Trick
By Tom Interval You don’t have to be a good speller to do this easy, impromptu spelling trick with a borrowed deck of cards. Someone shuffles the deck and names any card. You start dealing cards one at a time … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Lessons, Magic Classes, Productions, Services, Tricks, tutorials
Tagged card magic, card tricks, lessons, magic, magic tricks, san diego, spelling tricks, tutorials, videos
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Easy Cups and Balls Tutorial
By Tom Interval One of the oldest, if not the oldest, magic effects is the cups and balls. While some magicians still believe it dates back to around 2500 BCE—based on a simple painting on the wall of a burial … Continue reading
Posted in Cups and Balls, Learning, Lessons, Magic Classes, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Services, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged cups & balls, Cups and Balls, instruction, instructors, interval magic, Learning, magic instructors, magic lessons, magic tricks, magicians, san diego, teaching, tom interval, tutorials, videos
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Shoelace Rope Trick Tutorial
By Tom Interval The first trick I ever learned was to tie my shoes. But I wasn’t very good at it, and the ends always got caught inside the loops, ultimately leading to knots that were impossible to untie. Fortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in crowdfunding, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, ropes, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged campus, classes, colleges, how to be a magician, how to do magic tricks, knot tricks, knots, Learning, learning magic, lessons, magic, magic tricks, rope tricks, ropes, san diego state university, sdsu, teachers, teaching, tutorials, universities
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Magnetic Attraction Card Trick Tutorial
By Tom Interval We magicians have enough card tricks under our belts to last us ten lifetimes, but it’s always fun to play with new effects even if we don’t need them. Although someone had to have thought of this … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, crowdfunding, Learning, Multimedia, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged card magic, card tricks, classes, lessons, magic, tutorials
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