Live from the Magic Castle

Had a great time performing at the Magic Castle with Puck and Lisa De La Vega this week. We put a little show together called Delightful Deceptions and it was very much talked about all week and very well received. Here is a vid from the opening of the show.

Highlights from America's Got Talent

The Jarrett Box

Got to perform this awesome, rarely done illusion with the help of Justin Guarini from American Idol fame and my lovely wife Jenny at the Philly Thanksgiving Day Parade today.

Happy Turkey Day!!!

Now available...The Needles from A&P Magic

This is the newest release from Puck and myself. It is the cleanest and safest version of the Hindu Needle Mystery you will find.

THE NEEDLES

Scott Alexander and Puck have teamed up to create what is best described as the most direct, safest and easily reset version of the classic needles from the mouth presentation ever devised. Scott is best known for creating the safest renditions of the Bullet Catch, Russian Roulette and Razorblade routines on the market, and this offering is no exception. The routine is flexible enough that you can even customize the number of needles used to suit your personal preference.

Road tested by both Scott and Puck, over countless performances for all types of audiences on land and sea, this routine packs small and plays huge! The Needles is so deviously simple to execute, that you can devote most of your focus where it should be, on presentation.

Those who have gotten a peek behind the curtain have been amazed at the super quick reset time, and the tremendous level of safety this method offers. And if all this weren't enough, the most incredible part is, that you start clean... and end clean!

The Needles package comes complete with the detailed training DVD, featuring live performance footage, needles, thread, wine glass, pincushion and the devious gaffs that make this routine a guilty pleasure to perform.

check it out at www.puckmagic.com/products.htm

Funny bit about magicians

A&P Magic......biatch!

New Release Coming Soon

Scott Alexander and Puck have teamed up to create what is best described as the most direct, safest and easily reset version of the classic needles from the mouth presentation ever devised. Scott is best known for creating the safest renditions of the Bullet Catch, Russian Roulette and Razorblade routines on the market, and this offering is no exception.

Road tested by both Scott and Puck, over countless performances for all types of audiences on land and sea, this routine packs small and plays huge! The Needles is so deviously simple to execute, that you can devote most of your focus where it should be, on presentation.

Those who have gotten a peek behind the curtain have been amazed at the super quick reset time, and the tremendous level of safety this method offers. And if all this weren't enough, the most incredible part is, that you start clean... and end clean!

The Needles package comes complete with the detailed training DVD, featuring live performance footage, needles, thread, wine glass, pincushion and the devious gaffs that make this routine a guilty pleasure to perform.

Wishes

Coming Soon to a magic dealer near you!

A message from Landon Swank's Fish

Don't worry about the fish....

Hypnolicious

Here is a little demo of a little known Scott Alexander skill set. Yes, comedy hypnosis is in the arsenal of shows I do. Here is a little demo from me at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. The largest one in the USA. It's great working at these events especially when doing hypnosis, since the attendees already have fantastic imaginations!

Lots of fun doing this show. What a blast!!

Velocity 2.0 gun

Here is what the new Velocity 2.0 gun looks like...."Bond....James Bond."

Velocity 2.0

I am so excited to be able to release my wildly successful Velocity routine with an even slicker gun. This has been off the market for nearly two years and I have gotten so many calls and emails from people who missed out the first time. I have gotten one or two emails weekly for the past year about when this would be available. Well...the wait is over.

This routine is real world and has found its way into the acts of hip young magicians such as Justin Kredible, Morgan Strebler, and Florian Zimmer just to name a few. It is a killer routine that I have enjoyed performing and now you can too. Till we run out again. Don't miss this one this time!

Here is a sneak peek at the routine and how it plays on stage. Enjoy

If you want to grab one...do it HERE

SAM Convention 2011 Pittsburgh

Just got this letter from RG Smith, the SAM show producer. Made me happy to hear, not only from this letter, but from everyone on FB and phone calls and emails that all the work putting together a show like this really made people happy.

By request... here are the words to the song I sang introducing all the acts and poking fun at the fact that the show was called Pennsylvania's Greatest Magicians.

Enjoy!

(sung to the tune of "Everything's Coming Up Roses")

(opening dialogue)

“When the SAM asked me to host the show called Pennsylvania’s Greatest Magicians the first thing I said was,”Why the hell are you calling me?” But then... I could almost see it...up in lights. (music go) Pennsylvania’s Greatest Magicians. Why...there wouldn’t be stages big enough, there wouldn’t be lights bright enough. This show...this show...could be better than...better than...Believe.”

(song begins)

This shows fun, this shows great

we’ve got magic served up on a plate

Lots of jokes, lots of laughs

Penn-syl-van-ia’s got great magicians

Nathan Kepner, is a blast,

He pulls musical stuff out his...... aaaaaask

anyone, they’ll agree

Penn-syl-van-ia’s got Great Magicians

It’s a great show

Lots of fun, have no fear,

We hope, you’ll cheer

Cause we turned down real gigs to be HERE

Haywire’s fun, what a thrill

They’ll be digging up old vaudeville,

And Jay Sterling, you will find, really blows, up your mind

And I might even do a trick or two,

Penn-syl-van-ia’s Greatest Magicians are here just for you

So, grab your note pads, as some of you like to do,

I’ve got a feeling,

There’s lots of jokes you'll be stealing.

Curtain up, spread the news, cause Fred Becker took time off his cruise.

To be here, just for you, brought his wife, Bobbie too.

And nothing’s gonna stop us ‘til were thru

Honey everything’s coming up bright lights and shiny props

Everything’s coming up and split-fans and zombie balls

Everything’s coming up wonder and woffel dust

Everything’s coming up magic in Pittsburg PA!

The Egg and the Bag Trick

Hi Magic Juicers,

Here is a video clip of me performing the Egg Bag using my Sure Shot production at the end. I have some of the Sure Shot gimmicks available here on the Juice.

Enjoy!

Cig & Dime - The illusion of penetration

Organizing the old magic collection and came across this idea from John Kennedy. A pretty cool approach to the cigarette thru quarter trick. Tried to remember the old handling that I did to demo this when I worked at Barry's Magic Shop in Wheaton, "back in the day." Good times!

If you like the song...buy it here!

Happy July 4th!

Mini Blendo!

Can I send you a 100 bill?

Here is a quick trick with a nod to Roger Klause for the handling.

Sugar Rush Review

I love doing Sugar Rush. I'm thinking of doing it at the SAM national convention in Pittsburgh next month. It got really great comments when I did it at the Magic Castle too.

It just got a really nice review. Check it out here.

Make a wish....

This project is truly one that I have wanted to finish for quite some time, and it looks like my wish is going to come true. I wanted to create a closer for my show that has the same visual and emotional impact as the wonderful, yet ubiquitous snowstorm. I was performing a partial version of this, for many years, until I had a fateful discussion with my good friend Puck who helped put the missing pieces into place.

Our collaboration has produced the final product that I had been searching for all these years, and we are going to make it available to professional performers to add to their performances. Here is a sneak preview of the piece.

More details will be coming, and we will most likely be taking pre-orders for this over the next month or two. The finishing touches are being made to the necessary props. Everything is being made to our exacting specifications by a designer who holds the patent on the special bubble producing machine that allows us to make Wishes a reality.

This routine is a fusion of the bubbles from the air, misers dream and snowstorm that, features audience participation, great magic, beautiful visuals, and is all framed by a wonderful heartwarming story.

If I had a million dollars.....

Lets just say I win a million dollars and have the opportunity to put my own magic show in Las Vegas...I'm going to take every word this guy says to heart. If I don't win a million dollars and don't get to put my show in Las Vegas...I'm still going to take every word this guy says to heart. Magic really isn't about the magician...It's about the experience of wonder that the magician should give to his audience.

Criss Angel is bad at magic from Paul Carr on Vimeo.

On the edge...

My routine for the razorblades that I have been doing for almost two decades was wrestled out of my brain by Bob Kohler and released to the magic community. Everyone who has taken the plunge, ponied up and plunked down the 800 bucks (I know it seems like a lot) has said it has been well worth it. It has been my bread and butter, reliable, surefire closer for years, and now it can be yours....if you've got the dough. All kidding aside though, this routine can be done as a talking piece, behind a bar close up, or on stage to music. I spent years researching the best of the best blade routines, and what I have come up with solves all the problems. It really is the most simple, elegant and deceptive solution for this classic plot. I have been complimented on the method by quite a few great thinkers in magic including Teller, Gaeton Bloom, and Bob Kohler just to name a few. I'm really proud of this effect and will continue to do it. I hope you will too.

Read about it here.

Just got a really nice review from the boys in England at the Wizard Product Review. They really liked Shoe Business and gave it really high marks!

Check it out here!

Pour Some Sugar on Me

SUGAR RUSH

My latest trick released to the magic community is a quirky new take on the classic salt pour. By combining forces with my long time collaborator, Bob Kohler, we have taken the best aspects of what each of us likes about this plot and method and created a hybrid that has roots in the classical approach, but takes the trick to a whole new level. You can pour endless streams of "sugar" from your hands and the audience is laughing along with your predicament. And the best part is that when you end the routine...you end CLEAN. There is nothing to hide or get rid of at the crucial moment in the performance.

Now sure, there have been a lot of salt pour routines to hit the market in the past few years and all of them have their pluses and minuses. You ask why do we need another one. The answer is basically that no one has really solved the ending problem until now. Bob has really come up with something diabolical that not only allows you to keep pouring and pouring and pouring, but you end like you should....with nothing else to see. Actually to be honest. there are two gimmicks in play but the audience never sees them. The initial gimmick is crafted beautifully and powder coated with a matte black finish that virtually disappears into the shadows. It also has many improvements I cant really disclose, that help make the manipulation effortless.

What I really like about the entire thing is, that it's FUNNY! But not only that, it is a real fooler. I have been opening with this for a while now and after the show people always comment...."Where did all that sugar come from!?!"

Well...folks ...it comes from here:

Shoe Business Release!!

$85.00 plus S&H

I'm not very good at keeping secrets. Especially when it has to do with a new "baby" of mine that I'm launching out into the magic world. So, here goes...

My good friend, and magical genius, Puck and I are preparing for an April 1st release of Shoe Business, a comedy drink in the shoe routine.

The effect is our take on the "magician in trouble" and is a self working, out of the box effect that plays big on laughs and equally strong in the magic department. If you've been performing the Vanishing Bandana, you probably know that everyone else is doing it too. Chances are many audiences have seen it. Shoe Business is a GREAT alternative, a modern twist on a classic effect chosen by so many working performers. It's so good that we wanted to keep it for ourselves!

You'll receive all the props needed, an audio recording of the onstage "follow along" instructions and a dvd featuring a live performance and over 35 minutes of history of the effect and personal instruction on the fine points of the performance from yours truely. And all in a handsome carrying box. What more could you ask for?!?

And, of course, I'm always available to answer any questions you might have about Shoe Business, either before or after you purchase.
Feel free to email me at alexander_magic@hotmail.com

We're currently accepting pre-orders and we are slated for an April 1st release of the first batch. Click below to get it while it's hot!

Shoe Business

Here's a sneak peek at a new routine that I will be releasing soon with my good buddy, Puck. Right now, we're seeking out a way to distribute the piece to the magic community world wide.

I came up with this premise after wanting to capture the spirit of the Vanishing Bandana trick without having to do the banana. I work a lot of cruise ships and quite a few cruise directors have commented that they see the banana trick all the time and that even guests have commented about how it's become a standard trick for magicians. And I mean "standard" in the worst way possible. The Vanishing Bandana is a great trick, great laughs but it's starting to be a little overdone.

What Puck and I have developed is definitely new and interesting. It has a modern feel as you use your iphone or similar mobile device to call up the practical joke hotline and it walks you thru teaching the audience a practical joke (as you can't really give away the secrets to a real magic trick).

It's six minutes of solid comedy that has the same feeling as the banana but with a new and novel presentation that you can really put your own personality into as you react to the prompts from the practical joke operator. Even if you are not that funny, the recording can provide the comedy and you just follow along. It's a no-brainer with built in laughs along the way. Our friend and widely respected performer, John Cassidy (who IS funny), has been beta testing it for us and has reported that it is definitely a winner.

The great news is that it's a fun, easy alternative to the banana that feels fresh and timely using today's technology.

The bad news, is that you can't get it til April 1st. Yep, that's right, April Fools Day.
And that's no JOKE!!!

Just had a great time at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas. Got to see a bunch of old friends from when I used to live in Vegas, and made some new friends. The highlight of the convention for me was seeing Juan Tamariz. What a great performer and artist. Now that I am home I am going to try and apply what I learned from his lecture and performances and try to make the magic that I do even stronger. Truly inspirational, and just a great human being. And he even signed my copy of his book! Sweet!