Psychic Showdown - WOW!

Hello friends,

NBC seals the deal and a new reality show is now in the works.

Phenomenon is a live competition in which your hosts Criss Angel & Uri Geller, search for the next greatest mentalist.

Your hosts will give the mentalists various psychic challenges. Under test conditions the contestants will interact with celebrity guests, the studio audience and the viewers at home.

Home viewers will then cast their votes for whom they believe is the best of the best of the best.

Be on the look out for it!

This American program is based on Geller’s popular Israeli show.

Thanks for reading,

Pete

Coming to America

Hello friends,

In just 8 days... Mind Control with Derren Brown premieres on Sci-Fi.

On Thursday July 26th 10/9C make sure you are glued to your set.

I've had the privilege of seeing several of his UK shows and I am not exaggerating when I say, he is by far the best in his field.

Derren could make the biggest skeptics believers. If I didn't know any better and I really don't know any better because I have been consistently fooled & amazed by him, I would be a believer!

Make sure you tune in. This is a show you really will not want to miss, especially if you have never seen him before. I really hope this show takes off in the US because he is an exceptional performer and he will set the bar for others.

Thanks for reading,
Pete

Ring Flite

Hello friends,

Here's an a classic effect that I strongly believe, belongs in the hands of every close-up entertainer.

Ring Flite
Two of the most spectacular elements in magic...a vanish and an appearance. You borrow a finger ring from a spectator and place it in your closed fist. You ask the spectator to hold your fist with his/her hands. When your hand is opened, their ring has vanished!

You explain that they shouldn't worry...last time this happened, you found the ring out in your car. You reach around to your back pocket and bring out your car keys. Clipped to your key case, in the middle of all your keys, is their ring!

Ring Flight comes with a fine quality leather zippered key case and instructions.

We have been manufacturing and marking our version of Ring Flite for about 20 years now.

There are so many versions on the market, how do you know which one is best for you.

Well ours has a few things that rivals our competition.

1. "Wow, It's gone. Can I have my ring back now please?" "What do you mean it really is gone?"
Our plastic coated steel cable means someones engagement ring will never bounce along the floor of a dark catering hall, filled with 300 people. NEVER Gonna Happen!

2. Can you say "Zzzzwooshp Thoop?"
Our reel is smooth and fairly silent. With the slow down of your pocket & hand for retrieval, you might say it doesn't make a sound at all.

3. "Er-Umm, That scratch must have been there when you gave it to me."
Our spring clip is a factory made from plated & polished nickel. It is just won't scratch your volunteers prized possession, going on or off the clip.

4. "What's that big round thing, next to your keys?"
Our reel is hidden in a separate zippered pouch and never visible when the keys or ring are exposed.

5. "But I swear I didn't break it. It broke itself, really"
The Ronjo Ring Flite comes with a Lifetime Warranty. As long as we have the materials and are still in business, we will repair or replace your Ronjo Ring Flite if any part of it it ever fails you. Just send it back to us along with a check or money order for $5.00 to help cover shipping fees.
Other key design features for functionality, security & ascetics of our brand clearly make our model the choice for pros & amateurs alike. Not too mention you'll love our price. The cheapest versions of this start at about $30.00 and will last you a few times, if you are lucky. Some units cost upwards of $60 or $70 and still have flaws in construction. You may even find a version or two in the $200 range, why? Got me. I do not see value for me personally in any other model, except if you desire to go reel-less as with Gateon Bloom's Flying Ring. His style is quite unique and I like it a lot.

Thanks for reading!

Pete

That's all for now

Ate A Clock

Hello Friends,

You guys have been exceptionally hungry lately for effects that have a premise based on watches , clocks and time.

We've got some great things for you, some are way out there. All good.

EM Pocket Charger
It will make all your penomenon performances soar.The EM Pocket Charger’s revolutionary design does that special something to the pen that allows you to move the pen as if it’s inhabited by spirits from another the great beyond!

Not only that, but you can move the pen with you hands much farther away! If you've been holding back from doing Penomenon, now is the time to jump on it so you can start blowing away your audiences too!

Mark Allen includes many tips and ideas, including his own personal handling for the penomenon effect.

just one of the effects possible with the EM pocket Charger

A spectator secretly chooses any hour of the day and the magician draws a clock face on a piece of paper or table napkin. He then produces six coins and places them into a stack in the center of the clock. A straw is placed on top of the coins, acting as the hand of the clock and the magician causes the straw to mysteriously spin, stopping when it points right at the spectator's chosen hour!

"Mark Allen's EM Pocket Charger is the perfect secret for Penomenon and other effects of its ilk. It removes absolutely all of the guess work, and, in fact, greatly adds to its power. Bravo, Mark!" --David Regal

Gellerism Revealed

The Geller phenomenon may have been short-lived, but it left a lasting impression. Demonstrations of using your power of concentration to effects objects physically is a real attention-getter. The author studied the Geller demonstrations and has worked out methods of re-creating these effects using simple and logical means. Ben Harris has also included some of his own methods and ideas in this book. Step-by-step photos and text show you how to bend keys and cutlery, and how to start stopped watches. The psychology behind each trick is explored, as well as the physical means. You will also learn more about the presentation commonly known as 'Gellerism'. The book ends with an encapsulated history of Geller's activities, and some of the myths that have grown out of the minds of believers.

Pro PK Magic Kit

Make matches stand in a spectator's hand, stop watches, move objects with your mind and much more!

The Pro PK Kit contains the thinnest and most powerful magnet available-the Micro 5 PK magnet. Thin enough to conceal on your wrist or under a coat, yet strong enough to penetrate the thickest hands and tables. You also get the PK Book with over 70 routines and tips, a manuscript of additional routines, plus 2 brass rings, 2 copper-plated steel pennies, Shim Shell Coin, Shimming supplies and a custom wrist strap.

There is no end to the strong magic that can be created with the Pro PK Kit.

Richard Osterlind - Mind Mysteries - 1

There are lots of great effects on the DVD, but we'll only tell you about this one here in the blog. Watch Routine - One spectator thinks of a time while another turns the hands of a face-down watch. When the watch is turned over, it's found to display the first spectator's thought-of time. Perform this miracle anywhere, anytime...and with any watch! Thought Scan - Originally marketed for $250.00, Osterlind's version of the classic Q&A routine is an act in itself. If one could actually read minds, it would look like this! The Watch Steal DVD with Chappy Brazil and Charles Bach http://www.ronjo.com/page/R/PROD/general_dvd/DVDCBWATC The Watch Steal is one of the most astonishing illusions in close-up magic. It is a true reputation maker! "The Watch Steal Video" is the definitive guide on how to steal a watch as a Magic effect. Magicians Chappy Brazil and Charles Bach show you , step by step, how to successfully remove practically any type of watch; from the traditional Buckle type, to the Flip-Tab, and even the "impossible to remove" expandable Rolex-Type brand! They also teach you fun routines to lead into the Watch Steal, as well as imaginative ways to return the watch that elevates it from a simple pick-pocket effect to an incredible feat of magic that will amaze and astonish everyone in your audience!

PSI Sharpie by Yves Doumergue

Picture this: you have just performed a killer routine where you had the spectator sign a trick with your Sharpie. Now, to further drop their jaws, you set the Sharpie down and use your amazing mental powers to make it start spinning freely on the table- no strings or any conceivable gaff. Your audience walks away eerily impressed and dumbfounded at your amazing ability. Are you ready to cash in on your $1,000,000 from the James Randi Educational Foundation, or have you just had the foresight to pick up one of the new PSI Sharpie illusions from Yves Doumergue? We suspect the latter

The possibilities are endless- do a "Spin the Sharpie" game to point to people or objects, predict the "hour" of an event by using laying the Sharpie on a clock patterned surface...you have probably thought of something even better while reading this ad!

There are no strings, threads, magnets, switches, and absolutely nothing attached to the performer's body at any point in time. All the "magic" is completely self-contained within the Psi-Sharpie, and it may be examined at any time!

With your hidden, wireless remote control, the power of Psi-Sharpie is completely at your command; when you push the button it moves, if you stop, it stops! This Quality device comes complete with a 12-month manufacturer's warranty!
Don't be fooled by imitations- ask for the Psi-Sharpie by name.

Psychokinetic Time by Banachek

Do you remember the stunning magic effect that Master Magic Man David Blaine used to open his "Street Magic" TV special? In effect, he borrowed a watch from a man sitting in his car and checked the correct time. He placed the watch back in the man’s hands and then asked him to think of a number to move the time. The man said "24" and after a few seconds of mental hocus-pocus, the man opened his hands and saw the watch indeed MOVE AHEAD 24 MINUTES! The reaction was incredible! Now, you can learn the original method and forcing techniques used for this amazing effect in Banacheck’s 26- page manuscript Psychokinetic Time. After being long out of print, Banachek has re-released this monumental effect. Psychokinetic Time comes complete with nine clear photos and descriptive text that details the ultimate impromptu method for altering the time on a spectator’s watch while held in their own hand! Other effects and concepts with watches are also discussed using the secret principles. No "gadgets" or difficult handling. This is for the serious magician, mentalist or conjuring enthusiast - but can be mastered by anyone!

Timetrix

Introducing timetrix, the 21st century's very own Stull Watch! Finally, a wrist watch based on the original Robert Stull model is available after many years of unavailability. It took the creators over two years of research to make the 21st Century Stull watch, affectionately dubbed "timetrix." Take the watch off your wrist and give it to any spectator. Ask him to put the watch face down and select any time by pulling out the stem and turning it. The spectator stops at any desired time and remembers it. He then passes the watch to a second spectator, who then passes it to a third spectator, who then passes it to a fourth, all of whom select a time by pulling the stem out and turning it. Like magic (of course!), you correctly name the hours and minutes of each one, or even reveal a 100% accurate prediction you wrote down before the show even began! OR: Show a sealed envelope containing a prediction and give it to a spectator to hold it for a while. Ask for a Bible, and while the spectator is looking up the Apocalypse chapter on it, give your watch to another spectator and ask him to turn the watch dial-face down, ask him to pull the spring out and turn the crown as much as he wants. Once he has done it, the spectator mentions the exact position of the watch hands, for instance: 5: 32 The other spectator looks up Chapter 5, verse 32 on the Apocalypse and he reads it. When the envelope is opened, your prediction matches that verse exactly, the same phrase is written there! OR: timetrix is a valuable instrument to be used in mental magic when you need to use the one ahead method, such as in the case of Mental Epic routines. When using Mental Epic, instead of forcing a card, ask the spectator to use the watch to “choose” any time “at random.” timetrix can be examined before and after the performance. timetrix includes one year warranty, leather box and more than 12 different routines specially created for this watch by RICH BLOCH, FANTASIO, MAX MAVEN, ANTHONY BLAKE, TREVOR LEWIS and more. This is the best part -- timetrix requires no skill, it is very easy to perform and comes with several routines and carrying leather case.

SYKYS by Bazar De Magia

SYKYS is a cool innovation and actually keeps time. Yes, it’s a real watch! We worked over 3 years designing SYKYS, and the outcome is breathtaking. This is a truly diabolic magic weapon. Let’s see: You can predict four different pre-defined times (not a sequence). You perform the illusion while the spectator holds the watch with his own fingers. The watch can be examined before and after the performance. SYKYS is self contained, nothing else is needed to perform with it. No magnets are used. Perform 17 routines by Max Maven, Trevor Lewis, Rick Bloch, Fantasio, Tony Binarelli, Anthony Blake and others. Since it’s a real watch you can wear it as your regular watch. The perfect impromptu-"show-me-a-trick" kind of trick. One year warranty SYKYS is build upon a fine-quality and fashionable watch.

Moving Tanline DVD

Can you move YOUR tan-line? Do you want to do something that NO ONE has ever seen close-up before? Look no further - Bande Du Soleil. Imagine this... You take off your watch, and show everyone your embarrassing tan line. Announcing that you would like to make it move, you grab your tan-line with your other hand, and slowly move it up your arm traveling toward your shoulder! I am not kidding.

You really move your tan-line up your arm so that it’s hidden by your shirt sleeve. The spectators can feel it, see it and agree - your tan-line is less noticeable beneath your shirt. Let me repeat — The tan-line can be examined to ensure that it’s not fake. It is genuine TAN-LINE. A tan-line that you can magically move at will! Bande du Soleil is a favorite among top professional magicians.

This effect has caught the attention of magicians all over the world from David Copperfield to Penn and Teller who filmed it for their NBC special Off The Deep End. Marco Tempest performed this on his series The Virtual Magician which aired in over 40 countries. Most recently this effect was featured by Chris Korn on the series Mondo Magic. Nathan will teach the real work that only comes from years of refinement and thousands of performances. Nathan will also share great ideas and variations from…

Homer Liwag Chris Korn John Kennedy Donny Orbit Magicians often claim there are no new effects in magic. Nathan Kranzo proves that’s a lie.

"His tan line trick is funny, startling, and completely original" - Teller

Nathan Kranzo’s Tan Line is the perfect excuse to put down that magic book, get out of the house and get some sun. Tan lines have never been so “in vogue”. A unique and fantastic effect from a brilliant thinker in magic - again. - Homer Liwag

Running Time Approximately 50min.

For more TIME related ideas and other fine products, go to our web site. www.ronjo.com

Thanks for reading,

Pete

PRISN The Off-Color Series of Mentalism by M.T. Silvercup.

Hello friends,

Stop! You must be at least 18 years old to purchase PRISN The Off-Color Series of Mentalism by Francis Menotti.

What is it? Well it’s a spoof on Max Maven’s Color Series released in the late1970’s

The Color Series were in high demand and got upwards of $300.00 a copy on E-bay until Maven decided to reissue these works last year in his book PRISM

While a sizable literature devoted to mentalism was produced in the past hundred years, little has stood the test of time. Among the scant amount that has is that of MAX MAVEN . Writing under the name of Phil Goldstein, MAVEN has created one of the largest, cleverest and most influential bodies of work in the field, stretching from the latter part of the twentieth century into the twenty-first. His star rose early, with the publication of five slim collections, each packed with innovative and performance-caliber mentalism. These booklets, which have become widely known as "The Color Series," contained items such as "Desire", "The Spirit is Willing (to Write)" and "Four-sided Triangle"—items that have become modern classics in the field. MAVEN produced the Color booklets in small quantities and, despite ongoing popular request, refused to reprint them. They have become highly sought after, fetching prices in the hundreds of dollars. At last, after a quarter of a century, the entire Color Series is again available; all 53 effects, newly illustrated by Ton Onosaka, 240 pages in hardcover. Welcome to a classic reborn— Prism

In 1999 some college friends discussed what they loved & hated about the art of magic. PRISN was born.

Instead of The Violet, Yellow, Green,Red & Blue Books Of Mentalism as in the actual Color Series, you receive The Blonde, Violent, Greencard, Blueball & Redneck Books Of Mentalism.

Author Francis J. Menotti says PRISN "Will only bring you sorrow,same and generally bad feelings."

Here's what the pros are saying.
"Weird, bizarre, disturbing, vile and in several places possibly illegal... Brilliant! I love them!"
- Simon Lovell

"Quite possibly... the most fun you can have in mentalism short of telephoning Kenton Knepper when he's ironing."
- Ian Rowland

"Very amusing... You'll be hearing from my lawyers."
- Max Maven
Ad Copy:
Do you find humor in animal cruelty, eating disorders, terrorism, masturbation, menstruation, sadism, masochism, French people, hearing/speech impairment, poor dental hygiene, nipples, and missing children? If so, there is probably counseling for that. Until then, you will absolutely enjoy every filthy page of this unfortunate collection that has forever stained the questionably proud face of magic and mentalism.

This R-Rated literature lovingly mocks the hard work put forth by the audacious young Phil Goldstein (Max Maven) in his Color Series of Mentalism, 1976-1980. The creators of PRISN have painstakingly tried to be ludicrously offensive (all-in-good-fun, of course) to as many social and ethnic groups as possible.

Need anyone say more? So just put this down and step away. You don't want this. You're a fine-upstanding, politically-correct individual. Walk away...


My take:
These are full of effects, routines and complete methods that only a sadist would ever think of performing. These booklets are full of crude humor, sick ideas, risque drawings and foul language. Crazy stuff, like Card In Bulimic, Tossed-Out Hand Grenade, Gin & Bear It, Nipple Matrix, Ovary Action, Pop-Up Book Test and so very much more.

Listen, if you need a good laugh, PRISN is money well spent. There are plenty of things in here that inspire you too. Many of these are actual effects that you might want to rework in a real life situation that won't harm or offend anyone. At the very least learn more about the origins of these concepts from actual existing effects and methods.

This is hysterical masterpiece. I find every time I flip through one of the books, I can't stop laughing and find myself re-reading the same passages over and over. If you are a bit twisted like myself, you need to own these. If you get offended easily or are under 18, these are not for you! Not no way, not know how.

Thanks for reading!

Until next time,
Pete

America's Got Talent

Hello Friends,

I don't usually watch shows such as America's Got Talent but I had it on in the back round while attending to other things. I was thinking to myself. don't they already have another show with singing, with America in the title, with a Brit named Simon? Boy TV really sucks.

Just as was about ready to change the channel the variety portion of the program came on. There was lots of garbage, some okay stuff & Kevin James.

Kevin James is an extraordinary talent. He is a five star entertainer and a brilliant magic inventor.

I have never had the opportunity to see his full act. Only bits of things here & there, from The World's Greatest Magic & (I think) Magic at The Magic Castle. You know he did the living cut off arm and the suitcase to Chaplin. Fun visual illusions.

Anyway I digress. His fast paced Doctor Bit visually sawing and restoring a person was phenomenal. Like Rudy Coby & Criss Angel on steroids.

I hope he and his crew win the million. I unfortunately forgot to watch to see if he moved on again last night.

Anyway if he did, cast your vote for him. He deserves it. Really! If you disagree, then vote for another magic act. Keep magic alive & kicking.

You can purchase fantastic Kevin James' effects like Bowl-A-Rama on our website www.ronjo.com. If you don't see it online, just ask. We'll get it for you.

Bowl-A-Rama
A dynamic and surprising production of a real bowling ball, straight from Kevin's professional stage show!

Effect: The magician displays a large pad of paper and sketches a picture of a bowling ball. He closes the pad, turns it sideways and a real bowling ball drops out from inside the pad!

This startling routine has been a featured effect of Kevin's stage and television shows for over 15 years in over 18 countries around the world.

The elegant simplicity and attention-getting impact of this stunning routine make it the perfect opening effect, and it's method is totally practical and self contained.

Interesting side note, well maybe not. I went to High School with the other Kevin James. You know the King Of Queens guy. His new movie, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry looks like a blast.

Thanks for reading,
Pete

Metal Bending very popular these days

Hello friends,

I am stunned at the sheer amount of you that have a great interest in Metal Bending.

I have seen it done live on several occasions by some unknowns and on TV or video using different techniques by The Amazing Randi, David Williamson, Guy Bavli, Banachek, Gerry M. and Morgan Steebler.

And of course by the one who started it all, Uri Gellar. But lets all remember, he claims he really does it with his mind. So his techniques are a gift and can not be taught.

Maybe I am overlooking something here but the Metal Bending thing has just never done it for me.

Does this sort of thing get a great audience response. The answer is yes. So this sort of thing is not only a fooler but entertaining. Maybe it's appeal is that it is not a card trick or coin trick.

David Williamson explains Dave's Spoon Routine on Dave 2 He does it walk around when performing restaurant magic with a comical kick. I idolize David Williamson. But I find this routine to be weak. I may just be me.

As for the other guys, I guess gives off a creepy effect. I love psychokinetic effects but not metal bending. All you guys are still proving me wrong so it has to be me.

All these routines really do look great and they actually do look real. There is just something about it that I do not like.Maybe simply put, how do I present it? Is is supposed to be a trick? Is it supposed to be real? I just can't fit it in anywhere. That may be why I have never jumped on the bandwagon.

Because I know everything you do is all in the presentation and all you guys can't be wrong.

Here's another reason why I know I'm wrong: The new kid on the block Morgan Steebler has performed his fork bend for, Tom Hanks, Paris Hilton, Tara Reid, Carson Daly, Michael Jordan, Jason Biggs, Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley, R. Kelly, Ice T, Anna Nicole Smith and hundreds of others.

We even have interesting gizmo's that you guys go crazy for. They can be used as a stand alone or fit in with one or more routines to keep one step ahead of the audience.

If you want to learn more about metal bending. Check out:

Banachek's PSI Series - Volume 4

Volume 4 - Psychokinesis Learn how to bend cold, hard steel with the “power of your mind.” Make physical objects move, twist and curl up like a wet noodle at will. In true Banachek style, each move, gesture and psychological subtlety is covered in detail. This DVD stands alone from Banachek’s previous work by presenting new, additional details and methods on bending silverware. This also includes methods of bending coins keys, nails, and spikes plus moving objects like pens and pencils. Included is the true story behind Banachek’s participation in the Alpha Project, a four-year study that culminated with scientists validating Banachek’s “psychic” powers that propelled him into the national spotlight! EFFECTS & EXPLANATIONS • Nail Bends • Key Bends • Coin Bends • Silverware Bends • PK Pen • Permission & Warnings for Keys • Displays (for maximum reactions) • Bending Coins • The Volunteer Feels It • Why Quarters? • Putting the Physical Bends in Coins • Where to Bend & Display Coins • Silverware & Bag Method • Spoon Bending (new method) • Switching Spoons • Stage vs. Impromptu • Whose Silverware To Use • Angles • Pencil PK • PK Pen • About PK • Audience Perception INTERVIEWS • Alpha Project • Too Much Power

Psychokinetic Silverware with Gerry and Banachek
If you really could bend metal with your mind...Psychokinetic Silverware is exactly how it would look! Watch as cold, hard steel melts like butter. Bending, twisting, breaking and seemingly moving on its own. Tines on forks twist like spaghetti and spread apart like a blooming flower. Silverware moves and bends in the spectator's hand.

Banachek's metal bending is so amazing and so realistic that he has often been accused of being and doing "the real thing." After studying Banachek's metal bending, the McDonnell Laboratory for Psychic Research proudly announced to the scientific community that they had discovered someone with genuine psychic abilities. The National Inquirer and other media heralded Banachek's psychokinetic talents.

Gerry and Banachek finally reveal all! They share the inside work, the fine pints and the psychology of metal bending. These secrets have been jealously guarded...until now! Learn some of the most powerful, stunning, realistic and practical techniques imaginable. Great addition to your "street magic" repertoire.

Make metal bend with your mind...or so it will appear.

"Wow, this tape has great information on bending silverware, from guys who do it for a living. I just became interested in learning this aspect of our art. Thank you Gerry and Banachek!" - Lance Burton

"Banachek's work with metal bending is the state of the art. This is the real work, the psychology and the little touches that make for miracles!" - Ben Harris (author: Gellerism Revealed)

"Banachek is BY FAR the best I've ever seen at bending metal! No one comes close!" - Mac King

70 minutes, DVD

Liquid Metal by Morgan Strebler
Everyone has heard stories of unique people who can bend metal through extreme concentration, but nobody seems to know for certain that it happens or if it?s possible... UNTIL THEY MEET YOU!

You’re about to learn the most VISUAL metal bending routine in the world. The routine features 2 FORKS and 6 STUNNING PHASES! Each phase builds upon the one before, and at the end the spectator is left with a KILLER SOUVENIR.

Liquid Metal Features:
Over 25 minutes of live performance footage
Complete lecture-style explanations
Special follow-along practice session
Intense OVER-THE-SHOULDER recap

Special Bonus:
Morgan’s impossible key bending routine
The Fork U Fork
The Corkscrew Tine Bend

You will learn the full routine from beginning to end with nothing held back including Morgan?s highly anticipated multiple tine bend (tipped for the first time ever)!

This is an actual full and polished routine that you can do 100% surrounded. Perform it at parties, nightclubs, bars, restaurants, and on the streets.

This is the EXACT SAME routine Morgan uses when he auditions for television, movies, shows, and gigs. It’s THAT strong, and it gets INCREDIBLE REACTIONS.

Where can you see this routine in action? Morgan performs Liquid Metal every night in his act at the world famous Bellagio in Las Vegas. He also performs the routine at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in front of up to 2500 people via television monitors.

Bending Minds Volumes , 1 & 3 by Guy Bavli

Not since Uri Geller has Israel produced such a dynamic performer! Guy Bavli is Israel's hottest magician, specializing in Mentalism and Metal Bending. Guy is a full- time professional, constantly performing on television both in the United States and abroad. Guy is also a three-time winner of the Israeli Gold Cup Award for "Best Magician."

On this three-volume set of videos, Guy reveals for the first time effects that have made him the most sought-after performer in his country!

Volume One

Effects Performed and Explained:

Spoons from Card Case - Produce spoons from your card case - how do they fit?

Bending a Spoon in a Spectator's Hand - Bend metal with your mind!

Bag Bend - A complete act involving members of the audience; spoons bend and break!

Melting a Spoon in a Spectator's Hand - A spoon melts and breaks while in a spectator's hand!

Miracle with a Fork - One of the tines on a fork bends, unbends and then breaks!

Energy Hand - By simply waving your hand over a spoon, it bends!

Perfect Key Bending - A borrowed and signed key is bent using only the power of your mind!

Haunted Spoon - The ultimate haunted handkerchief!

Volume Three

Effects Performed and Explained:

Bending a Large Nail - Mind power demonstration!

Bending a Small Nail - Very devious method!

Shrinking Spoon - Visibly cause a spoon to shrink!

Spoon through Table - With the handle visible, a spoon penetrates the table top!

Stopping a Watch/Time of the Future - A borrowed watch is caused to stop working; then, under a spectator's hand, the time mysteriously moves forward several hours.

Headline Prediction - Perform a mental miracle using the day's newspaper!

The Perfect Clipboard - Guy's ultimate routine for the popular marketed clipboards. Just like real mindreading!

Dave 2 by David Williamson

Dave 2 continues where Sleight of Dave left off, with more of the award winning magic of David Williamson.

Included on this DVD are:

- Dave's Spoon Routine: a great table side opener
- Saline Solution: A vanish and reappearance of a quantity of salt
- Whirly Bird Silk Vanish: A novel vanish using a magic wand
- Ring & Rope: A staple of Dave's act for many years
- 51 Cards to Pocket: an easy, hilarious stand up card routine
- Pencil Through Quarter: Dave's handling of Michael Ammar's terrific routine
- Easy Aces: Dave's take on a classic method of a classic plot
- Floating Matrix: who needs another coin assembly? You do!
- Bonus Footage: Dave still on the loose in Portugal!

Ultimate Bending Spoon

Power to bend metal with your mind...You start with a couple of spoons. One is taken by the spectator, the other kept by you. By using only the power of your mind, the metal heats up and the spoon slowly melts, bends, droops and finally splits in two! Self working and can be used over and over again. So get out there and bend stuff! Me I'll watch instead. Thanks for reading, Pete

Are you a Long Island entertainer? Then we want to hear from you!

Hello Friends,

If you are in the entertainment industry and live on the island, we want to hear from you.

the time line:
1971 Ronjo performs his 1st paid gig.
1974 Ronjo opens the store.
1996 Ronjo goes online.
2007 Ronjo gets back to basics. Well not really.

We've been growing & growing and growing and our Entertainment Agency is busting at the seams. We have lots of entertainers working for us but we need you too! Join our team and you will be paid well. We'll do all of the bookings for you. All you have to do is show up on time and do a good show. How sweet is life?

We seek- magicians (mainly kids show performers), jugglers, fire eaters, mind readers, hypnotists, comedians, DJ's, singers, dancers, bands, celebrity impersonators, costume character actors, puppeteers, ventriloquists, face painters, balloon sculptors and whatever else you can throw at us.

Send us a head shot, a list of things you do. If possible, send a VHS or DVD of yourself. And anything else relevant to you or your act.

We are not looking for the magician who bought a few tricks and had some business cards printed. Sorry. See us in about 10 years.

We're also looking for all sorts of activities to offer. If you have moon bouncers, dunk tanks, transportable carnival rides, casino nights, rodeo shows, reptile shows and such. We need your information.

This business was founded on entertainment and still growing but we need you help. You need us to get you work. We need you to offer our clients. You don't need the headaches of talking to clients for hours on end. Focus on your show. Let us focus on booking it! it's what we do!

Send all your info to
RCD Productions
c/o Ronjo Magic
1651 Route 112
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776

We'll review your submissions and get you on the road.

Thanks for reading,
Pete

Happy 4th

Hello friends,

We'll be closed tomorrow.

Beaches, boats, barbeques, fireworks, family, friends! Big, Big, Big, Fun, Fun, Fun.

We hope everybody has a safe, happy & fun Independence Day.

See you all on Thursday!


Thanks for reading,
Pete

Johnson Expaned Coin Shell

Hello friends,

If you do close up and you do not yet have a Johnson Expanded Coin Shell, you are missing out on a wonder coin utility.

This is a precision engineered apparatus that is always ready to go and resets fast or instantly.

I exclusively use the Half Dollar Shell out of long term habit but it is also available in Quarter & English Penny styles.


The included routine is the Coins Through The Table (my favorite thing to do with this coin).
Classic Coins Through the Table Routine...Four Quarter Coins are covered with a shot glass. One at a time they pass through the table in the fairest possible manor!

But that is not the only effect you can do with it. You can do a Matrix Coin Assembly or a simpler Coins Across, appearing coin, multiplying coin & other penetrations.



J.B. Bob's book, The New Modern Coin Magic (available at www.ronjo.com) has a whole chapter devoted to what you can do with an Expanded Coin.

You can purchase a Half Dollar Shell in Heads or Tails or you'll get one in Heads (only) included with a the Hopping Half (a great coin set).

Hopping Half
A true classic piece of coin magic made by Johnson products. Done with a half dollar and an English Penny.

You clearly show the half dollar and English penny in your hand and then remove the English penny and place it in your pocket. Open your hand and the penny is back with the half. Now you remove the half dollar and place it in your pocket.

Open the hand and the half dollar is now back. Now you cleanly place the half on the table and show that your hand only contains the penny. The half is again placed in the pocket and again returns to the hand.

Finally you give the spectator a choice of either coin. You remove a coin from the hand and show it very cleanly and place it in your pocket. The hand is opened and the other coin has vanished. This is the Johnson model using the "expanded" half dollar gimmick rather than the "cut down" half. This enables you to use the gimmick in other half dollar effects.

Enjoy!
Pete