438: Andy Dallas - Escaping From The Ordinary

Andy Dallas is an interesting character whom many of you should know as a Past President of the Society of American Magicians (2006-2007) but he is also a world renown hypnotist, lecturer, and escape artist. In his early career, Andy performed the "usual" escapes from chains, handcuffs, locked trunks, upside down straight jackets, manacles and more. But he also escaped from many unique, creative and original escapes including his "Triple Death Trap"

Andy is also known as a collector of carnival con games that you can't win and old, mechanical pinball/pachinko games. But in recent years he is best known as the owner and proprietor of the Dallas & Co. Costumes & Magic in Champaign, Illinois. And for my money, he has the best handling and presentation of the iconic "Zombie" ball of anyone in the world.

Owner of Dallas & Co., Andy Dallas balances magic acts and his Halloween and magic store. He conjures up his colorful past as an escape artist.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:08:31 - Andy Dallas talks about his career as an escape artist, his brick and mortar magic shop and his unique collection of carnival con games..

01:15:49 - Product Review: Box Office by Jeremy Marouani - a prediction effect from 100 movie titles attractively displayed on ten different post card sized cards. Recommended with reservation.

01:21:22 - Product Review: Klik by Agus Tjui - using your phone or a spectator's phone to take a picture of a "wrong" card is shown to be the correctly selected card when viewed on the phone. Recommended.

01:25:45: - Unbound by Darryl Davis = a gimmickless, impromptu version of the Invisible Deck using a shuffled deck in play that can be yours or a borrowed deck. Sleights are required so not a beginner trick, but very effective and clever. Recommended.

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