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Date AddedOct 21, 2014
At the Table Live Lecture - Bizzaro 11/19/2014 - video DOWNLOAD
Bizzaro
Murphy's Magic Supplies, Inc.
(Based on 3 reviews)
Bizzaro has performed from coast to coast and appeared on FOX, NBC, America's got Talent, and the Travel Channel's Extreme Conventions. He has even been seen at the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA. He has fabricated magic for other entertainers like Gallagher and the one and only, David Copperfield.
This will be a lecture like you have never seen before, as Bizzaro takes you into his laboratory of magic and mystery. You will learn, STEP BY STEP, how to make, construct and perform magic from Bizzaro's twisted yet VERY creative mind.
This will be a lecture on Prop making and creativity. He will also talk about simple, basic electronics that you can do at home, to turn your performance into something amazing!
Every effect that Bizzaro performs and teaches in this lecture will be BRAND NEW, material that has NEVER BEEN PUBLIHSHED!
Reviews
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I have always love the At the Table Live Lecture's. If you have watched anyone of them you know why, they are jam packed with amazing tricks and theories. They have real people come in and watch magicians and non magicians. But this on in particular is amazing. Bizzaro is a very creative person he may have not released a lot of his own personal magic but he consults with the best magicians in the world. But enough of that, this is not a typical lecture but before you back away you need to listen. This lecture teaches you some tricks and also many ways you can create your own gimmicks and magic. This shows wiring and everything. You will know how to create electronic gimmicks and almost everything. If you don't get this you will regret it, trust me. This is a much get for a great price.
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Bizarro is a creative guy, he is probably my favorite magician named after a Superman villain. He goes about making magic differently than anyone else in the industry. In this lecture he let’s you in on some of magic’s different secrets. This is not a classic “do a trick, teach a trick” lecture. You will learn a couple effects but for the most part you will learn how to build, sculpt and create your own props.
As a disclaimer this really isn’t a lecture for young magicians. There are a couple adult jokes that might not be great for the younger crowd but more importantly the tools and materials used to create the props are in many cases very dangerous.
Oreo Box: A box of Oreos is shown to be empty, it is torn at the seam and opened up as proof. It is folded up and it refills itself. The magician can then pass out all of the cookies to be eaten by the audience. This is probably the simplest prop to make in the lecture but it still requires a lot of arts and crafts. I think out of everything that he discusses this is the thing that I am most likely to make and perform with/
Sprite Production: A napkin is displayed on both sides with a picture of a sprite bottle on one side. The bottle is produced with a wave of the napkin. This is a nice simple bottle production. It is pretty classic in method. You do have some clothing requirements in order to perform it.
The Incessant Cap: The bottle of Sprite is shown to be missing its cap. It then a pears magically on top of the bottle. It is then removed and jumps back onto the bottle. You can make this as long or short as you’d like. This requires a lot of arts and crafts and some extra little bits that you will need to purchase. The effect is very bizarre but I the effect doesn’t really fit my style.
Straw Penetration: 2 straws are removed from a package, and they are both bent in a hook. They are then passed magically through each other. Bizzarro’s good friend Kyle Marlett used this with candy canes on his show the weekly with Penguin magic. Personally, I feel like the effect is better with candy canes but you learn the basic method here and with a little work you can work out the candy cane version.
PK Pin Wheel: Using only his mind the magician causes a pinwheel to spin. This looks very simple and really the method is fairly simple but it will take a lot of work to construct. I do like his various ideas with the prop even if it can’t be examined by any means.
Nose Be-Gone: With a sneeze the magician’s nose pops off and nothing but a black hole is left. He then reattaches it with a twist. If you like sylvester the jester type magic than this is for you. The gimmicks can be set up for relatively inexpensive and you have a cartoon like effect. He also teaches a way for you to pull your face off leaving a big black hole using a similar method.
CD Card Transpo: A signed card turns into a CD and ends up inside of the CD player where the CD was moments before. Will Tsai released completely different effect with a similar method a few years ago. You will need to do some arts and crafts as well as make some electronic changes.
Rock and Roll: A CD case is opened and a rock and a roll are pulled out. The CD is then removed and the case is shown to be very flat. This is similar to the classic briefcase illusion with smaller props that may fit the style of some.
Silk Through White Board: Bizzaro is very well know for his silk through hand effect and as far as I know this is as close as he has come to revealing it. A small red dot is drawn on a white board and a silk is slowly pushed through. Now while this has similarities to the silk through hand it is obviously different in effect and method. This is much closer to the classic silk through mirror in method.
Props and Creativity Section
Printing on Fabric: This has many uses in magic. He covers what types of ink and materials to use as well as a handful of props that this will help you with.
Making A Little Bottle: Here you get to see Bizzaro in action creating a prop. He takes a small Corona bottle and slowly transforms it into a small Heineken bottle. He goes over the best tools and materials that you will need to make it for yourself. Much of the knowledge here can be used in other situations and props.
Reels: Bizzaro talks a ton about badge reels and their various uses. He gives 3 or 4 ideas throughout the lecture using these neat little gadgets.
Adhesive Porn: Bizzaro talks about all the different types of glues that you can use on different type of materials. He also teaches how to mold with some types of glue. He really goes into detail on glue here and I really can’t say much more without re-giving his lecture.
Fixing Problems: Using a salt shaker launcher as an example he talks about how to make one and how in a pinch he solved a problem he had. There is an interesting lesson in this to be had concerning creativity.
Latex Props: Here he takes us through how to repaint and put new life into old latex props. He also goes into detail on how to make your own latex props. He walks through how to make molds and goes through different materials that will help in the creation of your own latex props.
Springs: Here he lets you in on where he gets some of his springs. If you want a prop to snap or pop this is worth looking at.
Crash Course in Electronics: Here bizzaro takes electronics and breaks them down in laymans terms. He shows how to make LED light light up, make things spin, open and close. With just things that you’d get at Radioshack you’ll be able to make up your own moving props. He even glazes over wireless.
V***f***: With this neat gadget Bizzaro takes you through how to make copies of props shells and molds. This is commercially available device and it’s uses are nearly endless in magic.
This is a crazy lecture and it’s tough to compare with the other products out there. There were tons of times that Bizzaro skipped over little things but there were also times where he would just throw in an extra idea here or there. If you want to make your own props check it out, I feel like I’m a pretty crafty guy and I learned a lot. If you are looking for tricks this probably isn’t for you.
As a disclaimer this really isn’t a lecture for young magicians. There are a couple adult jokes that might not be great for the younger crowd but more importantly the tools and materials used to create the props are in many cases very dangerous.
Oreo Box: A box of Oreos is shown to be empty, it is torn at the seam and opened up as proof. It is folded up and it refills itself. The magician can then pass out all of the cookies to be eaten by the audience. This is probably the simplest prop to make in the lecture but it still requires a lot of arts and crafts. I think out of everything that he discusses this is the thing that I am most likely to make and perform with/
Sprite Production: A napkin is displayed on both sides with a picture of a sprite bottle on one side. The bottle is produced with a wave of the napkin. This is a nice simple bottle production. It is pretty classic in method. You do have some clothing requirements in order to perform it.
The Incessant Cap: The bottle of Sprite is shown to be missing its cap. It then a pears magically on top of the bottle. It is then removed and jumps back onto the bottle. You can make this as long or short as you’d like. This requires a lot of arts and crafts and some extra little bits that you will need to purchase. The effect is very bizarre but I the effect doesn’t really fit my style.
Straw Penetration: 2 straws are removed from a package, and they are both bent in a hook. They are then passed magically through each other. Bizzarro’s good friend Kyle Marlett used this with candy canes on his show the weekly with Penguin magic. Personally, I feel like the effect is better with candy canes but you learn the basic method here and with a little work you can work out the candy cane version.
PK Pin Wheel: Using only his mind the magician causes a pinwheel to spin. This looks very simple and really the method is fairly simple but it will take a lot of work to construct. I do like his various ideas with the prop even if it can’t be examined by any means.
Nose Be-Gone: With a sneeze the magician’s nose pops off and nothing but a black hole is left. He then reattaches it with a twist. If you like sylvester the jester type magic than this is for you. The gimmicks can be set up for relatively inexpensive and you have a cartoon like effect. He also teaches a way for you to pull your face off leaving a big black hole using a similar method.
CD Card Transpo: A signed card turns into a CD and ends up inside of the CD player where the CD was moments before. Will Tsai released completely different effect with a similar method a few years ago. You will need to do some arts and crafts as well as make some electronic changes.
Rock and Roll: A CD case is opened and a rock and a roll are pulled out. The CD is then removed and the case is shown to be very flat. This is similar to the classic briefcase illusion with smaller props that may fit the style of some.
Silk Through White Board: Bizzaro is very well know for his silk through hand effect and as far as I know this is as close as he has come to revealing it. A small red dot is drawn on a white board and a silk is slowly pushed through. Now while this has similarities to the silk through hand it is obviously different in effect and method. This is much closer to the classic silk through mirror in method.
Props and Creativity Section
Printing on Fabric: This has many uses in magic. He covers what types of ink and materials to use as well as a handful of props that this will help you with.
Making A Little Bottle: Here you get to see Bizzaro in action creating a prop. He takes a small Corona bottle and slowly transforms it into a small Heineken bottle. He goes over the best tools and materials that you will need to make it for yourself. Much of the knowledge here can be used in other situations and props.
Reels: Bizzaro talks a ton about badge reels and their various uses. He gives 3 or 4 ideas throughout the lecture using these neat little gadgets.
Adhesive Porn: Bizzaro talks about all the different types of glues that you can use on different type of materials. He also teaches how to mold with some types of glue. He really goes into detail on glue here and I really can’t say much more without re-giving his lecture.
Fixing Problems: Using a salt shaker launcher as an example he talks about how to make one and how in a pinch he solved a problem he had. There is an interesting lesson in this to be had concerning creativity.
Latex Props: Here he takes us through how to repaint and put new life into old latex props. He also goes into detail on how to make your own latex props. He walks through how to make molds and goes through different materials that will help in the creation of your own latex props.
Springs: Here he lets you in on where he gets some of his springs. If you want a prop to snap or pop this is worth looking at.
Crash Course in Electronics: Here bizzaro takes electronics and breaks them down in laymans terms. He shows how to make LED light light up, make things spin, open and close. With just things that you’d get at Radioshack you’ll be able to make up your own moving props. He even glazes over wireless.
V***f***: With this neat gadget Bizzaro takes you through how to make copies of props shells and molds. This is commercially available device and it’s uses are nearly endless in magic.
This is a crazy lecture and it’s tough to compare with the other products out there. There were tons of times that Bizzaro skipped over little things but there were also times where he would just throw in an extra idea here or there. If you want to make your own props check it out, I feel like I’m a pretty crafty guy and I learned a lot. If you are looking for tricks this probably isn’t for you.
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Whether you have seen a one, two or a few of these lectures, this one is most certainly unlike any of the others you have watched. For that matter, it is likely to be unlike any in the future either.
There was so much stuff packed into this lecture that came in just over an hour and a half and the best parts in my opinion was that there was hardly any magic in it. There were a handful of parlor/stage effects performed and explained, but this lecture was more of a prop workshop and more specifically, a prop-making workshop.
The lecture opened with a cheesy tie-in to the Frankenstein story, complete with a “set” decorated as a dungeon/laboratory. Mike Hankins played the part of Igor and Bizzaro was playing his stage character, Dr. Bizzaro. He did a performance of various effects and gags using various homemade props, which he later goes on to explain.
Two of my favorite things that I saw as far as the effects were both based on old props but his modifications made them current for the audiences for today. I already know I will use both of them in one of my parlor shows eventually once I come up with a way to motivate them. The first of these two effects I am speaking of was a way of producing a dozen or more Oreo cookies from an empty Oreo tube box. This is an idea that would also be great for kid show performers and is based on the old temple screen.
I do not do kid shows but I do love the idea of producing edible snacks for people watching the show (even for adults too). The problem with that is even if I had the cleanest hands in the world, I would not want to be handing a bunch of unwrapped things out for people to eat and besides, who would want to eat them? With this method, you do not even have to touch the cookies at all – that includes loading them into the prop. Anyway, I just wanted to point this out to others who also might like the idea of this but never did them because of the sanitation issues.
The second effect was based on one of my favorite stage effects, the ‘Silk Through Mirror’ and the only person I ever saw really motivate that particular illusionette was Luis de Matos. Well now Bizzaro came up with a way of doing the same effect with a small whiteboard! It works the same way and you can make it in any size you like, but he does warn that it can be complicated though he does explain how to construct it quite thoroughly. I already have a few ideas for this.
There are some other effects explained using a Dorito bag prop, a few further ideas with Oreo cookies and latex props.
Now for the meat of this lecture: the prop-making workshop. There was SO much stuff packed into this that I will not even attempt to cover even a small portion of what he discussed and explained. You will learn about molds, mold making, silicon/latex/rubber molding techniques, paints, electronics, adhesives (which ties in with a running gag that the tech supervisor had a lot of fun with), sealants and so much more, including ideas for a small and (relatively) inexpensive vacuum sealer!
It does not matter if you are a close-up worker, a walkaround performer, stage or parlor or whatever type of magic you do, if you have ever wanted make your own moldable props or other small props, this is the lecture you want to see.
There is absolutely something for every type of performer in this lecture and I cannot recommend this enough! At the very, very least you will see a bunch of things that will certainly make you ‘think’ about the props you need/want or may already have.
VERY highly recommended!
5 stars.
There was so much stuff packed into this lecture that came in just over an hour and a half and the best parts in my opinion was that there was hardly any magic in it. There were a handful of parlor/stage effects performed and explained, but this lecture was more of a prop workshop and more specifically, a prop-making workshop.
The lecture opened with a cheesy tie-in to the Frankenstein story, complete with a “set” decorated as a dungeon/laboratory. Mike Hankins played the part of Igor and Bizzaro was playing his stage character, Dr. Bizzaro. He did a performance of various effects and gags using various homemade props, which he later goes on to explain.
Two of my favorite things that I saw as far as the effects were both based on old props but his modifications made them current for the audiences for today. I already know I will use both of them in one of my parlor shows eventually once I come up with a way to motivate them. The first of these two effects I am speaking of was a way of producing a dozen or more Oreo cookies from an empty Oreo tube box. This is an idea that would also be great for kid show performers and is based on the old temple screen.
I do not do kid shows but I do love the idea of producing edible snacks for people watching the show (even for adults too). The problem with that is even if I had the cleanest hands in the world, I would not want to be handing a bunch of unwrapped things out for people to eat and besides, who would want to eat them? With this method, you do not even have to touch the cookies at all – that includes loading them into the prop. Anyway, I just wanted to point this out to others who also might like the idea of this but never did them because of the sanitation issues.
The second effect was based on one of my favorite stage effects, the ‘Silk Through Mirror’ and the only person I ever saw really motivate that particular illusionette was Luis de Matos. Well now Bizzaro came up with a way of doing the same effect with a small whiteboard! It works the same way and you can make it in any size you like, but he does warn that it can be complicated though he does explain how to construct it quite thoroughly. I already have a few ideas for this.
There are some other effects explained using a Dorito bag prop, a few further ideas with Oreo cookies and latex props.
Now for the meat of this lecture: the prop-making workshop. There was SO much stuff packed into this that I will not even attempt to cover even a small portion of what he discussed and explained. You will learn about molds, mold making, silicon/latex/rubber molding techniques, paints, electronics, adhesives (which ties in with a running gag that the tech supervisor had a lot of fun with), sealants and so much more, including ideas for a small and (relatively) inexpensive vacuum sealer!
It does not matter if you are a close-up worker, a walkaround performer, stage or parlor or whatever type of magic you do, if you have ever wanted make your own moldable props or other small props, this is the lecture you want to see.
There is absolutely something for every type of performer in this lecture and I cannot recommend this enough! At the very, very least you will see a bunch of things that will certainly make you ‘think’ about the props you need/want or may already have.
VERY highly recommended!
5 stars.