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The Magic of Tony Binarelli

1991
Written by Gary Ouellet
Work of Tony Binarelli
200 pages (Hardcover), published by Camirand Academy of Magic
Illustrated with drawings by Gary Ouellet
Language: English
19 entries
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Gary Ouellet Introduction - Invitation to the Magic
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Gary Ouellet About Toni Binarelli
  • Television
  • Film Appearance
  • Theatrical Appearances
  • Books
  • Specialized Publications
  • Other Activities
  • Awards
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Chapter 1 - Magical Stagecraft
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Tony Binarelli Magical Stagecraft
  • The Audience
    • The Three Basic Stages
    • Selection of the Spectators
    • Time on Stage
    • Returning to their Seats
    • The Venue
    • Psychological aspects of handling audiences
    • The Open Air Shows
    • The Disco Audience
    • The Theatre, Convention, and Hotel Hall
    • Male and Female Audiences
    • Mixed Audience
    • Children
  • Applause
    • Spontaneous Applause
    • Solicited Applause
    • Canned Applause
    • Pity Applause
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Chapter 2 - New Card Techniques
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Tony Binarelli The Binarelli Top Palm deck is beveled / spread forward
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Tony Binarelli Binarelli's Super Move end grip, snapping card face-up
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Tony Binarelli Binarelli's New Marked Deck using Bee cards
  • Creating the deck
  • Using the deck
 		41
Tony Binarelli Star Cards - An Approach to Forcing postcards with numbers from one to nine, prediction of movie
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Chapter 3 - Italian Showstoppers
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Gary Ouellet Italian Showstoppers
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Tony Binarelli The Truly Ultimate Open Prediction odd-backed prediction card
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Tony Binarelli Resurrection signed bill with torn corner is burnt and restored from ashes, bill appears on hand inside a plastic bag tied with rope
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Tony Binarelli The Phantom Visitor card selected from deck, hand tied inside plastic bag and corner of same card appears inside, it matches card from second deck
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Tony Binarelli T.E.S.T. "Television - Expert - Sympathetic - Thoughts", using number cards and five books
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Chapter 4 - Binarelli on Wallets
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Tony Binarelli Magic Wallets - An Essay by Tony Binarelli on Wallets
  • Exchange Wallets
  • Lost and Found Wallets
  • Wallets for Stealing Objects
  • Intelligence Wallets
  • Fire Wallets
  • Diplomental Pouch
  • Magnetic Wallet
  • The Horowitz Switch Wallet
  • Index Wallet
  • The Bendix Bombshell
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Chapter 5 - Wallet Magic
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Tony Binarelli The Super Wallet on Binarelli's PlayMagic SuperWallet
  • Makeup
  • Personalization of the Wallet
  • Use of the Wallet
  • Loading Technique
  • Unloading Technique
  • Repetition
    • Leitmotifs
    • A Challenge to Spectators
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, May 2025.