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- From: fmah@mta.ca
- Subject: Re: Who was that man?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.170409.7377@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
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- Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada
- References: <BzM8Ls.5Hr@math.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:04:09 GMT
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- In article <BzM8Ls.5Hr@math.uwaterloo.ca>, rbutterw@math.uwaterloo.ca (Ray Butterworth [MFCF]) writes:
- >The other night on a ten year old Paul Daniels TV show
- >there was a very talented magician. Unfortunately I missed
- >his introduction and the closing credits.
- >
- >He spoke with a very heavy Spanish accent (possibly South American)
- >and performed card tricks entirely with his left hand (he was
- >possibly missing his right hand). These all involved various
- >shufflings and rearrangments of the positions of cards within
- >a deck. One trick in particular consisted of three black and
- >three red cards that he would arrange into one order and then
- >display as being in a completely different order. He repeated
- >the trick several times, each time more slowly, and each time
- >exposing more of the cards as he placed them to ensure that
- >everyone knew for sure which card was which.
- >
- >Does anyone know who this performer was?
-
- I don't know who he was, but I was impressed. Does anyone know how that
- routine is accomplished? If you'd like to enlighten me, I'm FMAH@mta.ca.
- Any general direction pointing would suffice. Thanks!
-
- A guy up north (east of Ontario),
-
- Frank
-