This afternoon, I had lunch as I often do on Fridays at the Magic Castle up in Hollywood. I've been a member since 1980 and have seen some of the world's great practitioners of magic perform there. One of the best was there today…Shawn Farquhar, whose artistry I linked you to back in this post. He didn't perform that trick but he had others, equally impressive. And as with so many superior magicians, part of the show was in the magic and part was in the personality and humor of the performer. What a great talent. We had a very nice conversation after his performance.
A few years back, Shawn appeared on Penn and Teller: Fool Us and what I've embedded below is the feat he did on that show to great acclaim. He performed that trick in his show today exactly the same way except that instead of Penn Jillette, he had me up there. As impressive as it is in the video, it's even more impressive when it's your hands holding the deck. Trust me…