JOHN MENDOZA'S LIVE & PERSONAL DVD

John Mendoza's Live & Personal DVD US $34.95 INTERMEDIATE DVD

John Mendoza is a longtime professional magician who has created an outstanding repertoire of close-up magic that he used to tour with throughout the world. On this DVD he is captured during a live lecture where he performs and teaches many of his best routines.

The DVD begins with John Mendoza performing a full-length professional close-up show with a deck of cards. It continues with him teaching every nuance of every routine used in the performance. Along the way you learn many of the techniques used in addition to some valuable tips about performance, subtlety and sleight-of-hand.

Previously released as two videotapes this double length DVD also includes additional non-card items that John explained during and after the lecture.

Routines performed and explained:
Ambitious 1-2-3-4-5: A spectator names any small number. You shuffle the cards face up and face down. Upon spreading the cards they are seen to be all facing the same way except for a four-of-a-kind matching the named value.
Four Ace Production: After a few shuffles the four aces appear in a visual display.
Simple Collectors: Three selected cards are lost in the deck and are instantly found interlaced between the four aces, which have been in full view.
Mendoza's Out of This World: A spectator deals a deck into two random piles. When the cards are spread face up they are seen separated into reds and blacks.
The Squeeze: A gambling demonstration where the cards are continuously shuffled but after each shuffle are shown to still be separated into reds and blacks.
Routined Poker Mental: Four Poker hands are dealt to four spectators. Each person thinks of one of the cards in their hand. You now divine the cards they are thinking of.
Between Your Palms: Two selected cards are lost in the deck but when you have trouble finding them, they are found under the spectator's hand.
Final Four Aces Routine: An ace assembly routine that is repeated three times with each version more impossible than the previous.
Mendoza's Five-Star Prediction: A card is selected under extremely fair conditions but still matches your prediction.
Coins Thru The Table: A multi-phase coin routine where seven coins continuously appear to penetrate through the center of the table. As a surprise finale a giant drill bit is produced.
Chop Cup: A one-cup and ball routine where the spectator tries to guess where the ball is. As a finale two large balls are produced from under the cup.
Coins Across: A quick and direct routine where four coins vanish from one fist and magically appear in the other.
Cups & Balls: A handling of Vernon's Cups & Balls routine with some new moves and ideas.
Ultimate Torn & Restored Card: A double-signed card is torn into eights as seven of the pieces immediately fuse together to match the remaining piece.

A Meir Yedid Magic product (from the A-1 Magicalmedia collection). Original release date: VHS: 1991, DVD: May 2006. Running time: Approximately 115 minutes.

Special DVD Features: Instant access to performances and explanations Product Previews DVD trailers Dolby Digital sound Encoded for worldwide viewing

US $34.95

JOHN MENDOZA'S MY BEST MAGIC VOLUME 1-3 DVD SET

John Mendoza's My Best Magic Volume 1-3 DVD Set US $89.95 INTERMEDIATE DVD

John Mendoza is a legendary figure in close-up magic and his books and manuscripts can be found in just about every magician's library. In addition to his own effects and routines, John has also authored books for such notables as Don England, Chris Kenner and Dan Fleshman. For more than 35 years, he's made his living performing close-up magic and in this remarkable set of DVDs, John shares the secrets of that success. These are the tricks that have taken John Mendoza literally around the world.

Volume 1:
Routines include: Dice Stacking, Ambitious 1-2-3-4-5, Ace Production, Collectors, Red/Black Shuffle Routine, Chop Cup Routine, Female, Routined Poker Mental, and Mendoza Cups And Balls. Running time: Approximately 110 minutes.

VOLUME 2:
Routines include: Bowl Routine, Bendix Bombshell, Have You Ever Heard Of, Coins Thru The Table, Vernon Cups & Balls, Multiplying Bunnies, Automatic Deck, Three Card Monte, Translocation, and Barry Nelson’s Flash Cups. Running time: Approximately 118 minutes.

VOLUME 3:
Routines include: Koran Prediction, Color Changing Deck, Poker Machine, Universal Card, Clyde, The Ultimate Torn & Restored Card, Mystery Of The 19th Card, Unearthly Powers, Visa Versa, The Ambitious Card, Between Your Palms, Simple Tunnel, The Most Difficult Card Trick In The World, and McDonald’s Four Aces. Running time: Approximately 110 minutes.