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It is the policy of Inside Magic to correct mistakes brought to our attention in a timely manner.  We will necessarily bring those mistakes that could lead to a death or dismemberment or, worse, a lawsuit before others that just make us look stupid.

 

In January 26th edition of Inside Magic’s List of the Stupidest Routines, we unfairly made fun of VanDeen the Extraordinary.  We wrote, “. . . and of his alleged big trick, the drawing card for the whole show, who cares?  It sounds neither dangerous nor exciting.  What is the worst that can happen to him?  He gets a paper cut on his lip?  So what?!”

 

It turns out Mr. VanDeen was performing a Bullet Catch and not, as we incorrectly read, a Billet Catching trick.  We still believe, however, that this is an inappropriate trick for children’s birthday parties but we petulantly admit our mistake.

 

In the April 2nd edition of Inside Magic’s Baltic Region Magic News, we gave the impression that we really cared about anyone else but us.  We regret the error but don’t really care what anyone thinks anyway.

 

In our special Inside Magic’s Top 75 Mathematical Card Tricks Lasting More than 20 Minutes, we transposed some numbers in trick number 23, “What Pile is Your Card In Now?”  The formula in line 82 should have read “add the value of the top cards from each pile with face cards counting as 12.”  As the trick was written in the original version, the effect could become unintentionally interesting or entertaining and thus defy the rules of the mathematical card trick genre.  We regret even writing about the topic.

 

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It is the policy of Inside Magic to correct mistakes brought to our attention in a timely manner.  We will necessarily bring those mistakes that could lead to a death or dismemberment or, worse, a lawsuit before others that just make us look stupid.

 

In January 26th edition of Inside Magic’s List of the Stupidest Routines, we unfairly made fun of VanDeen the Extraordinary.  We wrote, “. . . and of his alleged big trick, the drawing card for the whole show, who cares?  It sounds neither dangerous nor exciting.  What is the worst that can happen to him?  He gets a paper cut on his lip?  So what?!”

 

It turns out Mr. VanDeen was performing a Bullet Catch and not, as we incorrectly read, a Billet Catching trick.  We still believe, however, that this is an inappropriate trick for children’s birthday parties but we petulantly admit our mistake.

 

In the April 2nd edition of Inside Magic’s Baltic Region Magic News, we gave the impression that we really cared about anyone else but us.  We regret the error but don’t really care what anyone thinks anyway.

 

In our special Inside Magic’s Top 75 Mathematical Card Tricks Lasting More than 20 Minutes, we transposed some numbers in trick number 23, “What Pile is Your Card In Now?”  The formula in line 82 should have read “add the value of the top cards from each pile with face cards counting as 12.”  As the trick was written in the original version, the effect could become unintentionally interesting or entertaining and thus defy the rules of the mathematical card trick genre.  We regret even writing about the topic.

 

In our article from last week featuring great pocket magic for when you are stuck in the hospital with an extended illness, we neglected to mention that the props for the Razor Blade Trick should not be carried in your pocket if you are undergoing an MRI. 

 

Apparently the magnetic forces will pull the 13 individual blades through your pocket’s fabric and through your flesh, before launching out of the machine in a spinning frenzy of death.  Our thanks to the newly widowed wife of Johnny “Handy Andy” Walker for pointing this out.

 

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