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Pop Haydn at Penguin LIVE: Sunday September 28th


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Pop Haydn will be appearing at Penguin Live on the Web September 28th, 7:00 pm Eastern time. The lecture will go long.

“Haydn has a very different and engaging manner of talking–it is infectious and the audiences loved it. He also performs his magic superbly.” ~Dai Vernon (the “Professor”) Genii – The International Conjuror’s Monthly

“You aren’t just a magician, you are a great actor!” ~Alan Alda

“Haydn is one of the best close-up magicians I have ever seen…” ~Merv Griffin

“In my opinion, Pop is one of the few magician’s left along with Darwin Ortiz who really understands magic as a craft and as a theatrical experience. Pop, along with Darwin are two people in magic whose opinion about my work really matters to me.” ~Michael Vincent

Close-Up:

  • Chicago Surprise: Pop’s version of the Chicago Opener/Red Hot Mama which contains an extra piece of magic, plus an absolutely killer ending.
  • Impromptu Card Code/Routine for the Blind: An impromptu ESP routine in which a blind person acts as psychic.
  • ESP Survey: A Street Scam that can make money for street performers when it is too cold to work.
  • Fast and Loose: Pop’s routine for the Endless Chain is recognized as one of the best ever.
  • Intricate Web of Distraction: Pop’s routine for the color-changing knives will make you dig yours out and start performing with them again.

Standup and Stage:

  • 24″ Color Changing Handkerchief: Pop’s handling, using much larger handkerchiefs, is direct, funny, and amazing.
  • Six Card Repeat: Pop’s new routine for this old classic is a beautiful mixture of solid, comedic timing and subtle sleight-of-hand.
  • Multiple Peeked Card to Pockets: Pop has a couple of people simply peek at cards and both appear in separate pockets… then reappear AND switch pockets… then another card repeatedly jumps to his pocket… and finally, the whole deck. It’s a fantastic sleight-of-hand routine, not for the faint of heart.
  • Mongolian Pop Knot: Pop teaches everyone how to tie this infamous knot which makes two pieces of rope restore back into one… or does he?
  • Four Ring Routine: Yes, this is Pop’s routine for the linking rings, and you’ll love how much entertainment he is able to wring from this classic of classics!

More Info Here:

http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/4603

Pop Haydn’s “Intricate Web of Distraction”


Pop Haydn’s “Coins Across” in the W. C. Fields Bar


School for Scoundrels Store has new Website!


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Bob Sheets to teach at School for Scoundrels!


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Pop Haydn and Chef Anton, will be presenting our famous School for Scoundrels at the Magic Castle in November. Joining us in teaching the class this year will be the phenomenal Bob Sheets!

This will be our nineteenth year of teaching the Scoundrels Class at the Magic Castle!

We have heard from many people who cannot come to weekly classes because of distance. This year, our entire class, for the first time, will be taught in just one weekend, November 22 & 23!

We will meet in the Magic Castle’s Magic University classroom, Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd from 11:00 am until 1:00 am and then from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm each day.

Registration is $250.00 for the two days. The Castle Brunch for our students will be just $18.00 each day. There will be a special room rate for the Magic Hotel for our students. No more than 20 people will be accepted into class, on a first come, first served basis. You do not have to be a magician or a member of the Magic Castle to participate.

The Magic Hotel will be offering special rates to those who register early.

For more information, e-mail Nancy Magill at magill@pophaydn.com

To Register, Go Here

Pop Haydn’s “Chicago Surprise” now available as download!


This is ALL NEW–the first video description of this classic routine!

This video is more than an hour of detailed instruction from Pop Haydn on the handling and performance of this routine. It includes two live performances at the Magic CastleThe Chicago Surprise is one of the strongest card tricks you can perform.

“If I only get one shot at an important client, director or CEO, this is the trick I would do for them.”–Pop Haydn

This download includes the complete .pdf file of The Chicago Surprise, as well as this high quality .mp4 teaching video (589 megs).

This routine is one of the most powerful opening effects in close-up magic.

“The Chicago Surprise meets all my criteria for what a superior magic product should be: 1) an audience-tested, professional-caliber routine, 2) well written, 3) both handling and theoretical information (in other words, the how and the why) are included. Many professionals use Whit’s routine. I’m sure you’re going to want to as well.”–Michael Close, MAGIC Magazine

“This entire manuscript is a marvelous piece of work, and if it does not cause you much thought about magic, then something is terribly wrong.”–Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii Magazine

 
More from these reviews HERE
 
Excerpts from the book HERE
 
See more or purchase HERE

Dr. Beaumont’s 3 Shell Game available now!


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This is a seminal work on the shell game, one that teaches the basic moves, outs and ruses that make the game play.

Everything you need to know to get started entertaining people or taking suckers is right here. It is a classic and significant treatise.

If you have any interest at all in learning the shell game, this is one of the best places to start. 

Just $5.00! Five bucks!

Instant Download!

Find it HERE

Pop Haydn’s Multiple Peeked Cards to Pocket Available for Download!


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This is Pop Haydn’s newest offering, a high-quality 40 minute teaching video that explains the handling and moves as well as the presentation of this wonderful and hard-hitting routine. This is a full-explanation, and the moves are explained, but this is intended for the advanced card handler. The video is in mp4 format, just under 400 megs, and a download link will be made available on purchase.

Available HERE Just $15.00!

“Tricks and Traps” by Clifton Wooldridge


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In my private collection of books and pamphlets from around 1900 I have this interesting little pamphlet which has survived here into the 21st Century.

It is Clifton R. Woolridge’s Tricks and Traps

It contains “over 100 varieties of confidence games, fakir’s snares and swindles worked on the unwary” from the notebooks of “America’s Sherlock Holmes.” 

The stories are fascinating, and I learned a lot of valuable information from this book which has been very helpful along the way. 

It is out of copyright, so naturally I decided to scan it and sell it to my friends and fellow travelers…

This little stapled pamphlet went for only two bits when I bought it. But water was free then…

It’s FIFTY CENTS now. You can find it HERE

I hope you enjoy it!

~ Pop

Pop Haydn turns 65!


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Pop Haydn, July 19th