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Mike Rogers

W h e n M ike Rogers came to the hum or. H e likes card tricks w ith as three letters an d n o t one w ord)
B ay A re a some fiv e years ago we a punch and coin tricks th a t are has p u t his nam e before a wide
took to him because he was new to the p o int and n o t involved. To range of m agicians an d brought
to us, know n to a few Iby his w rit­ these he adds his o riginal touches, him correspondence w ith m an y of
ings in and soon proved a little extra m isdirection and a the greats. They tru s t him w ith
to be n o t only a likable person bu t smile or itwo an d presents them in th eir secrets w hich he keeps in­
a very capable perform er and more a w ay you can’t help liking. Trav­ violate and credits1 them when
im p o rtan t entertaining. eling so much, w o rking as an air­ such is needed. He became interest­
Then ju s t when we got to know cra ft director, he m u st o f necessity ed so deeply in close-up m agic by
him well he was shifted overseas to keep his equipm ent a t a m inim um . w orking w ith an d fo r Sam Aaron-
Italy , buit promised to return to us. Y o u ’ll like the w ay he uses sea son, now deceased, and W a lt R ol­
A n d we feel he will. N ow his tour shells instead o f cups fo r a c & b lin s; boith' E ditors fo r M .U .M . and
of duty in Ita ly is finished an d he routine. The dressing he puts on a who furnished inspiration fo r him .
is back in the U .S. some 3,000 card box to fu rn is h entertainm ent.
miles aw ay b u t still in touch and A n d you’ll fin d when you get to I know you’ll enjoy his tricks in
we are w ondering i f his contacts know him better th a t he doesn’t this issue o f G E N II and hope th at
in Ita ly , his visits to other E u r­ like silly — p atte r stories, serious you have the pleasure o f m eeting
opean countries and his contacts m agicians, and long drawn-out h im soon. Perhaps a t a Lecture— -
w ith m en he’d long read about m ental effects. T hat strikes me as or m aybe on a v isit to the Bay
have changed h im a t all. I doubt ju s t right. A re a where he intends to return
it. H is colum n in the S.A .M . m ag­ and settle. H ooray!
M ike does m agic w ith a touch of azine, M .U .M . (alw ays pronounced L loyd E. Jones

Mike Rogers Offers

A Tribute To fulves
One of the most adm ired crea­ problems which is the inspiration der; each suit being together. In
tors of m agic to come along in fo r the tricik abouit to be described. other words, Ja c k of Hearts, Queen
m any years is K arl Fulves. His B ill Miesel firs t presented the o f Hearts, K in g of Hearts, etc.
publications and never-ending flow problem to me and in 1969 I sent The Jack, Queen and K in g of
of technical m anuscripts are m uch a solution to both Fulves and iSpades are removed from the
in dem and by a ll who desire an in ­ Miesel. I am told tfaait Bruce Cer- spread. The re m ain in g nine cards
sight to the newer ideas in magic. von has come up w ith various are reverse faro sh u ffle d u n til told
As a result, K arl has gained the m ethods as have others; however, to stop. Then the nine cards are
respect of some o f the most knowl- a t this w ritin g I am liv in g in E u r ­ dealt face-down in three stacks.
edgable m en in the business. W hen ope and have not seen nor heard The Jack , Queen and K in g of
I was in E ng land Jack Avis and o f anyone else w orking on the idea. Spades are each placed on a stack
Roy W alto n had nothin g but praise The m ethod presented here is o f the spectator’s choice. W hen
f o r K arl Fulves; I have found that slightly diffe re n t from the original each stack is tu rn e d face-up all of
this is the feeling am ong the tech­ m ethod sent to M r. Fulves. the Jacks are together, all of the
nicians everywhere. F or years F u l­ E ffe c t: A ll o f the face cards are Queens are together, and all of
ves has had great fu n w ith card removed from the pack and placed the Kings are together.
problems, an d it ’s one of these face-up in Jack , Queen, K in g or­ H e re ’s th e m e th o d : F irst remove

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