Make a pen stand up and write the exact word a spectator is thinking . . . all by itself! Predict a corporate image chosen by a CEO! Reveal the serial number of a borrowed dollar bill. All these and more are included in this DVD.
These effects run the gamut from psychokinesis, telepathy, predictions and psychological influence.
These effects are designed to be performed from the intimacy and casualness of your friend's living room to the trade show floor
or the professional stage. Here Banachek presents mentalism like a home-cooked meal . . . something for everyone and sure to be
enjoyed by all. From mentalism to mental magic, Banachek shows how to make mentalism fun and friendly.
Meet Banachek in a personal interview and learn how he started in mentalism and how his career developed as he traveled from England to South Africa, ultimately immigrating to the United States.
Effects and Explanations
Interviews
Make the value of a spectator's playing card slowly appear on your arm in blood red . . . anywhere, anytime! Reveal a thought-of number from across the distance separated by phone lines. Engage two people in a fun routine where the performer predicts a
page number and a word seen by a volunteer on an invisible Palm Top computer. Become a human lie detector in a thrilling and
comical adventure. This DVD continues from Part 1 with close-up, stand-up and stage mentalism and mental magic with additional
routines including anywhere, anytime effects plus staggering psychological ploys. Learn a multi-phase routine weaving audience
direction and sleight-of-hand into one smooth effect. Also, learn the inside secrets of what Banachek considers one of the most
powerful tools in the mentalist's arsenal, Pocket Writing. This DVD includes Banachek's discussion of his Buried Alive escape, his
Bullet Catch illusion now used by Penn & Teller, the difference between mentalism and mental magic plus comical anecdotes about
blindfold drives. You will also see a television clip of Banachek's Buried Alive escape hosted by William Shatner and TV footage of
one of Banachek's early Blindfold Drives.
Effects and Explanations