![]() For me it has been more a theatrical effect about a very funny story, than a sleight of hand effect.Ī great magician once said than when actors start doing magic, Magicians will loose their jobs! I think that with this effect acting is the most important part. ![]() I perform a version similar to Bill Malone but I am looking for a better ending. Sam the Bellhop is currently my favorite card effect. I think that in order to impress the public in a huge way with this effect, the most important thing is to ACT it. The Magic Cafe Forum Index » » The workers » » Sam the Bellhop (0 Likes) Go to page 1 2 rrowell25 New user. I think that, at least for me, the secret of this effect is not in the sleight of hand, but actually in how you perform it in front of an audience. Obviously if you are a beginner you won’t be able to do all the false cuts and shuffles that Bill Malone does, but there are a lot of easier cuts that you can do. And I never got it wrong even when I was more of a beginner than today. I don’t agree with the magician friends that have said that it is not for beginners, because it has been always one of my best impact effects, at the point that I have used it as a closing act for many years. I think that probably magic is one of those traditions that pass from generation to generation in similar ways. The interesting part is that the way I tell the story is similar to the way Bill Malone Does it, but I watched him for the first time at least ten years after I had been performing that trick. And I use a story, which is a little bit similar to Bill Malone’s, but it is adapted to the place where I live. I learnt it from my father who learnt it in the States from a magician back in the late 60´s. Sam the Bellhop (or The Saga of Sam the Bellhop) is a story telling trick using the deck of cards (a la Soldiers Prayer Book ). ![]() I have been doing Sam the Bellhop since I was a kid, many years before entering magic school and becoming a part time magician. Sam the Bellhop & 654 Club Deck by Bill Malone (Deck & Routine) A brand new, limited edition pack of 654 club playing cards custom made for Bill Malones signature routine, Sam the Bellhop.
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