The magician hands a book to a spectator and asks the spectator to choose any page at random. Harry houdini born erik weisz in budapest, later ehrich weiss or harry weiss. Okay i really do not think we should expose it but you really have to wonder how he would feel about it. Brian brushwood brandt hughes bryce castillo roberto villegas jeff schuessler shot on location. They pick only one word out of multiple books, and youll already know what it is. Awardwinning magician brian brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons and scams. Take a look at the brian brushwood book test in action performance starts 6 minutes in. Weird things officially opened to the patreon platform for fan funding on october 26, 2014. You begin listening to your instinct and start discovering your style, personality, and magic preferences. Mentalism mentalism book test explained variations. Brian brushwood began eating fire and performing bizarre magic at. Hes been profiled in the new yorker, hes toured with oprah on her life you want tour, and in 2011 time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Magic tricks 2014 best easy cool magic tricks revealed magic tricks revealed coin.
Justin robert young, andrew mayne, and brian brushwood host the weird things podcast. The book test is a classic magic trick used by mentalists to demonstrate telepathy like effects. Learn exactly how the worlds best working professionals eat fire in this tellall book, written in an easytofollow howto format. When it comes to magic tricks, there are a number of tricks up the proverbial sleeve of a magician. A stupid straw trick ep20 brian brushwood on the road. Brian brushwood here, host of scam school on the revision3 network.
May 04, 2012 most famous got talent magic tricks finally revealed shin lim ben hart agt bgt duration. Fire is jampacked with over 90 tricks from the popular web series scam school. The podcast is mostly free form discussion of the latest weird news stories. Buy the professionals guide to fire eating 1st edition by brushwood, brian isbn. In exercises 1 3, solve the system by the method of substitution. Rob bell how to be here the human experience podcast. It would use multiple, wellknown bestsellers to choose from. Aug 23, 2015 each book in the brian brushwood book test is an authentic copy of a wellknown bestseller that has been diabolically altered to make possible the most stunning version of a book test created to date. Since 2000, brian brushwood has been touring nationally and internationally with his bizarre magic show a thrillride mashup of dangerous stunts, fireeating, mindreading, and comedy magic. Truly great magic makes us believe in things we know cant be real. Each book in the brian brushwood book test is an authentic copy of a wellknown bestseller that has been diabolically altered to make possible the most stunning version of a book test created to date. I think his book test is very strong, and hes clear about what youre paying for its not the secret so much, its the production of the gimmicked books. Magician brian brushwood hosts the popular internet series scam school.
Brian brushwood born 17 january, 1975 is an american magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, and comedian. If you watch carefully, youll never have to pay for a drink again. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the us and then as harry handcuff houdini on a tour of europe, where he challenged. Mar 06, 20 brian brushwood claims he has invented a book test that is billions of times better than all of the expensive book tests out there. The awardwinning scam school book 1 is available march 14 pi day. Podcaster pro by adam curry get yourself a brian brushwood. If he sells every copy as intended he will make roughly 600,000 dollars. Amega global scam amwand the strength test trick revealed. Brian performs his bizarre magic stage act, having performed his unique brand of magic across the world. The professionals guide to fire eating puts all other books ive seen on the subject to shame. Brian allen brushwood born january 17, 1975 is an american magician, podcaster, author. Mar 06, 20 when did brian brushwood become a greedy lying thief. If harvard offered a phd in deceit, this would be it.
Six years in the making, and until now performed by only a dozen mentalists worldwide. Brian talks about his books test which is my favorite book test hands down. Brian brushwood claims he has invented a book test that is billions of times better than all of the expensive book tests out there. Think about this for a moment what would the perfect book test look like. And now you can get a front row seat to his witty, informative, and prolific points of view. When discovery digital networks purchased revision 3 brushwood used it as an opportunity to move production. The story of magic through the ages, hp newquist lifts the veil. Magician dan white performs brian brushwoods book test on today. Faust, the bold book test is widely considered a classic and inventive trick. Support the show by purchasing andrews brand new book hollywood pharaohs just click on the image below. Awardwinning bizarre magician brian brushwood unveils the most complete explanations of fire eating to date.
After three flips the magician stops them and reveals the figure. Common topics are aliens, timetravel, superpowers, cannibalism, and futuristic technology. Hear behindthescenes secrets about scam school episodes and listen to bonus compiled from material spanning over 200 episodes, the scam school ebooks are packed with extras, including protips from brian, embedded video demonstrations and audio. Johnson, magician and hypnotist this is the bible of fire eating books. Chapter test 567 7 chapter test take this testas you would take a in class. The lecture has three basic parts and each will be addressed below. This is a repost of what i wrote on february 23, 2007, the 20th anniversary of the day light reached us from supernova 1987a, the brightest supernova that. Brian brushwood is an american magician, podcaster, author, lecturer and comedian. There are only a few key parts to memorize for the effect. Jan 01, 2002 brian brushwood began eating fire and performing bizarre magic at the age of 18 in austin, texas. You have a spectator freely select a card and then replace and lose it in the deck.
And thats just one of the three separate effects built into these. This new method was first revealed in written form by magician david hoy and published in his 1963 the bold and subtle miracles of dr. March 24, 1874 october 31, 1926 was a hungarianamerican illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. The books easily pass inspection before the trick begins. Its an ongoing virtual conversation about whats going on around us. Brian brushwood magician, author, lecturer bizarre magic. Jan 26, 2014 brian brushwood, in one of the theory 11 live things said that difference between teaching and revealing is how you have to pay the money to learn a lesson, but you have to give up being surprised at a effect, to quote directly being sugar is less awesome than tasting sugar as it means is being a magician can mean less fun for you because you give up the ability to be shocked by many effects.
In 2009 he was rewarded the goi peace award, an award given to individuals felt to have made an outstanding contribution towards realizing a harmonious and peaceful world. For weeks, she ignored the changes in her body and tried to forget her brief relationship with oscar price, her moody classmate at bluford high. He soon crafted a show filled with mind reading, sleightofhand, sideshow stunts, escapes and traditional magic. In this episode we discuss the power of belief and how what you think can change your world. Mentalism mentalism book test explained in details. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The triplethreat card trick scam school video dailymotion. Most famous got talent magic tricks finally revealed shin lim ben hart agt bgt duration. Youll have perfect cover for gathering what little information you need, and the effect will be absolutely stunning.
It may make your eyes bleed, but danged if it doesnt sum up brians entire 90minute show into just 3 minutes. Hear behindthescenes secrets about scam school episodes and listen to bonus techniques with brian s exclusive audio commentary for every trick featured in the book. We learn and absorb all kinds of magic without having any focus. Bruce lipton is a world famous author, researcher and scientist. And yet the performer would be able to figure out almost instantly what their secret selected word is. The magic cafe forums brian brushwoods new book test.
When you are finished, check your work against theanswers given in back of the book. After 6 years of creation and refinement, brian announces that this week hell. Also, all of the guests who stopped by including justin miller, andrew mayne and brian brushwood. You ask the spectator to name his card and then you proceed to spell the name of the card and deal cardsone by one, one card for each letteronto the table. Rob bell is the new york times bestselling author of love wins, what we talk about when we talk about god, the zimum of love and his most recent book how to be here. In the early years of magic, its all about the tricks. The spectator chooses a line on the chosen page, and then mentalism secrets revealed. Brian allen brushwood born january 17, 1975 is an american magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, youtuber and comedian. With material spanning over 200 episodes, youll learn the very best bar scams and tricks, guaranteed to impress. Awardwinning magician brian brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons, and scams. Powerful do it yourself mentalism book tests you can perform with best selling books and paperbacks, trendy magazines, phonebooks and more. Brian brushwood, in one of the theory 11 live things said that difference between teaching and revealing is how you have to pay the money to learn a lesson, but you have to give up being surprised at a effect, to quote directly being sugar is less awesome than tasting sugar as it means is being a magician can mean less fun for you because you give up the ability to be shocked by many effects. Embedded video illustrations provide an easy way to understand some of the visual aspects of your favorite scams. Brian brushwood has been doing magic for years, and his scam school youtube video channel currently has over 385,000 subscribers.
Each book in the brian brushwood book test is an authentic copy of a. After a decade of painstaking engineering and construction, the atacama large millimetersubmillimeter array alma is now open for business. But when liselles clothes stop fitting, and her brother notices her growing belly, she panics. I personally stick to the impromptu single book test in spideys transcript on theory11. Brian is the host of scam school for discovery, and hacking the system for natgeo. Brian brushwood is the author of scam school book 1 4. I think its important, especially in book tests, that choices be as free and fair as possible. The professionals guide to fire eating by brian brushwood. It was a natural fit for him to bring his party magic to book form, and extroverts everywhere who want to be the life of the party are better for it.
Hyper reel 3 minutes this is all the same footage of the 7 minute demo, smashed into a 3 minute hyper reel. When did brian brushwood become a greedy lying thief. Brian brushwood television and internet personality. May 18, 2015 they pick only one word out of multiple books, and youll already know what it is. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the us and then as harry handcuff houdini on a tour of europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. How to learn magic immerse yourself in a world of magic. His work has been internationally recognized and honored. Brian brushwood, star of scam school studio interview with mike koenigs at sxsw. The bestselling scam school series of books returns with the single most advanced book of easy magic tricks ever created in scam school book 2. The book test imagine that theres a book in front of you, is the book nonfiction or fiction. Read your friends minds with this easy book test miracle. Harry houdini project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.