magicians - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Tue, 22 Jul 2014 22:53:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 Video Fun: How to get people to do ANYTHING, doing this one simple trick! (yes, it’s MAGIC!) https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/07/video-fun-how-to-get-people-to-do-anything-doing-this-one-simple-trick-yes-its-magic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-fun-how-to-get-people-to-do-anything-doing-this-one-simple-trick-yes-its-magic Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:00:56 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7900 Would you believe how easy it can be to get people to do ANYTHING you ask them to do? And for the most part, at their own volition? All you have to do is ask. It’s that simple. Or is it? Because most people are a bit too intimidated to ask people to do random […]

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]]> The Magician’s Code of Ethics https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/04/the-magicians-code-of-ethics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-magicians-code-of-ethics Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:00:21 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6076 The number one rule in magic is “never give away your secrets, never tell them how it’s done.” While Penn & Teller may disagree with the premise (seeing how they’ve built their entire career off of revealing their own and other magicians’ secrets in their act), the concept is still valid.  Half the fun of […]

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]]> Didn’t see this coming: Psychic ability doesn’t really exist https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/03/didnt-see-this-coming-psychic-ability-doesnt-really-exist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=didnt-see-this-coming-psychic-ability-doesnt-really-exist Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:00:33 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=4805 Some people are naturally really really good at guessing. Some are so good at this type of analysis, that their “guesses” can come across as an emphatic psychic power. Web Watch recalls an experiment that we did once, where we had to read the mind of someone across the room and determine what figure had […]

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]]> Professional magicians earn an average of just $49k/year https://thewebgangsta.com/2010/12/professional-magicians-earn-an-average-of-just-49kyear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=professional-magicians-earn-an-average-of-just-49kyear Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:18 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=3261 Salary Guide Professional magicians earn an average of just over $49,000/year in salary. And in case you were wondering about what you needed to do to get hired as a magician, the State University website goes on to say that you’ve “got to have an act”.   Of course you do. Web Watch knows what you’re […]

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]]> Society of American Magicians Convention – June 30, 2010 in Atlanta. RSVP Today! https://thewebgangsta.com/2009/11/society-of-american-magicians-convention-june-30-2010-in-atlanta-rsvp-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=society-of-american-magicians-convention-june-30-2010-in-atlanta-rsvp-today Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:11 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=1733 Is it really almost 2010? And if the Society of American Magicians convention being held in Atlanta, Georgia on June 30-July 3, 2010 is even half as much fun and exciting as the 2009 convention in Buffalo, New York was – then by golly, Atlanta’s going to burn again! Hotel reservations have already opened, so […]

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]]> Proof that Monkeys Hate David Blaine and Criss Angel, but Love Penn & Teller https://thewebgangsta.com/2009/08/proof-that-monkeys-hate-david-blaine-and-criss-angel-but-love-penn-teller/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proof-that-monkeys-hate-david-blaine-and-criss-angel-but-love-penn-teller https://thewebgangsta.com/2009/08/proof-that-monkeys-hate-david-blaine-and-criss-angel-but-love-penn-teller/?noamp=mobile#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:00:54 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=1465 Here it is – proof that monkeys definitely do not like some magicians, a grouping that Web Watch can only assume includes David Blaine and Criss Angel, as they also seem to have their detractors. We are sure, however, that Penn & Teller are still wildly popular with the chimps.   Probably because Penn & Teller […]

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