![]() It will take practice and a commitment of time to memorize the script, but anything worthwhile in the art of magic takes this sort of devotion. Just watching five to ten youtube videos of Bill Malone performing card magic will demonstrate what mastery of this caliber of card magic. Bill's genius was to add the false shuffles and cuts and to make this not just an entertaining routine but also an amazing magic effect. Bill learned the Sam the Bellhop story and stack as shown to him by Mike Pappas of Chicago and he immediately added expert blind shuffles and cuts to it, thereby making magic out of an amusing vignette. It's been a signature of his for many years. Bill Malone's Sam the Bellhop is based on Sam and Moe in The Final Word on Cards by Rufus Steele. Bill's teaching style is delightful, and he knows this particular effect better than anyone on the planet. ![]() I would recommend this to any magician who is looking to venture into story-telling magic. For the beginner, or pro, this is a powerful addition to any close-up show, and a strong, proven closing effect. That alone is worth the price of this DVD session. Bill teaches all of his blind shuffles and cuts. Bill performed this on the NBC special, "The World's Greatest Magic." One can easily find the story on YouTube clips as well. Why? Well, because it's so memorable, it has been seen perhaps a bit too much these days by insiders in magic. This is both good and bad for the performer. Anyway, there I was performing my signature effect, Sam the Bellhop and the 654 Club when I felt a rumbling sensation in my gut. Story decks delight audiences and Sam the Bellhop is one of the most memorable of all. This is a great product, presented by one of magic's great performers and personalities. If you apply yourself, you can learn the most entertaining four minutes you will ever do! This tape uncovers Malone's original dynamics that make the effect flow. That was a new idea! Over the years, he refined it and it became his signature piece.Įventually he was asked to perform it on the November '94 TV show, "World Greatest Magic." His electrifying performance on this show was destined to open golden doors of opportunity, and Bill shuffled off to the bank!Īfter seeing Bill's performance, other magicians have attempted to teach this trick, but they missed the essential ingredients. In fact, other story routines such as "Jack goes to Town", as published in "Scarne on Card Tricks", were already in the literature.īill learned the Sam the Bellhop story and stack as shown to him by Mike Pappas of Chicago and he immediately added expert blind shuffles and cuts to it, thereby making magic out of an amusing vignette. It was not really a trick but an amusing interlude such as "Troublewit" or "Rocky the Raccoon" In other words, it was not supposed to fool anybody and it was not a new idea. Named after the famed Sam the Bellhop routine, popularized by Chicago magicians Frank Everhart Sr. This was a stunt in which the magician tells a story while turning over cards from the deck, the cards matching the words in the narrative. In the book "The Final Word on Cards" by Rufus Steele there was an entry titled "Sam & Moe" (author unknown).
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