Tony Slydini - The Helicopter Card

[Panamanian1]

Just Wow! So smoth, so natural, and a perfect technique. Wow!

[adamdiemond12]

Slydini was my great uncle :)

[asg0321]

He is placing the card at 2:39 !!! I finally saw it !!!

[DarkCr3ed]

Tony Slydini and Dai Vernon the true magic legends.

Mentors of Doug Hennings of whom later Chris Angel, David Copperfield and David Blaine would inspire to become magicians.

[videos4mydad]

They are so mean to the volunteer!

[petefoxo]

Learn how the trick is done I will give only one tip He uses the Ten Kai Palm maybe misspelled and I am not going to divulge the real trick but the card is not on the table at all for the person to find until the very end . Cant say anymore , he is not using random cards at all ( Misdirection ) and there is a special ending Period . Just learn that palm and you will figure it out . Bill Malone couldn't come near Slydini .LEARN THE PALM

[miamimagicians]

@petefoxo I don't know about that one... Bill Malone is pretty good....

[kabatatoshio]

Amazing !!!!



[LucaTurilli89]

At 5:17 he is placing the card and it is easy to spot if you place your mouse cursor on the left end of the card :). While he removes his hand there is additional card on the left. BUT it is still very risky to allow the guy to check random cards.

[HypnoticPhantom]

@petefoxo That is Slydini himself doing his card trick, I would assume he knows his actions better than some poster on YouTube years later.

[petefoxo]

@HypnoticPhantom He was the Master of course he new his actions better than you, But there are so many Magicians doing his Tricks and love to see them , They Probably never saw Slydini but Some Posters are Masters also and should not Imitate his accent and do the trick their way. I lived near him but when I was in my 20's I wasn't into Magic, Music Played with Muddy Waters but I got Shot into Magic , You can't the Imitate Masters! But you can Do their tricks to Lay People Your way and Look Good.

[petefoxo]

Slydini is a master He does a lot of Lapping and his misdirection is Fantastic you'll look one way while he does his thing. Slydini was doing something at The Magic Castle and he walked in , the place in a big hub bub, he asked this young kid what the commotion was and the boy said slydini is going to be here to day , no one was paying attention , he asked the boy if he liked him ? the boy said he loved him by that time hundreds were gathered , he is so subtle did a coin routine for the boy ...

[petefoxo]

@petefoxo Great Master

[sixpence2011]

Couldnt figure out how its done. this is called magic.

[petefoxo]

I am a Slydini lover Just his broken English is so good, A Magicians magician. I picked up balls over head , silks , having a time with the Helicopter, Lots of practice , Know the sleight but he is so good at it., lots of sleights and almost NO gimmicks. I watch him 3 to 4 times a week Just to watch him. I have a friend who used to have lunch every Saturday with Slydini, Howard Schwartzman one of the presidents of S.A.M he did some easy amazing magic . I wish i could get teaching D/v/D on him.

[Elpasaotaku]

ohhh man i can see the trick just cuz is a video but i cant ever realize how did he make the trick if i was the one sitted there

[come2u2cu]

is that ken krenzel?

[shockingillusions15]

IS tony slydini the guy who hangs around with criss angel?

[arkomagic]

@shockingillusions15 That would be Johnny Thomson( The great Thomsoni)

[killazerg1]

"Look, look! What's a the matter with you?"

[JuniorMagicBoy]

u all see part 2:36 he take a card

[JuniorMagicBoy]

laju sehh tangan dia amik kad

[Sakij76]

took me a while to get it. really well done. what a master

[MastahMich]

I don't like Slydini's personality, very dominant. I'd rather watch something like Malone.

[killazerg1]

@MastahMich

Bill Malone?! That guy is such a douche

[bardskiller2]

borring

[billpage]

i have noclue but its hgota be pure slpight of hand didnt sly dini invent crazy mans hand cuffs?

[kane8807]

does anyone know's how he does it ??

[whatswrongwiddya]

@kane8807 yep Ive got all his books..its all misdirection..nobodys better than slydini...

[rebelcrosis]

5:17

[youngmagician12]

after 5 years of doing card magic ive never seen something so beautiful, doeshe hav e any books where he teaches this?

[nahuel1406]

@youngmagician12 Hay un libro de Lewis ganson sobre slydini que entre otras rutinas explica esta... No recuerdo el exacto nombre del libro pero con esta data no te costará ubicarlo. Como referencia util Lewis Ganson ha escrito varios libros sobre la obra de otros magos, como por ejemplo dos sobre Vernon, uno sobre Pepe Carrol y el que te comento de Slydini... Tal vez tenga mas! ahi ya desconozco... saludos.

[youngmagician12]

@nahuel1406 gracias por tu ayuda,como sabes que yo hablo espanol?

[nahuel1406]

@youngmagician12 Hola! Pensé que hablabas español porque tu mensaje me apareció en ese idioma... acabo de darme cuenta que youtube me traduce los mensajes automaticamente al español... Y es una alegria, porque si no no podría haberte contestado, ya que de inglés no entiendo un pomo jejeje saludos!

[whatswrongwiddya]

@youngmagician12 yes there is a set of books that shows all of sylidinis stuff. expensive but very well done. its almost like a comic strip of pictures explaning every move , there is several volumes. I have the collection in my attic, Im sure you can find them or order them online. I bought mine back in the 80s.

[kikook222]

I finally saw it, but still that's not something easy.

[imgame21]

i took private lessons with tony slydini in nyc

he was great!

[SleightlyDangerous]

Slydini is one reason I got into close-up...I remember watching him many times on the Dick Cavett show...

[TechKidd183]

His , misdirection and sleight of hand is amazing .

[SuperSkatesteak]

wow!!! very2 clean move and good misdirectio, I watch 3 times to figure out all his move...so cleannnnn....!!!

[sanvert]

Slydini benimmt sich wie ein Arsch! Habe schon als Kind diese blasierten Zauberer gehasst!

[TomBennettMagic]

@sanvert Sorry, aber wenn Du Slydini gekannt hättest bzw. mehr über Ihn wüsstest, würdest Du verstehen, dass er genug Charme hatte um mit allem durchzukommen.

[TechKidd183]

Can someone please teach me how to do this trick please.

[darryllobo14]

@TechKidd183 watch closely at 2:37-2:40 where he places the card in the pile, uses some sleight of hand to take it from the fan of cards...

[Garciajordan1]

luis sanchez

[Garciajordan1]

Valla VideOoo WTF muii bueno este mago...

LUIS SANCHEZ

[Garciajordan1]

Valla VideOoo WTF muii bueno este mago...

[JiveDadson]

When I was 12, (52 years ago), J.B.Bobo taught me that magic was simply acting - pretending to do one thing while actually doing something else. I was astonished by how simple a slight could be if the acting was absolutely convincing. More than anything, great magicians are great actors. Slydini suavely gets away with a bold swindle here. Others have done this routine since, but it was Slydini who had the audacity to imagine that it COULD be done.

[powerchess20002000]

@JiveDadson

That clever guy was such a Genious.. Its pretty clear what he did, but that people cant actually see it is so amazing!

[sahevidiver]

Que brutalidad!!!!

[ariancito22]

no le encuentro en ningun momento un empalme ayudado con una misdirection... en el ultimo pase, deja el mazo sobre la mesa, muestra las manos vacias... vuelve a agarrar el mazo, sopla y CON UN SOLO DEDO señala la carta que soplo, no veo que la tenga empalmada y la descargue sobre la mesa, se notaria... la verdad es muy brillante, magico!

[chattyw87]

I know how he does it!

He slips the card into his sleeve.

After the guy is done 'checking all the cards'

He points to a card and say check this 1 while doing so he slips the card out of his sleeve onto the pile.

[DovieMagic]

@chattyw87 Please don't do that. This man was a true master and he would hate it if someone was revealing his secrets. Thanks :).

By the way, that's not how he did it.

[RS1963]

@chattyw87 Not even close. B.T.W. Slydini could have done this shirtless.

[OOOO191]

Lol tenkia palm followed by misdirection true classic

[gbfreestyle]

so funny when he says; LOOK!

[MrLudwig86]

he's just the top

[iaraculonna]

i figured it out..

[ZhuangziZhou]

Yes, Slydini was certainly a magician's magician. If you don't like his stuff, go watch someone doing Sybil or jacking around with scotch n soda.

[Matzes]

@ZhuangziZhou no I don't like it...I d rather watch michael vincent or juan tamariz

[Zeddicus1976]

@Matzes

I agree with you. Slydini was a genius, no doubt, a master of misdirection and sleight-of-hand. But I don´t like his attitude towards spectators and his 'catch me if you can'-challenge approach.

Magic should entertain the spectator, not make him look bad. You can see the guy isn´t very comfortable.

In my mind, that should be the ultimate goal of magic....to entertain, but not at a spectator´s charge.

[Matzes]

@Zeddicus1976 totally aggreed

[kcg5000]

Some people might not like the patter, as he makes the spec feel stupid, or look stupid to others. I dont really feels this way, but if done by a lesser magician, he/she would be ripped for it.

[Matzes]

I dont like this trick

[lordvassell]

Yeah it's one of those tricks that require that "skill" thing. >_>

[Matzes]

thats not the reason

the quality of a trick shouldnt be defined by its difficulty.

I just don't like the effect,its not that magical.,and the presantation is very confusing

[lordvassell]

It's a good trick to do to develop your misdirection skills. Most of Slydini's tricks will improve one of your skills in magic if you master it.

[Matzes]

agreed

can t argue with that

[fknugly222]

Slydini was a magician's magician. If you can't appreciate it, there's plenty of tricks on youtube done with a fake thumb that you might be more inclined to enjoy.

[hellbound102]

@fknugly222 while i do agree with you, i feel like your selling the thumbtip short, nothing wrong with gimmicks, and the "fake thumb" you speak of is the most universally useful gimmick in magic, there are countless uses for it and it should not be insulted

[feckingbillgates]

LOL you can see when he puts the cards down!

[doggydoggycatwoman]

Can you really? I've been watching this closely a couple of times and I'm still none the wiser. I've never seen sleight of hand like this!

[Razamabaz]

Yeah, of course you can.

[buzzhonky]

That is incredible. I know when, where, and how he performs this but it's still SOOOOOOOOO hard to see. Absolute master.