 Hey, everybody, welcome back to Magic Wet's Doxy. My name's David, and this is the Magic Review. Hey, today we're going to look at the examiner from John Graham. What is it? It's basically a torn and restored newspaper effect that you can do for parlor or stage, and it's completely examinable. You want to see what it looks like? This is it. So that was John Graham. This product is being released from Paul Harris Presents. So a couple of questions we always ask about all of our Magic products. The first of which is, what is in the box? What's in the box? You're actually getting a box. You're getting a really cool, very sturdy cardboard box. Inside the box is your 86-minute DVD, 86-minute DVD. It covers so much stuff. The DVD itself is awesome. Then you're going to get the gimmick that you need, and then you're going to get three accessories for the gimmick for upkeep and repair. All right, so is it what I thought? It's not what I thought because I don't do any newspaper tears. I don't do any newspaper tears. I've never done a newspaper tear. I've done the water into the newspaper trick. I've done that, but I've never done a tear. And so I really didn't know what to expect. I'm not familiar with any other newspaper tears aside from this one. I kind of had to learn about some other newspaper tears just to do this review, so I didn't have any background to go on. But I was pleasantly surprised with this effect because the method was still familiar to me. Even though I had never done one before, the method itself was still very familiar to me. And I would say this, if you've done a bill transposition, if you've done a bill switch, then I think you're going to definitely be able to find your way around the examiner from John Graham. How are the angles on this? The angles are really, really good. I would still say you can't have anyone behind you. Can't have anyone behind you. This definitely works better in a parlor or stage venue. I mean, newspaper tears kind of set up for parlor or stage. You could do walk around. You definitely could do walk around, but you just have to make sure that, like I said, there's nobody behind you. And it's inspected? Yes, that is the whole point to this effect. You hand the newspaper around. They can inspect that. They can even take the felt marker. They could even wipe with the felt marker if they wanted to. There's nothing to examine if you watch the trailer. There's only two items he has. And just get rid of the felt marker. Both are examinable. So that's it. I mean, yes, it's completely examinable. And that one makes it a really cool trick. What's the overall quality and production value of the DVD? It's awesome. It's done in HD. It's well shot. You've got beautiful sets. And the menu is really well navigatable. There's lots to look at, lots to experience. You're getting a full live performance video that's unedited. So you get to see what it looks like in parlor setting. You're also getting another performance video where it's all done behind the shoulder. So you get a magician's view. That's my favorite one on the entire DVD. You can watch that, and you instantly know how to do the trick. And then on top of that, they're giving you tons of different tips and tricks, lots of different handlings, some pattern routines, just an all around great DVD. All right, so is it well made? You're not getting a newspaper. So the gimmick you're getting is definitely well made. I would even say that if you asked me to build it myself, I wouldn't want to. And so I'm glad that you get the gimmick that you get. And I'm really happy with the quality of it. How much practice does it require? It definitely requires some practice. Like I said, this is a parlor, more stage type of routine. So you're definitely got pattern in there, and storing, and precipitation, learning all the different steps. There is some practice, especially if you've never done a newspaper tariff before, like me. Even if you have done a newspaper tariff before, there's still practice, right? There's definitely some practice there. But like I said, if you're already familiar with the bill switch, you're definitely gonna be steps ahead of everybody else. How much setup and reset is there? It's no different than any other parlor or stage effect. There's things that you have to have. There's a get ready. There's definitely a starting point that you have to get into. And so absolutely there is setup. All right, so what are the positives to the examiner? Positives are, it's super clean. Super clean. Even as spectable after the effect is over with, you can literally give them the newspaper as a memorial, as a token, as a remembrance of the effect. And so that's really cool. I don't know that a lot of other newspaper effects end clean, but yeah, ends clean. It's perfectly examinable, like I said. And it's a very familiar trick, right? Everybody is familiar with the newspaper tariff. You see a magician whip that out and you're like, oh yeah, I'm a super tariff, linking rings, this is what magicians do. And so I think if you're willing to add one of those classics of magic, you can't go wrong with this one. All right, so is it worth your money? It's 90 bucks, okay? It's 90 dollars. And so I think one of the things you think about when you ask, is it worth your money? The word worth means does it have value? I can't tell you if this has value to you, or if you think you would find value in this. I think there are some people who would think 90 dollars is a lot of money for what you get. I think some people would say that. I think you also need to consider that when you pay money for magic trick, you're also paying for a secret. And sometimes secrets have no value. You have to place the importance on whether you think that was worth the secret. The magician also places value on the secret and so they can charge whatever they want. If they feel their secret is good and they wanna limit it to only the people that wanna pay for it, I think that's their prerogative. And so I think that's a little bit of what you have here. You might open this and you might think, well, this isn't really worth 90 dollars, but I didn't think that because I thought the secret alone was worth the value. I think the other thing on here that's worth money is the routine itself, just the newspaper tear itself. Even if you didn't use the gimmick, you're getting a routine on how to do a newspaper tear that you could still figure out a way to do it without the gimmick, okay? There's a way around it. I mean, they might not show you on the DVD, but if you know your way around magic, you could figure it out, okay? You could figure out a way to use their routine and do their method without using the gimmick. So I think there's definitely flexibility here and so certainly I think 90 dollars is a good price. All right, so who would like this? Anybody who's looking for a clean, examinable newspaper tear? If you don't do a newspaper tear already, I think you couldn't go wrong with starting with this one. Okay, I think this is definitely worth your money and I think anybody who wants to do or add a newspaper tear to their parlor or stage routine would certainly love the examiner. All right, so that is the examiner from John Graham and Paul Harris presents. And if you'd like to purchase your own, you can find it at one of your favorite, Murphy's Magic Suppliers. Thanks, bye.