In my "In Box"

Dear Tom Frank,
Thank you for travelling to the Idaho panhandle this weekend to entertain (and inform) us local magicians and magic enthusiasts with "An Evening of Comedy Magic with Tom Frank".

As clever a wordsmith as I often presume to be, I cannot possibly render in words the feelings of pride and glee that I have about your willingness to assist in my first attempt to magnify the value of magical entertainment in this region.

BTW, your "Tricky Wallet" instructional video tape is wonderful. Thank you for presenting a set to me. Your kind gesture was thoroughly appreciated.* Your ingeniuous "Tricky Wallet" card trick reminded me of "Escape from Bulgaria": one of the three routines described in the FYEO** booklet "Scotty York's Passport Wallet". In York's self-proclaimed "tongue-in-cheek" story-themed routine, paperclips and folded bills of foreign currency bills are employed. As enteraining as York's routine might be, I think he's went to a lotta trouble to dress up a "card trick" with a Himber wallet. To each his own. That said, I believe that _your_ handling, Tom, is, not only much "cleaner", it is friendlier. In other words, your presentation is easier to understand; consequently, it provides a illicits a stronger response.

Tom, "The Legend of the Five Mystic Rings" DVD is superb ! Without question, this is one of the finest instructional video tapes that I own. Your routining is perfect. ***** outta ***** ! Your rendition of the classis Chinese Linking Rings is a modern classic. (The high-definition video quality is remarkable.) I will learn your ring routine. Thank you for sharing your handling with me.

The final card trick that you taught us us at the very end of the show/lecture evening - used to tame a heckler-type - is in published in Karl Fulves More Self-Working Card Tricks_ (Dover, '84), as "4. Penny Plain", on pages 6 - 7. You were correct to describe Fulves' explanation of the trick as "indecipherable". Question: in Fulves explanation, all of the cards in a deck are used. Why did you narrow the amount of cards to be stacked in the two piles to be between 7 and 20?

Please teach me how to active on your magic blog.

Cheers,
Kim "Max" Long