I first met him in a magic store. I'm in Ring #238, which is the one he was in until he died. He taught me many things about performing and I got to see him perform every month. In fact, the last person he performed for was my son.
vernonclassic I disagree. While his performance of Zone Zero, Linking Pins, etc. were all fantastic - he was a master of card magic. Some magicians didn't care for the sloppy way he handled the cards and that he didn't do any flourishes but he told me that was intentional. When he did his color change, it was a thing of beauty. I actually prefer other styles of card magic but it is not fair to say that his card work is "over rated." If you sat in his presence as often as I did and saw him perform two feet away then you might have a different opinion. :-)
The idea is to keep it simple for the spectator. To do it it was very complex for the magician. Perform his Sidewinder shift(I think that's what he called it)and you get the idea of what I call complex.. I never could master it, I saw few who could. I always thought he was not given enough credit for his simple Genius way of educating his audience to the wonder of the mind. Check out his glass frame bit. In all his work he all he wanted to do was to inspire his audience to wonder and to inspire magicians to create groundbreaking Magic. Stretch your mind to see the possibilities and create them. That's what he did and now I see many others doing the same. Good work folks...Jerry wanted better magicians and better spectators. In the end its all about enjoying wonder in life and magic.Thanks Jerry.
Allen Pilgrim I sat two feet away from Jerry for 20 years & I'm eternally grateful for the privilege to know Jerry as well as I did . He was truly a loved man !
@@gemstxextractor2493 I just realized that in this recording Jerry says that he's 80 years old. He was born in 1918, so that puts this performance around 1998.
He was harmless he was what you see . He was my friend, my mentor & I shall be eternally grateful !
Jerry may your magic live on forever! Love him,miss him. What will we do without your Jerry?
THIS WAS BRILLIANT, JERRY IS ORIGINAL AS HELL, GOOD STUFF OLD FELLOW! U are a legend.
I miss my dear friend Jerry!
Are you kidding me!?!?! That was amazing. Video isn't good, but you tell his absolute brilliance of his craft.
Brian
I first met him in a magic store. I'm in Ring #238, which is the one he was in until he died. He taught me many things about performing and I got to see him perform every month. In fact, the last person he performed for was my son.
vernonclassic I disagree. While his performance of Zone Zero, Linking Pins, etc. were all fantastic - he was a master of card magic. Some magicians didn't care for the sloppy way he handled the cards and that he didn't do any flourishes but he told me that was intentional. When he did his color change, it was a thing of beauty. I actually prefer other styles of card magic but it is not fair to say that his card work is "over rated." If you sat in his presence as often as I did and saw him perform two feet away then you might have a different opinion. :-)
The idea is to keep it simple for the spectator. To do it it was very complex for the magician. Perform his Sidewinder shift(I think that's what he called it)and you get the idea of what I call complex.. I never could master it, I saw few who could. I always thought he was not given enough credit for his simple Genius way of educating his audience to the wonder of the mind. Check out his glass frame bit. In all his work he all he wanted to do was to inspire his audience to wonder and to inspire magicians to create groundbreaking Magic.
Stretch your mind to see the possibilities and create them. That's what he did and now I see many others doing the same. Good work folks...Jerry wanted better magicians and better spectators. In the end its all about enjoying wonder in life and magic.Thanks Jerry.
Allen Pilgrim I sat two feet away from Jerry for 20 years & I'm eternally grateful for the privilege to know Jerry as well as I did . He was truly a loved man !
It was cool to see you again Jerry !
That yellow ball trick was awesome!!
I don't think his presentation is bad. It's wordier than I usually like but still very entertaining. Great magician.
Why does this not have more views?!
Thanks Barry!
What a master he makes it look effortless
And more comments... Jerry was highly respected by his colleagues who called him The thinker among us...
Hi Barry. Thanks so much for sharing this. Any idea what year this was recorded?
Looks like late 70’s to me. But now that I am old I just can not remember.
@@gemstxextractor2493 I just realized that in this recording Jerry says that he's 80 years old. He was born in 1918, so that puts this performance around 1998.
мячик держал в руке
Ralph Hickok is a clown.
Great technique, lousy presentation