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 true Maxwell Murphy 2006-10-02T21:59:00-07:00 2006-10-03T05:11:14Z 2006-10-03T05:09:19Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115985215938141248 More FREE Stuff! Just wanted you to be the first to know we've posted a new promo. For the next few days the Ultimate Three Domino Monte is FREE with orders over $30. It's a great trick. Very fun to perform. If you like clever secrets, you'll LOVE this one. Also, check out GHOSTVISION by Andrew Mayne. It's a great effect. Perfect for Halloween. We've been taking pre-orders on it like CRAZY ever since it false Acar 2006-09-26T18:17:00-07:00 2006-10-01T03:05:11Z 2006-09-27T01:21:48Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115932010874470955 New Penguin Magic commercial Check out the newest 'born to perform' commercial featuring Jay and Verbal Ase. It's pretty cool! click to watch: born to perform with Verbal Ase Verbal Ase is a Las Vegas based musician and Penguin Magic team member with an unbelievable ability to create a complete musical track using his mouth. He performs regularly and is definitely born to perform! false Acar 2006-09-26T14:01:00-07:00 2006-10-01T03:04:28Z 2006-09-26T21:15:22Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115930532268221249 Luke Jermay joins the Penguin creative team We're proud to announce that internationally renowned magician Luke Jermay, whose credits include television shows such as Derren Brown and Criss Angel has joined the Penguin creative team. Aside from several top-secret projects, Penguin Magic is in final edit of Luke's latest book, "3510", which Luke considers to be his best work to date. Luke will be featured in November at the upcoming false Acar 2006-09-24T01:16:00-07:00 2006-09-26T03:30:52Z 2006-09-24T08:18:17Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115908589716450533 New Podcast Hey guys! If you're in the mood for a great new podcast, check out the newest Performer's Podcast, where Tyas does an interview with "The Mentalist", Gerry McCambridge! Gerry performs nightly in an amazing theatre at the world famous Stardust hotel and casino here in Las Vegas, NV. Click here for the Gerry McCambridge Interview false Maxwell Murphy 2006-09-12T11:09:00-07:00 2006-09-12T18:15:50Z 2006-09-12T18:15:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115808495065432916 Teach a Bird to Fish! Awesome new promo just went live today. Art of Card Splitting is one of our best-selling DVDs. The reviews are incredible. And, for a limited time... it's FREE with orders of $60 or more. You gotta love the free market. What crazy new gaffs and gimmicks will you invent with the techniques taught on this DVD? false Maxwell Murphy 2006-09-11T20:25:00-07:00 2006-09-20T23:16:59Z 2006-09-12T05:07:32Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115803765241818318 Oz takes 3rd in age group, 42nd overall! As Oz crossed the finish line yesterday, everyone in the crowd knew they were seeing something special. This was a man at the edge of physical breakdown, willing himself toward the finish in a total sprint despite an agony so extreme it would cripple most men. There was no one immediately behind him, and no one close enough in front to catch. There was just Oz, doing the best he could do. A false Maxwell Murphy 2006-09-07T00:57:00-07:00 2006-09-12T01:14:27Z 2006-09-07T08:00:21Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115761602107350190 Message from Oz I just got this in an email from Oz. I'm headed to Madison on Sunday to support Oz in person. If you're in the area, please join me. Should be a fun day. Oz writes: "This upcoming Sunday (Sept 10th) I will be competing in the Ironman Wisconsin. I want to thank everyone that is coming to the race to cheer me on, as well as those cheering from afar. Over the course of the last year, I have spent false Maxwell Murphy 2006-09-02T13:40:00-07:00 2006-09-06T22:53:10Z 2006-09-02T20:56:00Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115723056039729661 Retiring my old voicemail script I just recorded a new greeting on my voicemail, so I thought I'd retire my old voicemail script by posting it here. I don't like checking my voicemail, so this script was designed to catch people slightly off guard and get them to leave an extra happy message for me. It was extremely effective, and even convinced my friend Wes to make his voicemail greeting more cheesy. So, here is what you false Maxwell Murphy 2006-09-02T09:00:00-07:00 2006-09-02T20:05:18Z 2006-09-02T16:31:35Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788819.post-115721469594728378 Happy Birthday Matt! It's my brother Matt's birthday today. Matt is one of Penguin Magic's secret weapons. He's leading development on the new Penguin website, and he's always full of inspiration and good ideas for us. Here's a photo of Acar, Matt and me in Turkey a couple of weeks ago. We were in Turkey for most of August working on the new Penguin site. Why Turkey? Because if you've got to program a computer false