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Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 2:55 am
by Bob78164
Has anyone seen this show? I'm relatively interested and I have the opportunity to buy what should be reasonably good tickets if i act relatively soon, but I need to figure out whether it's worth trying to squeeze them into our budget. Thanks in advance. --Bob
Re: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:57 am
by Bob Juch
Bob78164 wrote:Has anyone seen this show? I'm relatively interested and I have the opportunity to buy what should be reasonably good tickets if i act relatively soon, but I need to figure out whether it's worth trying to squeeze them into our budget. Thanks in advance. --Bob
I saw him in Las Vegas many years ago when he was just starting out. It was the best card magic I've ever seen! He could only have gotten better.
Re: Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:02 am
by ToLiveIsToFly
Bob78164 wrote:Has anyone seen this show? I'm relatively interested and I have the opportunity to buy what should be reasonably good tickets if i act relatively soon, but I need to figure out whether it's worth trying to squeeze them into our budget. Thanks in advance. --Bob
Haven't seen it, but Ricky in a bit part is generally a good enough reason to see a movie.
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:48 am
by starfish1113
I had never heard of Ricky Jay until I was sitting in the Hot Seat at BAM Play It in Orlando a couple of years ago when they asked what the 52 assistants were. Despite never hearing of him, I deduced that it couldn't be Senators, Fruit, or something else, and settled on playing cards. It was either for 8K or 16K.
I hadn't heard of him since, until your post.
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:27 am
by silverscreenselect
Jay is fortunate to be one of David Mamet's troupe of stock players.
He is a natural at playing a con artist, which makes his magic show a lot of fun to watch.
He has also spent a lot of time debunking fake psychics.
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:46 am
by SportsFan68
silverscreenselect wrote:Jay is fortunate to be one of David Mamet's troupe of stock players.
He is a natural at playing a con artist, which makes his magic show a lot of fun to watch.
He has also spent a lot of time debunking fake psychics.
Star Trek fan, hm?
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:08 am
by TheConfessor
silverscreenselect wrote:
He has also spent a lot of time debunking fake psychics.
As opposed to the real psychics?
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:27 am
by SportsFan68
TheConfessor wrote:silverscreenselect wrote:
He has also spent a lot of time debunking fake psychics.
As opposed to the real psychics?
