Magic & Parlor Tricks News
News: Trick a friend with everlasting ash magic
Legend says this is Winston Churchill's trick. He used to pull it off with cigars just to elicit a reaction.
News: Twirl this banana around your thumb
Visit Taiwan some day. Honest. Every school kid twirls and twirls during class. This cool video teaches you different ways to spin a pencil/pen on your fingers. By using your thumb, index finger, and middle finger, while observing the weight balance, you will learn to be cool...in that post-modern metro sexual blase blase...way.
News: Empty a beer bottle in one second
St Patrick's Day. It has been distilled to a day of green beer binges and shamrock confetti. This video will assuredly not disappoint. Consider this the ultimate Irish pick up line.
News: Magically swap water with whiskey
Properly produced, a pointless bar trick is as much a how-to as a Mario Batali cooking instructional. We are non-discriminatory in that regard. While curating, we focus primarily on the INTENT of the video.
News: Bend spoons with your brain
When arch-skeptic Michael Shermer has you in his crosshairs, the act is over. Criss Angel has been debunked on WonderHowTo many times before. But this disclosure of the famous spoon bend is unlike the others.
News: Perform the anti-gravity ring trick
Before your calls flood our command center, I'd like to clarify: anti-gravity is not real. It is a trick.
News: Fake Superhero Strength with Scam School
Congratulations to Brian Brushwood and Scam School for winning the 2008 WonderHowTo Magic Award! We're huge fans of the Scam School and with the votes, clearly you are too. Scam School and the Superhero Trick are the brainchild of spiky-haired magician Brian Brushwood. Brian is the only WonderHowTo Award winner with a self-produced action figure!
News: Make bedroom magic with levitating cards
We're a sucker for the cute ones. This mini-magician might not have much up his sleeve as far as slight of hand, but he's got energy.
News: Perform the impossible balancing dominoes trick
This is a simple trick of perfect balance. Seventeen dominoes balance on a single chip. The strategy implores you to be as patient and steady handed as a neurosurgeon.
News: Spin a pencil
This is an early discovery for us. Consider it an inspiration.