ALex Elmsley

His name will come up a lot in this blog

I have nothing but good things to say about Emsley. His magi / thinking / etc was beautiful and groundbreaking.

He was a true genius (& IMO an unsung inspiration to many)

I spent the evening Re-watching the Elmsley 'tahoe' DVDS (and getting brainspanked (again and again )
Uh: Yes, I've seen the (then VHS tapes) vids before ( didn't matter)
AND his two volume "collected works" is like my bible...
Best magic books ever (IMHO)

Despite my studies ; he smoked me: over and over (& now I have at least two routines going into the repertoire/list ;)

Sidenote: I remember Gary Plants (who was at that shoot) saying Elmsley shot most / all that stuff in one take... (at his elderly/age when that was filmed... That's VERY Impressive!)

What? You don't have the vids (or the books?) shame

Well... Here:
Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpUmSTveRuc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-kwlnOpt-Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Or... His STAGE stuff (yup, he did that too)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7I2bJZITV4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Aight
Just wanted to share a lil...
Hope u enjoyed