A Tribute to Lou Lancaster
A Tribute to Lou Lancaster by Darin Martineau
Includes 71 Videos & 10 ebooks - Digital Downloads
A Complete Master Magic Course in Pro Magic!
Learn Over 1100 Amazing Professional Magic Routines!
Includes 71 Instructional Magic Videos:
Double signed Card to Wallet by Lou Lancaster
The 51 Cent Miracle by Lou Lancaster
The Harry Houdini Family Sponge Ball Routine by Lou Lancaster & Darin Martineau
The Lady Bugs - Sponge Balls Routine by Darin Martineau (5 Phases Routine)
More Sponge Ball Ideas by Darin Martineau
The Cups & Balls by Dai Vernon (with New Finale by Darin Martineau)
Extra Cups & Balls moves & Ideas
The Sunrise Coin Production by Lou Lancaster
New Coin Magic by Darin Martineau
Poker Stacking by Lou Lancaster
New Visible signed coin through the table by Darin Martineau
Card to Hat & Deck to Hat Transposition by Darin Martineau
New 51 Cards to Pocket by Darin Martineau
Comedy Card in mouth
Comedy Card on forehead
Comedy Torn & Restored Card
Comedy Sucker Torn & Restored Napkin
Torn & Restored Paper Balls & Mentalism
Comedy Cut & Restored Rope
New Professor's Nightmare Finale by Darin Martineau
Caught Red-Handed Triumph by Darin Martineau
The Dead Mans Hand by Henry Christ
Deck Vanish, Rising Card & Vanish by Darin Martineau
Silver Exchange Matrix by Darin Martineau
Dice Matrix Routine by Darin Martineau
The Porous Paw by Ross Bertram
New Impromptu Prediction
New Linking Cards by Darin Martineau
Optical Aces by Darin Martineau
4 Different Coins Across by Darin Martineau
The New Elmsley Count by Darin Martineau
3 Card Monte by Ed Marlo
5 Card Monte by Darin Martineau
10 Cards to Pocket by Chuck Smith
Best Card Controls
Best False Cuts
Easy False Shuffle
The Super Double-Lift by Darin Martineau
The Stealth Switch by Darin Martineau
Raise Rise by Ray Kosby
Un-Gaffed Rising Cards
The Haunted Hanky with Rising Card by JC Wagner
3 Different Ways by Michael Skinner
Big or little Club? by Larry Becker
The New Book Penetration (by Darin Martineau, Bill Goodwin & Max Maven)
New 4 Aces Productions
Pocket Interchange by Jack Carpenter
The Silver Extraction Coin by Darin Martineau
Elusive Silver Matrix by Darin Martineau
Flighty Aces by Lu Brent
Vernon's Aces by Dai Vernon
Torn Deck Mystery by Ed Marlo
New Sidewalk Shuffle by Darin Martineau (un-gaffed)
New Finesse the Finessed by Allan Ackerman & Darin Martineau
New Murder Mystery Card Routine by Darin Martineau
New Stubborn Card Triumph by Darin Martineau
New Royal Flush Production by Darin Martineau
The New Ultimate Visual Ambitious Card by Darin Martineau
New Omnipotence of the Ladies (Hofzinser) by Darin Martineau (un-gaffed version)
The Extreme Transposition by Darin Martineau
The Linking Rings - 3 Ring Routine by Darin Martineau
The Super Jumbo Spellbound Routine by Darin Martineau
Weighing the Aces by Darin Martineau
Twin Phoenix Aces Productions by Darin Martineau
The Super Card Act by Darin Martineau
(5 Card routines that flow into a smooth card act)
Gemini Mates by Allan Ackerman
Together at Last by Harry Lorayne
Separating the Men from the boys by Alex Elmsley
Spectator Cuts Double by Darin Martineau & Ed Marlo
One Poor Lion by Alex Elmsley
& Includes 10 Magic ebooks:
Stars of Magic - ebook (Learn 40 Pro Magic Routines)
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks by Jean Hugard (Learn 600 Card Tricks) - ebook
Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks (Learn 150 Rope Tricks) - ebook
The Ambitious Card Book by Darin Martineau - ebook
The Linking Rings by Jack Miller - ebook
Pro Magic Scripts & Jokes by Darin Martineau - ebook
Real Street Magic by Darin Martineau - ebook
Sponge Ball Miracles - ebook by Darin Martineau & Brian Smedley
Scarne on Card Tricks - ebook (Learn 150 Self-Working Card Miracles)
The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard - ebook (Learn 100 Card Tricks)
Learn Over 1100 Amazing Professional Magic Routines!
A Complete Master Magic Course in Pro Magic!
Lou Lancaster (October 31, 1936 – July 5, 2008), born Louis Lancaster McClung, was an American Master Magician and author.
He performed Magic at the Magic Castle eighteen times.
He also performed with multiple engagements throughout Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, Sacramento, and the Catskills. He mentored many top master magicians such as Jeff McBride and he used to walk down the streets of New York with David Copperfield.
When in New York he worked at the famous Magic Towne House headed up by Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brooks. He helped assemble Dietrich's straitjacket escape for the HBO Special The World's Greatest Escapes, in which she appeared as special guest star. She holds the record for the highest stationary escape by a woman from a straitjacket while hanging from a burning rope. She has been quoted as saying, "I trusted my life to Lou Lancaster!"
Lou also invented the famous Twister illusion for Mark Wilson when he worked on his TV show.
He was the resident magician at Magic Island in Newport for two years.
When Lou's mother became ill in the 1990's, he moved to Virginia to care for her for several years until she passed away. Afterwards, he sold his mother’s house and moved to Hollywood near the Magic Castle. Lancaster lived in Brea, California from 2004 to 2007 where for a time he had a workshop making magic illusions.
"Lou Lancaster had the very Best Card & Coin Manipulation Skills I have ever seen!"
-Darin Martineau
In late 2007, he moved to a senior facility in Las Vegas.
Other stage names: Chan Lu "The Charlie Chan Of Magic"
The August 2005 issue of The Linking Ring featured a cover story on Lancaster and his innovations.
His 1984 book - Tricks Of The Trade: A Professional Looks at Commercial Close-Up Magic
(edited by Phyllis Guggenheim; photos by Lancaster & Guggenheim) - explained many techniques and Secrets of professional close-up magic, and he also appeared in several instructional Magic videos produced by the International Magicians Society.
Darin Martineau met Lou Lancaster in Las Vegas at the Gary Darwin's Magic Club and was mentored in professional magic by him and many other top professional Master Magicians.
Darin Martineau is a Master Magician, Magic Creator, Magic Mentor with many students:
Ben Anderson - pro magician & Gold Wand Level
Marc Leager - pro magician & Gold Wand Level
Jet - Red Wand Level
Cole Neilsen - Red Wand Level
Michael Johnson - Blue Wand Level
Caleb Cline (First Place Award-Winning Magician)
and many more magic students that Darin has mentored into full-time professionals.
Pro performer, Author, Magic creator, and pro Magic teacher for over 40 years.
He is a Best-Selling Author of over 100 Magic books. & Creator of hundreds of Magic products!
He has a very extensive history and background of Master Magic because of growing up in Las Vegas and regularly attending Gary Darwin's Magic Club and regularly studying Magic and performing Pro Magic with many of the Greatest Master Magicians in the world!
Including:
Allan Ackerman
Lou Lancaster
Jerry Andrus
and many more...
Darin has also created New Magic that has been used by Top World Class Pro Magicians such as:
Shin Lim
Allan Ackerman
Kevin James
Chris Randall
Apollo Robbins
Lee Asher
Chappy Brazil
and many more....
AWARD-WINNING MAGICIAN:
First place I.B.M. (International Brotherhood of Magicians)
First place Award - Close-Up Magic Contest Tom Ferranti's Magic Shop La Puente, Ca
and many more Awards...
Testimonials:
"He constantly amazes me with his ingenuity and skill. He is friendly and has a humbleness about him. Darin loves to think magic. He loves the mental challenge of a problem and he enjoys
the glory of coming up with a good solution."
- Allan Ackerman - World Class Card Magician
"Superb!"
Jean-Pierre Vallarino - FISM Champion
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Morgan Strebler
"Darin has some of the most advanced magic I have ever seen"
Tyas Frantz (the manager of Banachek)
"Darin is the ghost in the magic machine. His Magic is used by many pro magicians.
Magician Shin Lim does Darin's Eclipse Color Change. With over 40 years in Magic he is a consummate pro in his creation of incredible effects"
- Brian Smedley Magician - Myriad Creative Entertainment
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