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Tips on Tips (Part II)

Tips on Tips (Part II) By Jeff Stone Last month we discussed the dynamic of the relationship between you and the spectator when it comes to getting paid. The question hopefully answered for you was, should you work for tips or not. The conclusion I’ve come to in my career …

Encore

Encore By Jeff Stone In August, we discussed openers, closers and middle effects. At any given period in my career, I have about 5 or 6 effects at my fingertips that I consider openers, about 5 or 6 at my fingertips that are closers and about 15 or 20 that …

The Secret WTC Move

You may remember that the April 2008 issue’s saga was “Watch The Joker.” If you read the saga for that month, you also know that the real name for that effect was supposed to be “The Secret WTC Move.” Thus, I needed to write a new story for this corrected …