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I agree that some of the magic was text book stuff. I know how some of it was done. The razor blades, and the digging-the-lady-up bit, but I'm interested as hell in how they did that hobo bit, with the message board.

try markwilsons complete course in magic for starters.

Due to the nature of the programme, it's not unreasonable to assume that camera trickery could have been employed to an extent?

I'd like to hear some credible tales of prior showings of these two guys... like, what's their primary background - magic or theatre?

Stuart surname is Macleod (mac cloud is how it's pronounced) i no what u mean though: the credits go past sooo quick!

Check out the date of a thread before replying to it - this one's 2 years old!

one does the magic, the other does the talking.
Its not a well balanced double act.

Zack wrote:Check out the date of a thread before replying to it - this one's 2 years old!

yet the tricks are still the same. Says a lot dont you think?

Dale wrote:

one does the magic, the other does the talking.

Just a pity that neither one does the thinking

For whoever made this topic, you spell the his surname McLeod (Pronouced MaCloud )

has everybody been watching barry and stuart's lastest shows they are so good
oh and does anyone know how old they r ?

Have you read any of this thread at all????????????????????

arctic_monkeys wrote:has everybody been watching barry and stuart's lastest shows they are so good
oh and does anyone know how old they r ?

mid-20's but there awesome!!!

You either love it, or you hate it, but it is worth watching before you go to bed.

haha,

I'm possibly seeing them live this week as they are at a fstival that I'm going too.

However they may clash with john archer. SO may watch John instead.

Mandrake wrote:Give it 6 months and then ask the question 'Whatever happened to Barry Jones and Stuart MacLeod?' I would guess the reply will be a resounding silence.

3 years later and they're still going strong. And trust me, we're going to see alot more of them. Which I personally think is a really good thing. No matter if you like they way they do their tricks or even if you like the guys themselves, the fact of the matter is they've got the balls to try something new with magic and see what happens.

I love their original show, Magik. It was showing what magicians would really do if they had real powers. The Hobo doing the Miser's coin routine, the Charity worker on the street, the hidden camera bit putting razor blades ready meals, even the mental in the hospital. Now you will say "if I was a real magician, I wouldn't do any of those things". That's because you're not them. All of their performances are born of their own personalities, which is the key to a good magic performance.

Dale Shrimpton wrote:one does the magic, the other does the talking.
Its not a well balanced double act.

COUGH Penn and Teller COUGH

But of course we all know that isn't true, and I'm sure it's not true of Barry and Staurt aswell.