Don Alan: How to Earn a Living

The Don Alan Greater Magic Video is a 90-minute video of Don Alan performing and explaining his "Pretty Sneaky" act. It was first released on VHS in 1988 by Stevens Magic Emporium, and then on DVD in 2005 by Twin Cities Magic. In the late eighties, when Don decided to finally retire after a long and successful career performing magic, he decided to shoot the video as an offering to magicians of the practical, working material he had used to make a living. In fact, the original VHS title was Don Alan: How to Earn a Living. Many close-up magicians consider it one of the best magic videos ever created.

Contents

• Chop Cup
• Rising Cards* (Devano Deck)
• Nickel on Forehead*
• Cigarette Through Quarter
• Don Alan's Invisible Deck
• Little to Big Cards* (Micro-Macro)
• Big Deal
• 3-1/2 of Clubs (MIKO)
• Card Stab
• Ranch Bird*
• Scotch and Soda
• Don Alan's Bowl (Benson Bowl)
• Don Alan's Big Nut Production*
• Coat Hanger from Purse Production
• Ring Flight
• Fez Load Techniques

Asterisk (*) denotes Performance Only