I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this masterpiece. Hands down, the greatest piece of magical theatre ever created. Absolute legend 🙏 RIP

This is so much more than a simple 'Magic Show'. It's a demonstration of sleight-of-hand to boggle the mind, and an incredibly rich telling of the history of a wonderful art form. Love it!

Thank you ffor putting this up. I saw this in NYC and it rocked my world. Glad I purchased his book and got it autographed.

Absolutely magnificent. What a phenomenon. RIP Ricky Jay. He was banned from every casino in the world! Yes, he was that good!!

Never wondered how Ricky Jay did his tricks . I just admired his slight of hand skills, still do . May he rest in peace

Saw this in London in 1999. Changed my life. Thanks, Ricky!

RIP my Man never will forget you

Incredible every time you see this. Very intellectual and highly skilled. What a game changer in this space! RIP legend!

When a man whose art and skill on the level of Ricky Jay leaves us, the world has lost a treasure that only time can once again reveal. RIP to a true master. Gone but never forgotten.

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The absolute best. Thank you for posting this higher quality version.

I'm so in love with this video. I watch it once a year

PBS showed this HBO video from his Broadway show around '94 - '96. The best I've ever seen.

One of the most beautifully pure works of art that always provides immense pleasure.

Rest in peace, one of the greatest performers ever.

Wonderful routine. I like that sleeve-holdout and candlestick load right at the top--a perfect example of verbal misdirection and delayed effect.

Thank you Bill Simmons and the Boogie Night episode of Rewatchables.

What a legend. Truly a master of the cards. He will live on as a legend for all of time. His character on Deadwood was perfect. I forget the guys name but he did the 'card in the sealed box' on Penn and Teller and fooled them with it. I KNEW that trick looked familiar.

Rest in Peace....Ricky Jay. You were a master magician with a stunning delivery. I have watched many videos with Ricky in them. Over the years this is my favorite. Thank you for posting this very good quality version of the master at work. He is just stunning. And I would never play cards with him :-)

I didn't realise he was a real magician until today; I first saw him on an episode of the X-Files called 'The Amazing Maleeni.' I watched a KZfaq video in which the persons voice sounds like the character Albert Pinchbeck in the X-Files episode: it's one of my favourite episodes and prompted me to look up the actor playing Pinchbeck and I'm glad I did, this is such an entertaining video.

Artists of this calibre come along so rarely. Ricky Jay was a Master of card-manipulation ... to the point where it's almost indistinguishable from magic!

HELLO. AND WELCOME TO CARD TRICKS. I'M RICKY JAY, AND YOU ARE WATCHING HIS 52 ASSISTANTS, A VIDEO DEVELOPED BY RICKY JAY AND PUBLISHED ON HBO IN 1996, PUBLISHED ON KZfaq IN 2016, AND PUBLISHED *AGAIN* ON KZfaq IN 480P IN 2018.

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I loved him in the x-files

That mans hands are a national treasure

Loved Ricky Jay in “House of Games”.

Just flawless. Unreal

I looked to buy this on video tape, then dvd, FINALLY here it is hiding on youtube🙏🙏🙏🙏

RIP Ricky Jay.

His vocabulary and use of the English language is uncanny.

I remember watching this when it aired on TV and the boomerang snip has stuck with me ever since.

This was great!

that was great thanks for uploading this

A true artist!

I am only here cuz I saw Ricky J on Sneaky Pete a day ago. He looked pretty rough, and I believe he had a stand in for his final scene. If you like Ricky J, see him in The Spanish Prisoner (with the adorable Rebecca Pigeon) and House of Games. RIP sir.

GOD I love this act so much

Kurt Longjohn's new career and stage name is quite impressive.

Erin has great legs by the way...

This man has the vocabulary

Speaking only for himself, he still marks the anniversary.

Brilliant.

this was so so so good.

Very polished as an entertainer, not just card handler or whatever the right term is.

So Clean

A master.

Well, I certainly can't say I was expecting him to make a Twin Peaks joke here.

write your name in very large letters - proceeds to write it in small letters...

I did a search and saw he was gone in 2018 RIP

Unbelievable joe asked so quickly 😅

RIP

Here cuz of Tim Urban 💛

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Is Marion Ross in the crowd?

MONSTRUOSITYYYYYY

Wait, but why?

The great Eddie Sawyer. It's like watching Efren Reyes shoot pool. You just know you're looking at the best in the business.

The vocabulary is of an age long past

Is that Marion Ross (Cunningham) from Happy Days at 17:39?

Wait, but why? :P

❤

And David Blaine TV special

Poor Bunny 34. 02.

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33:49 i saw him plant the pack in extra slow motion

No way.

Is Miss Cunningham Out With Another Man. Did Mr. C Move Out. Where's the Fonz 😅

Directed by David Mamet???!!!!

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What sorcery is this?

Ricky Jay a été une de mes magiciens préférés il y a quelques décennies, mais je suis moins subjugué aujourd'hui; en plus il est difficile à comprendre pour un français qui n'est pas bilingue;

2:50. You can see he draws the cards differently there. He probably had 3 duplicate queen cards and hid them through his "drawing" of 3 other cards.

I think it's all a trick.

where them queens go

21:00 the aces have braille on them. The reason why he says he is going to deal more cards than usual is that he needs to ensure the aces come up

Wait did he die why say rip

I think the only way Ricky could control the aces so perfectly at 17:20 is that the aces are stripped (slightly wider or longer) which can be felt but not seen at those distances.

This is an entertaining and admirable demonstration of gambling or sleight of hand skill but in my view it is not constitute conjuring or magic.

can clearly see him change the 2 off clubs each time , not a great performance this , but i know he was much better

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