Random I-Tunes Song of The Moment: Dream On by Aerosmith

My mother warned me about getting involved with the mafia. My one time good friend, Bruno Tattaglia, is now my arch-nemesis. He ratted me out to the coppers. All because I didn't like his card tricks. Now the Corleone family and the Tattaglia family are after me. I'm sure they'll be here tomorrow to witness my demise.

As we speak, I am awaiting in prison while the stake is being prepared, for upon completion of this review, I shall be burned as a heretic. Let it be known that I did not go down without a fight. If you find these, my final words, please preserve them and make them known to the world, but I feel it imperative to warn you that this must be done at your own risk. For once you seek to publish the truth about Tony Giorgio you will be placing your life at risk. God Speed my dear friend . . . and now . . . my final words:

I watched Bruno's (a.k.a. Tony Giorgio) 2 DVD set, and it was one of the worst DVD watching experiences I've had. I tried soooooooooooooo hard to like them. I know that Mr. Giorgio is a legend, and back in his time, he was a stud, but they waited way too long to decide to film him teaching card moves. First of all, listening to Mr. Giorgio was extremely difficult. He is extremely dry, and constantly repeated the same things over and over and over and over and over . . . that's annoying isn't it. To add insult to injury, in various segments of the teaching, he would retell or restate something he stated earlier, but it would be in a tone and attitude as if this was the first (not the fifth) time he told us this.

Then he added whatever you add when you already have insult and injury . . . he showed 7 variations of each move/technique. Variations are fine, but when the variation consists of placing your pinkie finger a quarter of an inch to the left of the previous variation . . . I've had enough . . . I seriously could not stay awake for much of this DVD. I couldn't even bring myself to watch volume II. The DVD set has much the same intentions of the classic Erdnase book . . . teach you how to be a true cheat (oh the irony of such a phrase as 'true cheat'). Of course, you then would take these cheating techniques and apply them to magic. If that's your thing, read Erdnase. If you must get a DVD, don't get this one. There are other resources out there. Non of which I've reviewed, but they have to be better than this set.

My deepest apologies to the Tattaglia familia, and if you have no idea what the heck I'm talking about, you just might find the severed head of your prized horse in your bed.

Sincerely,

Don Capo Stone
P.S. Final Verdict: Half Star with a Stone Status of Rubble!