Ricky Jay (1948–2018)

Auteur de Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women

35+ oeuvres 1,158 utilisateurs 11 critiques 1 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

Ricky Jay was born Richard Jay Potash in Brooklyn, New York in 1948. He first performed magic in public at the age of 4. At the age of 7, he appeared on a television show called Time for Pets, plopping a guinea pig into a top hat and appearing to turn it into a chicken. He left home as a teenager afficher plus and worked at Lake George and at the Electric Circus. He appeared in about 40 movies and television shows including House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner, Redbelt, State and Main, Tomorrow Never Dies, Boogie Nights, and Deadwood. In the 1990s, he and Michael Weber founded the consulting firm Deceptive Practices. Their film-industry projects included a wheelchair that made Gary Sinise's Vietnam War-veteran character in Forrest Gump appear to be a double amputee. Jay wrote several books including Cards as Weapons, Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, Celebrations of Curious Characters, and Matthias Buchinger: The Greatest German Living. He died on November 24, 2018 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins

Crédit image: Photo by David Shankbone, April 25, 2008

Œuvres de Ricky Jay

Populaires Récent

Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women (1986) 470 exemplaires

Jay's Journal of Anomalies (2001) 247 exemplaires

Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck (2002) 119 exemplaires

Cards As Weapons (1900) 100 exemplaires

Extraordinary Exhibitions: Broadsides from the Collection of Ricky Jay (2005) 85 exemplaires

Celebrations of Curious Characters (2011) 66 exemplaires

Matthias Buchinger: "The Greatest German Living": By Ricky Jay Whose Peregrinations in Search of the "Little Man of… (2014) 37 exemplaires

Exemplars from the Ricky Jay Collection (2021) 4 exemplaires

Many Mysteries Unraveled or Conjuring Literature in America 1786-1876 (1990) 2 exemplaires

The magic magic book: An inquiry into the venerable history & operation of the oldest trick conjuring volumes,… (1994) 2 exemplaires

Ricky Jay Plays Poker 2 exemplaires

Jay's Journal of Anomalies vol 2 num 2 1 exemplaire

Jay's Journal of Anomalies Announcement 1 exemplaire

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The Ricky Jay Collection 1 exemplaire

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Jay's Journal of Anomalies vol 4 num 4 1 exemplaire

Ricky Jay Plays Poker 1 exemplaire

Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay 1 exemplaire

MMS Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay DVD 1 exemplaire

Many Mysteries Unraveled or Conjuring Literature in America 1786-1874 1 exemplaire

Pure Magic 1 exemplaire

The Story of DIce. The New Yorker, Dec 11, 2000. 1 exemplaire

Jay's Journal of Anomalies Announcement 3 1 exemplaire

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Partage des connaissances

Nom légal: Potash, Richard Jay
Date de naissance: 1948
Date de décès: 2018-11-24
Sexe: male
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Lieu du décès: Los Angeles, California, USA
Professions: magician
actor
Prix et distinctions: The John Nevil Maskelyne Prize (2017)

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Critiques

Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women: Unique, Eccentric… par Ricky Jay

An incredible illustrated historical account of circus's and sideshows from history with stunning, disturbing, haunting, peculiar and weird imagery from programs and posters that were used to advertise these shows. It's a fantastic book that I re-read regularly and truly mark as one of the best of its kind, even this many years since its release.

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Chris.Cummings | 7 autres critiques | Dec 29, 2022 |

MMS Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of… par Ricky Jay

A master doing his life's work. Amazing

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sframe1 | May 22, 2021 |

Celebrations of Curious Characters par Ricky Jay

One of the many "compendium of oddities" books I always end up buying alongside stuff like "Medical Aberrations & Modern Day Monsters" and picture books of limbless musicians. I only wish it was longer. Very pretty but kinda flimsy. I like "learned" as an adjective quite a bit.

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uncleflannery | May 16, 2020 |

Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women: Unique, Eccentric… par Ricky Jay

An exhaustive exploration that will captivate you if you have the interest. We've enjoyed being tricked for a long time.

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ThomasPluck | 7 autres critiques | Apr 27, 2020 |

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