Channing Pollock

Legendary dove and card manipulation act by the late Channing Pollock.

[@RostamiMagic]

Channing Pollock was a God. Often imitated NEVER duplicated. It is a pleasure to watch him perform. Thanks to KZbin, everyone can admire the magic of this legendary performer.

[@Alexo32386]

Bravo. One of the finest magicians of all time. All dove magicians and magicians in general owe a bit of gratitude to the late great Channing Pollock.

[@vimisi]

It almost seems senseless to comment on such a classy and inspiring act. Whenever he performed, he helped elevate the art form with respect and dignity. Now, with all the street magic out there, and MTV style cuts and edits, I sometimes wonder if magic will ever return to this magnitude of simplistic quality again. To me, Lance Burton is pretty much the only one who really pulled this off in recent years. Absolutely wonderful. Thanks for posting this.

[@mattdougdmuse]

The fact that he does the whole act so slowly is just mind-boggling! He's so freaking smooth, it almost makes you sick! Such class!!!! A true master and pioneer!

[@MikeStannard]

Poor old Channing is now gone but his magic still leaves me in awe. What a magician. I can't begin to think how much practice and talent it takes to reach his level. It's a shanme they have to leave us.

[@MarcoTempest]

truly wonderful. a nice place to come once in a while !

[@PackardGuy]

The music is "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" which pretty well sums up the act. Channing was a great artist and NICE man.

[@bludika]

his slight of hand is soo clean and perfect, amazing

[@Wellpinit]

elegant graceful magic at its best.

[@professionalmagic]

I cannot believe that the most perfect manipulation act of all time is not rated as a straight 5 stars.

[@Kjellstrom]

Wonderful magic, looks like real magic...

[@talismaneight1236]

Beautiful, he inspired me as a young man and still does.

[@jasoncampoli]

Channing is the real deal!

[@Freemansito]

It's Great !!

[@mattiaflip85]

a master...perfect skills..As he made doves appear, he seemed to be shaping them from air with his hands. Magicians everywhere copied his moves...

[@Wellpinit]

Channing Pollock sets the standard for the rest. In fact one can argue that very few if any has yet to reach that standard.

[@Kjellstrom]

Superb magic.

[@Walkabout]

wooooooooow!

[@Pinktiewizard]

well yeah the dove work of pollock changed magic many of the things he did with doves are still in use today

[@MusicLoopers]

what a master magican

[@consonantzzz]

Amazing!~

[@ghossler]

omygod he is great

[@CaraBrimleyRules]

True, Burton learned a lot off Pollock. Feel free to expose more of this act. I find the execution of the body steals and misdirection well worth studying.

[@CaraBrimleyRules]

I help student magicians who want to know how magic is done to help their studies and decide which effects they want to pursue further. This is all part of magical education. This is good exposure :)

[@PackardGuy]

Apparently you did not read my comment as intended. I knew Channing. Every audience was "bewitched, bothered and bewildered" watching his act. There was and is no one better than Channing. And yes, that's the title of the song.

[@Smoothini]

So damn good!

[@Jesys1]

Lance Burton straight up tells people that he wants to be Channing Pollock. Watch BBC's history of close up magic.

[@Pinktiewizard]

many but i dont think i have ever seen somebody this good lance burton is good too with doves but im not sure he does it anymore

[@Andybaby]

wow.

[@shishilala]

Thank You for this Derren (p.s. Marry me I love you) xxx

[@wish303]

Wow... just wow! Where'd you find this and do you have more?

[@CaraBrimleyRules]

See our exposures in the comments.

[@CaraBrimleyRules]

The teaching of magic and exposure of effects is like a religion for some. There are some old school guys who think that people must pay for everything, even common principles and stuff in the public domain. Or they believe it should only be done behind closed doors I take a different view & believe that magical education and discussion should be freely available for those that request it. I will also point people in the right direction, hopefully to some freely available public domain work.

[@Smoothini]

Tell me about it.... I still haven't seen the comments on some of the clips of my TV series because I know it's not about enjoying the art as performed. But to solve the riddle. Thank you internet.

[@bludika]

yea, lance burton credits channing pollock for his dove productons

[@niconob17]

tengo que decir.... waw

[@RobertoSodamania]

Se fue a la mierda, es muy bueno!!!

[@CaraBrimleyRules]

See my above comments. The whole act is complex and you won't understand unless you have studied magic for many many years, but I can expose specific moves if you want to make a start.

[@bludika]

it has to do with the table, the cage collapses into the table

[@CaraBrimleyRules]

I would argue that if they take time to read the comments (and most people that comment and read on magic vids espec one like this showing a classic act ie Not Blaine/Angel are magicians or students of magic) then they are interested. I like to help interested people by explaining the effects if they want to know. They may not be brave enough to message me, but will enjoy reading direct without having to ask. I can reach a wider audience than private messaging allows.

[@carlosuriarte1]

Cual es la musica que utiliza

[@Thoreaux]

D:< How the fuck is he doing that? There's like a dozen freakin doves there.

[@carlomagno913]

this guy keeps pulling birds out his ass. haha

[@TheBibleWitness]

How did he do that???

[@mattdougdmuse]

Teller may not, but unfortunately, he still goes along with it when Penn does... It's a shame, really. Pollock is the the master though. A true pioneer!

[@TheatreHead]

LOL HES BACKPALMING DOVES

[@mtpascoe]

Nah, I do not think that is possible.

[@MFD30]

how can he do that? =]

[@BarryAllenMagic]

And how many have copied Channing Pollock with Doves?

[@dorfischer]

why the thumbs down? lol

[@GalelNarmoril]

@carlosuriarte1 Begin the beguine

[@CaraBrimleyRules]

Well that was the old way... Exposure and/or the cost of obtaining methods is like a religion for some people. Remember when Pat Page published his big book of Magic in 1976? Most of this act is explained there including card manipulation and dove work, Pat was banned from the Magic Circle for a time for publishing that book... his only crime being not the book, but that he didn't charge enough for it. This says to me learning magic is only about money. This is wrong and I redress that balance.

[@CaraBrimleyRules]

Class act. Yes, cage collapses into table and there is collapsible wire frame in the cloth. Doves were secreted about his person in tight bags. Cards were just front and back palm and split fan productions and body steals. Anyone who performs magic will be familiar and may do some move themselves. But I have to say the whole routining was flawless and beautiful in its execution. If anyone wants me to expose the moves further I will. I will expose anything anyone wants.

[@spez1989]

He he is mystifying the audience the point is not prove that you have magicial powers, its to make the audience believe that maybe just maybe it could possibly be by magic the audience knows its not magic but the skill and practice that goes into what he does or did is unbelieveable and if it is so stupid i would like you to explain to me how he does it. Because the whole point of magic is to make the audience believe for one second that maybe just maybe there is something magical happening.

[@alZiiHardstylez]

The last trick, what the fuck?

[@Pinktiewizard]

hahaahaha so ignorant that is actually funny