Talk:Richard Turner (magician)

Almost whole article is original research

All of Special:Contributions/Jack O Diamonds 's edits need to be reverted as he claims he called Richard Turner on the telephone. He then wrote it all up as his wikipedia article. It's a shame as the subject is very interesting, but we need reliable sources, not "telephonic conversations". --Rajah (talk) 05:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

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Professional recognition section

I've been working on cleaning up this page--after seeing Dealt, great movie!--and the recognition section is all just copied directly from Turner's website. If people want to track down some of these original quotes to find where they first appeared, I think it would be fine back in the article, but as-is, they're not okay for BPL reasons. Hopefully this is enough with some other style edits to remove the tags from the page. Thanks! Jessamyn (talk) 21:09, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Professional recognition

Turner was honored with a Golden Lion Award in Magic from Siegfried and Roy and the Lynn Searles Award for Excellence in Card Manipulation. He is the 2014 and 2017 recipient of the Close-Up Magician of the Year award from The Academy of Magical Arts.

In 1978, magician Ed Marlo praised Turner as a cardman, actor and entertainer by saying, "Technicians as a rule are not usually good actors or entertainers. Richard Turner is all three."

In 1987, Dai Vernon described Turner as the most skillful card technician in the world, proclaiming, "Having seen countless numbers of card experts execute for over eighty years, I consider Richard Turner to be by far the most skillful. He performs the most difficult moves with the greatest ease. I doubt if anyone can equal him. He does things with cards that no one in the world can do—no one. I don't care if you go to China, France or Germany, he does things that no one else can do, and he performs them beautifully."

Author and sleight of hand expert Charlie Miller stated, "They call me eagle eye Charlie; Charlie sees everything. I can't see it, Kid—I can't see it!"

Milt Larsen, Founder and President of the Magic Castle, Inc said, "In my 45 years at the Castle, people repeatedly say of Richard Turner that it is the most astounding act of sheer skill they have ever witnessed."

On December 12, 2005 world-renowned cardman, author and casino game protection expert Steve Forte said that, "Richard Turner is the real deal! As one of the finest card technicians on the planet, Richard advances the science of card manipulation to heights never dreamed of."

Card mechanic and game protection consultant David Malek praised Turner in 2006 by declaring, "One of my favorite card men and a world class technician and performer is Richard Turner. Richard is second to none when it comes to gambling demonstrations with cards. He deals seconds, centers and bottoms equally well and runs up cards with lightning speed. On top of all that he is a fifth-degree black belt and without a doubt the most physically fit magician I know. We all have a lot to learn from him."

On November 11, 2006, casino surveillance specialist, table game protection expert, casino administrator, cardman and professional poker player Ron Conley wrote, after watching Turner demonstrate his abilities in a one-on-one setting, "I was very impressed with your card work, absolutely some of the best I've ever seen."

Gambling regulatory supervisor and playing card enthusiast Bruce T. Samboy advised in November 2006, after watching Turner during five performances at The Magic Castle and later in private sessions, "The world's best cardmen practice the moves until they do them right. Richard Turner practices the moves until he can't do them wrong."

Tony Giorgio, an expert in the methods employed by card and dice cheaters said: "Richard Turner's masterful, magical, manipulation of playing cards is incomparable."

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