Jay Sankey

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Jay Sankey is a Canadian close-up magician and creator of magic effects active since the mid-1980s. David Copperfield performed Sankey's trick "Airtight," in which a deck of cards magically penetrates a balloon, on one of his television specials. Richard Kaufman is the author of Sankey Pankey, and 100% Sankey, two books of Jay's original effects. Jon Racherbaumer wrote Sankey Unleashed, a collection of 81 Sankey tricks, which was released by Squash Publishing in 2004.

He is also known as a stand-up comedian as has authored a book about the art of stand-up.