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The Learned Pig Project The New Baby Gag Thursday, May 12, 2005, 10:34 AM The Best of TLP Magic eZine is selling very well. In a short time about half of the 250 I had printed are already gone so order fast to avoid disappointment! Go to: http://www.thelearnedpig.com.p http://www.thelearn edpig.com.pa/products/b a/products/book01.html ook01.html I think I mentioned this in the newsletter but I want to say it again: I'm very impressed by Panama's mail system. Orders going going to the UK are taking from 4 to 6 days instead of the four weeks I expected! Orders to the US get there even faster. The lady at the post office told me that Panama is an international mail hub and they process mail here for several countries. countries. She told me that if I post early in the morning my packages will be taken to their processing facilities near the airport and in a short time they will be onboard planes flying to their destinations. These are very good news! The Best of TLP Magic eZine contains some very good tricks. I would like to post one here. Maybe you have heard about The Baby Gag? The original idea is that you hold a big envelope and ask any audience member to name any movie star. Let's say the person names Mel Gibson. You then say that, believe it or not, inside the envelope you have one photo and one photo only.... a photograph of the freely chosen movie star: Mel Gibson. From out of the envelope you take the photo of a baby, saying: A photo of Mel Gibson.... when he was one year old! The above gets a nice laugh but then you continue saying: "The other day I did this trick and somebody said Denzel Washington.... Washington.... Well, this trick never fails." You turn the photo around and on the other side there is the photo of a black baby.

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That's the original idea. Some people find it offensive. I myself have never performed it even though I live in a country in which many races are intermixed and people are not as racially conscious as in some other countries so they will not be easily offended by this gag. I have a different reason for not performing it and it is that it lacks magical effect; it is only a gag. Well, using a Larry Becker idea for a force I came up with the following trick which is included in "The Best of TLP Magic eZine" among other equally nice things.

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Most Recent Comments Maarten Tuesday, July 5, 2005, 08:39 AM It is a very good trick to perform this...  AJ De Avila Monday, July 4, 2005, 09:44 PM WOW! And I was thinking of buying the...

Take a big manila envelope (9" x 12" or metric equivalent) and cut flap and a thin sliver from bottom and two sides. Keep address side and discard the rest. We will call this address side the "flap" from now on.

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Rick Green Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 11:24 AM I loved the idea with the chick pan so... David Bilan Thursday, June 16, 2005, 03:12 PM I enjoyed your piece called The Simple...

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Joshua Jay Monday, May 30, 2005, 09:17 PM This is a neat handling of a classic...

Insert the flap into an uncut envelope.

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Slip flap out of envelope and cut off at mark.

Slip flap back into envelope all the way down. The end result is an envelope with two compartments. Now you need two famous persons' portraits. It's better to use movie stars as everybody is familiar with them but you can use politicians or historic figures, it's up to you. For our example we will use Arnold Swarchtzenneger (hope I got it right!) and Jack Nicholson.

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Paste a baby's photo on one side of a piece of stiff cardboard and on the other side paste Nicholson's portrait.

Do the same with Arnold's portrait. Slip both cardboards into envelope, one in each compartment. Baby photo must look to flap side.

Now here is Larry Becker's neat force idea: On address side write four names of famous movie stars. The force names are in the odd positions (1 & 3). Tell audience you have a list of four famous movie stars and show them the list. Read names out loud and tell audience you will eliminate names until only one is left Ask somebody to chose "odd" or "even." You are going to interpret their choice to your advantage:

If they say "odd" you reply: "Fine. You said odd so we'll eliminate the even names. If they say "even" you reply: "Fine. You said even so we'll eliminate the even names.

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So you are down to two names, both even. This second part of the force is what gives it the appearance of cleanliness because here it doesn't matter what name they say because you have both covered so be very open and fair about it. You can even give them the chance to change their mind on their final choice. Supposing they stick with Arnold you cross out Jack.

Turn envelope around and announce that, believe it or not, inside the envelope you have one photo and one photo only.... a photo of the freely chosen movie star..... (take out the photo out of the proper compartment showing the baby side) When he was one year old!

Say: "This is very, very stong, don't you believe? The only explanation is that I have four baby photos inside this envelope. This is not true. Only one baby photo. See for yourself." (Show envelope otherwise empty holding flap to hide other photo). Discard envelope.

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Say: "Don't you think this is amazing? What? Oh, you don't believe this is a photo of  Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was one year old? Well, how about this one?" (Turn photo around.) That's him alright. I wouldn't cheat you for the world!" [ 2 comments ] ( 40 views ) | permalink |

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The Story of One Card Pete Friday, May 6, 2005, 12:03 PM I would like to call your attention to one of the tricks contained in a book in our online magic library. You can find it in "Magic Annual 1938" by Jean Hugard, which, by the way, contains some other goodies. Credit goes to Elmer Applegit for this fine performance piece. If I was an English-speaking magician I would add this to my repertoire immediately. However, not being one, or rather, not living in an English speaking country, the only thing I can do is try my hand at translating the patter into Spanish for my own use. If you live in an English speaking country then lucky you as everything you need is already worked out! I have always read bad things about patter in rhyme for magic. However over the years I have seen some magicians get great success with verse patter so I suppose the authors of the bad comments must have seen really bad magicians using this form of patter. Rhyme isn't necessarily bad. It can even be cool. Last September I was in New York City visiting one of my daughters who is married to an American boy and lives there and I took them to the Newyorican Poets Cafe. The place was really really crowded and the audience was enthusiastic. What was the show? Young contemporary poets saying their thing. Of course there is a long way from magic patter in rhyme and modern spoken poetry, or rap, for that matter, but the fact remains that in verse everything lies in the delivery. I'm sure someone will read what comes below, will see that he can deliver it right, will rehearse it real good and then he will have something that people will really like.

This is the setup: 2D, 2H, 4D, 3H, 4H, AH, 3D, 5H, the Five of Hearts being the eight card.

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required.

Here is the false count you need to learn. It's easy. Hold 8-card packet in left hand as in first photo. Secretly glide back bottom card (second photo). Count cards one by one by pulling them off the top with right thumb. After four cards have been counted take the next three top cards together as one card at the count of five. The bottom card is then snapped with the left thumb and fingers plainly showing that it is a single card, thus completing the illusion of a honest count. The cards should be held in the left hand with as much of the back of the packet showing as is possible and the count made rather deliberately; a too rapid count must be avoided. From now on I'll write the patter in italics. Keep in mind it is in rhyme and must have a sing-song quality to it. Numbers in parenthesis throughout the patter refer to actions you must do. These are explained a few lines further. One Card Pete was a gambling man... They knew him well in Reno. He'd cheat in every kind of game From Tiddlywinks to Keno. He sat once in a poker game In a low smoky dive,  And when the dealer gave him cards, He thought he gave him five.(1)

(1) Lift off the packet of eight cards from the top of the deck and hold it up showing the 5H as if to illustrate the word "five". Discard rest of deck. When One Card Pete looked at his cards(2)  A glad sight met his gaze.  A goodly hand! A noble hand!  A hand well worth a raise.

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The dealer gave too many cards, One, two, three, four five, six." (4)

(3) Turn the packet towards yourself again slightly spreading the cards, then square the packet and hold it in readiness for the false count.

(4) Draw the bottom card back, pull off four cards singly with the right thumb, at the word "five" draw off all the remaining cards except the bottom one, then count "Six" and....

....snap the 5 H with the left fingers and thumb. Place this card on top of the others. You'd call "Misdeal" in a case li ke this, But not this gambling chap. He just took out the poorest card  And hid it in his lap.(5)

(5) Take off the top card, 5 H, and place it face down on the table.  And then he checked the cards again... He still was in a mix.  Again he found instead of five, One, two, three, four, five, six. (6)

(6) Replace the packet in the left hand and in similar fashion make the count of "Six". Place the last card on top of the others. This card will be the 2 D. How this could be perplexed poor Pete...

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He did not think it right. That's why he stole another card  And hid it out of sight. (7)

(7) Take off the top card, 2 D, and place it on top of the 5 H on the table. Once more he checked the plaguey hand... Lest I become prolix Just let me speed this sorry tale, One, two, three, four, five, six. (8) So once again he conned the hand  And this is how he did it: Once more he took the lowest card  And in his sleeve he hid it. (9)

(8) Count again and as there really are just six cards make the count very deliberately. (9) Take the top card, 4 H, and push it into your sleeve. "And now," thought he, "that pesky card Will trouble me no more." But then he found instead of five Just one, two, three and four.(10)

(10) False count as four.  A remedy had to be found The one he used seemed grand. He took the card from out his sleeve... Returned it to his hand.(11)

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Sometimes don't even score. He checked the playing cards again: Just one, two, three and four.(12)

(13) Again false count as four. He stole another playing card To give him one card more.  Again he found the cards he held Were one, two, three and four.(13)

(13) Pick up the 2D from the table, add it to the top of the packet and again count as four only. He took the last remaining card...  Ah, sorry was his fix Because he found not four, not five, One, two, three, four, five, six. (14)

(14) Add the 5 H, the first card that was discarded, to the top and make the false count of six. He left that fateful game forthwith... No more was seen in Reno. He settled down to honest toil  And played not even Screeno. The sad part of this little tale,  As sure as you're alive, In spite of all perplexing counts, One, two, three, four . . . and five. (15)

(15) Mr. Applegit's original called for palming the two extra cards but in my opinion palming cards when all eyes are burning your hands is a little risky so I took the liberty of changing the routine a little bit.

Take cards face up in right hand as shown.

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Left thumb pulls cards one by one from the face of packet arranging them in a fan..

Count up to five cards. Ace will show. The two extra cards are well squared behind ace. Place ace on face of fan in left hand.

This is the end result. The two extra cards remain hidden behind ace. No need to palm anything. The description in Hugard's Annual ends by saying: "This presentation makes the trick a complete novelty and it is a sure fire applause winner." I think this is true. [ add comment ] | permalink |

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Satan's Shears Thursday, May 5, 2005, 09:26 PM The above title was given by Peter Warlock to a very showy trick of his which was published many years ago in Annemann's The Jinx. I have changed it a little bit to add a change by David Devant which has some more applications besides this trick. Satan's Shears is a revelation of a selected (well, forced, really) card. Let's say you'll force the 4 of Diamonds.

Here's what you need: 2 pieces red tissue paper, 2 pieces white, 2 pieces black. Use any size that you can handle. I use half sheets.

From one of the red pieces cut four diamonds and glue them to one of the white pieces.

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Put one of the black pieces together with the prepared red and white and fold all three together to make a small package. Place the prepared packet behind the unprepared black paper on your table. On top of it place the other two unprepared papers.

First thing: force the 4 of Diamonds. Second thing: pick up from table the three papers holding the packet well hidden behind the black paper on back.

Show the three papers one by one. Shake them a little bit so as to give the idea of unpreparedness.

Put them all together and fold them the same as the hidden packet.

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This is what you will have at the end. Prepared packet is near your thumb.

Using both hands push prepared packet so it shows above your right hand fingers. Unprepared packet is hidden behind fingers.

Left hand opens lapel of coat. Left thumb and forefinger prepare to grab prepared packet.

Right hand moves towards inner jacket pocket. As it passes behind left hand, left thumb and forefinger grab prepared packet without it going out of audience's sight.

Right hand doesn't even stop. It continues moving and goes into j acket taking with it unprepared packet and leaving prepared packet well visible in left hand.

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Right hand drops unprepared packet in jacket pocket and comes out with a pair of small scissors. Make cutting motions in the air towards packet in left hand.

Unfold packet and take away black paper.

Separate red and white papers showing that diamond shaped pieces are missing on the red one and have magically attached themselves to the white card to form an image of the chosen card. NOTE: The reason for using red and black papers (besides white) is that the chosen card could be either red or black and supposedly you don't know what color it is. That's why you have to use both colors. I suggest that when you take scissors out of pocket you should little by little reveal the identity of the chosen (forced) card. Then say they haven't seen nothing yet and proceed to make the cutting motions with scissors toward the packet of papers and then open it to show the card image. [ 3 comments ] ( 49 views ) | permalink |

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Bergeron's Reds & Blacks Thursday, May 5, 2005, 03:20 PM

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I want to thank Bev Bergeron for his kindness in giving me permission to publish this trick here. I have been performing this since Bev sent me a set of his lecture notes almost 20 years ago. It is a very quick and surprising trick. It is also very easy to master.

This is what you'll use: two red aces and two black jacks. Show them to audience and mix them a little in your hands so that they end up....

....like this: alternating aces and jacks.  Ask a spectator what she wants: jacks or aces? Whatever she says cut cards so one of those is at the face. Suppose she said aces. Show card on face to spectator and rest of audience, turn hand palm down and....

....glide back bottom card.

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Pretend to take bottom ace, really taking second-from-bottom card (a jack).

Place this card face down on spectator's palm.

Since the bottom card is glided back you won't have any trouble at all to take two top cards together as one and turn them face up showing the other ace.... an automatic double-lift.

 After showing the ace turn the double card face down on top of the one in your hand and take top card only (a jack). People think it's the ace you just showed.

Place this card on spectator's hand. She thinks she has the red aces.

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Here you do your usual magical gestures and turn your cards face up. You have the red aces!

Let her turn her cards face up: the black jacks! This is short and sweet and very effective. Try it. Thanks again,. Bev! [ 3 comments ] ( 72 views ) | permalink |

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 A Magical Lesson Thursday, May 5, 2005, 12:14 PM

Using two 12 inch -- 30 cm. silk handkerchiefs of contrasting colors and a king-size thumb tip you can perform a very nice and quick trick. It is also very easy to l earn.

This shows starting position from your point of view. Notice how TT is on middle finger. PATTER: I want to teach you a magic trick. As you know magicians can't reveal tricks but I don't see anybody from the Magician's Sindicate here so I will teach you one. The trick is called: "The Red Handkerchief that Changes Color" and for this you will need.... a yellow handkerchief! First thing: you secretly stuff the yellow handkerchief into your left fist.

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 As both hands get together in order to push yellow silk into left fist, secretly load the TT as shown. Having TT on middle finger makes this very easy.

With TT hidden in left fist push yellow silk into hand. NOT into TT.

This is what you'll have at the end: the yellow silk in hand besides the TT. PATTER: This is the secret preparation. Stuffing the yellow handkerchief into your left hand. You do this before going in front of the audience. Do it in the bathroom. The trick is called "The Red Handkerchief that Changes Color" so now you need.... a red handkerchief! Take red silk from pocket or wherever with free hand and show to audience. PATTER: You show the audience the red handkerchief. Remember to always keep your left hand closed! Now begin to push the red handkerchief into the top of left fist.

Pushing red silk into left fist. The silk actually goes inside TT. PATTER: Now, when you have pushed a bit of the red handkerchief into left fist from the top you take out a little bit of yellow handkerchief from the bottom.

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This photo shows exactly what you tell them in patter above. PATTER: You push a little bit more of the yellow handkerchief from the top and take some more of the red handkerchief from the bottom. Doesn't it look like the red handkerchief is changing color as it passes through the hand? That's why the trick is called "The Red Handkerchief that Changes Color."

 At this moment most of the red silk is into left fist and you pull most of yellow silk out.

Use right thumb to push in last bit of red silk and steal TT with this thumb. PATTER: You finally push the last bit of red handkerchief inside left hand and pull yellow handkerchief completely out from the bottom.

Right hand comes out of fist with TT and goes to lower corner of yellow silk to pull it completely from left hand. Photo shows this moment. Notice TT on right thumb. This is

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your point of view, of course.

In the last few seconds you have turned your body to the left so that this is what audience sees. Pull yellow silk completely out of left fist. PATTER: The only problem is I teach this trick to everybody I meet. Half the city already knows it so when you perform it many people will know you have the red handkerchief hidden in your hand. It happens to me too! What I do in these cases is another very nice trick called: "The Red Handkerchief that Disappears."

Open your left hand showing it empty. PATTER: But I'll teach you that one some other time! THE END. There you are. Isn't it simple? It doesn't call for any difficult move or anything new you have to learn. It might even be that you already have the two silks and the TT so the only ingredient needed is a few rehearsals and you'll have a nice little addition to your repertoire.

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Fogel + Annemann Thursday, May 5, 2005, 11:16 AM This is a very good routine by the late British mentalist Fogel streamlined with a very useful idea by Annemann. My only merit is adding both things together. The result is a very stunning prediction. First I will tell you about Annemann's idea.... This is a three-way faked envelope that has a lot of uses, specially in prediction tricks. Please notice I say "tricks" even when writing about mental stuff. That's because I believe mental.... uh.... tricks are just.... well.... tricks. I say this so the new breed of Mentalism Talibans can save their time sending me corrective emails and etc. To make an Annemann Three-Way Envelope for this Prediction Trick you first need 3 long opaque envelopes.

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Cut off the flap from TWO of them. Cut also a thin sliver around both envelopes so you can separate the front or address side of each one. Discard the rest.

This is what you must end with: A complete envelope (A) and two address sides minus flaps (B and C). Notice the marks on the pieces. These marks are just for this explanation so you must not mark your pieces. The dashes mean you will apply glue on top. Apply it on a strip a little less of 1/2 inch -- more or less 1 cm. The dots mean you will apply glue to the bottom of the piece. This is clearly marked on the photo. NOTE: Do not glue all pieces yet. Glue only C on top of B applying glue only on the dashed parts of piece B. Don't apply glue to the underneat of B (dot marks) or the top of C yet! Piece B with piece C glued on top of it will be like a sort of sandwich.

This is how you apply the glue. Use a glue stick for neatness.

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Chosen drink will be #1 Chosen drink will be #2 Chosen drink will be #3

Fold each prediction once lenghtwise. Photo shows folded prediction compared to envelope.

Place prediction #3 inside "sandwich."

Place prediction #2 on top of "sandwich."

Place prediction #1 under "sandwich."

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 Apply glue to all parts marked in previous photos, including whole envelope (A) and slip sandwich and predictions into it. Finally seal fl ap.

This shows the final envelope. As you can see I have marked it with small numbers: 1, 2 & 3 on the ends and top. This is done on the flap side so that I can easily know where to cut to get to any of the three predictions. If I have to cut anyone of the two ends I use a small pair of scissors....

....If I have to cut the top I use a small letter opener. I have both things: scissors and letter opener on my table and pick one or the other according to what I need to cut, either an end or the top of the envelope. The small secret numbers are always hidden on the side away from audience. NOTE: I always ask someone from the audience to take out the prediction and when they do I ask them to see if there is nothing else inside. Then I show the "empty" envelope to rest of audience and discard it before proceeding with the trick. Now for Fogel's part in this combination:

Get three very different beer cans (full!).

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Cut off three manila envelopes and use them to cover the three cans. However, make some secret marks to the back of the envelopes so you know where each brand of beer is. I mentally number each beer 1, 2 or 3 according to how much I like each one! Then I mark 1, 2 or 3 small dots on the envelopes so I know what envelope covers what beer. PRESENTATION: Show covered cans on your table and tell audience what they are: three different brands of beer: Balboa Ice, Soberana and Atlas. Here you will use your own local brands, of course.  Ask somebody to come on stage and while you turn your head away this person must move the cans around WITHOUT uncovering them so at the end you don't have the slightest idea where any beer could be. Now ask this person to point to anybody in the audience and ask this second person what is his favorite beer of the three you have covered on the table: Balboa Ice, Soberana or Atlas. Suppose she says Soberana. For me Soberana is number 2 so I look towards the covers and I immediately know (by the secret marks) where Soberana is.

You have three cardboard squares, each one with a number: 1, 2, 3. Give these cardboards to the person on stage with you and ask her to place each cardboard in front of one of the covered cans. She can place them any way she likes. You even give her the chance to change them around if she pleases.  At the end notice what number is in front of Soberana and that is the prediction you must take out of the envelope so....

....in this case you must cut open the top of envelope using the letter opener. Have spectator reach inside envelope, take out prediction, and check there is nothing else there. Show envelope otherwise empty to rest of audience and discard. Have spectator open, read in loud voice and show prediction. Take away cardboards 1 and 3 and lift covers from these cans showing unwanted brands. Discard. Finally take away cardboard 2, lift cover and show your prediction is correct.

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I used to perform this mental trick a lot. When I was living in Spain I performed it on li ve TV with a person on the telephone line from the island of Mallorca while I was i n the studio in Barcelona. It was very successful. The secret to performing this in your show on a regular basis is to sit down one day with plenty of time and prepare a couple of dozens (or more) of faked envelopes. In Fogel's routine you poured the beer in a glass for the person. You can do that if you want depending on where you are performing. Of course you can substitute other things for beer cans and they don't even have to be liquids of any kind. Use your imagination here. I encourage you to study this trick and add it to your repertoire as it is very good and don't let the fact that you aren't a so-called mentalist stop you from doing it. I used to perform this one right after the egg bag. For me mental tricks are just a different kind of tricks but magic tricks nonetheless. Only in the case you want to make people think you are special and have some psychic powers, or you want to tell fortunes and make some extra $$$$ and use mental tricks to convince them of your powers, or have a personality problem that pushes you to do these things, or even if your artistic taste takes you in the direction of pure mental stuff, only in these cases, I say, will you want to make a difference and consider mental tricks a breed apart from all other magic tricks. [ add comment ] | permalink |

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