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T h e r e i s a weak p o i n t i n t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n b u t t h e a u d i e n c e i s never aware of and chance to reach  t never has a  t On e c a r d s you p a s s e d o u t wi s e guy i n t h e a u d i e n c e may t h i n k t h a t t h e same m e s s a g e t h a t r e a d s when I a s k a l l have th e l e a s e Asnaoyt h eYES may i f I c a l l e d o u t a l l t h e words c o r r e cP tly. r wise guy

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th e c a r d s . Some w i l l as s ume t h a t th e persons pi cked want to see to c a l l o u t th e three choices are stooges. So f a r t h a t h a s n e v e r T he a u d i e n c e i s u s u a l l y s t u n n e d . happened. B u t  t c o u l d h a p p e n .

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T h e e f f e c t i s t h a t y o u show t h e a u d i e n c e t h r e e b u s i n e s s c a r d s an d you s a y t h a t I have w r i t t e n t h r e e p r e d i c t i o n s on t h e s e c a r d s of strange things t h a t are about to happen. I am g o i n g t o p a s s out th e cards into the a u d i e n c e s o t h a t some o f you c a n s e e my p r e d i c t i o n s ahead of time. You t h e n d i s t r i b u t e t h e c a r d s w i d e l y , O ne i n t h e m i d d l e a n d t h e l a s t one t o th e r i g h t o f th e a u d i e n c e . far left. cards will not to th e   At f i r s t th e messages on t h e make a n y s e n s e b u t t h e y w i l l s h o r t l y . You s a y . You i n s t r u c t t h e persons receiving the cards t h a t they c a n show t h e c a r d to the ir friends closeby but not to l e t th e cards out of t h e i r hands. three cards t h a t are passed out into the alike. will in th e t h a t word l a t e r b e a u d i e n c e a l l r e a d A f o r c e d a book i s w r i t t e n on a l l t h rre e e card s s.. Let1s say th e show from word t o b e f o r c e d i s   W h a t . S i n c e t h e c a r d s a r e h e l d b y members o f t h e a u d i e n c e wh o a r e w i d e l y a p a r t h o ld in g a c a r d one p e rso n d o e s n o t know w h a t t h e o t h e r tw o p e r s o n s a r e holding. They e a c h that the o th e r While the other as s ume cards are different. n o t t h a t t h e t h r e e p r e d ction spectators holding cards as s ume T hey d id h e a r you say t h a t you card s read d i f f e r e n t l y . had An d t h a t the three prediction cards w r i t t e n some p r e d i c t i o n s . are different be will shown shortly by your masterly presentation. Actually

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The t h r e e p r e d i c t i o n c a r d s are collected and th e Mentalist m i sr e a ds what he h ad w r i t t e n on th e cards p r io r to th e s how. He out simply calls the name o f t h e c i t y t h e number a n d t h e word.   OT t h a t t h e word i s c a l l e d o u t l a s t . T h a t a v o i d s any premature outburst from t h e three persons t h a t were of glee holding th e   Wa s I correct? prediction cards. These a re the n asked to Yes . The audience is which a l l t h r e e r e p l y le d to believe t h a t th e predictions are a l l correct. As I said above, th e effect that a profound s i l e n c e ensues. i s so strong

As artists we w a n t c l o s e up a l l t h e g ap s and g i v e th e to audience a miracle a t le a s t in t h e i r imagination. t h i s new In the audience. we w a n t t o p r e s e n t a t i o n s i x c a r d s a r e s e e n by So on the table leave a l l s ix c a rds apparently used in th e t e s t for a n y o n e t o e x a m i n e o r t a k e home a s s o u v e n i r s .  

 

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B e f o r e t h e show I prepare a stack of five business cards as shown i n Fig. 1. An d c l i p the cards with a paper c l i p so they remain in th e pr oper o r d e r . Or y o u c a n p r e p a r e t h e s t a c k o f c a r d s in your hands fo r th e s t a c k i s q u i t e si m pl e . The o r d e r o f t h e f i v e

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THE TH E PRES PRESEN ENTA TATI TION ON:: As y o u s t a n d b e f o r e t h e audience, you a r e h o l d i n g t h e s t a c k o f f i v e c a r d s i n y o u r l e f t h a n d  i f y ou a r e r i g h t h a n d e d . ) W h i l e o n th e tips your right hand you are holding the three of prediction cards t h a t p r e d i c t t h e c h o i c e o f a word and a l l t h r e e cards read a l i k e . You make y o u r s p e e c h a b o u t t h e p r e d i c t i o n c a r d s p a s s them o u t i n t o t h e a u d i e n c e . 1.

2. On e member o f th e audience digit is asked to c a l l o u t a three n u m be r. Say he c a l l s o u t 1 4 9 .  I am g o i n g t o w r i t e t h a t down t o k e e p e ve ry body h o n e s t . You s a y a s y o u w r i t e t h e number 1 4 9 f a s t o n t h e t o p c a r d and a l s o on t h e f i f t h card as and pullout th e shown i n Fig. 2. t o p c a r d  c a r d number o n e ) a n d g i v e t o someone in the audience to hold

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4 . N e x t yo u a s k som eone t o c a l l city. Say t h a t S t . Louis i s You w r i t e S t. Louis only called. o n c e o n t h e b l a n k t o p c a r d ( w h a t was c a r d number 2. . T h i s i s shown i n 4 . Fig. P u l l o f f the top card with the name S t. Louis and gi ve   to your w i t n e s s .

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The force o f th e page number i s done f a s t . a n d t h e wor d Just h a v e som eone s t i c k a c a r d i n t o t h e b o o k . Open t h e book a n d t h e p a g e number o n t h e b o tto m o f t h e t e l l th e person to c a l l o u t l e f t hand p a g e . T he u s e o f t h e d i c t i o n a r y i m p r e s s e s t h e a u d i e n c e . They w i l l l a t e r s a y , b e s i d e s o t h e r t h i n g s , t h a t you d i d s o m e t h i n g amazing w i t h a d i c t i o n a r y .

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a u d ie n c e and 7. Colle c t th e t hree a l l a l i k e c a r d s from t h e This is quite p l a c e them o n t o p o f t h e tw o c a r d s y o u a r e h o l d i n g . easy and h a r d l y noticed since you a r e moving about in the audience.

Take   What w a s t h e number o u t th e bottom c a r d and a s k , Your witness says   149 You 1 4 9  t i s say and Repeat show t h e c a r d a r o u n d and t h e n t o s s t h e c a r d on th e t a b l e . with th e taking cards from t h e b o t t o m of the o t h e r two c a r d s stack. A t t h e en d you w i l l b e h o l d i n g two c a r d s t h a t c o n t a i n t h e word   what w r i t t e n on While th e audience i s in same them. s h o c k , p l a c e t h e t w o c a r d s w r i t i n g - s i d e down on th e t a b l e w i t h o u t with th e rest of t h e show. A fte r the fanfare and c o n t i n u e show p i c k u p t h e tw o ' w o r d ' c a r d s and p o c k e t them o r t h ro w them But even   the i nt o your briefcase. a u d i e n c e w as t o s e e t h e tw o ' w o r d ' c a r d s , t h e y w i l l b e a t a l o s s a s t o t h e s o l u t i o n .

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t h e n p r e t e n d t o draw a s m a l l c i r c l e o n y o u r p a d w i t h t h e g o n e - d r y red ink marker and show t h e circle that i s alredy t h e re to the Give h i m t h e g o n e d r y r e d i n k m a r k e r a n d t e l l h i m t o draw person. th e o th e r s ide of the e a s e l b u t a small c i r c l e about t h a t s i z e on In o t h e r words h e h a s to reach over w i t h o u t moving t h e e a s e l . t h e t o p o f t h e e a s e l a n d make h i s c i r c l e s i g h t u n s e e n . T ake back y o u r m arker and l o f n e w sp a p e r from t th e sh e e t t h e e a s e l by p u l l i n g  t u p w a r d s . That l e a v e s th e short piece of column b e h i n d a t t a c h e d t o t h e e a s e l and th e red force c i r c l e can now b e s e e n . Show y o u r p r e d i c t i o n s t r i u m p h a n t l y .

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