. . . So there I was, sitting in the car with the motor running while my wife ran into the store for “just a minute.” Ya that’s right, I fell for it! While my wife’s minute turned into thirty, then forty, then . . . well, you get the idea – I got bored. I had eaten the last little mint from my box of tic-tacs and was fiddling around with the box. So bored was I that I started to wonder, “What magic trick could I do with this little box?” After awhile I worked out a method [...]
We’ve all had the occasional unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances come up from time to time when booking a show. Many performers panic or blame a bad show on the circumstances instead of taking control of the situation and making it work. See if any of the following situations sound familiar . . .You arrive at your show only to find: There is no microphone. The client’s not quite ready for you, would you mind waiting… an hour. The group of “maybe 100″ turns out to be 400. The stage that was promised is not there, or is a 4 foot [...]
Described By Jeff Stone Introduction This is yet another effect that takes advantage of the new Bicycle card boxes. This is an idea that Dan just came up with off the top of his head over pizza one day. The guy is a genius. Effect The pasteboard prestidigitator shows gives the audience a brief lesson in the history of cameras via the use of – you guessed it – playing cards. First a blank card (representing old-school Polaroid film) is shown on both sides and placed in between a red back Joker and a blue back Joker. The three cards [...]
