Comments on: Busted By Airport Security

By: Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:58:08 +0000

“Tom” is my alter ego. I only use it when I want to be truly frightening . . . It’s kind of like “Susan” from Monsters vs. Aliens.

By: OldZombie

OldZombie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:28:04 +0000

Thats a good question Uncle Bill…

By: Grandpa Chet

Grandpa Chet — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:40:16 +0000

Going back to the first post, who’s Tom?

By: salmononius2

salmononius2 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:02:23 +0000

Like I said, I wasn’t able to post a video for the contest, but I came up with a variation of Overtime that I thought I would share with you guys, in case you had the same problem with it that I did. Here it is: http://stonecoldmagicmagazine.com/free-monthly-magic-trick/overtime-by-david-acer/

It isn’t a video entry, but just imagine that it is 😀

By: Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:15:11 +0000

@OZ – Maybe the shell is “illegal coin abuse.”

By: OldZombie

OldZombie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:54:59 +0000

I have heard of magicians losing gimmicked coins and color changing knives to TSA agents. I can understand the knives, but what exactly could you do with a half dollar shell?

By: Dale Huffman

Dale Huffman — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:04:41 +0000

Hi Jeff, My site is in my personal info. I will be working on a new site after all my holiday shows.
Thanks

By: Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:03:08 +0000

In reply to Dale Huffman.

Hey Dale!

Good to “see” you again. I like the finger gun idea. Not bad.

It’s just such a nice visual for the audience, however, to see that gun, then see it cocked, then hear it pop. It turns a silly little card trick into almost a stage piece.

🙂

By the way, didn’t you say you had a website? What is it again?

By: Dale Huffman

Dale Huffman — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:15:51 +0000

Jeff, I was the male person you used in the lecture performance in KC. My thoughts on this may help. I think if you may a gun with your fore finger and thumb use a small recorder for the gun shot may work. The only downfall I see would be the recorder not work or the timing maybe off. Just be careful on how you pack the recorder in your carry on bag don’t put it next to rope or any cords. In the x-ray it may come across to TSA as a devise to make a bomb. That would not be good.

By: Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:55:18 +0000

In reply to Gordon Meyer.

@Gordon – I’ve been thinking about different ways around this as well. Thanks for the ideas. I was so paranoid on the way back home that I gave my flash paper, matches and caps away to another magician in Kansas.

By the way, the trick is on my Stone Cold Magic DVD that you reviewed on MLA. It’s the effect called Target Card. Watch that effect again. I added a sound effect to the DVD of a gunshot at the moment that I would normally use a cap gun.

At the critical moment as I’m standing behind the spectator telling them “on the count of three, pull the trigger – of the faro-gun-deck,” On “one” I hold up the cap gun for the audience to see. On “Two” I cock the gun, and on “Three” I pull the trigger.

In the performance at the Kansas lecture I just clapped my hand to make a loud bang. Maybe I’ll bring a tape recorder of a gunshot. 🙂