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of paper and see if the name of the card has changed there instead. Darn again! Ask for
another chance.
Take off your jacket as if it's time to get down to business. Ask for the piece of paper and alt
ashtray or dish. Let them know that this card will now change form, and to the newly selected
card "while in an ashen state". Burn the paper. After it's burned up, take the ashes and rub
these haphazardly on your arm. Magically, the name of the new card appears in ash on your
arm!
For this effect, you need to get some rubber stamps. The following stamps need to be 'h inch
by 1/2 inch. Get these numbers in stamp form: 3, 6 and 9 and the letters A and Q. Also get
four suit stamps: The symbols Heart, Diamond, Club and Spade. (They're magically
delicious! Sorry, I couldn't help myself).
While you are getting these stamps, invest in a very large stamp that covers most of your
forearm. This large stamp consists of the original prediction followed by the words "...
AGAIN!". One last rubber stamp that would cover most of your forehead needs to have the
word, "JOKER". Try to ignore the pestering of the sales people at the stamp store about why
on earth you need these items. Or tell them they are for marking cards.
Once you have these stamps, get some liquid soap. Carefully cover the jutted out surface of
the stamp with the soap. Once you do this, apply it to your skin. Now if your arm were to get
"dirty"(something ash does very quickly) the places covered with the concentration of soap
will appear cleaner than the rest, allowing you to show a card. Practice this of course, to be
sure all the stamps show up clearly when rubbed with ash.
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Where do you stamp these soap laden instruments? These stamps create your "invisible
index"! Place them on the top of both your left and right forearm. Placement of the cards on
your arm is similar to the wallet and pocket effect, so remembering where they are, should be
simple. "Reds on the Right" arm for example. Just create the index by using the number and
symbol stamps to make each card "invisibly" on your arm. Be sure to leave enough space
between one "card" and another so that smearing ashes on it later only reveal ONE card.
The Aces should be on the upper part of your arm between your shoulder and elbow. On your
right top place the Ace of Hearts and below that the Ace of Diamonds. On your left top place
the Ace of Clubs and below that the Ace of Spades. If someone happens to call out the Joker
as the guessed card - go ahead and accept it. You will have the Joker ready to show on your
forehead - as it was prepared with the Joker stamp. State that you are the Joker (and PROVE
you are one too - K.)... another inspiration from the original manuscript !
If the card named in this second phase isn't a direct hit, don't sweat it. That's why you have
stamped the "invisible phrase" on the inside of your arm. Both of your inside arms should
have the secret phrase, "Off... AGAIN!" stamped invisibly on them. If you are a really hairy
guy, you may need to stamp the index on the inside of your arms, and the written phrase on
the outside or top of your arm. Only you will know for sure.
The added word "... AGAIN' is so you will be consistent if needed. If the card was `off' the
first time, uncover the entire phrase if the card was "off' this time too -as a bonus surprise to
your spectators that you really did predict both events! If in this second phase you are off, but
were not in the first phase, don't smear the ashes far enough to reveal the "...AGAIN' portion.
Now you can successfully show a card up your sleeve and your spectators will still be
astonished - probably one of the few effects that can actually do that.
Phase Three: The Kolossal Mind Transfer
This next phase is great at a small social gathering - it's more a kicker after the other effects.
After the last phase, your assistant or significant other walks into the room. Asking what
everyone is doing, you explain that you were showing how predictions were done and would
like to know if she would like to try an experiment with the rest of the group. When she
agrees, ask her to think of two different cards in a 52 card deck and to say the cards out loud.
She starts to say the wrong card. Stop her before she can finish. Ask her to not think of the
card that first comes to her mind, but rather the card coming from the rest of the minds in this
gathering. After she gives you a weird look, she takes op the expression of concentrating, then
names the two cards chosen earlier in the routine.
How? This probably wouldn't be bought as easily without the other routines creating the
astonishment they do. This kicker though is the icing on the cake. Simply have a one way
radio or cell phone (if a cell phone, call the other phone before you begin the entire routine)
covered up by your sock. Your assistant has the receiver while locked in the lavatory,
listening to your entire performance. She merely listens to the cards chosen during your
presentation.
KENTON KOMMENTS: As many of you know, I tend to go for the simplest approach that I
can ponder, so long as it suits my needs. Mr. Milliken actually does all of the phases in his
performances - and he is right, it blows people away. So what I have to offer here is not an
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"improvement" on his multiphase routine. Rather this is an easy way to do the first phase that
be suggests.
In the first phase the card may be produced from your pant pocket, and then the pocket can be
shown otherwise empty. Contemplating this, I just HAD to try a few "old dodges". It turns out
they work wonderfully for this very thing. Use only the red or black cards of the index. Let's
use the red ones for our example. The four Heart cards are placed into the left trouser pocket.
The four Diamond cards go into the right pocket of the pants.
In several versions of this manuscript you will find ways to "force" the use of the RED cards.
Do whatever method seems best for you of course. Once you know the suit, you can begin
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