Requirements for this excellent little feat consist of a pair of scissors, a borrowed bill, and a bit of timed misdirection. The scissors are upon a table at your right where it will be necessary to reach for them. Fold the bill in half lengthwise, and then quarterly the same way. Hold the bill upright and show, keeping it crosswise of the fingers. Now bring the top portion downward into an apparent half fold, but place this end ONE HALF INCH SHORT of the end against the fingers. While smoothing the top fold with right fingers, fold the elongated end…
Night spot audiences will no doubt see this effect in performance when someone takes it up as an original twist on an old stunt. It is good for a laugh, if only because of the new object into which a dollar bill is directed. The cigarette and dollar bill has been done quite a bit, so this should prove of interest as a novel variation. The cellophane wrapping is also away from the usual envelope. Get a banana stalk which has only three bananas still attached. Choose one on which you are going to work. At the bottom of the…
Effects such as this are few and far between, not alone for audience astonishment, but for simplicity itself. The requisites are : a letter envelope, some ordinary matches, two jeweller's ring boxes, one tumbler, a packet of gummed jam jar covers, a ball of wool (thick), some brown paper, and a length of string. To prepare, wrap the wool around one of the ring boxes (empty). Place the finished ball in the tumbler and seal with gummed paper cut to size so that only about 1/4 inch overlaps the edge of the tumbler. Wrap the tumbler in brown paper and…
Know as Long Distance Telepathy, this effect has always been one of great appeal, but it hasn't been exactly practical and useful for the performer who entertains mostly in the home and more or less along impromptu lines. The older methods are fairly well known to the profession: (a) by writing in the pocket and secreting in a fountain pen, (b) an impression pad, (c) and John Booth devised a method where the metal container for a pencil eraser is removed and the message hidden there. Other methods have appeared but generally not straightforward enough for practical use. I have…
If ever there was an impromptu mental novelty, this should be it. I took the basic working from an idea of Montreal's Charles Peet about two years ago, and it has served me quite well. Borrow a derby or soft hat. Say that you'll show a test of clairvoyance and telepathy combined. Ask for the loan of seven or eight one dollar bills. However, before starting to collect them, step up to one volunteer and ask him to write his name in pencil on his bill to identify it later as his. Ask him to fold it over and over…
In this one man magical program for clubs and homes there are seven effects, although The Itinerant Dollar trick runs a little longer than the others and makes use of practically three different tricks. The routine, as a whole, runs about twenty-five minutes and is effective for an audience of 10 to 250 people. Necessary adjuncts are as follows : One rubber novelty cigarette.One bag of tobacco.One package of cigarette papers.A cigarette lighter.One genuine cigarette.One unopened pack of cigarettes.A cigarette pull.Three prepared dollar bills.One wallet for the Card in Wallet trick.Some business size envelopes.2 pieces of waxed paper about 3…
A dollar bill is placed upon a five spot, as shown in diagram one. Starting at the bottom edge of the dollar bill, the two are rolled slowly and tightly together as per diagram two. This rolling together business is continued as per diagram three and at the same time the performer is talking about the impending inflation and how it is necessary to have five times as much money to get a dollar's worth. Just after reaching the stage as depicted in diagram three, the rolling is stopped and the performer asks the onlooker to put his finger on…
One of the cleverest ideas which has come my way in a long while is this idea by Mr Steisal. I can record the subtlety which makes many variations possible and also suggest a possible presentation. After that I leave it to the individual performer to take it apart and work out a routine to suit his needs and fancy. In short, a dollar bill, the number of which has been recorded by a spectator himself, travels into a cigarette and from there to a lemon. From this spot it may find its way to a sealed box or envelope,…
Effects which are impromptu are always popular, especially when they are a little out of the ordinary and very clean from the start to the finish. While not startling, this coin routine is simple of execution and appears like real magic. Borrow a quarter but have the spectator note the date before giving it to you. It is openly folded in the cloth of your right trouser leg above the knee, and after the donor has felt it there, the fold is dropped and the coin has vanished whereupon it is produced from the trouser pocket. Once more it is…
Bolder and more direct methods seem to be the rule of the day and in this case the rule seems to be a good one. The more complicated an effect gets, the harder it is to handle. Mr Bush has reduced that old and true classic to a concise method that does not confuse at any time and leaves a profound impression. Passing three lemons into the audience, the performer asks that one be selected and held, the other two being tossed back. The performer requests the loan of a dollar bill, the serial number of which is taken down…