Just A Sunday Post #81

This is just a minor rant about a certain way manipulation is done. Especially with thimbles and cigarettes.



STOP DOING THAT!

Also don't turn your back towards your audience while doing so. This is the result of the habit of watching your own manipulation without the aid of a mirror.

Magic Regrets 02

Seems like it is going to be segment here. As long as Phil keeps making these.

This is what the demo from the originator, Michael P. Lair looks like:


And an Indian version by Uday Jadugar, which I have to say is much better in terms of method. In terms of looks both versions are about equal.

The Jack of All Trades

A year ago I got a call from state penitentiary. One of the inmates was sentenced to death. To be fried in the chair. His last wish... he wanted to see a magician. So I went there.

I sat in a room. Around me six prison wards. Across the table the young man, that would soon be dead. In his cuffed hands he held a deck of cards. Then he gave me the cards and said: "Do that trick where the card always comes to the top!" Well, what could I do? I asked him to name a card. "Jack of Clubs" he said. I asked why. He answered "Because the Jack of Clubs is like me".

I had him sign the face of the card. He made three X's!

Well I made the Jack of Clubs come to the top of the deck a few times. Finally I palmed the card, and reached for my wallet. When I opened it to show the card was there the young man cried out in happiness "Freedom!"

It was so awkward. So strange. Well, he was allowed to keep the card. And then he was locked away. I got my fee and left. I never saw him again. I still don't know what he hoped for when he asked to see a magician.
Later I was told, that when they untied him from the chair, his hand still held the Jack of Clubs.

I dream of weird stuff lately!

Well, that explains it!

I was wondering why this weeks failure Colleen Ballinger chose magic to rape. I was totally unaware that her brother is Chris from Magic Geek. In that case it makes a lot more sense. But it still makes "magicdom" look like loser territory.

Magic Regrets 01

I really like where this is going. Seriously.