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TheRaven Special user 597 Posts |
My disabled son and I are a magic team and I'm working on a variation of Six Card Repeat to be his first solo trick. I'm looking for input on how to sequence the ending for the maximum humor and impact. The routine needs to be greatly simplified in order to accommodate his limitations.
In summary it will be a 4-card repeat, throwing away one card on each repeat. It will use 1 ordinary card, three gimmick cards plus the three throw away cards. There will be a big poster board which says "Bill's 3 Card Magic Trick". For a finale he will wave his magic wand and the 3 on the poster visibly changes to a 4. I've posted a story-board here to give you my initial thought on the routine. I think the poster board gag is a good one (and original as far as I know), but the sequence of the finale is what I'm not sure about for maximum impact and humor. https://plus.google.com/photos/101800911......i5lfbRUw - Should the transforming of the 3 on the poster to a 4 be the final action and applause queue? - Should he transform the 3 to a 4 and do one more count (this time successful)? - Should he transform the 3 to a 4 and then do one more count and there are now only 3 cards --- i.e. perverse magic ending? In case it matters, the 3 transforms to a 4 physically, visibly and in an amusing way. The top half of the 3 rotates 1/4 turn clockwise forming the U-shaped top half of the 4 and the bottom half of the 3 rotates counter clockwise forming the leg on the lower right of the 4. Ideas and input welcomed. Karl Rabe P.S. Other routines we've performed Nest of Boxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lWWahgB4v8 Perverse Linking Rings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI-sqY_XAFw |
jimgerrish Inner circle East Orange, NJ 3209 Posts |
I like your "3 to 4" sign. As presented, the first ending is probably best. If you should want to continue on and he is able to do so (you haven't explained his disability) then I might suggest Spellbinder's "Three Card Trick (Using Four Cards)" - the new variation found in The Wizards' Journal #22, which starts in a similar fashion to your own trick, but without gimmicked cards.
In Spellbinder's new variation to the original effect, the magician is supposed to be performing a trick with three cards. He'll use the two jokers found in every deck, plus an Ace of Spades. However, each time he counts the cards, he has three Jokers and that pesky third Joker keeps returning to the deck as often as he discards it. Finally, he decides he will give in to the magic of the cards and do the trick with three Jokers and an Ace (which is where your effect ends). But now he puts the extra Joker on a stand (it could be your sign with a clip to hold the extra Joker) and mixes up the two Jokers and Ace in his hand, only to have the Ace vanish from his hand and changes places with the Joker that was clipped to the stand. This happens twice, and on one last attempt, he ends up with three Aces and one Joker, that finally ends up being four Jokers and no Ace. The grand finale has him put two of the Jokers into the hands of spectators, keeping the last two jokers for himself. Suddenly each card changes to an Ace - Ace of Hearts, Ace of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds and the Ace of Spades- no more Jokers. The new variation comes with a special deck of cards if you wish to buy them ready made, or you can print them out and make them yourself. There is a video on-line of just the middle part of the routine, but I am hoping Qua-Fiki will make a video of the new variation soon.
Jim Gerrish
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