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ekozuch Veteran user argentina 329 Posts |
Hello, anybody know and want a share any funny patter for a mentalism effect?
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filem New user 47 Posts |
"I predict you don't believe I can make predictions."
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itsmagic Inner circle middle earth 1117 Posts |
"Do you believe in coincidence?"
If they say "yes", you respond, "What a coincidence, I do too!" If they say "no." You respond, "What a coincidence, I don't either. |
Tom Gaddis Regular user Maui 143 Posts |
"Second Sight" from John Luka's book "L.I.N.T." (Luka In New Tops) is really funny and a real fooler.
Don't let the method stop you. Try it out on the public. Regards, Tom
"The dumber people think you are. The more surprised they'll be when you kill them."
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Joshua Lozoff Inner circle Chapel Hill, NC 1332 Posts |
Why do you want to combine mentalism and humor?
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ekozuch Veteran user argentina 329 Posts |
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On 2004-03-23 18:23, Joshua Lozoff wrote: Why? because I think it is a very nice way to perform mentalism. I use to mix humor and mentalism( I mean I do not make jokes, I just say comedy lines), and I do not forget that the effect has to be very strong. So I ask you, why not? |
DarryltheWizard Loyal user 238 Posts |
And now I will perform an effect that is like mind over matter.....in fact if you had a mind like mine, it really doesn't matter.
Darryl the Wizard Mentalism without humour and comedy is deadly boring and not entertaining. The best mentalists I've seen weave humour into their routines and don't take themselves that seriously. Darryl the Wizard.
DarryltheWizard
"Life without mystery is like a candle with a snuffed out flame." Albert Einstein |
PinkGlove New user Bude England 78 Posts |
Mentalism has to have the odd joke involved. A serious and heavy mentalist performer will soon become deadly boring without any comedy.
Trust anyone who has gone through it.
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frankglavin New user Ireland 11 Posts |
You can't beat a bit of humor to spice up the show. But the best kind of humor comes naturally. I wouldn't try to force any jokes if you can't pull them off. Keep your audience in mind.
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MagicalArtist Veteran user Hobart, Indiana 378 Posts |
In addition to funny lines, you might want to listen to audio of the Amazing Kreskin working. He didn't really use many gags; his humor stemmed naturally from his interactions with the audience. This is a very good performer to listen to, and learn from.
"Where can I listen to Kreskin performing", you ask? Right here, at the Magic Audio Archive: http://www.noonco.com/audio/ |
Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
It has also occurred to me to combine the right kind of comedy with mentalism. I think it can be done, for more reasons than we have room to explore here. Suffice it to say that if the power to read minds is something hidden in al of us, and some of us are funny, sooner or later there's going to be a funny mentalist.
Besides, if you can't mix mentalism and humor, you're going to have a hard time explaining all the top-notch mentalists who play comedy clubs. Anyway. One day, I realized that the procedure of a mental routine was nothing more complicated than the elimination of four of five objects. Why not smash them? And, following David Letterman and Galliger, why not make the objects food, and stuff that just smashes good? So that's what I did. The audience saw a stack of twinkies, a cream pie, a Big Mac, an egg, and a bottle of cooking oil on a plank resting on two saw horses. As items were eliminated, my assistant obliterated them with a Huge mallet (imagine a block of wood on the end of a 4' galvanized pipe) The egg was smashed between two bricks. If the spectator named the oil, he reluctantly went over and drank the bottle of oil. Whatever was left, we had predicted it. Written across the bottom of the plank, for instance. Great reaction sfrom the right crowd. Worth the mess? Yes, when I was younger. Now, I just do billet stuff.
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Fon Regular user London, UK 200 Posts |
Using a brain-wave deck, I ask the spectator to think of any card.
"But please don't be influenced or SPADE by anyKing I say." Try it, it creates laughter, easies the tension and provides some misdirection that I'm using embedded commands rather than a gimmicked pack. You won't know till you try. Fon
Always thinking..........?
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MesmerEyes New user North Carolina 63 Posts |
Curtis, I can't imagine having to drink the oil, but the idea of humor created by the routine is great. The "one-liners" that you could create around the situations within the routine should also be funnier as they would appear more spontaneous. Great idea!
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zackgb New user 17 Posts |
First thing I need you to do is make your mind a complete blank...that was quick!
have you ever had your mind read before? you have not, are you married? then you have! you don't wish to change your mind do you? In other words you're satisfied with the one you have ;) |
imagine New user oxfordshire 69 Posts |
"what I want you to do is place the coin in the hand that feels RIGHT and the one that's LEFT, empty"
Derren Brown |
prettylady1990 Loyal user 206 Posts |
I don't have any patter to share but I love itsmagic
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