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Elliott Hodges Veteran user England 324 Posts |
Where can I learn this routine?
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Frank Tougas Inner circle Minneapolis, MN 1712 Posts |
This has been a dealer item for years and years. Are you interested in making it up yourself? Let me know via PM and I'll get you some references in books on doing so.
Frank Tougas
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Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5445 Posts |
Clippo has been around for decades. I have a book from the 1920 that includes it.
Easier to find source of this trick is: “Magic for Dummies”, by Tom Ogden. This book is available through most booksellers like Barnes and Nobles or Amazon. Or just PM Frank above.
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Glenn Godsey Special user 737 Posts |
"Clippo" was one of the tricks that I did in 1946 at age nine. I made my own with rubber cement. I think it could still be a good trick if presented well.
Best regards, Glenn Godsey |
Darkwing Inner circle Nashville Tn 1850 Posts |
Get Newspaper Magic by Gene Anderson. Clippo is in this book along with some great paper magic.
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Bob Sanders 1945 - 2024 Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
This is a great paper trick with loads of applications. I've used it in political campaigns with a candidate who never seems to know which side of an issue he's on as the paper figure. He keeps leaning one way and then another as he sticks his neck out to get it chopped off.
It's a lot of fun. Bob Magic By Sander |
hugmagic Inner circle 7665 Posts |
Blackstone used it in one with his "Why fire engines are red" patter.
It also has been done with fish and elongated rabbit drawings. Richard
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cheaptrick Loyal user Wilmington, Delaware 251 Posts |
The neatest thing I've done with Clippo was using it with those oversized novelty store dollar bills.
I was making a presentation to a bunch of legislators who were spending too much money on administration costs for a program. I used it to illustrate exactly how much of the taxpayers money was actually getting to the program's target population. It was a pretty graphic way to drive home a point. :magicrabbit:
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Sam Tabar Inner circle Austin, Texas 1050 Posts |
You can find clippo in one of Mark Wilson's Video Course in Magic together with Squircle and many other magic tricks.
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MrMagic1 New user 58 Posts |
You can learn it from most magic books.
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saranacbo New user 74 Posts |
I started in magic being taught by a man in his 70's--having done magic in the 1930's to 1950's. One of the first tricks he taught me was clippo (making my own, natch) and I used it a lot of times--used a stock market readout, demonstrating how , even if various businesses went broke, the economy would still survive (sure, it was hokey, but I was young and thought I was clever. I know better now).
Anyhow, no matter where I did it, it always got a good reaction--puzzling, rather than astounding. But it fit in beautifully as my second trick of a show. Haven't done it in years--do nothing but sleights now--but I just may sometime. Sure, it's old as the hills. . . but only to someone who's seen it a whole bunch of times (which I can almost bet no current audience has). A fun little bit--you can't go wrong. |
ufo Inner circle Phoenix, Arizona 1185 Posts |
I do believe (if memory serves) that the clippo is also described in Mark Wilson's Course in Magic. Its a very practical, visual trick to know!
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Michael Bilkis Special user 728 Posts |
I love this routine. It's a great MC bit when a little effect is needed. Or a more intimate effect with the audience. It also meets my requirement of packing into a brief case. Almost my entire show must packs into one brief case.
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Markiss New user 13 Posts |
Jim Steinmyere has a great routine in his Device and Illusion book.
I was wrong, its not in Device and Illusion, its in an issue of magic magazine. Sorry. |
Shane Baker New user nigh on 20 years and I've made a measly 81 Posts |
An early mentor (the late Jim Morris of Kansas City) taught me Clippo with Blackstone Sr.'s Why Fire Engines Are Red patter (it being a favorite joke of mine in grade school anyway). When I later had the khutspe to perform it at a convention, Blackstone Jr. came up to me after the show, sat me down, and ran me through it precisely as he remembered it from his father's show. What a lesson that was!
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snushy Veteran user 338 Posts |
Clippo is also taught in Tarbell #5.
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