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Brian Proctor Inner circle Somewhere 2323 Posts |
Hey Curtis!!!
I finally came up with a question. Yay, Brian is smart. Okay on the other hand maybe just slow... I have been thinking for days about a question to ask. Okay, perhaps only a few minutes. And this is just off the top of my pea sized brain. Beware, it may not be as creative as I hoped, it may even be one of the most generic questions ever. But I want to ask anyway. I was curious, besides coins, what are your favorite effects to watch or perform? And... (don't you hate it when there is an "and?") And... Why? Curtis, I just wanna thank you for taking this week to be the guest here at The Magic Café. It was an honor to be able to speak and listen to your words of wisdom. Your a good friend and a heck of a Magician. |
Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
Great going, Brian, this question is going to kill me. I really don't have any favorites to watch, I want to see anything done well, and nothing done poorly. I never say never when it comes to watching what others have done with effects, with the possible exception of the "Hopping Half" and tricks with knots in ropes that aren't really knots.
I would like to speak up for a few tricks I do all the time, that are off the beaten path: The Ring on the Stick. One of Michael Skinner's favorite effects, 'nuff said. It is a miracle where ring on a rope is often more of a puzzle. I end by vanishing the ring, then the wand (via flipstick) the wand reappears behind the spectator's ear, and the ring's on my finger. Other times, I do ringflite. Shigeo Futagawa's "Genii cards" the old version, in which a Genii appears when a lamp is rubbed, and he's holding a minature of the selected card. It's a brilliant packet trick and one of the only two that I carry. The other packet trick is my handling of "all the nonconformists" which I published over at the Genii Forum a while back. A minature pom-pom pole (Ronjo), and to shock you further, I use David Ginn's patter. The man is a genius at this stuff, and the trick is a crowd builder and a kid pleaser. It is the most colorful thing I do. Max Londono's Eternal String, known to newbies as "Dragon thread". It's wrapped around one of my business cards and stuck in my Jennings wallet. It's always there, and it always plays well. "Hornswoggled" add the Carlyle "walking fingers" count or "Kount Klause" from the Magic Man Examiner, so you can count the singles singly as five. It's a packet trick for the coin man. Richard Osterlind's "torn and restored sugar packet" this is brilliant. The packet is marked, opened, the sugar poured into your fist, the wrapper balled up and dropped in, and the whole thing "inverts" and reassembles. In typical fashion, Osterlind has even figured out a way to keep the mess down to a minimum. WARNING: TRADE SECRET: You can use the Himber linking finger rings to perform for a number of tables, all at once. There is zero chance of being caught when the rings are from different groups at different tables. That's enough, I've said too much already. There's going to be heck to pay when these secrets get out.
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Jim Davis Special user What is....? Utah 945 Posts |
Ooooo.. man have I got ideas now. Thanks! Hornswoggled has been one of my staples for years, great advice! Big thanks!
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