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MagicMikeMartin New user 61 Posts |
Tom Burgoon performed this effect at his lecture in Daytona last year. I had to have it since it fit perfectly with my joker, silly, persona.
The effect is based on dyslexia and the fact that you as the magician do the entire card effect backwards....pick a card becomes kick a pard.... The rest is hilarious and fun to perform....it always gets a great reaction from all ages. The coke bottle glasses are part of the magic that helps pull it off. If you have a silly side....definitely consider this effect for your act, it is a crowd pleaser. You can find it here http://www.tomburgoon.com/onlinestore.html scroll down to "Dyslexic Card Trick" |
MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts |
Really? You liked it?
This one was a big disappointment for me. Based on some recommendations (including an enthusiastic quote by Doc Eason), I bought it with high hopes when it was on sale at a decent price. Now, granted, I haven't seen this performed live. I'll take your word that at least some audiences find this funny and entertaining, at least when performed by you or Burgoon. The package you receive, however, is pretty dire, IMO. You get a routine with no magical moments whatsoever - there's no attempt to "fool," and the trick itself doesn't even make sense. The script is only a few lines of material. The entertainment, presumably, comes from the whacky pop bottle glasses, the spoonerisms, and the potty word(s) the spoonerisms produce. That's about it. Worse, this routine seems to stray dangerously close to making fun of people with physical and possibly mental disabilities. Burgoon recommends one alternate angle to use to introduce the character if the "dyslexia" motif isn't your thing, but the trick and presentation are otherwise identical. Sure, you can "change the presentation" and all of that, but since there is no understandable trick involved, all you're really buying here is the presentation. Tom was definitely thinking outside the box with this one, which is generally to be applauded. Before others purchase this trick, however, they should ask themselves, "will I be performing for an audience likely to wet themselves when I ask a spectator to 'stand erect?'" If so, go for it. This may be the one.
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MagicMikeMartin New user 61 Posts |
Different strokes for different folks....
Sorry it didn't work out for you. |
PSYSHADOW Regular user England 196 Posts |
Not seen this one, will have to suss it out. Thanks.
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Platt Inner circle New York 2011 Posts |
I've seen Burgoon perform this live. It was hysterical. I don't find much broad humor, and frankly, many magicians to be funny but this is. He had the entire room in hysterics. I do find it odd that he's selling this routine as it's not so much a magic trick but comedic material. Unquestionably his delivery is what makes it what it is.
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MarkJames New user Preston, England 17 Posts |
I have to say I love the effect when performed, but what you actually receive when you buy this is dreadful. Being a creator myself I hate to put anything down or be negative about people products. That being said -
When you buy this you don't get the full script or directions on a workable trick. This should have been a dvd item. From what I can see the pop bottle glasses are included only to make a sale possible, otherwise you would just be buying a piece of paper with half an idea on it. There is an incredible surge of people putting one trick dvds out, this really really should have been one item that was on a dvd with a full performance. Not a trick put out on its own. So, in closing - Great routine, should have been on a dvd. |
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