I'm working on a show that would feature "The Amazun Bubba" (or some similarly silly name" and would feature magic employing duct tape and other back woods type props. So far I've come up with a few ideas, but I thought I would look to the collective wisdom of the Café for further inspiration.

So far I'm working on
1)an adaptation of Cody's Comedy Confabulation
2)torn and restored using duct tape.
3)possibly vanishing bandanna/banana

I'd really like to do something using a psychic raccoon or possum.

Any other ideas

How about using a duck or bunny bucket to produce your psychic critter from ? I'm pretty sure hillbilly's have wooden buckets laying around.
Bob.

No need for a fancy prop for a spring raccoon. Just go off looking for a bucket and come back with the bucket on your foot, claiming you couldn't find the bucket. Walk around a bit, discover the bucket and have a hard time getting it off your foot. Discover the reason... the raccoon in the bucket is holding onto to your foot. Tickle him and he lets go. Then produce the raccoon and play around with it. At the end slap the bucket over the raccoon and tell it to wait for you until dinner time. At that point, the bucket slides off stage.

Wiz Kid Qua-Fiki is writing up his "Lumberjack Strait Jacket" effect in his book "Escapes For Teens." It should be ready for publication in early September. It uses an oversized Lumberjack Shirt and a lot of duct tape, plus a lot of funny objects that are found inside the shirt from the last owner.

Thanks for the ideas...I'm def gonna check out the Lumberjack Strait Jacket. I like the idea of a comedy style escape.

Just a follow-up note that Qua-Fiki's Lunberjack Straitjacket has now been published and is available on my site.

Any video available of the Lumberjack Straitjacket? How flexible do you need to be? I am a big man and wonder if I'll be able to contort into the necessary positions.

No video just yet, but Qua-Fiki shows you how to escape step by step. The hardest part for me (but I'm no longer a "teen") is putting your hands on the back of your neck. If you can do that, you're probably good to go.

Well that I can do. I will check it out.

Thanks.

I'm from West Virginia, so I've thought along the same lines. How about Barbed Wire Linking Rings? Using Beer cans for the cups and balls, and there is a wealth of ideas in this thread: http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=24&925