Gregory Wilson's "On the Spot: Guerilla Tactics" is a great video for learning stuff that can be done totally impromptu and doesn't involve gimmicks. So if you're somewhat of a purist then you can learn many incredible things from this.

Paul Zenon does the routine where he uses the "money printer" (for want of a better name) to store clerks and cashiers. It seems to get dumbfounded reactions when he slips a piece of paper through an odd looking machine and it comes out the other end as a $20 note. His story is that these machines are a chemical developer and you can carry around blank notes instead of real cash. I like it.

Cheers,

Chris

Use the 3D Cash gimmick for a restaurant when the tab is a little higher. Take out your wad of bills and show 4 singles then flick the bills and show 4 fives and note that you don't have enough. Then flick the bills and show 4 twenties and pay your tab. 3D Cash has 3 changes.

Check out Penn and Teller's how to play with your food.

Dough by Jay Sankey is good.

If guerilla magic is your thing, try expanding your knowledge in rubberband magic. I prefer Dan Harlan videos especially Bandshark. Imagine the advantage.
-Rubber Bands are a common thing
-an everyday object
-plus it packs light compared to cards and coins and gimmicks.

I have just one perplexity about performing an effect for someone which is waiting for a tip. The relation between performer and audience, in this case, is a bit unusual: the waiter is there to get his tip and the customer forces him to watch a little show if he wants to receive it. Of course, the waiter has no other possible reactions than smiling or saying, "oh wonderful", because he is in position of inferiority. It sounds like your boss would call you in his office to give you a bonus and would say, "but, before getting it, sit down, 'cause I want to show me perform _Money Money Money_ on karaoke".
But maybe I exagerate.

I went to a hardware store last week to buy a bunch of 5 inch nails. when I went to the cashier, she asked me if I had the right size. I then took one out, and started to (really) stick it into my nose. I pushed it almost all the way in. then. pulled it out. she fainted. I just left a $20 on the counter and walked away.

An impromptu coin routine I have been working with is to produce a coin from the fingertips which is followed by "Inside Sugar" and "Glass Stinger".

the first and second phase is ideal for Guerilla Magic.

I start with the coin in a "Down's Palm in my right hand and reach to grab something out of the air. I then finger palm the coin and bring it behind the index and middle finger pinching it with my thumb in the back.

I then hold these two fingers as if I am holding something but the spectator sees nothing as the coin is still concealed. I then flash my left hand to show that it contains nothing and pass it in front of the fingers of my right hand. As the left hand is making its pass the thumb of the right hand pushes the coin up to the tips of the two fingers.

You can then perform "Inside Sugar" (Sorry I do not know if this is the name of the original effect) and as a kicker you could restore the sugar packet.

Oh yeah and here is six words for you....Thumb Tip, Thumb Tip, Thumb Tip.

Take care

Chayne

Here are a couple ideas:


At the cashiers: Bobo switch a coin...maybe from a foreign (chinese is good) coin to the coin you need to pay with. I start off with a remark like, "I keep getting this foreign money" before I do the switch.


or...


take out too much change, hand over what's required then slide vanish the rest.


If you can do an inertia pass (Sylvester Pitch), you can fumble in your pockets for money, take out a single coin, frownbecause it isn't enough, throw it into your other hand and pocket it. Then open the hand they just saw empty to reveal your wallet.

One thing I like about "guerilla magic" is that the pressure isn't on...you haven't told anyone you are going to perform a trick, so if it goes wrong no one knows what you were going to do anyway.

To be honest, I prefer this approach to the "let me show you something" approach. The subtlety of it seems to affect the spectators more, especially if you make out like these things happen to you all the time.

Adam

As for that convenience store clerk you mention:

How about a bill switch?

On Manuel Muerte's "Done by Misdirection" is an impromptu bill switch that requires NO gimmicks (not even a TT), and is VERY visual.



Harry, do you know where this is available? It sounds good.

There are some great ideas in this thread. Do you guys think "guerilla" magicians are in the minority? I don't see much written about guerilla magic, to be honest, apart form the Magic Anarchist site.


Adam