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mdspark Special user 784 Posts |
Has anyone made this and used it for a rabbit production??? This seems to be the for runner of todays effects of Bowling ball from Briefcase. Or Bowling Ball from Large Sketch Pad....
This located on page 367 in Tarbell vol.6 Looking forward to responses/tips on this. |
Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5444 Posts |
Yep, I have made one and used one back in the mid 1960’s. It was my very first livestock production box. I got it from Grant’s “Victory Carton Illusions” back in the day. That little pamphlet cost me a big fifty cents then. Of course the explanation and drawings were not as complete as the ones in the Tarbell course. The difference is that Grant only sketched his ideas. Tarbell drew them completely.
The concept is in fact the precursor to the various Bowling Balls from Briefcase props out there. Further, Hans Moretti used the concept along with a second Grant idea and developed his signature “BOX” routine. That is a cardboard box is shown empty, Hans is chained up with several meters of chain and squeezed into the box. Several sabers are pierced side to side through the box. When the swords are removed and the box opened out jumps Hans in a Clown suit, complete with clown wig and face make-up, beating on a drum, and holding two chickens (one sitting on his head)! Now that was an ending. Hans would never tip his secret (partly because he is still performing the routine). Yet it has been in the literature since the 1940’s!
The artist formally known as Mumblepeas!
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GuySavoie Loyal user Tampa, FL 242 Posts |
Yep - I use this very effect as my rabbit production. A little girl assists by drawing a rabbit for me. We unfold the box to make a cage for our pretend rabbit. After a little pretend play, she peeks inside. Now, it's a stuffed bunny. We put the stuffed rabbit back in the box, go through our pretending again, and the little girl peeks inside and lights up! The real rabbit is removed. Tada!
I get the double effect by using *two* flaps. Oh, and my stuffed bunny? It's been opened, and very loosely restuffed with spongeballs! It squeezes between the two flaps easily. So, for review, we go from folded flat box to "cage" with no bottom. We put the picture in the box, and flap one goes down. Look inside - picture changed to stuffed bunny - the little girl never notices there is now a bottom on the box - it's just not an important detail. Put stuffed bunny back in and drop second flap. The weight of my rabbit holds the bottom down fine. When she peeks inside - the bag is not readily visible, because I use two layers of fabric - black on the exterior, brown like the box on the interior. The live bunny is the only thing she sees, anyway! After introducing the bunny, allowing the little girl to get some petting and hugging in, I mention that I need to put her (the rabbit) away until later in the show. I then use the rabbit wringer to make her flat enough to fold and put in my pocket. In the finale of my show, she makes her comedic reappearance. --- Guy |
Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5444 Posts |
Guy, that is a very nice routine and a clever addition to the production box. I like your routine very much; the Rabbit Wringer is an especially nice touch. How do you finally bring the bunny back at the end of the act?
The artist formally known as Mumblepeas!
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GuySavoie Loyal user Tampa, FL 242 Posts |
Thanks for the kind words.
I perform a madcap levitation, where I don a leather flight helmet, goggles, silk scarf, and climb inside a cardboard box as my airplane (the idea is that as a child at Christmas, even if you didn't like your gift, you could still play with the box. I mixed a combination of "Flight of the Valkyries", aerial dogfight sound effects, etc., and fly and bob about in the cardboard box. About 2/3 of the way through, I turn the box from a profile position and now face toward the audience, under my arm is "Hocus", who is now wearing her own leather flight helmet. We make one more turn, go through a few more bobs, and land the plane together, hopping out (pun intended) for our applause. It's an absolute ton of fun to perform, and the audience eats it up! --- Guy |
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