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mtpascoe Inner circle 1932 Posts 
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This is a great section!!! Now I have some more phases to use.
No phrase is over used if the audience have not heard it before. The only over used phrase is one you use too many times in the course of your performance. Look… watch… ain’t I great? (Sorry, had to include that last one). |
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24321 Posts
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On 2007-10-14 16:47, George Ledo wrote: No, I am an editor, that's the editorial "we." No, I have a tapeworm. No, I am royal. No, I am pregnant. No, My name is LEGION for I am MANY! No, my name is Lesion for I am Mangy.
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Whitewolfny Loyal user 216 Posts
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Instead of "pick a card..." try "Would you select a card please?" Instead of "Perfect" or "Fantastic" try "Thank you." You should show consideration to your audience/assistant.
And now for my next comment, I will start by saying........
Braxton Mannar
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Whitewolfny Loyal user 216 Posts
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I was just thinking about a Jeff McBride DVD I have. He does a beautiful act, with magic many of us have used over the years, but he doesn't say anything verbally, but he sure says a lot with his acting and expressions.
Braxton Mannar
<BR>Just an old dog trying to learn new tricks
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Darkwing Inner circle Nashville Tn 1850 Posts
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"Fantastic"
"Great" "Perfect" "Hold out your hand. No the clean one" |
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gh256 Loyal user 251 Posts
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What would you say when on stage instead of "Ladies and Gentlemen" ?
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JNeal Inner circle I used to have 999 posts, now I have 1631 Posts
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If in Southern California: 'You guyses' as in how are you guyses doing?
followed by 'him and me'
visit me @ JNealShow.com
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Jay Ward Veteran user Flowery Branch, GA 328 Posts
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On 2006-04-13 09:06, Bill Palmer wrote: Yes, I use to say something very similar to those until my girlfriend pointed it out and threatened to throw stuff at me every time I said it. Nothing like a caring critic not afraid to deflate your ego to make your show better! |
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mtpascoe Inner circle 1932 Posts
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On 2009-06-12 22:20, Whitewolfny wrote: I say "take a card..." Then I ask them to give it back. |
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mtpascoe Inner circle 1932 Posts
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Harry Kellar was one of the greatest magicians of all time and his grammar was horrible. I guess that ole' saying is true, "it's not what you do it's the way that you do it."
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cvwtzhaar New user 36 Posts
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Some phrases that bug me are:
The use of the words, Ordinary, Regular, Real, Normal etc "I have 52 cards, all different and in no particular order" "Sleeves rolled up" "I'm not going to use any sleight of hand" "You had a fair choice" |
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Maloney Special user Newfoundland, Canada 709 Posts
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Personally, no lines bug me. I love reading topics like these just so I can pick up a few extra one-liners, which I have.
Although lines are repeated often by most magicians, the audience is not used to it at all, so it gets a laugh anyway. Just keep that in mind and you'll be fine.
The Magic and Illusion of Jordan Maloney
"Experience the Unexplainable" www.jordanmaloney.com Go check it out! |
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Sam Weiss Loyal user Stratford, CT should have more than 278 Posts
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Sometimes I find the LACK of some good patter, even if they are one-liners, is worse than not using them. You'll see people coming out with magic DVDS and in the performance section have no build up at all and just perform it like a stunt (as Eugene Burger would say).
Besides... I like those likes like "Stand right here... right over the trap door." They get a good laugh. Sam
"There's something that gets in your soul when you study magic,it's in your heart, and when you perform it comes across the footlights and into everybody else's heart..."
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Filip Hofmann New user 26 Posts
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"write youre name on the face of the card in big letters... But smaller then the actual card" really makes me laugh
but I must say I'm jealous of you english speaking guys because there is no frase in the world that sounds better in my language then in english. Swedish holds me back. we did invent the word smorgosbord thou
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alibaba Loyal user Hawaii 280 Posts
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"At no time do my hands leave my arms"
And the ubiquitous "Sorry, we don't pay, but you'll get some exposure."
I'm as real as you think I am
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Decomposed Eternal Order High Desert 12056 Posts
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What he said.
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funsway Eternal Order old things in new ways - new things in old ways 10018 Posts
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After reading all of these offerings,
the one word that I find the least useful is -- "trick" I have never used that word before a spectator and shudder when I hear a fellow magician use it.
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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jazzy snazzy Inner circle run off by a mob of Villagers wielding 2109 Posts
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Yes.
NEVER use the "T" word. Thank you funsway. Don't care if I ever hear "Pick a card" again either.
"The secret of life is to look good from a distance."
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts
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"Uhhh..."
Author of: GARROTE ESCAPES
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. - Albert Camus |
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spcarlson Veteran user Minneapolis MN 369 Posts
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Excessive counting and numbering is my pet peeve! Cups and balls seem to suffer with this one a lot.
“I have one, two, three, cups and one, two, three, balls. We’ll call this cup and ball number one and this cup and ball number two and this one cup and ball number three. Now if I take ball number one….” This might work on Sesame Street! |
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