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ROBERT BLAKE Inner circle 1472 Posts |
I just orderd the "baby gag" from steven magic emp. great prop looks great BUT .....
the add says: It’s pure humor and a thousand laughs. The audience is asked to name any famous person. The performer claims to have that person’s picture in an envelope. He pulls out a color drawing of a baby! Then he explains that he was covered no matter who was named as he shows pictures of a white baby, a black baby, a yellow baby and a red baby. A cute comedy routine ideal for an MC, comedy club performer or anyone wanting a few laughs in their act. I can't find a thousand laughs but maybe some of you can give me a little jumpstart. so are there any jokes or ideas to use with this prop and to get more comedy out of it? thanks for the great help |
Decomposed Eternal Order High Desert 12059 Posts |
I had and lost the smaller strolling version. I bombed using it on teens, guess its not the kind of humor for them but it was great for adults. I just played it quick and fast having them name a famous person because I had a photo of the very person they named and went from there.
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Moyle with Parkinsons Loyal user Australia 281 Posts |
You could do a bit about your incredibly 'faithful' wife and your lovely children and say that you always carry photos of them around with you and you can then proceed to chow everyone.
Obviously you would have to play up the 'faithful' wife thing but it is always funny in adult situations make a reference to the comedy staple of a white couple having a black baby and if you acted completely oblivious to the fact that your babies are a different colour and throw in something like "My wife is so great every morning that I am running late for work, when I am walking out the door she kicks me in the back!....its so cute when she tries to help me by hurrying me out the door. I don't understand why she does it on the weekends though?!?" Classic! I would say this may even be what I like to call a Disney joke where you could do it for kids and adults together because the kids would laugh because the babies are a different colour to you they understand why it is really funny. The same goes with the line I gave kids would be laughing at the prospect of you getting kicked in the back adults would probably laugh a little harder. That's why I call them Disney jokes because they are like all the new disney movies that are comedic for the whole family. Moyle
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Lyndel Inner circle wrote the theme to the TV show COPS! 1623 Posts |
A thousand laughs???
I think that's a bit of an over-sell of the effect. It's a cute chuckle maker and I use it as a lead in to a more impressive mind reading type effect. Lyndel |
ROBERT BLAKE Inner circle 1472 Posts |
Lyndel, my thought's too
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Magic Enhancer Inner circle Robert Haas 1805 Posts |
I have a picture on a piece of paper, and I ask the audience if they want to see my baby picture. I turn the pad over to reveal a picture of a sperm. It goes over really well at kid's shows. Lol..Just kidding. I always geta ton of laughs from this at comedy clubs. They totally don't expect it.
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Marvello Inner circle It's amazing how little I can say in 1612 Posts |
Quote: "That's a picture of me when I was just Daddy's little squirt" On 2007-03-19 23:46, KobiHasOneEye wrote:
Never criticize someone else until you have walked a mile in their shoes. Then, when you do criticize them, you will be a mile away from them and you will have their shoes.
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dr chutney Special user United Kingdom 518 Posts |
"I have a picture on a piece of paper, and I ask the audience if they want to see my baby picture. I turn the pad over to reveal a picture of a sperm"
That's me. One in a million! What a swimmer. Won the egg race.
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Magic Enhancer Inner circle Robert Haas 1805 Posts |
Just think, out of 10,000,000 I swam the fastest!
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Mediocre the Great Inner circle Rich Hurley 1062 Posts |
This gag works well for me. I always get a nice lagugh or TWO. I use it as an opener to Cardiographic. I start off telling the audience that first I will read their minds and then I will have them read mine.
After they make their celeberty guess and I show them the picture... that's the first (groan) and then I act as if I hear someone say... Oprah Wenfree? - sir (mam) I've got you covered too. I won't tell you specifically all the little jokes I do, but all the standard ESP Jokes are canditates for your routine. What is your name? That is correct. Do you believe in ESP? (yes) I knew that. I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 365 what is that number? (answer) That's Correct! Did you ever wonder why you don't see the headline "psychic wins lotto... again" Two mind readers pass each other on the street, one says to the other. "I know how you are how do you think I'm doing?"
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dicedealer007 New user 26 Posts |
This little piece is worth the money. Its not gonna win you any awards, but it does play good for most audiences. I have both the small and large version. I have actually done this at kid shows and they LOVE it. The key is to just have fun with it.
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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts |
We thought up a few variations on this theme a while ago:
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......forum=24 I suggested " a picture of me when I was younger" for the sperm gag as I think it makes more sense than a "baby picture". I like Marvello's suggestion of "Daddy's little squirt" rather graphic, though... George |
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