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Vincenzo
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Messing up is something that happens all the time, however if you think quickly, it's still possible to save the effect.

The Pen Thru Anything Mess up
I was doing pen thru anything to a responsive spectator. I put the pen through the bill ok, but when it came time to pull it back out, my finger must have gotten in the way because the tip of the pen went flying onto the ground. Thinking quickly I said that the paper was indesructable and extremely strong, so it broke the pen in two. The person was amazed.

Torn and Restored paper napkin
I was doing a standard t&r napkin for a kid, when he noticed the concealed unripped napkin in my hand.
He said, "I see another napkin in your hand."
So I took the napkin out of my hand and said "no you don't. It's an illusion" and made it vanish. The kid was amazed.

Add your own stories onto this thread if you have any!
thehawk
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I once did some magic for a buddy's five year old daughter. She loves it and goes running to her dad screaming " Dad, Dad, he does magic and dad he doesn't even have a wand, he doesn't even have a wand. Dad come on and see this, and he doesn't even have a wand"
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Was a young buck performing back in the seventies, and was concluding my show with the Thank You banner from Mark Wilson's course in magic. It is a plain black banner that with a shake will say "Thankyou or Goodnight"

Any way, it was the last effect of my show, and I gave the banner a shake, and everyone started laughing hysterically. It was then that I realized that I had un furled it upside down! It now said " !Uoy Knaht"

Another time I was doing the Slydini production of a full glass of wine, and I whipped the cloth away, skillfully tipping the glass onto the front of my dress pants. I did the rest of that show in that wet, stained condition. A bit uncomfortable, it was,but a comedy treat for the audience.
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Matt Graves
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One time, I was doing a coins across where three coins in one hand join three coins in the other hand. I made the first coin pass, and then I messed up and made the other two pass at the same time. Oddly enough, people seemed to like that even better than when I'd done it the "right" way. I ended up getting a standing ovation - the only time I've managed that.
silverfire9
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I was performing for a bartender a couple days ago, during pauses in her job. I did Pyro Perception, but kept getting the wrong blister. Eventually, after three false starts, I got the right one; I'd been not letting them see the wrong ones, so they never knew I messed up. I just pretended like something was wrong with the match, then switched to a lighter, then figured *she* had to hold the lighter, etc.

When I finally got it and showed her my fingers, she was like, "Yeah, they're blistered." I had to say, "No, look at the blisters" before she noticed. When she did, she reacted in a fairly big manner. Smile
Steve Martin
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Last week I performed "signed ping pong ball to pumpkin". When I cut the pumpkin open, it was full of maggots.

I said, "Look - the ping pong ball has decomposed and the maggots have eaten it".

They were amazed.
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Dougini
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Oh, but mine was not pretty, got me kicked out of our local magic club. It was, as they say, a while back, the late 70's, as it were:

Bates College Lewiston, Maine. An auditorium full of people, several acts, one of which was yours truly with a Zombie. Now mind you, I had been doing the Zombie for several years, as that was one of my first illusion-type effects I learned. Well, right at the end, the Zombie bounced upwards, farther than I had intended and the gimmick made its debut!!! I just dropped one end of the cloth, and made a kind of comedic dance off stage; dropped everything, came back out with just the ball on my thumb, wiggling it and making silly faces, and kind of hopped off in the other direction. The audience went WILD! Thought it was a COMEDY act!!!

Needless to say, my magician "peers" were pretty upset with me, as they did not believe it was an accident, but I swear to you it was! I don't know what made it jump like that, it just happened.

Another disaster happened about two weeks later, at a Ladies Club Luncheon, my rabbit came out of the hat, peeing! All over the table, and my silks. Man, what a mess.

I quit doing magic for several years following that. Smile

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That's what scares me, rabbit peeing in load chamber.
I would hope load chambers for production boxes are plastic or water stain proof.

I have the rabbit, now looking for a box.

Anyone know if this is just rabbit nerves?
Alan Gold
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On the subject of this thread (which I didn't know about a moment ago), I just posted some "serendipitous moments" in a new thread by that title in this forum, one of which may amuse y'all.

To wit, I dropped the invisible deck. And then, still got it right. Wrap your brain around that one for a moment.

Feel free to check out that and other oddball stories from this oddball in aforementioned new thread. Or else go have a beer. Whichever.

:-)

Alan



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Steve Martin
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On 2004-03-27 10:32, sapolice wrote:
That's what scares me, rabbit peeing in load chamber.
I would hope load chambers for production boxes are plastic or water stain proof.

I have the rabbit, now looking for a box....

Anyone know if this is just rabbit nerves?



Rabbit nerves.

See the Inner Thoughts section for threads on hypnotic induction techniques for stage vermin.
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Decomposed
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Rabbit nerves.

See the Inner Thoughts section for threads on hypnotic induction techniques for stage vermin.


Interesting:::)
Dougini
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The people who make Rocky Raccon, also make a beautiful white, (spring-loaded?) rabbit, that would make the perfect sub for a real one.

Anyone know who makes one of those? I'll never use a live animal again. Yee-uck!

Doug
Eric Woods
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Once with a color changing knives routin my hands were a little to dry or something and I missed on the move and so I jumped forward to the part were only one side changes color. That was a moment were not only the spectator was suprised!! Another time I was palming a card and missed it on the way to my pocket. Nobody saw the card hit the floor so I backed up and stepped on it. It stuck to my shoe and I had a one of a kind card revelation. Card to bottom of shoe, maybe I should market that one Smile
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