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Andi Peters Inner circle 1330 Posts |
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On 2007-11-18 08:36, Andi Peters wrote: A trick I have been doing for two years (and mentioned here on the Café for all to see) appeared on the Derren Brown show tonight in the UK. Coincidence? Maybe. Be careful what you tip here on the Café. I know Derren and his team are regular visitors here. It's meant to be magicans helping magicians, not magicans borrowing from magicians! |
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Owen Lean New user 10 Posts |
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On 2007-06-04 17:05, Andi Peters wrote: Lies! Supposition! Rumours! Heresey!!! ...ok.. its true. And I was suprised to find so few jokes about it in this post Yes, I have got this trick wrong with my head. I was very lucky when it went wrong the first time I've added mroe safety checks, but yep, its still dangerous. I have said this on manyoccasions and wil say it again - Smash And Stab is a truly brilliant trick - I fully reccomend it and it has earned the vast majority of my income for the past three years. However, EVERY trick - no EVERY TRICK is one day going to go wrong if you perform it enough times, I've performed smash and stab thousands and thousands of times and as a result I think I now have one of the best and safest versions ever (he said modestly) - however, there will always be that danger that you'll get forgetful or locked into a routine or just SOMETHING untoward will happen and you'll get something wrong. This means you may end up hurting yourself - I, am cool with that, and quite happy to get hurt again - if you are not prepared to end up with a cut hand, then obviously this isn't the trick for you. If you are ok with a little bit of possible pain in your life (and the chances are still ridciulously low, but its still always there) then trust me when I say the smiles, laughter, hapyness and memories you will create from this trick are completely worht it. Many many magicians have done this trick WITHOUT ever getting it wrong I'll hasten to add - TV magician Keith Barry has had this as a regular part of his act for YEARS now and never got it wrong. Obviously, speaking as someone who did it and got it wrong, doing it with your head is completely insane, absurdly dangerous and you would have to be stupid to try it. ...i still do this trick with my head. Owen |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2009-11-04 08:22, Owen Lean wrote: Just the outside part, apparently John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Rizzo Inner circle East Coast 3346 Posts |
John, very good lol
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Owen Lean New user 10 Posts |
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Ha ha, you win the prize for the best joke yet John Owen |
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magicusb Inner circle 1135 Posts |
I do a version of this in our show "Haunted! Mind Mysteries & THE Beyond!" that has been running for 5 years now. It is totally safe and uses two sharp real knives. The plot still has three paper tubes and is slightly different to fit our story line, Do not want to tip it here, but those who have seen the show might know what I mean. It starts the show to great excitement and a gasp. It is completely safe. You could be drunk, forget the routine, smash any of the two wrong paper tubes and not get hurt. Maybe I will market it someday.
I do not suggest doing this effect in any way, that if you smash the wrong tube or cup, you will be hurt. Trust me, someday, for what ever reason, you will be. Regards, Dick Brooks & Dorothy Dietrich
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trickychaz Special user West Virginia 549 Posts |
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On 2007-05-13 01:44, TT2 wrote: I think you are being a little harsh. There are many entertaining elements in my show; silk to egg, giant b-wave, prof. nightmare etc. I am doing a college show and they like danger! Take a look at tv shows such as !@#$%^& and Wild Boys....I think it depends on what type of audience you are performing it for and how it is presented... I personally like the element of danger in the trick and every show must take your audience on a wild roller coaster ride..... |
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Mr. Muggle Special user 999 Posts |
Based on the amount of people who have been caught with this effect after practicing and doing it on a regular basis I would never use it. I have great respect for Scott Alexander’s line of thinking which basically equates to the use of a simple method that limits the possibility of injury and at the same time leaves the impression of great danger.
"Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it because you're not really looking. You don't really want to know the secret... You want to be fooled." - The Prestige (2006)
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
Agreed.
The late, great Lester Lake once told me: "Die for your audience every night, but get up fresh the next morning."
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Craig Dickson Veteran user Pleasant Valley, NY 353 Posts |
Well I have been using SPIKE, same effect, far less risk, and coupled with Sixth Sense, just about 100 percent. I helped launch this for World Magic at Blackpool a few years ago, while Smash and Stab was really hot. I liked it because it was far less risk, almost none if you followed a few basic rules, and double checks. Which I taught all who purchased it. I too have watched five friends come away bleeding with all the other versions. Why? If there is a chance it can really happen, it will. Never put yourself in that position. I watched one friend fumble, something went wrong, which was obvious, so he took a guess and did it anyway. Why? This is not the time to ad-lib, except to get out of it. You guessed it, he was wronmg, and then he needed medical attention. Folks, its supposed to look real, but not actually be real. Like the idiot who attempted a straight jacket eascape, hoisted up, rope set on fire, and your guess it, dropped on his head, and now is in a wheel chair. He had no clue how it was really done, so just copied what he saw. Once. OY.
Craig R Dickson
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