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EvanMagic
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Hey everyone,

On Copperfield's special where he made the train car disappear, he did this one 'interactive TV' trick that involved 9 squares, each square having a different train car name. He asked the viewer to move around the squares a specified number of times and would remove squares that the viewer did not choose. I have seen this on YouTube a number of times and it still boggles my mind! Has anyone else seen this? Thoughts?

What's the origin of this trick?

Thanks in advance,

Evan
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Anyone? You can view this one on YouTube!
Bill Hegbli
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This is an old mathematical trick. It became popular with the Zodiac trick, using a pre-recorded audio taping of instructions for the audience, and then the murder mystery trick, same using a pre-recorded audio tape, in the 1970's or early 1980's.

The secret was sold in a separate manuscript but I never got around to ordering it. Maybe someone has a reference they can share on the Café.
EvanMagic
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Thanks for your response. Are there rights managed to this trick?
Anatole
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I think there was an old vinyl record of this genre of trick even before 8-track and cassettes came on the market. Something about the planets and the voice on the record revealed the name of a planet arrived at by counting around a bunch of 3x5 index cards that had the planet names written on them.
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Have a look at Jim Steinmeyer's booklets called "Impuzzibilities" and "Further Impuzzibilities".

He describes in those booklets different interactif effects using mathematical principles as i.e. the 9 cards principle.

The most important part in those kind of effects are they instructions given to the audience.

Very well written and explained and ... not expensif.

Oliver.
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