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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
I cannot stand when I watch a magician use this kind of verbiage .. and end up sounding like a kid waiter at a restaurant....
"Ok, did you sign the card?.. Perfect" "Put the cap back on the pen?... Awesome" "Here, hold the deck... Wonderful" "Do you want to help me with this one?.. Perfect!" "Put the card back anywhere.. Excellent" "Did you take a crap this morning?.. Beautiful" "What's your name? (Bob)" .. Perfect!" Perfect? Really? That his name is Bob? We can do better! And so can the wait staff at your local restaurant. You know you do it. Please stop!!
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bblumen Special user Baltimore 987 Posts |
Awesome!
Brian
"Lulling the minds of your company is more important than dazzling their eyes." Ed Marlo
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jimhlou Inner circle 3698 Posts |
Totally ...
Jim |
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Ekuth Inner circle Floating above my 1538 Posts |
Perfect!
"All you need is in Fitzkee."
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Tim Dowd Special user ...Making the Magic Happen! 942 Posts |
OR...
"Ok, did you sign the card?.. I said on the front you idiot" "Put the cap back on the pen?... C'mon gramps, get a grip CAP ON PEN, sometime today please" "Here, hold the deck... Butterfingers, that's four fifty you owe me" "Do you want to help me with this one?.. WADDAYAMEAN YOUR STEAK'S GETTIN' COLD?" "Put the card back anywhere.. In the deck Peabrain" "Did you take a crap this morning?.. No? That's why you're so full of..." "What's your name? (Bob)" .. I'll just call you shorty..." Translated from the original German... You know who you are...
Timothy Dowd
...Making the Magic Happen! http://www.timothydowd.com These are my points of view; I accept no responsibility for your interpretation of what I just said... |
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patrick flanagan Inner circle lisle, illinois 1045 Posts |
***, Frank....that's the patter I wrote for most of my routines. (I think you hate the word patter, too....hahahaha)
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slyhand Inner circle Good ole Virginia 1908 Posts |
Quote:
On 2011-11-02 15:21, Frank Starsini wrote: I find nothing wrong with asking if their bowels moved. It shows concern. How about showing us alternatives that you would use instead of all those horrible things.
I am getting so tired of slitting the throats of people who say that I am a violent psychopath.
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rsylvester Loyal user Trying to learn to BP a duck in 269 Posts |
The alternatives would be not to comment when someone does something simple and natural, like take a crap, or put a card back on the deck. I have to admit, I must have seen some pretty good magicians. I've not had someone tell me "perfect" when I place a card back in the deck. I certain have not done it, and I'm no pro. Maybe that's why friends ask me to do walk-around magic at parties.
But this is a funny post. And entertaining. As we all should be. Beautiful. |
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
Like. You Know.
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
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Bobcatmagic New user UK 31 Posts |
Just as annoying for me is when a magician constantly says "Boom" when explaining an effect.
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Pizpor Elite user 476 Posts |
'boom' - that's a good idea. I've always used a Gommer Pyle 'Sha-Zam!' to highlight the magic moment. Man this place is full of good ideas!
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Leland Inner circle St Louis 1180 Posts |
How about
"Com'on kid... you're the one that had your hand up when I asked for an assistant! You little dumb-**"
Life of Magic!
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ASCII New user 59 Posts |
My feeling is it's OK to acknowledge and reassure someone when there doing something out of the ordinary,like signing there name on a card.
Yes they are only signing there name and that's not really in itself noteworthy, but many people seem almost uncomfortable signing cards and are worried about wrecking them. So I like to give them a bit of reassurance that its OK my exact phrasing is something like this: "Could I ask you to take this pen and sign your name really big on the front there, (when card is returned) thanks that perfect Wow look at that rock star handwriting!!! On another note I always refer to the face of the card as the front, people seem to be unsure sometimes what the face of the card is. and if they are selecting a card from a spread I always ask them to touch the "top" of a card for the same reason. |
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
I agree with Frank, I've been the spectator. I feel I'm being condescended to when I am over complimented. It makes me feel, "Special".
A "Thank you" is reassuring without the pat on the head. I do appreciate that this type of Magician is considering how the spectator feels and is trying to be polite. I just wish we could find a happy medium. -Mary Mowder |
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tboehnlein Inner circle ohio 1787 Posts |
""Ok, did you sign the card?.. Perfect"
"Put the cap back on the pen?... Awesome" "Here, hold the deck... Wonderful" "Do you want to help me with this one?.. Perfect!" "Put the card back anywhere.. Excellent" "Did you take a crap this morning?.. Beautiful" "What's your name? (Bob)" .. Perfect!"" I thought all these quotes were taken out of a luke Jermay performance? |
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6127 Posts |
Quote: What? LOLOn 2011-11-03 01:52, Pete Biro wrote:
"If you ever write anything about me after I'm gone, I will come back and haunt you."
– Karl Germain |
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motown Inner circle Atlanta by way of Detroit 6127 Posts |
I'm more offended by people who continue to use cliche lines. And bad ones at that.
"If you ever write anything about me after I'm gone, I will come back and haunt you."
– Karl Germain |
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
Actually I think when magicians/waiters do this.. they're not really thinking at all. They're just blurting out phrases
that barely make sense. "Would you mind signing your card.... Perfect" makes no sense. There's nothing perfect about that. IMO, doing this indicates you're in "auto-pilot" mode and not really considering/connecting with your audience. I hate to admit but I caught myself uttering a phrase like this during a gig I did last weekend. I could have kicked myself. Now, I'm sure many of you won't approve ... "Ok, did you sign the card?.. Was it fun?" "Put the cap back on the pen?... What about the other cap? Nah, I'm just kidding. There is no other cap" "Here, hold the deck... Hmmm, you look nervous" "Do you want to help me with this one?.. O.K...You're not the controlling type, are you?" "Put the card back anywhere.. Ok, now take it back out and put it over here where I want it to be" "Did you take a crap this morning?.. Do you happen to have it with you?" "What's your name? (Bob)" .. Can I call you Bob?""
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Bad to the Balloon Inner circle Clearwater Florida 2116 Posts |
Sounds like a Brain Reagan routine:
"Don't know when to say "you too" Like when I'm at the airport and the airline desk lady says have a nice flight and I blurt out "you Too!" ...."
Mark Byrne
AKA Mark the Balloon Guy As seen on the TODAY SHOW www.balloonguy.net Creator of Bad to the Balloon DVD series Go to my store: http://tinyurl.com/Bad2theBalloon |
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Close.Up.Dave Inner circle Behind you! 2956 Posts |
My pet peeves are:
"Watch as I..." "When I...it actually..." |
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