Tricks You Can fool Yourself (and Others) With...
Tricks You Can fool Yourself (and Others) With...
Holiday Greetings to All:
The title of James in Toronto's post ""You will fool yourself" dealing with the in the hand triumph display in John Bannon's excellent new tome got me to thinking...
...and this is always potentially dangerous, but perhaps not in this case. :eek:
I think most of us love to fool, and in my case, I love to be fooled, perhaps as much. :D
There are probably a truck load of close-up effects out there, that upon first run through, caused us each to do a double-take and say:
"What just happened here?"
or
"How the !@#$%! did I do that?"
A couple of examples that come to mind are the first times I played with Simon's (Aronson)classic Shuffle-Bored. Another would be the first forays into the Gene Finnel Free Cut Principle.
What are the effects that come to your mind that fooled you on your first run through? :confused:
Looking forward to your thoughts!(and new opportunities to fool ourselves) :genii:
:) ;) Happy New Year to ALL!!! :cool: :whack:
The title of James in Toronto's post ""You will fool yourself" dealing with the in the hand triumph display in John Bannon's excellent new tome got me to thinking...
...and this is always potentially dangerous, but perhaps not in this case. :eek:
I think most of us love to fool, and in my case, I love to be fooled, perhaps as much. :D
There are probably a truck load of close-up effects out there, that upon first run through, caused us each to do a double-take and say:
"What just happened here?"
or
"How the !@#$%! did I do that?"
A couple of examples that come to mind are the first times I played with Simon's (Aronson)classic Shuffle-Bored. Another would be the first forays into the Gene Finnel Free Cut Principle.
What are the effects that come to your mind that fooled you on your first run through? :confused:
Looking forward to your thoughts!(and new opportunities to fool ourselves) :genii:
:) ;) Happy New Year to ALL!!! :cool: :whack:
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Non-card candidates:
Wonderland Bill, and the related originating illusions, such as Stargate and Paradox
Reality Twister by Paul Harris
The first time you got the Flash Unlink Link to work with Andrus's Linking Pins (OK, it may not have "fooled" you - but the feeling was the next best thing)
Lubor Fieldler's Blue Crystal
Terri Rogers' Blockbuster
Wonderland Bill, and the related originating illusions, such as Stargate and Paradox
Reality Twister by Paul Harris
The first time you got the Flash Unlink Link to work with Andrus's Linking Pins (OK, it may not have "fooled" you - but the feeling was the next best thing)
Lubor Fieldler's Blue Crystal
Terri Rogers' Blockbuster
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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There's a final display/count sequence in Phil Goldstein's routine "Cry Wolf" (in print in his book Focus as well as in Pabular) that's very deceptive. It's a count of two Jokers as four that can be very convincing. I remember running through it with cards in hand and "fooling myself" initially...I had to backtrack to see exactly which cards were where during the count.
It's a flourishy snap-count and it's worth taking a look at...as Phil admits, it's a bit on the overkill side, but it's a good convincer that four Jokers are in play.
Jeremy
It's a flourishy snap-count and it's worth taking a look at...as Phil admits, it's a bit on the overkill side, but it's a good convincer that four Jokers are in play.
Jeremy
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The 4 card layout in Dai Vernon's "Slow motion aces" where the 4 aces apperently is laid out on the table. It's the most honest and convincing lay out there exists in my opinion. It fools me bad everytime I do it, it really seems like the four aces are being laid in each individual pile honest and fair.
Oh, and I love the Clifton ring move, where the ring is secretly removed from the string. It's an all time killer move.
Oh, and I love the Clifton ring move, where the ring is secretly removed from the string. It's an all time killer move.
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For me it's Dr. Daley's last trick. I know it so well that I don't think about the moves anymore and I just lay dwn the cards. Because I'm not thinking it blows me away.
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Al Stanger's Poker Machine still fools me a year later!
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Bill Goldman's effect Kona actually does let you fool yourself before learning the secret.
Frank Yuen
Frank Yuen
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Larry Becker's "Will the cards match?" is a great one to foll yourslef and others, especially if you do it with one packet face up and the other packet face down because you can see the apparent random mixing going on.
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Bannon's "A Timely Departure" from Impossibilia. I do that one for myself sometimes... :)
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The Two Detectives (in Volume 3 of Giobbi's Card College) is a remarkable sandwich revelation.
I like the way the spectator is allowed to place the detective Jacks into the ribbon spread face-down deck.
Impossible to backtrack on this one.
The result baffles me , the performer, as much as it does the spectator.
Different versions of this trick exist (and John Bannon has also analysed it).
It relies on the incomplete faro control.
I like the way the spectator is allowed to place the detective Jacks into the ribbon spread face-down deck.
Impossible to backtrack on this one.
The result baffles me , the performer, as much as it does the spectator.
Different versions of this trick exist (and John Bannon has also analysed it).
It relies on the incomplete faro control.
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Any of the tricks found in the first section of Simon Aronson's Try The Impossible based on his UnDo Influence certainly fit into this category.
Also, for the record, John Bannon's Timely Departure referred to above is found in Smoke and Mirrors.
Also, for the record, John Bannon's Timely Departure referred to above is found in Smoke and Mirrors.
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Crazy Man's handcuffs as learned from "Elastrix". I may be the only one, but I tried to do it repeatedly. Finaly I quit trying to do it, and just moved my hands as it instructed. Scared me to death, they just passed through each other.
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All my favorites have been named already:
"Prior Committment," one of the applications of Simon Aronson's "UnDo Influence" principle, is in my opinion the greatest mathematical card trick ever. It's one of those tricks that even when you know how to do it, you have no idea how it works.
Anybody who likes "Timely Departure," which is another great trick, might want to try it using Gene Finnell's Free Cut Principle, which streamlines the selection process while removing the slight hint of mathematics from the procedure. Also try doing this trick with a marked deck, so that, as you are vanishing the cards, you can read their identities and announce them later.
But my favorite is Nick Brown's "Wonderland Dollar." It just looks completely magical, no matter how many times I do it.
"Prior Committment," one of the applications of Simon Aronson's "UnDo Influence" principle, is in my opinion the greatest mathematical card trick ever. It's one of those tricks that even when you know how to do it, you have no idea how it works.
Anybody who likes "Timely Departure," which is another great trick, might want to try it using Gene Finnell's Free Cut Principle, which streamlines the selection process while removing the slight hint of mathematics from the procedure. Also try doing this trick with a marked deck, so that, as you are vanishing the cards, you can read their identities and announce them later.
But my favorite is Nick Brown's "Wonderland Dollar." It just looks completely magical, no matter how many times I do it.
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"That's Impossible" from Exclusive Card Miracles by Frank Garcia. c. 1980 page 37.
"mazin', by golly!"
"mazin', by golly!"
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Jim steinmeyers 9 card problem from impuzzibilities. I use my presentation of the trick all the time to really floor people. It's also one of the few tricks you can repeat as people who have seen it before still can't believe how it works.
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Take Me to Your Leader (Lorayne's Close-Up Card MAgic) baffled me the first time I did it. Also the first time I encountered the Gilbreath Principle I was pretty well flummoxed.
Jim
Jim
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Another great Lorayne trick (that feels risky when you first try it) is the "STOP" trick.
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Remember, if you don't know how it works, then you have to follow the directions EXACTLY! Remember what happened to the Sorceror's Apprentice?
Seriously, it's not good to do a trick if you have no idea how it works; bad things can happen.
Seriously, it's not good to do a trick if you have no idea how it works; bad things can happen.
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The initial Queen laydown sequence in Lou Gallo's "Only the Lonely" always fools me, even when I am performing the trick.
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"Dawn Patrol" by John Bannon fooled me the first time I got it to work. my reaction was, WOW!