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aussiemagic Special user 937 Posts |
A lot of rope routines don't sem to have a hard hitting climax. I am looking for a routine that ends with a big surprise or a big laugh, any recommendations?
For funny endings, I quite like "ropertainment" by Mel Mellers and the ending to Mac King's rope routine in his show, unpublished as far as I am aware. Thanks in advance! AM
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
Qua-Fiki's "Blendo Ropes" ends with the three color ropes used in the routine merging into one long rope containing all three colors as the ropes are passed through the body. You are left holding the stretched "blendo rope" with your hands apart in the standard "applause cue" stance. It's on my site in The Wizards' Journal #16.
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Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5444 Posts |
If you want broad comedy then “Professor Cheer’s” rope is difficult to beat. It is Melbourne Christopher’s Stretching Rope with a kicker ending. While it can be used anytime in an act I tend to close with it.
For pure mystery you could walk out smoking what appears to be a cigarette. Turn it into a long rope stretched across your body, from hand to hand, and strike a pose (applause cue). Then simply walk to a spectator and hand him/her a pair of scissors and have him/her cut the rope in the center. Instantly restore the rope and toss it out for examination. This sequence is quick, easy, visual, and magical. This is a good opener. Your patter could be the killer conclusion of the trick more than the trick itself. I do a rope sequence that starts with a “ring, a rope, and a knot”. It includes a sliding knot sequence, a ring off sequence, and an impossible ring knotted to rope sequence. It ends with a tag line that “we started with a ring, a rope, and a knot”. I could go on and on but this gives you some ideas to start you thinking
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aussiemagic Special user 937 Posts |
Thanks for the replies so far!
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9982 Posts |
With "NeckLacy" you start with a loop of rope containing all of the props needed for your show around your neck. After four Cut/restores and a bunch of other effects you wind up with -- a single rope looped around your neck with all the objects on it. In the process of cutting up the rope you "just happen" to have three the right length for "nightmare" or "four ends" if you choose -- but all are restored in the finale. You leave as you came in -- even the scissors are on the rope necklace.
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Vayron Loyal user Belgium 229 Posts |
At the end of the professor's nightmare, the 3 ropes become one big. Look at Totally out of control (Chris Kenner)
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Irfaan Kahan Veteran user 346 Posts |
In Tabary's routine, he ends by very visually "fusing" the short rope into the long one.
I did a parlor show last week (quick 15min act), and his rope routine was the main feature. The fusing drew ooh's and wow's from the crowd and I scored myself two repeat bookings right there.
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hbwolkov Inner circle 2947 Posts |
Junior Walking Knot with the Krazy Knot Finale from Pavel is a winner.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
1. Another vote for Jr. walking knot with the Krazy knot finish.
2. My own personal rope routine fills the bill, but I don't do it for magicians.
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Whit Haydn V.I.P. 5449 Posts |
I recommend the "Mongolian Pop-Knot."
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twistedace Inner circle philadelphia 3772 Posts |
I also recommend the "Mongolian Pop-Knot". It has a strong restoration in the beginning, a strong professor's nightmare sequence, then a complete restoration of the rope. It's a great routine.
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Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5444 Posts |
I third the "Mongolian Pop-Knot" as a totally complete and finished routine.
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Roland Henning Special user Kiel, Germany 511 Posts |
I end my routine by taking off a knot and then tossing it back on, using the handling from Daryl's Jumping Knot routine, but without the different colour.
Then right after that I toss the rope out, for someone to undo the knot that is in the rope. This practise gets me bigger reactions than ending with my previous finish, which was making a piece of silk appear on the rope. |
twistedace Inner circle philadelphia 3772 Posts |
That's also a good idea Roland!
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MarvinWang Loyal user 274 Posts |
I personally like Daryl's Acrobatic Knot!!! It kills!!
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tecumilic New user 95 Posts |
The best rope routine ending in my opinion would be either to do a complete restoration after lets say aproffesors nigthmare routine. Or to do an amazing clean cut and restored rope like "the end of my rope trick" and like Mac king does,if it makes sense to your routine. If a lot of the magic in your routine is for example poping the ends on and off and making the ends jump then end whith something that focuses on the ends. Hope that made sense. Do something that brings your routine to a logical conclusion. Do something that makes sense in the context of the routine.
I know that the Mongolian Pop Knot and it is a great option. Out of curiosity what other options are there to restore to do the proffesors nightmare into a restoration. There is Pop haydn's routine there is rope m....ts. What else is there? |
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