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matthew wright
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286 Posts
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 5:56am
I am looking for ideas for a danger trick that goes wrong. In a perfect world I would like to do a Russian Roulette routine and finish by blowing my head off. Unfortunately there are some reset issues with this.
Anyone got any ideas that may not be quite so drastic but with the same kind of feel?
Also, what are the best, simplest, needle or razor swallowing routines?
Cheers
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Pakar Ilusi
Inner circle
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 9:00am
I'll give you a freebie, matthew...
Do the Spike Routine (styrofoam cups etc.) but deliberately spike your hand at the end, thus going wrong as you wanted...
Basically a needle through palm...
Recover from the injury or stop the Show at that point, up to you.
I say recover, 'cause if Magicians can survive getting sawed in half, they can recover from a spike through their palm.
Ok, tell me if you find a method 'cause I ain't got one! 
But it would play well imho, serious or comedic. Not my thing as a Mentalist but hope it can work for you...
That's my freebie for the day...
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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joe yang
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Florida
296 Posts
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 9:58pm
While swallowing razor blades, develope a cough. Place your hand on your throat. Look pained. Swallow and soldier on. When you pull the blades out, strung together, leave a blank space on the string. Keep us posted! I like this direction.
aka Mike Booth
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Wes65
Inner circle
I've said very little in
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Posted: Mar 6, 2011 10:27pm
Warning: Viewer Discretion Advised http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1945652
Wes
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Spellbinder
Inner circle
The Holy City of East Orange, NJ
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Posted: Mar 7, 2011 4:18am
Easy to accomplish with a couple of joke rubber spikes. The little finger chopper is also good, if you have a rubber finger you can appear to sever in performance.
Professor Spellbinder
Professor Emeritus at the Turkey Buzzard Academy of Magik, Witchcraft and Wizardry
http://www.magicnook.com
Publisher of The Wizards' Journals
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Sealegs
Inner circle
The UK, Portsmouth
1813 Posts
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Posted: Mar 27, 2011 1:08pm
Here's an approach for you to consider.
You could do this as a running gag where it goes wrong every time with the result that you are repeatedly stabbed throughout your show.
Two knives, one you show to be a joke shop style knife with the blade that disappears into the handle and then springs back out again, and another one that looks exactly the same but you demonstrate is solid and dangerous.
Have them arranged so they are held (in a stand?) upright and so that they can be covered and their positions moved so the audience doesn't know which one is the fake and which one is the real one.
Alternatively and better for this would be to use a Lazy Susan as you then wouldn't have to cover the knives during the 'mixing' process.
Now the spectator chooses which blade you should pick up and thrust into your body. They make their choice, you immediately pick up the knife and stab yourself with it...feign stiffled agony....then reach over and depress the point of the other knife to show that the one left on the stand was the fake.
Remove the knife, and wipe on a cloth (which then has blood on it maybe) ... take out a large 'band aid' and reaching under your shirt apply it to the apparent stab wound.
Replace the knife in the stand and repeat as often as you desire throughout the show.
As it's being done as a gag you might not need a rationale as to why the spectator's choice should keep you safe but it wouldn't be hard to create a ratonale if you needed one. For example you could use it as a test to find out who has psychic abilities and find that non of the people you ask to help actually have.... or demonstrate the power of a talisman that you give them and sfter you've been stabbed bin it and take out another from your 'talisman collection.
Neal Austin
"The golden rule is that there are no golden rules." G.B. Shaw
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Sealegs
Inner circle
The UK, Portsmouth
1813 Posts
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Posted: Mar 27, 2011 2:16pm
I forgot to mention a possible method for the effect in the above post..... It should be obvious but if not PM me and I'll send you an easy and effective solution. 
Neal Austin
"The golden rule is that there are no golden rules." G.B. Shaw
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fireisyummy
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Posted: May 2, 2012 1:43am
I have one idea I only performed once. It was for a goup of magicians (including Fantasio). I would love to perform it for lay people, but considering how scared the magicians got (one took out his phone and started calling 911), I won't for now. I do hope to find a suitable audience and make it a signature someday so I won't share it for now, however this is presentationally a really, really similar trick, I think it would get the same reactions.
Start off talking about Houdini's famous swallowing the needles and pulling it out all tied on a piece of string stunt. Explane that I've been doing it for years but I couldn't find needles today and I don't see why it would be any differant that doing it with razor blades, besides it's probably even going to look cooler. Start off shifting the razor blade to the side of your mouth, make a deep swallowing action, then (and you have to be a great actor for this, otherwise forget it) pretend the trick went horribly wrong. Really believe it. If you can figure out how to cough up a lot of blood do it, and PM me, because I've been trying to figure out how to dothat for years... After about 20 seconds of this put up one finger, then pull out a piece of floss and while still shaking in pain, perform Sean Field's SAW.
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fireisyummy
New user
21 Posts
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Posted: May 3, 2012 12:08am
Then you can continue and say you realized what you did wrong and try again, and do the razor blade trick for real. In the middle act unsure if you messed up, and then decide to continue. I guarantee it will get among the greatest reactions ever.
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