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Bill Abbott Magic Veteran user 381 Posts |
John Archer's hilarious re-imagining of Celebrity Smart Ass literally brought down the house at the Palace Casino in Las Vegas for the LIVE performance taping. After 5 years of research and development in front of audiences John Archer and Bill Abbott Magic are proud to announce a pre-release SUPERDEAL this Monday December 19 at 7AM est.
The special 48hr SUPERDEAL includes the Celebrity Dead Ass Complete Pro Package with all props, script and DVD with live show and John Archer's personal instruction PLUS for the first 100 orders we are including a copy of John Archer's Comedy Writing Workshop Notes limited edition booklet and a signed 8" x 10" headshot. All details of the routine, included props and access to pre-purchase will be revealed on Monday morning to Bill Abbott Magic subscribers only. The price is $200 plus shipping costs & all orders will be shipped out the week of January 23rd. Subscribe here: http://billabbottmagic.com/online-store/Newsletter.html |
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Bill Abbott Magic Veteran user 381 Posts |
“John Archer and I sat down after my lecture at the Magic Circle in London 5 years ago and tossed around the idea of using dead celebrities in the classic Celebrity Smart Ass routine. John took the idea and ran with it. Working and developing it in front of every conceivable audience and every type of venue. And perfect marriage of bulletproof method with John Archer’s comic genius, was born. Now here for all of our audiences to enjoy. Here is Celebrity Dead Ass!" -Bill Abbott
Celebrity Dead Ass Routine The performer has a fascination for celebrities. Dead celebrities. And how they died. You bring out a stack of large cards with the name of a different dead celebrity printed on each card. You proceed to name each celebrity and relate some of the strange, unusual and hilarious ways that they died. A volunteer is invited to the stage to examine and mix the dead celebrity cards. You introduce a ‘secret device’ to aid in the selection process of one of the celebrities. It is a professional pop-up fishing net! You show a large envelope explaining that there is a photo of one of the dead celebrities inside. It’s tossed on the stage and the volunteer stands on the envelope so you can not switch or tamper with it. With absolute freedom the volunteer discards all the celebrities. Except one. One dead celebrity. The volunteer reveals that the dead celebrity they have selected is Marilyn Monroe. The envelope is removed from under the spectator and the prediction is revealed to be...a skeleton! You explain that this is a very recent photo of Marilyn Monroe. Sensing that there may be doubts, you open the folded photo to show the lower half of the skelton arguing that it HAD to Marilyn Monroe because of the hips in the photo! You slowly turn the photo around to reveal and full colour photo of MARILYN MONROE! Celebrity Dead Ass Considerations: •Perform Celebrity Dead Ass close-up and surrounded. •Perform Celebrity Dead Ass for large audiences. •Celebrity Dead Ass packs small and plays big. •Celebrity Dead Ass happens in their hands. •Celebrity Dead Ass takes seconds to reset. •Perform Celebrity Dead Ass naked (if you need to). •Celebrity Dead Ass uses no equivoque or magician's choice. •Celebrity Dead Ass uses no switch of the envelope prediction or flash card. •Celebrity Dead Ass uses any borrowed chair. •Celebrity Dead Ass is NOT a card trick! Each Celebrity Dead Ass Pro Pack Includes: 1 x Heavy Duty Fibreboard Envelope 1 x Large Revelation Tabloid Photo Card 1 x Blank Faced Super Sized Smart Ass Deck 1 x Pop-Up & Collapsible Insta-Net & Instructional DVD with Live Performance. A DVD that features... -A LIVE Performance of the routine. -In-depth instruction of the routine and method. John Archer's hilarious re-imagining of Celebrity Smart Ass literally brought down the house at the Palace Casino in Las Vegas for the LIVE performance taping. After 5 years of research and development in front of audiences John Archer and Bill Abbott Magic are proud to announce this special release. Be one of the first 100 to order and receive John Archer’s Comedy Writing Notes and a signed 8 x 10 Headshot of John Archer! There are three package options, one is the Marilyn Monroe revelation, the second is an Elvis Presley revelation and the third includes both revelation folders, envelopes and 2 Super Smart Ass decks. The promo video, all the info and access to purchase is here: http://billabbottmagic.com/online-store/......Ass.html |
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Yuan Moons Veteran user 348 Posts |
This looks fantastic. is that a new method? it looks like the spec is handling the cards.
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Bill Abbott Magic Veteran user 381 Posts |
Thank you Yuan. Same Smart Ass method with larger cards. It is how I've been doing it as well in performance. Bulletproof and deceptive.
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magic.99 Regular user 181 Posts |
Hey Bill
Looks like you've hit another home run! You are one 'Smart Ass'! |
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Bill Abbott Magic Veteran user 381 Posts |
I'll take it magic.99! If that is you're real name.
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MrKen New user 89 Posts |
Ordered, looking forward to this.
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warren Inner circle uk 4138 Posts |
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On Dec 19, 2016, Bill Abbott Magic wrote: I couldn't see any promo video ???? |
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The Duster Inner circle 1693 Posts |
It's on that page/link
just press play |
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Markymark Inner circle 1686 Posts |
I'm not sure taking an overdose of sleeping tablets is a 'hilarious' way to die but I can see this being a hit at some Halloween parties!
There was talk of a version that really would play to different audiences of families and children called I think 'Smarty Pants' I was looking forward to that one.
''In memory of a once fluid man,crammed and distorted by the classical mess'' -Bruce Lee
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warren Inner circle uk 4138 Posts |
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On Dec 20, 2016, The Duster wrote: OOps I didn't see the play button I just thought it was a picture.....thanks :-D |
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Michael Dustman Inner circle Columbus, Ohio 1220 Posts |
Love Bill's products and John is a comedy genius. Have had great success with Celebrity Smart Ass for a few years now. My one main question is regarding the net. While it may seem like a minor point to some, I have been looking for a net like the one used in the video and would like to confirm if that is truly what comes with the package. The ad description says fishing net and the video shows it, but the item description says pop up instant which sounds like the hamper that came with the previous versions of Smart Ass. If the fishing net is what you get, in addition with the larger size cards, this is a great deal with John's routine behind it.
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Marqus Special user 899 Posts |
It states 'uses any borrowed chair'.
I didn't see the use of a chair in the video. Is this so you have a choice of sitting on the prediction as opposed to standing on it? |
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videoman Inner circle 6732 Posts |
Bill Abbott puts out some great stuff that are real workers. They're never cheap though. But then again, I have many of his props and routines and they rarely end up in the proverbial drawer.
I wish that Bill would consider offering some type of upgrade for previous Celebrity Smart Ass purchasers. I don't know if that is even feasible but for someone like me, who already owns all the previous celebrity versions, it's a lot of money for what could amount to just some minor variations or new lines in the routine. The core effect is identical I believe. John Archer is a favorite of mine and I have no doubt he has created a winning routine but again, it's just more than I can justify spending on an updated version right now. |
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pegasus Eternal Order United Kingdom 10537 Posts |
Brilliant. Very entertaining. Love the Simon Cowell card.
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Bill Abbott Magic Veteran user 381 Posts |
Michael, The Handy Pak Net is included and is the exact model used in the promo video, sorry for the confusion.
Marqus, The ad copy had a line from the original Celebrity Smart Ass, which I have just changed. In John's routine, as featured in the promo video, he has the volunteer stand on the prediction envelope. Videoman, Thank you for the encouraging words. Because this routine has a different set of celebrities (dead), a different gag finish prediction revelation, the custom-made Super Smart Ass deck, includes the Handy Pak Net and I am partnering with John Archer to bring this to the marketplace - we cannot offer an upgrade. If you examine the promo video here: http://billabbottmagic.com/online-store/......Ass.html you can see that major differences in both presentation, additional props and new gag finish. Thank you Pegasus! |
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Bill Abbott Magic Veteran user 381 Posts |
Celebrity Dead Ass Purchasers Rejoice!
John Archer is now gifting all pre-order purchasers with 50 pages of PURE COMMERCIAL GOLD! In addition to: 1. The Celebrity Dead Ass Complete Pro Package with all props, script and DVD with live show and John Archer's personal instruction. 2. An 8" x 10" Autographed Headshot of John Archer ready for framing. 3. John Archer's Comedy Writing Workshop Notes limited edition booklet. Contents Include: • What is a joke? The Set-Up. The Punchline. • The Warm Up • The Process of Writing A Joke • Brainstorming • Comedy Techniques: • 1. Exaggeration • 2. The Comedy Premise • 3. Twisting a Familiar Expression • 4. The Reverse Joke • 5. The Surreal Joke • 6. The Surprise Joke • 7. The Power of 3 • 8. The Rug Pull • 9. The Non-Joke • A Final Exercise • Suggested Reading John Archer, in a uncanny act of generosity, has offered to include his Handy Lecture book, along with the above gifts, as a big thank you for pre-ordering Celebrity Dead Ass. The Handy Lecture is 50 pages of classic Archer with close-up and stage routines you will recognize and some you will not. All explained in detail with accompanying illustrations. Contents Include: • Dodeckadeal • Spelling Test (Or the“No-book-book test”) • Komedy Killer • Stapled • A Clean Ring Vanish • Tragic Square (The one I use.) • Two Deck Switches I Use • Spoon River (A variation of the deck switch.) • Chinese Choice • Collard I f you've already purchased then you are set to receive all of the above! If not go here: http://billabbottmagic.com/online-store/......Ass.html |
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The Duster Inner circle 1693 Posts |
Shame I only recently bought a double pack of the Celebrity Smart Ass
So can't justify spending so much on this [so soon after] Though if the pop-up net really did make that noise [I know it's added on to the video to make it seem a bigger reaction] - then I would probably clicked the buy button Also I have put time into CSA - and have some really good gags, so need to perform it a fair bit and hone it some more But this does look like a fun package And I do the audience toss the cards away version - as even though part of me hates it/worries about losing cards, or ppl picking them up and 'playing with them' - I have some nice buisness with it [and it does feel/look better - than into a net] Anway - maybe next xmas I will make the plunge.... maybe Shame you guys couldn't have got it out a month or two sooner |
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MickNZ Special user Auckland, New Zealand 576 Posts |
You'll be making refills available with spectators standing on top of the reveal?
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The Duster Inner circle 1693 Posts |
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On Dec 20, 2016, MickNZ wrote: 1 x Heavy Duty Fibreboard Envelope I guess the envelope may get dirty but shouldn't the reveal stay fine? |
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