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DallasFrank Regular user Hey Rocky watch me pull a Rabbit outta my hat...oops wrong hat! 104 Posts |
I would appreciate it if someone with knowledge could tell me which version of Open travelers in Jennings 67 most closely resembles the version in The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings?
Thanks in advance Frank |
Leo H Inner circle 1333 Posts |
Dallas--do you have a copy of The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings?
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DallasFrank Regular user Hey Rocky watch me pull a Rabbit outta my hat...oops wrong hat! 104 Posts |
Yes I do.
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Shawn Evans Loyal user 215 Posts |
Without actually comparing the texts, I believe the Invisible Palm Aces No. 6 from Jennings '67 (Page 184 - 194) has the closest relationship to Open Travellers in The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings (Page 144 - 149). Richard points out, in the introduction, that he is correcting the previous write ups of the effect and adding new touches that Larry had developed since the previous books were published.
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lumberjohn Special user Memphis, TN 626 Posts |
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Claudio Inner circle Europe 1927 Posts |
Nicely done, John.
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Grey New user Vancouver, WA 39 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2018, lumberjohn wrote: That was smooth LumberJ. I am curious, did you record your patter as a voice-over, or in real time?
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Chris Aguilar Special user 540 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2018, lumberjohn wrote: This is not Jenning's handling, but rather the inferior Paul Harris variant(no palming) with the janky switch of packets ("See that card travel!, Hey watch the same card travel again!) |
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JasonEngland V.I.P. Las Vegas, NV 1728 Posts |
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On Oct 18, 2018, Chris Aguilar wrote: I've done the PH version for almost 30 years with no issues. The effect is that things are becoming invisible and then reappearing somewhere else. The fact that they're playing cards can theoretically be incidental (credit cards would work in theory, if not in practice due to thickness). Super-bowl tickets, index cards, coins and many other objects could be used with near identical methods/handlings. The further fact that they're specific playing cards can be made even more incidental, or even irrelevant, as in the above handling. The final step of using specific playing cards but not making anything of the order in which they travel is the last step. And the one that I've used successfully for decades. I use four Aces for presentational purposes, but I after establishing that I'm using Aces, I never show any specific Ace with enough clarity to establish that it is the one moving at any given instance. At least not until the end, when the Ace of Spades is the last to travel. In 30 years, I've never had a single laymen comment that the same Ace travels twice or that I openly switch packets. Using a double-indexed AH/3C from an "Ultimate Monte" set it's very easy to construct a method that highlights the very thing that you've complained about above. The AH travels multiple times and then vanishes completely on top of the deck (a simple turn causes the 3C index to blend away with all the other cards in a FU ribbon spread). Is it still a problem that only the AH traveled? I don't think so. I believe the implication would be that you could do that with any card, and just chose the AH for clarity. Jason PS: Is it a "problem" when the same coin invisibly travels back from the right hand to the left in EVERY 3-Fly routine ever published? Of course not. The impossibility of what just happened (and is continuing to happen) overshadows any thoughts of identity or specificity.
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Chris Aguilar Special user 540 Posts |
Perhaps your handling of the Harris effect is better than any I have seen Jason. Would love to see that.
However (going by the PH write up and other performances of the PH version viewed)it's a tough sell to claim that nothing important is lost by failing to leverage the unique identities of the cards. Using that uniqueness provides additional clarity to the transpositions. Being able to show progression of the translocation (via the unique identity of the cards) seems a very strong point here. Otherwise it's just another translocation, "Matrix with cards". That's a loss in my eyes. Also, the Harris version's unmotivated swap (muddying up "Stage Picture" and overall consistent flow of the trick) is a real concession to the Jennings original design, which produces a clean and consistent separation of the packets throughout. I'm sure people have had tons of success with the inferior Harris handling over the years (it's still a very good trick, albeit weakened in clarity, ostensibly to remove the need to palm) but I'm not sure I can ever be convinced (design wise) that it's evenly remotely on par with Jenning's masterpiece. I really like Jason Ladanye's take on the plot, which respects Jennings fine design, with a few small and effective tweaks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I6TlPjYIpE I recall (and agree) with Darwin Ortiz who once posted (here on the Café I believe) that Jenning's trick was one of the rare one's that could not be improved. |
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