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Chad Sanborn Inner circle my fingers hurt from typing, 2205 Posts |
Here is another bit I have used. (sometimes I drop things on purpose just to test out these jokes that pop in my head.) You drop an item and then say "did you see where that went?" "I think I can find it" you then bring out a compass and align it to the coin and then get the coin.
Chad |
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Jeff Chesnut New user Ada, Michigan 56 Posts |
I stole this from the Broadway musical Les Miserables: When I drop something, I don't say anything. I look around up in the air and hold out my hand palm up, as if to say, "Look, it's raining half-dollars!"
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Matt Graves Special user Huntsville, Alabama (USA) 504 Posts |
I know we're not supposed to discuss secrets in here, so I'll just tell you where to find this . . . there are a few really neat ideas in Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo under a section called "Taking Advantage of a Fumble" . . .
hopefully somebody is reading this post who didn't already know that . . . |
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ghost in the machine New user Fountain Valley CA 9 Posts |
"^&%*, my stigmata is flaring up again"
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wsduncan Inner circle Seattle, WA 3619 Posts |
David Roth is fond of relating a story about Vernon. The first time he was showing the Professor his work he was so nervous he dropped a coin and it rolled away under a chair across the room.
Vernon waited while he retrieved the coin and then, very seriously, asked him if he knew why every time you drop a coin it seems to roll under something that makes it hard to retrieve. David listening intently ask why that was... "Because coins don't like to be dropped David." |
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mikejorden Loyal user 222 Posts |
"That's the trouble with a highly polished act.....everything slips through your fingers"
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
First, Peter... thanks. Those lines are great!
I've come across two kinds of coin dropping that can be handled differently. The first, with a borrowed coin... 'perhaps it wants to return to its owner?' smile and chase it or have someone return it to you while thanking them and 'not yet you don't... we're gonna do some magic first' to the coin. The second kind of dropping is with a performer's coin. In my hands the coins seem like weighless glimmers of light. When the coin falls ... it makes a moment of simple reality. I ask someone to pick it up and take a look at it. I tell them it's a silver coin and made of real silver. I recall saying at times... 'perhaps I should drop coins more often' which seems to get a polite laugh.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Bradley Morgan Special user 702 Posts |
That is some funny lines.
Brad
"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." - Einstein
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
My only problem here is that it seems a few of the lines were not those of the poster, but stolen from other peformers... tsk tsk tsk...
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
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Jon Gallagher Veteran user Elmwood, Illinois 395 Posts |
Whenever I drop something, I usually try to pick it up, only to drop it again a couple of times.
"Gee... if I could learn to do this all the time, I could play shortstop for the Cubs!" It works here in Illinois. |
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Catbacker Regular user Manhattan, KS 145 Posts |
Pete,
No offense, but have you ever heard the old saw, "There is no such thing as a new joke."? It is one thing to give proper credit for something truly original, but gravity and Issac Newton jokes? They've been around since.. well... Issac Newton. (insert rimshot please) I think it was Milton Berle who said "If it wasn't for stolen jokes, my act would be 'Good evening ladies and gentleman, you've been a wonderful audience. Good Night!'". If someone is ripping off the patter of an entire routine or performance, that is one thing. But not crediting a borrowed one-liner? Besides, who is to say that they didn't come up with them independently? Just my $.02 Scott
"Of course, that's just my opinion... I could be wrong." Dennis Miller
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
Of course along with under the shoe bit you can toss it to your other hand while standing up after picking the coin up.
Playing along Curtis' gum idea I have ordered the new bubble gum coil that might play well here. The opened coil could be used to cover a steal of a coin or better yet some carpet cleaner.( or your idea of production other than Jumbo Coin insert here) I remember when I first started out doing coin stuff reading or hearing the even T.Nelson Downs dropped coins. That made me feel a little better. Harris
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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VampOfVegas New user Las Vegas, NV 56 Posts |
If you go under the table and you get a peice of gum out of your pocket really fast put it in your mouth and start chewing.. take it out before you come up.. then when you come back up put it in your mouth.. Sounds gross.. but it just came into my head. lol
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Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
I was once told that there is a Japanese expression that is useful here, translated, it is close to:
"Even the monkies sometimes fall from trees." Can any of our Japanese correspondents confirm this?
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ghost in the machine New user Fountain Valley CA 9 Posts |
When the coin hits the floor, shout "Stand back! Feral coin! These rascals can be dangerous when cornered!" As you say this, reach into your pocket and pull out a toy gun and a matching coin with several holes drilled into it. Point the gun (with the duplicate coin in finger palm) and walk toward the coin saying, "bang. bang. bang. bang... pa-ching. bang. bang. click. click." Bending down, transfer the gun to your left hand and hand it to a spectator asking them to reload it for you. While attention is on the gun, do a one handed coin switch, tranfering the dropped coin to fingerpalm. Hold the coin up between thumb and forefinger showing the bulletholes. Comment, "%&^$, I missed once, must be losing my touch." (My coin has five holes. )Collect the gun and pocket it and the bullethole coin with the left hand. Produce a "fresh" coin with the right and continue where you were when the coin was dropped. .....and don't drop the coin anymore.
As far as I know, this is an original trick. If it has been done before, I'm sure someone will tell me. |
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James Harrison Special user Ontario, Canada 762 Posts |
Curtis- I believe that line was used in a movie called 'The Hunted.'
Movie about a business man from america witnesses a murder done by ninjas. And a modern day samurai tries to save his life. The line was used by the samurai's wife when explaining why Chris Lambert wasn't killed by the best ninja in Japan. I'm not sure if its a Japanese expression, but it sure sounded good. |
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