Peeps,

Is their any Dr. Seuss themed magic tricks on the market?

Any ideas?

G0THIKE

I don't know what's on the market, but in the world of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) anything goes!

The Cat in the Hat - a live cat production from a red and white striped hat... if you dare; a toy cat if you don't!

Magic with Green Eggs.... don't forget the ham!

Any of The Magic Nook Seasonal Themed tricks can be adapted for Dr. Seuss characters as well: The Growing Hat, Portrait of Grandma, The Great Pumpkin, Hippity Hop Whatevers, Forgetful Whomever... and many more are yours for the converting! DIY!

The green egg to silk crossed my mind, so did green egg to bag.

Just looking for more material.

I thought I heard at one time that Mark Daniel (from KidAbra) has a Dr. Suess themed trick, around Red Fish, Blue Fish.

Is it on his Book Magic video / dvd? Or was it just live at shows? Or at one of the KidAbra events?

Maybe Mark will chime in with an answer.

- Donald

I have a GREAT Dr Suess routine which you will love.

Go out and buy a deck of Red Fish, Blue Fish Go Fish Cards.

Then do Rich Marotta's Lassod Card to find their card. A piece of rope is thrown into a paper bag of cards and the selection is lassod!

The deck comes with a duplicate Star Fish so you can f**** one and reveal the other

Nicholas,

Where do find Red Fish, Blue Fish, Go Fish cards? I have never seen any.

I used to do a Grinch routine that I used at Christmas shows. I had to make some customized jumbo cards to do it.

I become The Cat In The Hat around Dr. Seuss' birthday each year. I make appearances at schools and day care centers. It is to promote reading but I usually don't do any magic as The Cat In The Hat. It is difficult to do sleight of hand with only 3 fingers!

:)

Regan

I believe March 1 is the 50th anniversary of The Cat In The Hat. That's a bit close, though to be adding a good routine to your show, though.

Spellbinder, I'd love to see someone produce a real cat from a hat. Perhaps if it had a mild sedative prior to the show -- and it was declawed.

Keep them coming....

Nicholas,
for years I have been searching for just such a trick as you describe. Long before I got involved in Magic, I was a trick roper, and still, on occasion, perform rope tricks (Wedding Ring, Texas Skip, etc.) I have been trying to figure out a way to combine magic routines with regular rope tricks, and your suggestion sounds perfect. Thank you so much for pointing me in this direction.

Nicholas, you'd better watch your language on this forum

I actually did write a routine that is very Dr. Seuss-like that goes with a soft soap routine. As I perform the trick I recite the rhyming patter. I used it in a library show I designed a couple years back.

It start with:

Each of these hanks, 1,2 and 3
Has colored dots, as you can see.
There’s red and green and even blue.
But I don’t like the spots – It’ true.
Red spots, blue spots, even green.
Not – I would like to make them clean.
Remove these spots, or dots, or blots.
Remove them? That I’d like a lot!

The patter continues, but you get the idea. With a little imagination, a good many effects can be 'converted' to the Dr. Seuss theme.

Scott