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phonic69 Special user 560 Posts |
I have seen Sankey's numerous routines for this wonderful sleight on both "45" and
"Sankey's secret files", not to mention David Acers effect in "Roadkillers" but I wondered what else was out there? This is such a clean sleight, it must have several uses! Thank you, |
Andrew E. Miller Inner circle Southern California 1428 Posts |
Bill Malone uses the "$100 Bill Switch" in his "Bill in Lemon" from his videos. That is a really good routine.
Andrew |
Jgriff Regular user Milwaukee, WI 144 Posts |
You mentioned Sankey's routines utilizing the $100 bill switch, Have you seen Travelling Expenses on The Very Best of Jay Sankey Volume 2?
It is a great travelling hole effect using the $100 bill switch.
Jeremy Griffin
"Rough and Smooth Forever" - Jay Sankey |
phonic69 Special user 560 Posts |
He performs an effect in "45" where a hole in each corner of a bank note all jump to one corner after the switch - is that what
"Travelling Expenses" looks like? |
Andrew E. Miller Inner circle Southern California 1428 Posts |
That is exactly it. Cool effect. Jay Sankey brings up a very good point when he says he doesn't like increasing the value of spectators' money only to crush their hopes in the end. He said that is why he created this effect. I would have to agree with him on that.
Andrew |
phonic69 Special user 560 Posts |
Can you still use currency that has holes punched in it?
Personally the one I have enjoyed most is Acer's effect, it has cards, some switches and you start and finish clean. great stuff! |
korttihai_82 Inner circle Finland 1880 Posts |
Rodger Klause has some and also Paul Gertner has a very good routine called $100 card to wallet if I remember the name correctly.
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highmagic Veteran user 399 Posts |
I highly recommend John Cornelius's closing stand up routine using the Koslowski technique. It is described in Michael Ammar's Classic Rendition Vol 3 and is absolutely hilarious. Live from the Magic Castle!
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phonic69 Special user 560 Posts |
Could you descibe the effect highmagic?
Thank you, |
Larry Davidson Inner circle Boynton Beach, FL 5270 Posts |
Here's an absolutely great one in my opinion, and a lot of magicians are unaware of it.
The effect is called "Four Dollars in Change," and it's the last trick in Michael Weber's book "Life Savers." Here's the effect: A spectator loans you a $5 bill and initials the back of it. You fold the bill into an origami finger ring, explaining that many rings have the owner's name engraved inside, and that now the spectator's name is "engraved" on the inside of her $5 ring (darn clever in my opinion). The word "five" is visible on the crown part of the ring as you slip it onto the spectator's finger. Next, you remove a $1 bill from your pocket and explain that you'll use origami and fold it so that it also looks like something else. You fold the $1 bill and it now "looks like," i.e., actually becomes, the spectator's $5 bill with her signature on the back. When the spectator looks at the origami ring she's been wearing all along, she discovers the ring is made from a $1 bill. The transposition appears to have happened while the spectator was wearing the ring. This is brilliant as well as strong in a number of ways in my opinion - - there's a logical reason for folding the bills (origami), magic is performed with a borrowed object (a $5 bill), magic happens in the spectator's hand, and the spectator is left with an interesting souvenir of your performance. I wish I had thought of this!!!! |
Bob Gerdes Loyal user Northport, NY 237 Posts |
phonic69:
The Cornelius routine is: A large denomination bill ($50 or $100) is borrowed and accidently destroyed with a lighter. A blank piece of paper is then transformed into a bill, which is returned to the spectator. The bill turns out to be only a ONE dollar bill! Magi takes bill back and transforms it into the $50/$100, which is finally returned to its owner. That's the skeleton of the routine as I recall it. OF course Mr. Cornelius's routine if FULL of gags and jokes.... its really very good. Check it out.
Eschew obfuscation
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Dr. K New user Honolulu, Hawaii 69 Posts |
In the “Food For Thought” forum, there is a wonderful thread on the bill switch, featuring a variety of handlings and ways to approach it. There are presently 81 posts and over 1800 views of the thread, and it has a great deal of open and honest discussion about the "best" way to do it, what the motivation is/should be, what bills to use, and a great deal of terrific magic philosophy. Paul Chosse's approach is terrific, and he discusses it in detail on the thread.
I know that there are a lot of great threads out there, but because of the many voices (Paul, Lance Pierce, Jeff Pierce, Tom Cutts, Steve Brooks, Burt Yaroch, Scott Guinn, Curtis Kam, and many others) and the great content and the very open discussion of differing points of view, this gets my vote for my favorite thread. I’m thankful for the great input from all of the wonderful magicians who shared in it. Again, check out Paul’s handling. It’s terrific! http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......;start=0
Dr. K
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Dr. Bombay New user 87 Posts |
Thanks Dr. K, this really helps out alot. appreciate you sharing!
I love Visibill by Richard Sanders. Also Money Morph by kevin King. They are quite visual. |
phonic69 Special user 560 Posts |
Thank you Dr. K, I will be sure to take a look!
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highmagic Veteran user 399 Posts |
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On 2003-05-23 15:02, Bob Gerdes wrote: Correct. I shall add that the bill can be signed (in the routine, Cornelius makes the owner memorize the last three digits of the serial number) |
Magicbarry Loyal user Toronto 276 Posts |
Cornelius's routine (the IncrediBill Routine) is also available in "The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius". The book is filled with great Cornelius material, well-presented by Lance Pierce. Check it out.
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Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
My vote goes to Gary Kurtz's routine (doesn't it always) called "Counterfeit" in which the spectator notes the serial number of his bill, and initials it. The bill then becomes an obviously phony, hand-drawn counterfeit $100, but the serial number matches, and the spectator confirms his initials.
There are two resolutions to the routine, one was published in Genii a few years ago (the all Canada issue) and the longer routine (in which you purchase the counterfeit from the spectator for the price of his original bill, and then the counterfeit suddenly turns into a real $100) is in his most excellent and revered lecture notes ("Meeting at the Summit") Also, there was a routine in a Linking Ring parade many, many years ago that always struck me as clever, but somewhat risky. The idea was to change a spectator's twenty into a flash bill. (In an attempt to make it into a hundred) To change it back, you simply refolded the flash bill with the spectator's bill inside, and set the whole thing on fire. Theoretically, the flash bill did its thing, and "changed" to the spectator's bill in a flash. But not in humid climes, where flash products burn slower. Your own mileage may vary. Maybe this works out in the desert.
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domclarke Regular user Windsor, UK 146 Posts |
Anyone using the Cornelius "Incredibill" in the UK? Would be interested in views on how you find the initial opening ie. flashpaper as uk currency.
Kind Regards |
PaulEds New user 62 Posts |
A couple of my favourite routines for the bill switch are: Roger Klause's 'The Name is the Same' from Encore 3, excellent effect, and Gary Kurt's 'Cigar' from his Unexplainable Acts book, again excellent, well motivated routine that could be a closer!
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