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Clay Shevlin Elite user 497 Posts |
Back in the days when I performed as a kid, I remember a trick called "Ri Ro Ri" - at least I think that was the name of the trick. The effect was basically a ring off rope.
Do any of you remember this trick and where it is described? I remember it was easy to perform, and required no gimmicks - only a solid linking ring and a piece of rope. Would love to find it explained in a text, relearn it, and perform it for my nephew and niece. Many thanks in advance! |
runawayjag Inner circle 1085 Posts |
It was commercially sold by John Snider of Cincinnati which, many years later, became Haines House of Cards. You see them on eBay every now and then.
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Clay Shevlin Elite user 497 Posts |
Thanks to runawayjag. I've got a sneaking suspicion this was also described in a book (I learned this trick in 1969 or so, so it had to have been published before then). Any ideas? Thanks!
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
You're wrong about not requiring a "gimmick"...
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On 2004-06-20 02:20, Julie wrote: There are several extremely GOOD ring releases, some requiring a gimmick and some not, described in the Stewart James books. While not the marketed Ri Ro Ri effect specifically, these are of that genre and will give you plenty of options. |
Clay Shevlin Elite user 497 Posts |
Darn, maybe I remember it wrong, but it had something to do with a false loop, I think - that's as much as I remember of the trick.
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John Cass Regular user 131 Posts |
Is this the same "Ri Ro Ri" that was the subject of a football cheer?
Ri-Ro-Ri Hit 'em in the knee. Ri-Ro-Rass Hit 'em in the other knee. Maybe I'm confused. |
runawayjag Inner circle 1085 Posts |
The effect of Ri-Ro-Ri could be done without a gimmick, but the set did include one, albeit a very simple one, and it did make the trick much easier and more direct. The Jon Snyder version I speak of involved pulling a rope through your assistant (or the magician himself,) and leaving a ring and rope remaining in the hands of a spectator as you do so. One of the rings used as a handle was gimmicked.
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rickmagic1 Inner circle MIddle Tennessee area 1544 Posts |
You're all wrong!!!
It's George Jetson's dog, Astro, saying "three, four, three"!
Richard Green
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