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mike gallo Inner circle 1341 Posts |
Like I said, I quit smoking and stopped doing it but its a great trick.
Tabman, don't let a little thing like quitting smoking stop you from doing the effect. Michael Rubinstein has a great method for non-smokers in his COIN-vention notes! I'm a smoker and I switched over to his routine...it's that good!!! Mike |
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Larry Davidson Inner circle Boynton Beach, FL 5270 Posts |
Paul, thanks for the info about Don Alan.
For those adverse to using cigarettes, you can use other objects as Mike mentions, for example a crayon, a pencil, a rolled up bill, a feather... |
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Dan LeFay Inner circle Holland 1371 Posts |
Joshua Jay uses a small brush. It looks soooo magical!!!
"Things need not have happened to be true.
Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths, that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot." Neil Gaiman |
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Benji Bruce Special user 930 Posts |
Well lucky for me I have a biting quarter that is the newe style and an old quarter for the cig thru coin...usually I perform the pen thru quarter but if they give me a new quarter I will say "perfect I don't even need the pen" I just put the pen and coin away then I steal the biting coin and perform that effect...i don't specify which quarter I just ask for one and they are deciding which effect they will see:)
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magicbob116 Inner circle 1522 Posts |
My bitten quarter is a state quarter (New York). Since you don't have to show the reverse for that effect, it's not a problem regardless of which state someone hands you. Of course, the opposite problem can occur. There are still millions of "old-style" quarters in circulation. I guess you just have to be flexible. If you get a quarter that's a different style than your gaff, you could always just bend it instead!
B. Robert Pulver
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Michael Rubinstein V.I.P. 4665 Posts |
You might want to check out my Marked Bill Through Quarter effect, published in the June (I think) issue of Genii. It solves a lot of problems.
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elmago Loyal user Northridge- Los Angeles, CA 272 Posts |
I also use a half dollar and let them examine before and after. The half dollar is just easier for the audience to see. Especially big crowds. I also carry the gimmicked quarter just in case they pull out their own. Best case scenario is when they give me a quarter and a pen after doing it once with the half dollar.
In the case that I am handed a state quater, I do something bold. I back up to get distance and to blur clarity. Then I just do it with some motion. I don't hold it still so they never realize there is an eagle instead of a state picture. In the few times that I've had to do this I've never been called out on it. The quater really is small. Miguel Rangel
"Excellence is not a single act; it's a habit" Shaq quoting Aristotle after winning NBA MVP.
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phedonbilek Special user Greece, Cameroon, France 883 Posts |
I think that once they saw the cigarette going through the coin they forget looking for eagles, state pictures... You could have a coin with aunt Jemima on it and they would still look at the point the cigarette pierces the coin !
Seriously now, I think that in the case you're given a coin noticeably different from yours you might want to take some distance explaining that the illusion works better that way. From a bit of a distance they can't notice the difference. On top of that they do concentrate on the fact a cigarette runs through a coin, they don't pay close attention to the coin itself. One might argue that this distance lessens the effect. Maybe. But I feel more secure doing this than rubbing a completely different coin under their nose. Phedon
...The only easy day is yesterday...
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Jaxon Inner circle Kalamazoo, Mi. 2537 Posts |
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On 2005-02-16 15:49, Jonathan Townsend wrote: I think you might mean me instead of Jason. If so here's the link to that discussion. http://themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic......;forum=3 It doesn't help solve this problem because part of the coin is covered. It also helps take the heat off the quarter and the switch. Ron Jaxon |
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JTW Special user Florida 670 Posts |
Nope I'm sure he meant me jaxon. See my "Who wants to be the Firebug" routine on my DVD called 'Tied'.
Cheers, JTW |
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Alex Linian Inner circle Peru 1277 Posts |
For an INVISIBLE switch of the coins Check out Garrett Thomas's "Any Questions" video. This will also be in his "Mind of Garrett Thomas" DVD's from L&L.
Check out SKYCAP from Paul Harris Presents!- "A fine trick from the dynamic foursome..."
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