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Quentin Inner circle 1020 Posts |
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On 2013-11-26 11:44, Steven Conner wrote: Seven posts above yours. David Hemmingway also has a full routine in a number of his publications available from International Magic, London http://www.internationalmagic.com |
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Starrpower Inner circle 4070 Posts |
Or you can write your own. I think that a good story about yourself, or something you experienced, heard, read about, or saw can be the foundation of original "patter".
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magicden Regular user scotland 103 Posts |
Why not make your own this is my idea from a recent lecture. I use big ben and a harry potter routine
Den http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to6z9sw1VBk |
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magicden Regular user scotland 103 Posts |
Why not make your own this is my idea from a recent lecture. I use big ben and a harry potter routine
Den http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to6z9sw1VBk |
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Yellowcustard Inner circle New Zealand 1334 Posts |
I use a black piece of corflu with a yellow arrow made out of gaffer tape. The story I use is from when we did the Camino walk across Spain. As you walk across there are yellow arrows telling you were to go. So I talk about the Camino and how your way is the way.
Its great fun and works well for all ages.
Enjoy your magic,
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Quentin Inner circle 1020 Posts |
Joe Riding opened his cabaret act with this trick with patter about painting signs on the motorway.
Steve Beam's Trapdoor magazine, Vol One, Issue One also featured a routine about UP and DOWN. |
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
I bought the "original" Milbourne Christopher version (with the Clayton Rawson "patter" about 1951 ($2.00!!!) --still using the same prop (now and then)
It's the premise and the patter!!! I still use Rawson's lines, but changed the ending so the arrow points down. The finish, when I'm "fired" by the boss ("boss" spelled backwards is double S O B!) is: "If I must "go", I'll make one more sign so you'll know where you can go!' (turn sign over to show arrow going "down"). I did a "freebie" at a "back yard" party of circus people and switched the presentation to a "First o' May" 24 hour man and a season's supply of convoy arrows. (The poster printing company--"they" supplied free convoy arrows if you bought a season's supply of one sheets,and half sheets--"had misprinted the convoy arrows and they all pointed left. When the show left winter quarters, the general agent had to lay out the season's route in a "counter clockwise" direction. The show was last seen on a lot in Kentucky, and hasn't made a jump in two seasons! Down the road!!! D. Oslund, "bill poster and generally useful"
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
I use it.
It's a great prop and can be used in a lot of different ways. It can also be used at different paces, both in the turn over as well as the rate and pitch of speech. My Dr. Laugh programs are not always about magic, but connecting with my audiences at different levels including information and emotion. Going UP? Otis did much better when his "room" moved up and down instead of < to > Harris
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
One of Bev Bergeron's Lecture Notes has a slightly different turn around handling. I like it, but, I can't "unlearn" the old way.
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Foole4Hire New user 15 Posts |
Four years ago, I used Edwin Hooper's badge routine from _Finale_ (great book for children's magicians) in conjunction with a chqin escape. Just to echo the gist of the above, a strong routine is the key: in this case, I was identifying a volunteer as a police inspector but could never get the badge right. As a magic entertainer of children it's critical to understand that good comedy is worth every bit as much as fooling magic. Further, compass part of the routine effectively took my escape from being 2 minutes of doing something that just makes me look like a knowitall to 6 minutes of sidesplitting warm-up that utterly worked in over 50 shows.
A compass routine is a good comedy routine with magic but take the trouble suggested above to write something meaningful. |
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
Yes.
Borrowing a line from a musician friend of mine, I like to have as much Schtick as Lick. Humor as much as method/magic..... The other reason I like this principle is it can be applied and altered to include other things such as 1. Plain as the "NOSE" on your face 2. Arrows 3. Pointing fingers 4. Colors of the object or background Harris still too old to know it all
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
I'd like to rephrase the original poster's question from "Does that old 'stop sign' compass actually fool anyone?" to "Does the old 'stop sign' compass _entertain_ anyone?"
As is often the case in magic, if the trick is entertaining, then it has proven its inherent value whether it fools anyone or not. I'm a little surprised, though, to find this question posed in "The Little Darlings" forum. As an impromptu trick done in a bar using a drink coaster, I think it can be very entertaining. There was, however, a very unique, platform version of the compass trick appropriate for "little darlings" that I used back in the 70's but which unfortunately has gotten misplaced over the years. What makes it especially appropriate for kid shows today more than ever is the theme of a rocket ship going off course--pointing straight up, at a 45-degree angle, pointing straight down. What was unique, too, about this kid show version was that at the end you open up the rocket placard to reveal an alien! (I think the patter involved discovering that the alien was responsible for the malfunctioning of the rocket.) I lost the trick years ago over the course of time, but I posted a jpeg I made of it on the IBM Ring 103 Norfolk facebook page. I think you can view the jpeg here even if you aren't a facebook user: http://tinyurl.com/omwfmhm I have no idea what the original rocket and alien looked like. I created a jpeg image that resembles the current "Roswell-esque" alien. I tried to find information about the original alien rocket compass trick on askAlexander but got no hits. Maybe someone here on the Café can cite the creator and the shop that marketed it. It has a Supreme or Unique Studios feel to it. ----- Sonny
----- Sonny Narvaez
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
I remember that one, but can't remember who was the manufacturer.
Also there was one where you opened it up and the volunteer became a A. Police Officer B. Eye Chart C. ______ As far as being in this section the compass can be used to represent 1. Directions 2. Attitude 3. Following the crowd 4. Directions to class (I work in a middle school and at the beginning of school help kids orient to where there class is located) 5. part of a story Great thread! Thanks to all
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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themagiciansapprentice Inner circle Essex, UK 1381 Posts |
In the interest of completeness, other A4 size versions exist
(1) David Ginn used one with a native indian brave pictured inside (2) onewayuk sell two Gospel versions - one has three pictures inside including the world inside http://www.onewayuk.com/product.php?id=283 the other has a patter for Jonah and the whale and the lost sheep http://www.onewayuk.com/product.php?id=1000524 The smaller versions are pocket tricks, still found in cheap magic boxes. Yet the children nevercrelate that handling to these larger props. So yes they are still entertaining
Have wand will travel! Performing children's magic in the UK for Winter 2014 and Spring 2015.
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
I agree (as if you couldn't already tell.
Also the size can be determined by how small(or large) you make the art. Lamination, home computers, printers and a little thought, can make this a very special and personal to either you, your audience OR both. Harris
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
In regard to "smaller versions [of classic effects] are pocket tricks, still found in cheap magic boxes"...
We all know that some classic magic tricks are sold in "cheap magic boxes" and that the lay folks who owned them can still be fooled by a trick in them--like the Svengali Deck, the Cups and Balls, The Ball Vase, and even The Linking Rings. There was a cheap but very clever version of "Instant Painting" that was sold by a well-known magic shop that was a variant of "The Baby Gag" where you predict a celebrity who would be named by the audience. A friend of mine ordered the trick and was disappointed that what came back was about the size of a 4x5 index card and made out of similar paper stock. Being an artist, I got an acetate sheet, a good permanent artist marker, some black decorator tape--and designed a large version of the baby gag for my friend--one that could be used in a standard instant painting frame. I have also seen cheap versions of the instant picture frame tricks as premium giveaways. Burger King had one at one time. ----- Sonny
----- Sonny Narvaez
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Yellowcustard Inner circle New Zealand 1334 Posts |
If you want a pocket version and don't fancy making one or find the ones on offer cheap looking check this out.
http://www.fiveofheartsmagic.com/index.p......ctId=103 If you don't know the guys from 5 of hart I can tell you they are great magicians and craft men so there props look great and work well. I have a few of there item and love them. The coin paddle is something I simple love.
Enjoy your magic,
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Quentin Inner circle 1020 Posts |
In the June, 1953 issue of The Magic Wand (Vol 42, Issue 238), Edmund Rowland (he, the inventor of the newspaper prediction that Al Koran did on the Ed Sullivan show) published a routine for children called 'Slippery Fish'. It is noteworthy because it uses two boards. The theme is working in a fish factory and trying to stack the fish into crates but they keep slipping.
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
I was born in 53, but didn't start getting magic stuff till a bit later.
Is this a one or two person bit?
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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Quentin Inner circle 1020 Posts |
One person.
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