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Smoke & Mirrors Special user 506 Posts |
The Magic Toilet Paper (routine)
Based on an old trick, I just came up with a routine for it. (my first ever!) Most of the one-liners are old too! Audience age: must be able to read Props: dry erase board; decorative box; roll of toilet paper; deck of cards Volunteers: 2 (you must already be familiar with the old trick where you FORCE the 10 of Hearts on a volunteer, and then show your dry erase board predicted what card they would choose, but you prepare a dry erase board that reads: TEN OF HEARTS in permanent marker, and you fill the "in between areas" with other letters using a DRY ERASE marker so that the board reads: THE NAME OF THE CARD IS, but when you erase the board what is left are the permanent letters.) Patter: Boys & girls I brought something VERY special for you today! (show decorative box) (if you don't get any "oohs" or "ahhs" make the noises yourself!) (overly-dramatic voice) Hundreds of years ago, the most POWERFUL 7 magicians in the WORLD gathered in the Kingdom of Krull for the ultimate purpose of creating the most magical item man will EVER KNOW! I have in THIS BOX that very item that those 7 magicians forged from MIGHT and MAGIC! (if you have access to music, raise hands here and have thunder roll) And YOU are about to witness it's POWER! (thunder roll again) (now look upward) ...and I hope you brought your umbrellas... For this experiment I will need a willing guest from the audience...(choose volunteer) Are you ready young student for me to reveal to YOU the contents of this box? (music: JAWS Theme) (as you untie box and peek inside, on the HIGH note of the theme music you pull from the box...a roll of toilet paper!) (look confused, pause for laughs) (hold up TP) This is what those 7 guys came up with? (pun-time) -Hey! They must have been on a ROLL! -Boy they really CLEANED UP! -I'll bet afterward they were WIPED OUT! -Boy these are SQUARE jokes! Alright young student, you must LISTEN carefully in order for this mythological experiment to work! Please remove exactly 7 squares from the roll...(hold the roll with pointer fingers in each hole just above their head) (as they pull on the roll, comment: "Hey! You've done this one before!) Now, please crumple the squares into a ball and hold in the tips of your fingers like this...good, now saty right there! Ladies and gentlemen please notice this prediction board on my table (bring out dry erase board only showing the backside) as it will CORRECTLY predict something that has not yet happened! (now pick up pace; grab cards; I use jumbo size; go to audience) Young lady please stand up...( quickly force the 10 of Hearts) I will try to determine which card you are holding! Please show the card to your friends...(point to the audience)...(with a blank look you ask, "What? I'm not your friend?")... Actually, I aleady have written here the very card you would choose, before you chose it! (pick up board) And now everyone yell out loud...what IS the chosen card? (The 10 of Hearts!) That right! And as you can see my prediction reads...(turn board around) (board only reads: The Name of the card Is) "THE NAME OF THE CARD IS...and if I hadn't run out of room, it would have said... the 10 of Hearts!" (wait for applause...bow...look troubled...) (direct the girl with the card)Come over here please, hold the card up for all to see. (look back over to your toilet paper assistant) Help SAVE me magic boy! Come here! Quickly wipe the board clean! (allow the board to be wiped well and show the audience that the board now reads...THE TEN OF HEARTS)! (take the ball of TP, open it and wipe your brow in relief! Have assistants bow and give them a goody) THE END Hope you like it! -aaron |
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glodmagic Special user USA 501 Posts |
Great routine aaron. I love toilet paper in the show as I use the floating "Ridged roll" trick, over the head, and others. I really like the pull off 7 piece particpation and the lines that follow.
I hope you don't mind if we use some of this excellent routine.
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Smoke & Mirrors Special user 506 Posts |
Thanks! And yes, by all means...
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BIlly James Special user 991 Posts |
That's a nice routine aaron.
It really contains what the essence of good kids magic is all about - Comedy, bits of business and audience involvement. Good luck with it. Cheers Billy |
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NJJ Inner circle 6437 Posts |
I love it!
Perhaps rather then a card you could use the same method to 'reveal' something else? |
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Smoke & Mirrors Special user 506 Posts |
Nicholas, that would be great.
What else can be done here? Force a SHAPE? Force a WORD? Any ideas out there? |
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The Great Smartini Inner circle 2280 Posts |
Use a symbology deck and you have the weird combination of toilet paper and mentalism...come to think of it that's pretty much what I think of most mentalism effects
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Scott O. Inner circle Midwest 1143 Posts |
Nice routine Nicholas. You put some great elements together for this.
I did wonder how you get TEN OF HEARTS though. I keep coming up with THE NAME OF THE CARD IS. T E N OF HE AR S. Where's the final T? Scott (thinking way to hard) O.
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kenscott Inner circle 1869 Posts |
The T is in the I you put in permanent marker the letter T with the dry erase you put a line under the T making it appear as it is a I but when erased it takes the bottom line out leaving you with the T.
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Smoke & Mirrors Special user 506 Posts |
Alternate Plan:
Forget the force part altogether... After you have the BIRTHDAY kid holding the TP, tell them that you had a dream and came up with a magic word last night in your sleep and you wrote it down, then dig out your dry erase board..."Here it is! I couldn't remember what it was because I was so sleepy!" Turn the board around and act like you are reading it for the first time, it reads: TIRED ANT and there is a simple drawing of a yawning ant. "Huh?" Your not too happy with the magic word anymore, "that can't be right, it had something to do with today's party!" blah, blah, once the board is erased it leaves the word "TRENT" (which in this case is the b-day kid's name). And maybe the ant drawing with 6 eyelashes now resembles a birthday cake with 6 candles? A little more effort, I know. You will have to find cheap $1 store dry boards and you will have to come up with a new magic phrase and drawing for each party. ...but it's different! Also, let them keep the board, you can gaurantee that's going on their wall! aaron |
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magicbyswh Inner circle North East Tennessee 1548 Posts |
The colors of the dry erase markers and permanent markers are different shades. Any idea how to blend the colors better
Steve
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Smoke & Mirrors Special user 506 Posts |
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On 2005-04-17 17:30, magicbyswh wrote: Yes! Use a sharpie to write the TEN OF HEARTS, allow it to dry, then use a slighly thicker dry erase and write OVER the TEN OF HEARTS along with all the extra letters. Everything will now match! |
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Caleb Wiles Inner circle Indianapolis, IN 1132 Posts |
I've been using a similar routine with the dry erase board and the old THE NAME OF THE CARD IS / Ten of Hearts card revelation. It plays well and at least with the markers I've used, I haven't had a problem with the colors looking different. Even with a close up examination.
Caleb
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Hobie the Magical Hobo Clown New user Niagara, Ontario 68 Posts |
Great idea
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Gideon Sylvan Special user Deerfield, IL 541 Posts |
I LOVE IT! If I ever turn to the 9 and 10 year old parties I will be sure to try it out.
You know you are a magician when you have boxes full of lecture notes you have never read, but still are excited about going out and buying more.
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magicbyswh Inner circle North East Tennessee 1548 Posts |
Are there any others besides the Ten Of Hearts?
Creator of Cereal Brainwave, Creator of the Tossed out Book
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
Tom Borgoune (sp?) shared "Timmy TP" in Genii last year.
I think it's a fantastic ice breaker for a stand-up show and great at a kid's show too. I use that routine a lot. I buy white mouth coils by the dozens.
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magicbyswh Inner circle North East Tennessee 1548 Posts |
Is Timmy TP available in print anywhere else or just in the magazine?
Steve
Creator of Cereal Brainwave, Creator of the Tossed out Book
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
I'm not sure Steve. You could buy the back issue from
http://www.geniimagazine.com Come to think of it, my standup show has another key item that came straight from Magic magazine. I didn't really think they did but I guess those mags. payoff after all. It's just that I CANNOT STAND THOSE STUPID ADVERTISEMENTS WHERE THE MAGICIAN IS LOOKING LIKE AN IDIOT. MAKES ME CRINGE AND WANT TO QUIT MAGIC. HOW EMBARASSING FOR US ALL. so anyway. ok. cool! bye!
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Parson Smith Inner circle 1937 Posts |
It has been a while since this thread was active, but when I came across it, I couldn't help but think of the TATATA that I used in every kid show.
Peace, Parson
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