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paraguppie Elite user Forsyth Montana! 411 Posts |
Hi guys,
I love the idea of this effect, but have yet to see anyone perform it. Does anyone have video of this routine? I would love to see it. Thanks, Keith
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kimmo Inner circle Sheffield 1193 Posts |
Forgive my ignorance, but what is the effect? I've never heard of it, and a web search didn't yield anything.
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Magic Jeff New user 26 Posts |
Wiz-Kote is a Steve Hart creation. Not sure if you can find one new anymore?
Basic Description: A machine with some chase lights along the bottom is shown. There are some knobs on the left side of the box to apparently adjust the machine. A shoe is borrowed from a child and placed inside the machine. The magician explains that the Wiz-Kote machine will clean the shoe and coat it with Wiz-Kote, which is a substance that will waterproof the shoe and keep it from ever getting dirty again. The magician (or child) turns the machine on. Lights start flashing, and there are strange electronic sounds coming from the machine. In a few seconds, there is a smoke seeping out of the machine, quickly followed by a smoke detector beeping. Apparently, something has gone wrong. Quickly, the machine is cut off, and the top lifted off. The 4 sides of the box drop, and there among the smoke is a shoe, burned to a crisp. The magician tries to replace the shoe with various “comedy situation” shoes, but he does not have the right kind or size of shoe. Oh well, at least the magician can put it in a paper bag so the child can take it home without getting dirty. After placing the burnt shoe in the bag, the magician inflates the bag, then burst it. The child's shoe is restored. Great humor there. Can be used with adults as well, instead of a shoe using a purse, eyeglasses, wallet, ties, etc. |
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
This is the full effect for the O.O.P.S. Machine, which is the precursor of the Wiz Kote box. You'll find the instructions, secrets, and plans for building it on my site.
Effect: The initials stand for the "One and Only Polisher of Sneakers", the audience is told, and you ask for a volunteer to help demonstrate the machine. You need a youngster who has deliciously dirty sneakers and would like to have them cleaned for FREE. Once you have your volunteer, you invite him onto the stage and have him sit in a chair to remove one sneaker for a test run. You assure the volunteer and the audience that the machine is absolutely safe, and even though it's the first time you've ever used it, you absolutely guarantee that his sneaker will come out fresh and clean and polished or you will give him an even better shoe or sneaker. And if that fails to satisfy him, you will take the volunteer out to lunch as a reward. The borrowed sneaker is put inside a cubical box made of hardboard and held together by duct tape. The home-made look of the box adds to the uncertainty of the audience that it will actually work as described. Once the sneaker is inside, a second top is placed on the box. This top has a light, an electric bell, and any other gizmos you wish to add, like egg beaters, etc. There is an electric cord attached to this top, and you nervously plug it in, warning that if the bell should start ringing, you have three seconds to remove his sneaker before it is burned to a crisp. When you plug it in, the light begins flashing and you look very happy that it is actually working. Suddenly the bell begins to ring, and you panic as you remind the audience that you have only three seconds to remove the sneaker before it is burned to a crisp (of course, using up your three seconds in the explanation!). Now, smoke is coming from the box. You unplug the top, remove it, and pick up the box by the back edge. The box falls open, revealing the initials O.O.P.S.! At the same time, the smoke that has filled the box is released and the charred remains of a sneaker falls to the floor with a thud. You hand off the box to an assistant, along with an open base that the box was resting on and the electric top, both of which are freely shown as they are taken off. You pretend that nothing is wrong and that the sneaker looks perfectly all right. You even ask the boy to put it on to make sure it still fits. Of course, this is impossible since it is little more than a charred rubber sneaker sole. Finally you admit that the sneaker MAY have been damaged, and you offer to replace it with an even better substitute. At this point your assistant brings out a shoebox, which you open and remove a rubber clown shoe. "Try it on," you encourage the youngster. "Walk around in it! Do you like it? NO?" The assistant brings out another box. This time it is a rubber or felt elf shoe. Again you try to get the boy to put it on, and if you can, you will have him walking around with the clown shoe on one foot and the elf shoe on the other. Another box, another shoe... this time a lady's high spiked heel shoe, which you know the boy will absolutely refuse to put on. Well, you have nothing left but to stick to your original guarantee. You will take the boy out to lunch. "What are we having for lunch?" you ask your assistant. The assistant hands you a brown paper bag. "Let's see... We're having sausages...those look nice..." At this point you produce a lot of foam rubber food from the paper bag, naming each piece and commenting on how delicious it all looks. Finally, you smell something in the bag and hold your nose. Maybe it's the Limburger cheese you put in the bag last year. Holding your nose, you reach into the bag and remove the boy's sneaker, unharmed. He puts it on, you drape him with the sausages, etc. and have him take a bow for being so brave. That’s the version that was used by the Wiz Kids for many years, and explains why it was done with assistants - when there are Wiz Kids around, you need things to keep them occupied as they wait for their turns in the spot light. However, BEFORE there were Wiz Kids, Jim Gerrish used to perform this solo, and the solo method is also provided with the instructions. The box is simply folded flat after the charred sneaker falls on the floor. The base is picked up, shown empty, and the folded box and electric top are put aside. At that point, the magician takes out a large paper bag and uses the bag to produce all the shoes, lunch, and finally the restored sneaker. In the original article published in Genii Magazine (Vol.49 - 1985), Jim provided a three-fold screen (NOT Grant's Temple Screen) for the final productions. But in reality, the paper bag was funnier and easier. For the record, Steve Hart's version came out in 1987, shortly after Art Khan of Zanadu began manufacturing a version of the O.O.P.S. machine with Jim's permission (1986). And that's the way it was.
Professor Spellbinder
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kimmo Inner circle Sheffield 1193 Posts |
Thanks, Magic Jeff.
Spellbinder - loved your site! I just PayPal'd you my $5.00!
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
Thanks, Kimmo! I know you'll have fun with this one, and if you take any photos of it in performance, I'd love to share them with everyone on my site. As you can see from our prices, we aren't out to get rich quick and would rather see magicians USING our ideas than taking them with us to the grave! Good luck with the routine!
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flourish dude Inner circle from ? But I know where I am going! 1195 Posts |
There used to be a video online. I can't think of who it was, but he had a bunch. I think it was an overseas person. Maybe his name was Dan? I think it was of him performing in front of his child's class.
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Potty the Pirate Inner circle 4632 Posts |
Chalet Magic offers a ready made Wiz-Kote machine, and Hocus Pocus has a pricey new effect based on the Wiz-Kote (something like "Shoe, Lemon & Lime"). There's another thread about Wiz-Kote and another even pricier unit, but I forget who makes that.
I have the O.O.P.S. manuscript, and it's excellent, but I've been to busy too make one, myself. There is a rumour that Chance Wolf is planning to produce a version of Wiz-Kote, and if he does, I may well be tempted to buy one! |
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magicmanfrank Inner circle 1127 Posts |
Yup!
I first caught wind of Chance creating HIS version quite some time ago and have been ANXIOUSLEY Awaiting for the WACKY WIZ-KOTE Machine to become a Reality!!! No ifs, ands, or buts about it, I WILL be buying one as soon as Chance gets one cranked out! Ya hear me, Chance??? I will own one SOMEDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *MMMMWWWAAAHHAAAHHAAAAHHHAAA* (In my best Maniacal, Mad Scientist Laugh!) =Frank=
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trixsntracks New user 69 Posts |
Kimmo, have fun with the O.O.P.S. machine. I bought the manuscript and built it, and it goes a storm in the show. Just a tip, though - don't be tempted to make it look too much like a magic prop! it has to look as though you knocked one up the night before. I even incorporated an extra bit on it, which breaks off at the most inopportune moment. I got all the bits for mine via eBay. It's a great trick.
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magicmarkdaniel Special user Bolton, England UK 831 Posts |
I second the O.O.P.S. plans. I built one (still to get pics), and it goes down a storm. For the price, you can't go wrong! And I agree with making it look like a homemade box, as opposed to a magic box. It all adds to the comedy.
Mark
Mark Daniel
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Amazing Magic Co Inner circle 1712 Posts |
I just hope Chance has kept his list. I've been anxiously waiting, as well.
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trixsntracks New user 69 Posts |
Why wait for Wolf's version that everyone will own?! Buy the plans for the O.O.P.S. machine, and custom make it to fit your show! Be a leader, not a follower.
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kimmo Inner circle Sheffield 1193 Posts |
I must admit that I prefer the idea of a homemade-looking prop for this effect. I'd love to have it hidden beneath a cloth, and then unveil its shabbiness to a discordant fanfare!! It'll probably be next year before I make it up, but I'll certainly give it a try!
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Magic Jeff New user 26 Posts |
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On 2006-11-18 18:34, trixsntracks wrote: It's more about character. If 9/10 of your show is flash and dash and you dress eloquently, invest in the best, and come very polished, then bringing out a home-made cardboard/pressboard prop can throw your character, throwing your audience. The same holds true for the opposite, if you are very loose, funny, casually dressed, etc., then you might do better bringing out the homemade O.O.P.S. But formulate and concentrate first on character, then purchase accordingly. |
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trixsntracks New user 69 Posts |
Magic Jeff,
I hear what you are saying, but why then does someone who dresses eloquently and has flash and dash bring out a length of rope?! As I have seen, I think the burnt shoe routine is stronger for the fact it looks like it's homemade and not some flashy box. Don't get me wrong, Wolf's version will be superb, I'm sure, as is all Chance's props. I just prefer the homemade look for this routine, as it's more plausible that you have burnt the shoe! |
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Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
Jim Gerrish has already given Chance permission to use whatever parts of his O.O.P.S. machine or routine he likes, and Chance has indicated that he might make a hybrid of both the Wiz Kote ideas (for which he also has permission) and the O.O.P.S. ideas. So, we'll all just have to wait and see what he comes up with in his Wacky Wolf Way! In the meantime, the show must go on...
Professor Spellbinder
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magicmarkdaniel Special user Bolton, England UK 831 Posts |
Kimmo,
That's pretty much what I do. I get the kid up onstage and tell them that, because they have been joining in and generally being a great audience member, I will clean their shoes using my latest high tech piece of gadgetry, costing an unbelievable amount of time and money to research and build. At that point, my assistant walks onstage with this shabby, homemade excuse of a machine. The reaction is fantastic. I've used mine quite a few times now, mainly in the holiday camp shows, and it's superb. I could have spent hundreds on a nice-looking prop, but I think the comedy value of this shoddy looking machine is better than the more expensive, ready-built models. Just my opinion. Mark
Mark Daniel
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magicmarkdaniel Special user Bolton, England UK 831 Posts |
By the way, I use the O.O.P.S. machine towards the end of my show. Doing it too early makes the child onstage uncertain about whether the shoe will be returned. Doing it towards the end gives you the extra time you need for the audience to build a little more trust in you to be able to turn things around in the end. Better to avoid the tears!
Mark
Mark Daniel
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Michael J. Douglas Inner circle WV, USA 1645 Posts |
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On 2006-11-18 14:32, Potty the Pirate wrote: This effect is called "Lemon, Lime, Balloon, Shoe", and it's not really a Wiz-Kote/O.O.P.S. effect. It's actually a version of "Orange, Lemon, Egg, & Parakeet", but instead of a parakeet, you use a kid's shoe. A hybrid of the two idea would be interesting...
Michael J.
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