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enoch8776 New user 21 Posts 
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Hi guys, I'm trying to get million dollar book test.
However, it seems to be not worth of buying from other people's reviews. Does anyone knows the better version of million dollar book test or the same effect? I'm trying to do it on school talent show that is coming up on May 25th. Thank you guys! |
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Josh Zandman Special user 687 Posts
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Mother of all Book Tests - can be purchased pretty much at any dealer.
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts
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The king of book tests is the Mother of All Book Tests, it is clean and very flexible.
But if you are doing it for a school talent show, I would recommend the Movie book from Double Feature (Larry Becker and Lee Earl) it is a full act with a very large and visual conclusion. The subject matter, movies, makes it applicable and relevant to most audiences as well. Tony |
Lord Of The Horses Inner circle 5406 Posts
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MOABT (Mother Of All Book Tests) is one of the finest book-tests around for english speaking countries.
It should be also noted that MDBT (Million Dollar Book Test) was originally the name of another book-test created by the SAME author who released the MOABT: Ted Karmilovich. And THIS latter MDBT has nothing to do with Ted's original MDBT and is also said to be a rip-off of the original MOABT.
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enoch8776 New user 21 Posts
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Thank you all for good info!
It seems like mother of all book tests will be good. Is "Movie book from Double Feature" has the same effect of MOABT? |
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts
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Yes, the effect is exactly the same: The performer reveals something that a spectator is thinking of.
Both use books to accomplish this effect as well. The presentation, routining, and feel are different. A description of the Movie portion of DF is below. Quote:
Flip through The Century's 100 Classic Films to show that every page is different: each two-page spread lists details of a classic film and an image of its lobby poster. Your helpers slide bookmarks between pages to select three completely different films. |
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Benji Bruce Special user 930 Posts
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Mother of all Book Tests is the closest to real magic you can get..BUT..Osterlind's Magazine Test is the best. The way the routine is structured is what makes me prefer this version because you don't just predict a word, you predict a word that they "almost" chose. I have seen MOBT performed a few times but the very first time I saw Oserlind's version, I thought "wow, she gasped when she saw that he crossed out a word and predicted another one."
I vote for Osterlind's version because the way entire routine is structure makes you think about why he crossed out a word and predicted another...and once the routine is at the climax, youre not just amazed, but you understand why he crossed out the word at the beginning |
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Tony Iacoviello Eternal Order 13151 Posts
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My only suggestion, consider your audience, venue, and your purpose.
The audience is an auditorium full of students; and the venue, a talent contest. You will be competing against very visual and dynamic acts. There will be a lot of energy in the theater due to the music and the popularity of the other competitors. If your goal is to show that you can read minds, any of the items mentioned in this thread will work. If your goal is to entertain the audience (and possibly place well) then a presentation that is relevant, visual (as well as cerebral), and understandable by the entire audience is needed. This can be done with any of the items mentioned here, but comes prepackaged with only one. Regardless of what you choose, it will be a lot of work in a very short time period. My advice, forget the opinions of everyone here, forget what is entertaining to you as a magician or mentalist. Consider what would entertain your fellow students. On a side note, the contest will be won by a very popular and pretty young lady who will sing either a Celine Dion or Whitney Houston song. Tony |
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Lord Of The Horses Inner circle 5406 Posts
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In a situation like the one Tony just mentioned -
My experience would clue me to perform some dynamic Bank-Night plot OR some quick & energetic Chair Prediction Routine (peraphs with music!) Just my thoughts on Tony's enviroment example above ...
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Benji Bruce Special user 930 Posts
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If you're doing a talent show then you should tell them to let you be one of the last performances and do you best to be one of the last to go up. People show up late and always remember the last ones they saw more vividly than the 1st one (unless the first one was REALLY good). If a lot of people are singing and using music (which usually happens in most talent shows)...then don't use music. You don't want to stand out from all the other performers so perform tricks that don't need music.
I would recommend doing two tricks. The first establishes who you are and your style and the 2nd should be the strongest effect you can perform. If you just perform 1 strong effect then it won't have the impact it should because that one effect would have to establish your style, get them to like you, get them use to your magic, and get them to feel the magic. As strong as I said the Magazine Test is, I would never use it as an opener because people would be more focused on who I am than the trick itself. Benji |
Bob Baker Inner circle 1111 Posts
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May I gently suggest that acquiring a new routine and performing it--presumably for the first time in public--is not the way to win a talent contest. Look at your repertoire, pick out something you've performed successfully many times and do that.
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Reuben Dunn Inner circle Has a purple ribbon wraped around my 1592 Posts
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On 2007-04-19 22:44, Bob Baker wrote: I agree! Buying a book test, or any effect and looking to perform it within 30+ days of a performance is rather risky, and might take a bit more experience, bravery,stupidy than one realises. Mechanically learning a book test for example is rather easy; the possible exception to this rule being MOAB, if only because of the nature of the effect. I would suggest strongly you stick with routines/effects that you already are proficient at. There'll be other days, other shows to do "that" book test. Bombing at a book test,or any "major" effect, can erase whatever good you will have done. It's true that ocassionally screwing up on an effect can make a mentalist "human" as opposed to the magician that never fails, but this is something that is done on purpose and, IMO, spairingly. Good luck in any event with your show. |
Tim Ellis V.I.P. Melbourne, Australia 1234 Posts
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Is MILLION DOLLAR BOOK TEST a copy of MOABT? It does look very similar to WOW...
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Ezzet Veteran user Sweden 391 Posts
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[quote]On 2007-04-18 18:23, Lord Of The Horses wrote:
MOABT (Mother Of All Book Tests) is one of the finest book-tests around for english speaking countries. What booktest is best for non english speaking countries? Ezzet |
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Lord Of The Horses Inner circle 5406 Posts
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On 2007-08-28 16:54, Ezzet wrote: Any of my booktests. All of them are usable in any language! But, if you ask me between the Million Dollar Book Test and the MOABT (both by Ted Karmilovich) I will have to answer you... Million Dollar Book Test. Btw, I shared with Ted (and with a few other people) the USD Subtlety that I came up with for my own use and that I ALWAYS USE in conjunction with his Million Dollar Booktest. It makes that booktest just a little more impossible to backtrack.
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