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Hill Inner circle 1164 Posts |
I'm generally the creative sort. I don't have an 'out of my box' show - each one I do is tailored to the client, their needs, and corp goals (bla bla bla).
But how's this for a toughie. This weekend, I'm doing a show for a Potato distrubutor here in Northern Ireland - and I need to do some potato based mentalism. They want some form of mentalism involving raw (only raw) potatoes. I would love to get a few idea's from you guys on presentational ideas. I'm pretty stumped. Best, David. |
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Tone Elite user 423 Posts |
Hm- interesting premise!
Perhaps a NW for carved predictions? "S(mashed potato) and Stab"? Three Spud Monte? PK Potato Touches? |
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entity Inner circle Canada 5060 Posts |
Your cheque has been sealed in one of the potatoes. You use your talents to divine the location of the correct potato.
50 Potatoes are laid face down on the stage. One of them has been secretly signed by the head of the company. You use a dowsing rod to find the signed potato. You cause a potato to become hot in someone's hands. - entity
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Hill Inner circle 1164 Posts |
Great idea's guys, it needs to be pretty light hearted and fun but I love your thoughts.
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Hill Inner circle 1164 Posts |
Hmmmmmmm, I'm sure something could be done with 'potato head' pieces....................
gonna get right on that idea too |
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LLL Inner circle 1574 Posts |
How about a word carved into the center of the potato, the two halves put back together, add 6 more potatoes. Force a word using banacheks ring on page method... then equivique to get to the right potato... showing all other potatos are cooked, except theres which contains there word (make sure it's somthing to do with the company).. which should be easy to carve on the raw surface...
mescalito
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
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kinesis Inner circle Scotland, surrounded by 2708 Posts |
Spectator creates a potato head from various eyes, ears, noses and mouths etc and the resulting face matches your prediction.
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Jon_Thompson Inner circle Darkest Cheshire 2404 Posts |
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On 2007-09-25 08:58, David Meade wrote: Have you seen "Magicians"? There's a fairly lame effect in which one of them guesses the configuration of features on a Mr Potatohead. Adapted, it might be viable. |
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Energizer Special user A well known funeral palour 582 Posts |
Killer Elite - but with Potatoe's instead of gangsters. And maybe a lucky potatoe masher instead of a poker chip.
Or - spec chooses a type of potatoe from a list of various varieties - e.g. jersey royal, king edwards. Free choice - but you predict it perfectly. Not much help, I'm sure ...
"We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines" - W. Axl Rose, circa 1992.
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dave_matkin Inner circle 4522 Posts |
How about a version of banachecks assanation game but wiht spuds and a method of preparing it for cooking - the final prediciton being an event / date? taht might go down well.
if you have enough time - in advance you could do a "headline prediciton" but with their share value? just a couple of thoughts from someone starting to get into mentalism. Dave |
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Potato printing! like I did as a kid...letters of the alphabet, force or switch a batch to form a word that's been on display through out/in an envelope/buried in some earth in a pot...
I've asked to be banned
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dave_matkin Inner circle 4522 Posts |
I know you said raw poatoes but how about a prediciton in a packet of crisps (thats potato chips for you americans out there)
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Silvertongue Inner circle One day I will die leaving behind 2426 Posts |
Get him to hide a potatoe somewhere in the plant and find it via muscle reading and have the whole audience follow you around... some experience in this field is a must though as you will need to be familiar with the suble cues
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And living beings remain in cyclic existence, For that long, may I too remain, to dispel the sufferings of the world. -Shantideva Engaging in the Conduct of a Bodhisattva |
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Blackwood Special user Mind-Play 528 Posts |
Not really mentalism but a favorite of some, such as Barrie Richardson: Bill in lemon transformed to pound sterling in spud.
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fishwasher Inner circle B'ham uk 1231 Posts |
Cook one with your pyrokinetic mindpoweres
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jcroop Special user 771 Posts |
Telekinetic Potato (ala Timber).
Potato rolls and stops at a predicted spot (by either you or the spectator). Triple prediction with type of potato, how it is cooked, what meal it is served with. Triple prediction for how many potatoes will be sold, what city they go to, how much it costs (etc, etc.) I really like kinesis' idea of predicting what a Mr. Potato Head will look like. |
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Rory Raven Special user Providence, RI 514 Posts |
My vote goes to a Mr./Mrs. Potato Head prediction.
Or a confabulation with several bits of chosen potato-related data. Rory
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
David
How about having several potatoes available and one is chosen. Then you have the helper count the number of "eyes" on that particular potato. Of course, your prediction made in advance and mailed to the CEO or other appropriate party is accurate. Julie |
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TheGreatGalling Loyal user 245 Posts |
You can do a Russian Patato Roulette where there are four baked patatoes and you place a razor blade in one of them. You then take a huge bite out of each until the last one remains. I would suggest a no chan** dice and good spec. management. Its not lighthearted but just an option. Please be careful if you do it.
I'd call it, the spud of death. Even though its serious in nature, the idea is so crazy you can def. play it up as a dead pan joke. Joe |
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TheGreatGalling Loyal user 245 Posts |
My 30 mins past to edit...
I was going to add... "Ladies and gentlemen. Looking at this innocent spud, one would find it hardpressed to drum up images of a lethal death machine. However, I am sure each of you can imagine its dangerous properties - You have all heard of hot potato yes? I am also sure not one of you would be willing to bend before a potato shooter...well most of you wouldn't anyway. In one moment, I will demonstrate how this brown, hairy, vegetable can be easily transformed into a menacing vehicle of death." Some other goodies: How to choose a volunteer? Hot potato. You have a spud in the crowd, you play some music, and it gets passed along, when another volunteer stops the music without looking into the crowd, the person it stops on is the volunteer. Some preshow work: For** a letter in the word potato, divine in later in the show. For** (or f**d out preshow) a part of Mr. Potato head and play a game of Voodoo Potato Head. You can have them select a body part and remove it, then show a poster size drawing of Mr. Potato head missing that body part. You can also preshow for** a Mr. Potato head configuration and have them arrange it on stage only to display your prediction drawing with Mr. PH in that very configuration. The no ch**** dice can also be used for the above effect. In the meantime, I am still thinking... Joe |
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