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John Palazzo Regular user Boston 136 Posts |
What do you consider the most popular gags or magic tricks to be done at parties, the dinner table, or at the bar - seemingly unplanned - of all time?
(My variation of a popular theme question.) - John
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robin_martin New user London, UK 74 Posts |
A lot of people don't like it, but Gregory Wilson's "Head Trip" found on his "On the Spot" video is brilliant for the dinner table and gets some great laughs. Simple, yet special.
The secret of the mind is the secret of the self.
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WilliamWHolcomb Special user Twinsburg, Ohio 533 Posts |
"Twisting Arm" never fails!
William Holcomb
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dlcarr50 New user 49 Posts |
If you have seen Daryl's "Live from London" videos, he talks about the "Bounce, No Bounce Balls". He has several routines that he does. One of the effects he does that is like a gag is the bounce effect with "grandma's" dinner rolls. This is a nice gag and can be done with anything, it's even funny when you sometimes get caught.
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cegarcia New user 39 Posts |
A couple of quickies I usually do at dinner parties that get a good response are, penetrating matches, coin vanish in napkin, and no gimmick pen thru dollar. All around classics.
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Stick Man Regular user UK 178 Posts |
Glass/salt shaker through the table.
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Patrick McKeever New user 79 Posts |
Salt shaker through table, two in hand and one in pocket (bar napkins work well here) burnt match in match book, torn and restored napkin, coin flourish, cigarette flourish. My favorite bar trick is a one cup and balls routine. Coffee cup, olives for balls, and lime or lemon load.
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Boxav8r New user New England 58 Posts |
One I've always enjoyed, since learning it, is Greg Wilson's "3/4 Across". It can be done with borrowed coins, and doesn't even have to be done with quarters.
I've done it at parties and even in the galley on airplanes. It's a killer in a short sleeve shirt! A slight variation in the routine allows you to perform the effect with different coins - you don't make all three go. I saw a street magician in NYC recently doing this with borrowed coins - and he was really spanking the audience! Ramone, I think was his name.
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hkmagic Regular user Colombia 108 Posts |
Look in Gardner´s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic.
"May the Magic be with you"
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Rick Elite user Va. 452 Posts |
For gags, The Amazing Jonathan put out a great book entitled: Every Trick In The Book.
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Jason K. Regular user 102 Posts |
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On 2003-03-18 10:14, Boxav8r wrote: If you liked 3/4, you should check out Sankeys Mr. Clean Coins Across. Uses three coins, same moves, but, IMO, looks cleaner. I love doing Eyescream at dinner parties! Really funny and crazy! |
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Brad Burt Inner circle 2675 Posts |
Seated at a table? Eating a Knife. A classic that you don't see much anymore, but it's a killer.
Salt Shaker or glass thru table. I once did this with a wine glass and cloth napkin. Tough, but it worked. You can make a thumb tip from paper napkin and water, vanish salt, etc. Best, Brad Burt
Brad Burt
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Keith Larocque New user Ontario 47 Posts |
I always like doing the fork in the eye trick, where you use the coffee creamer.
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gandolf Loyal user Hillsborough,NC 236 Posts |
I like "The Floating Dinner Roll" as described in Magic for Dummies. Essentially a Zombie Ball routine with a dinner roll, fork, and napkin.
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Great Domino Special user Canada 545 Posts |
Depending on the situation, I'll often do the instant memory square "Harry Lorayne's Reputation Makers". People just can't believe it. Twisting the Arm is also a great one to pull off. Keith, I'd like to see that eye creamer thing, man.
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ruiefe Regular user Lisbon 131 Posts |
I like Dan Harlan's Starcle. You do it with a paper napkin. Very visual and you can create all sorts of stories around it just to fit the mood of the party.
Rui Fernandes
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DoctorAmazo Special user Florida 643 Posts |
I second the dinner roll Zombie routine.
I usually finish up by "bouncing" it off the floor a time or two. I also get good mileage out of the "disappearing drink" ice cube/flash paper thing. Don't remember the name, but I think it's from AoA (Paul Harris). |
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Phil Pearce Loyal user Dallas, GA 260 Posts |
At the dinner table, I like to bend a spoon, "straighten it out", then lap it and hold it out over the table, bend it with some difficulty, and then...POOF! All this takes place in under 20 seconds, and the specs immediately know you are a magician and *sometimes* ask for more.
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crashfreze Regular user columbia, sc 114 Posts |
Untouched for cards.
Sweet Surprize (Sankey) for dinner table magic. |
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dgiancaspro Regular user New York City 122 Posts |
Brad,
TT from a paper napkin and water??? Is that from McGuyver's "Survivalist Magicians Handbook"
"Mommy when I grow up I want to be a magician"
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