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jem368 New user 16 Posts 
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On 2010-11-16 11:21, Jeff Taub wrote: Perhaps you should refer them to the stage magic of A Very Potter Musical (a theatre musical based on the Harry Potter books which has absolutely no magic in it). |
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kal Regular user 111 Posts
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"How did you do that?"
"Exactly as I planned".
I'm always honest about when I'm lying. And I'm always lying...
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MasterGracey New user Malibu, CA / Winter Haven, FL 7 Posts
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On 2010-09-01 22:30, bhavz95 wrote: This site is hilarious! Thanks for sharing. Some of those "explanations" will come in handy! |
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rsylvester Loyal user Trying to learn to BP a duck in 269 Posts
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On 2008-06-14 16:16, Veneficus Cruor wrote: LOL: No. 2 just cracked me up. Some really great responses by everyone on this. I also wanted to share an experience the other night that really surprised me. I did a show at my church, and the teenagers surprisingly were the ones most excited. Usually they are, like, you know, bored with everything, like. But they really enjoyed it. Two teen girls were talking and one said, "I think I caught how you did the one with the cane (color-changing)." "How?" her friend responded. "Magicians don't tell how they do their tricks, and I don't think I should either." I smiled, never found out if she knew the "real" secret, but I wanted to hug her. |
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jerome96114 New user 71 Posts
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On 2008-07-13 15:09, Sir Richard wrote: You should not use this one when you just did some Gospel-Magic, should you ? 
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djurmann Inner circle thinks time to practice and stop writing 1481 Posts
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Me? I thought YOU did it!
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Mike Maturen Inner circle Michigan's Beautiful Sunrise Side 2726 Posts
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On 2008-04-13 15:22, Justin Style wrote: I'd be careful with THAT one! With my luck, the only people that would take off their clothes would be the ones that I WOULD NEVER WANT TO SEE NAKED!
Mike Maturen
World of Wonder Entertainment The Magic and Mayhem of Mike Maturen 989-335-1661 mikematuren@gmail.com AUTHOR OF "A NEW DAWN--Weekly Wisdom From Everyday Life" member: International Magician's Society |
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ViolinKing Veteran user a loyal user has no more than 307 Posts
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On 2008-04-23 14:07, Hearttau wrote: Thanks for the tip! Sometimes you just need humor, because they don't really want to know, they just don't know what else to say. I believe I have a special insight, because what I do, nobody has mentioned yet. I simply tell them. The context here is that I am performing magic for my family and friends, and they know that I am practicing to perform for strangers. Therefore, I don't mind telling them. I want to think, in my head, as I perform, "Anyone can do this," because not only does that humble you, and make you easier to like, it also reinforces the notion that you won't fail. Quote:
On 2008-06-14 00:28, gdw wrote: I feel like if they ask me how I did it, then I need to change the way I perform the trick. And simply showing how it is done humbles me for the next time. (And I have tons of tricks.) The more humble I am, the more like-able. The more like-able I am, the less the audience focuses on being fooled. (Internally humble, not externally.) |
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MitchellMac Loyal user 210 Posts
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Heres an idea
"How did you do that" "Ok I'll tell you, listen carefully because I'm only going to tell you once" "Ok" "Benji" "What??" "Well it's too late, I'm not going to tell you again" |
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Mr Timothy Gray.jpg "View Profile") Veteran user Rue d'Auseil 364 Posts
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Francis Urquhart in the mini-series HOUSE OF CARDS had that wonderful saying, "You might very well think that -- I couldn't possibly comment."
I have a habit of convoluting the issue -- explanations offered by the audience are frequently off the mark, and it's fun to agree with them, and then offer an equally bizarre factor to the equation. Often times this leaves them just as confused, but, equally, feeling that they might be in on trick, which couldn't be further from the truth.
Yr. Obdt. Svt.,
Mr Timothy Gray Specializing in the Occult Arts of Fortune Telling, Magic & Mediumship; Est. 1986 |
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Rectify New user Florida 55 Posts
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Just don't hold it over their head that you know it and they don't. It takes away the fun and also image of magic when you reveal effects.
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Mr Timothy Gray Veteran user Rue d'Auseil 364 Posts
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David Berglas, in response to people asking how he did his Floating Table, would often say, "That's a very good idea. I might have to try that next time." I think that's a wonderful response.
Yr. Obdt. Svt.,
Mr Timothy Gray Specializing in the Occult Arts of Fortune Telling, Magic & Mediumship; Est. 1986 |
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syshacker New user 4 Posts
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On 2010-09-01 22:30, bhavz95 wrote: Unbelievable read. I think doing it in a humorous way is always the way to go. |
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EldonFowler Regular user 110 Posts
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A guy said to me"How did you do that?" I said "If I tell you, I'd have to kill you" The guy said "Ok then....Tell my wife" But do not use this joke with a guy when his wife is there! |
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Howie Diddot Inner circle San Francisco & Los Angeles California 3288 Posts
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On 2008-04-29 10:49, Justin Style wrote: yo! Come on, There's no such thing as Magic 
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mtb New user South Africa 61 Posts
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On 2011-07-23 19:16, Howie Diddot wrote: The magical mafia are sort of now you see them, now you don't. And they are always in the other hand. |
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Magic Rik Loyal user Eastern Canada 296 Posts
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It was 1980, I was a public school teacher and in our small town we had just started to use micro computers in the elementary school. I had been asked to drive about two hours to a neighbouring town and do a demonstration to their teachers. It was all pretty new then and I was pretty green at it.
About three quarters of the way through, I was trying to explain CPUs and RAMs and disc drives and there was a a pause. A bit of a know-it-all in the second row says out loud, so everyone could hear, "Yes, but how does it really do that? Where does it happen?" Referring to the electronics of it, the bits and bytes etc. The computer company from the big city who was sponsoring the demo had sent along a friend of mine, a geek who worked for them, but who also knew educators. He was very quietly sitting in row four. There was a longer pause because I did not know how to answer. In a stage whisper Chris said, "Its all done in the PFM box." The questioner turned around, looked directly at Chris and asked. "PFM box, what's that stand for?" By now you could hear a pin drop. Chris's soft, clear, reply was, "Pure, (little pause), Magic. "So - "How did I do it?" - "Its all done in the PFM box" |
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dpalacios New user 2 Posts
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I tell them " you are so lucky to still have that feeling , and that I wish I did to. I miss the feeling of not knowing how the magic is done. your so lucky!!
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pcb52 New user 24 Posts
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I just look at them smile and say secret!!
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts
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Paraphrased from the Big Bang Theory (Episode: The Prestidigitation Approximation):
"How'd you do that?" "Hey, not knowing is part of the fun! Or, at least, that was the motto at my community college."
Now appearing nightly in my basement.
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