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REV BILL Special user Glen Burnie Maryland 799 Posts |
I'm tired of doing the same old magic that everyone else does. I'm venturing out to new dimensions. Take the Silk to egg for example. How about this? " The hanky goes into my fist and gets smaller and smaller until it changes into a CHICKEN!" The secret is easy. Palm the chicken and shove the silk down his throat. I don't have a sucker explanation yet as I cannot find a chicken with a hole in his side that will fit into my pocket for a switch out. Any suggestions or other different new ideas for old tricks?
Specializing in Family Entertainment,Gospel,Comedy and Educational programs for over 30 years.(Order of Merlin)
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Lyndel Inner circle wrote the theme to the TV show COPS! 1623 Posts |
Hollow out a chicken McNugget...
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Sam Sandler Inner circle 2487 Posts |
HI Rev bill,
I kind of agree with you about doing the same thing everyone else is doing. however there is a reason we do it THEY WORK that is the the tricks work. I use several standard tricks along with some original ones but the key is to changing up the ROUTINE. that is where we separate the boys from the men. anyway I wanted to chime in about the silk to egg routine beacasue my original routine with it involves producing a real live baby chick. instead of craking the egg on a class to show th e egg inside I crack it in my hand and have a real baby chick. I would ask that NO ONE else do this as It has been in my show for quite some time. its become a sort of trade mark for me and I love performing it especially when I am booked at magic conventions. I have a glass sitting on my table just to through off the magicians in the audience. as soon as I start the trick they think they know whats coming because they see the glass then Bang - baby chick gotcha, and I love it. I only mention it as you wrote about a chicken although you were refering to a fake chicken which by the way I think is indeed really funny and you should do it but if you and others would be so kind to stay away from real baby chicks that would be mighty nice. you can try a google search for fake baby chickens. or maybe get a rubber chicken they make a 7 inch version that you could roll it up and have it in your pocket to steal and shove the silk in and then show the chicken. good luck sam
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JamesTong Eternal Order Malaysia 11213 Posts |
Why should eggs only turn to chickens. Lizards, snakes, birds, etc are also hatched from eggs. Instead of turning a silk into an egg, why not produce an egg from a silk and then crack open the egg and out comes a baby bird or rubber snakes, etc.
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Sam Sandler Inner circle 2487 Posts |
Good point there jamestong,
another idea is to jsut turn the silk into an egg and then crack the egg open to find the silk. I have also produced a parakeet from an egg but when I came up with the chicken idea it was so much better for me as it fit my style and personality of my show. I like the lizzard idea.
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REV BILL Special user Glen Burnie Maryland 799 Posts |
Just so everyone knows... I meant my original post with palming a chicken etc as a joke.--Bill
Specializing in Family Entertainment,Gospel,Comedy and Educational programs for over 30 years.(Order of Merlin)
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Fast Eddie P. Veteran user Maryland 323 Posts |
Bill,
That is a shame, I was looking forward to seeing your chicken scratch palm in action! |
Bill Ligon Inner circle A sure sign of a misspent youth: 6437 Posts |
It was a particularly funny joke when people took it seriously. I was going to suggest you do it with a donkey as (1) it would be easier to get the donkey to swallow the silk and (2) the donkey would show up better on a stage, and (3) you could then just sit on your a ... er, laurels.
Bill
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
I used to have a routine with an egg made from a solid billet of steel. It weighed a ton... I would toss it into the air and say I could catch it on a plate without breaking the egg. Of course it shattered the plate. I did a switch for it following silk to egg.
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Bill Ligon Inner circle A sure sign of a misspent youth: 6437 Posts |
Now, I really like that! Shattering the plate, what a great idea!
Bill
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GTBROTHERs New user 67 Posts |
I would also have to agree I like this idea ... who did you find to make it... I imagine that woiuld take some preaty neat tools to create?
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts |
Is this another chicken joke? (J. Worley)
"Now here's the man with the 25 cent hands, that two bit magician..."
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DavidLynn New user Rural Victoria, Aus-(Oz)-tralia 43 Posts |
To GTBROTHERs
Mate any engineering shop can run one up for you if you give them a basic drawing (Scrap paper with an egg shaped oval on it) or even a wood turner on his lathe will put one together in 5 minutes. Heck you could then use a very fine saw and cut the end off, drill out the centre and fill the drill holes with lead or nails or stuff heavier than wood. Have to use hardwood though as the impact on softwood will split it easily. You could even wrap it in wire for extra weight and strength but paint it into an easter pattern or plaster up the furrows between the wire with paintable silicone. this will give the exterior a little bit of protection also. Hey you could even keep a hollow inside and if the end cap is on a spike hinge, you have a nice hidden chamber for "who knows what" |
JamesTong Eternal Order Malaysia 11213 Posts |
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On 2008-12-15 21:38, REV BILL wrote: LOL you got me there, Rev Bill |
Magic Enhancer Inner circle Robert Haas 1805 Posts |
How about vanish a silk, produce a rubber chicken, reach into the chicken, pull out an egg and inside the egg is the silk? Or a lizard? Or a 6 pack of beer? Mmmmmmm.
Robert Haas
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jocdoc Inner circle Carlsbad, CA 1183 Posts |
SHAMELESS PLUG: Might I humbly suggest that you wear the Original Chick Magnet around your neck when performing these effects? You'll have to warn the spectators, of course, that they're in the presence of a chick magnet and anything can happen! (www.sprainedangles.com).
Life is an improv. The game goes on...
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AaronishMagic Special user 635 Posts |
LOL. Nice one jocdoc
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