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glodmagic Special user USA 501 Posts |
How about some of your favorite questions to a spectator when using a lie detector? (Helmet type, table top unit, close up, rapping hand, etc.)
I have had the remote control weird three flashing bulb one for a couple of years but never really developed funny questions beyond the typical, "Are you happy with your job here?" stuff. I love the concept and know that many of you have some great questions. What are some of your favorites?
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Do you floss twice a day?
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Reg Rozee Special user Vancouver, Canada 592 Posts |
A couple of funny ones you can improvise further upon depending on the answers:
Reality is what doesn't go away when you stop believing in it. -Phillip K. Dick
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? -Chico Marx |
Sue Ridler Regular user 133 Posts |
Stop it Reg, you're killing me!
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dpe666 Inner circle 2895 Posts |
My favorite "Lie-Detector Questions" can not be printed here as this is a family-orientated site. I start off by having a card selected. Then, I hook the poor sap up to the machine. By the time I get done with him, the selected card is totally irrelevant. It is forgotten.
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The Baldini Inner circle I some how pounded in 2445 Posts |
Very funny stuff, thanks Guy's.
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derrenshowman New user 52 Posts |
Are you right had or left hand
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deputy Inner circle USA 1041 Posts |
Ha e you ever been arrested
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
Favorite Beatle?
Kirk or Picard? Mary Anne or Ginger? You have to be fairly old to have any opinion on these. -Mary Mowder |
Rainboguy Inner circle 1915 Posts |
My favorite Lie Detector question of all time happened in 1987 at The Magic Castle when I saw Kerry Pollock perform his version of The Lie Detector Trick in The Palace of Mystery for the very first time.
At that time, Kerry was working Comedy Clubs and "Broke The Act In" at The Magic Castle. Once Kerry explained how the lie detector device worked, what it did, and Demo'd the BOING! and BUZZ! Sounds that The Lie Detector made when it was detecting whether or not someone was telling the truth, he "armed" the device, walked out into the audience to select a volunteer for the trick, selected a lovely young lady, and as he was escorting her to the stage, leaned over and whispered into her ear (and his lavalier Mic) in a LOUD stage whisper.... "Were you a virgin when you got married?" The lady whispered back...."Yes". BUZZ! It brought the house down!!! |
KC Cameron Inner circle Raleigh, North Carolina 1944 Posts |
I do a lie detector routine in almost every show - both adult and family. I find that embarrassing your volunteer very much will only make you look bad, and make it harder to get others to volunteer (and get re-booked). It feeds into the "I'm smarter than you are" persona that plagues magicians. Sure, sometimes it can work well, but it is a very delicate balance that can easily back-fire for the vast majority of us.
A simple rule for me is: Would I care if another magician used my wife/son/daughter/parent/self like this in his show??? That being said, most questions that don't fall into this category are not terribly funny. Thus the dilemma of the lie detector: Everybody likes it in theory, few use it successfully. |
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