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JayF Regular user 160 Posts |
A couple of years ago I put together a presentation for the Jumping Knot of Pakistan for some holiday family shows. I did it again just last night. Since it has consistently played well, I thought I might share it with everyone else. It is based on the presentation Peter Vanspauwen published for his Peavey Rope Routine in Belgian Blockbusters (written by Scott Guinn). Peter was kind enough to give me permission to post my presentation on here. I'm going to assume that readers who want to use this will know the Jumping Knot routine and be able to figure out how the presentation goes with the routine.
The set-up is that I have the white rope and the red rope in my case. The extra "something," which I'll call the NOT, is also sitting in my case. The white knot in the red rope is actually a "shoelace tie vanishing knot," if you know what I mean. I use that because I like being able to do the "white section reveal" with one hand. The first part of the presentation is straight from Peter's routine. Here's what I say: When I was just a boy of ten years, I knew I wanted to be a magician. I constantly begged and pleaded for my parents to buy me the magic set I saw in the window of the magic shop, but they always told me they couldn't afford it. That Christmas I was surprised and delighted when I opened my final gift to find that very magic set! The box said that it contained "Thirty miracles guaranteed to amaze and astound everyone!" This was more than a ten-year-old could have hoped for! One of the miracles mentioned on the box was something called the Amazing Jumping Knot of Pakistan. That sounded really cool. One of the things in the box was a white rope, just like this one. The Magic Manual that came in the box showed how you could make a loop in the rope, and then pull the end through. You know what that creates? [The audience yells out "a knot."] Oh, you've seen this before. That's right, it creates a knot. But not just any knot. The Amazing Jumping Knot of Pakistan. [I kind of twitch the rope.] See, it just jumped! [I look at the audience.] Oh, you want to see the amazing part. For that, according to the Magic Manual, you need another piece of rope. In the box was a red piece of rope, just like this one. According to the Manual, if you twirl the two pieces of rope together, they start to look like a candy cane. And, then, if you say some magic words to the knot, [hold the knot up to my lips], some magic words, then the knot will jump off of the white rope onto the red rope. Then the Manual said if you sprinkle some woofle dust on the knot that it would do some more amazing things. Well, I looked in the box for some woofle dust [I rummage around in my case and pick up the NOT, hiding it in my right hand.], but I couldn't find any. So, I read further and the Manual said that woofle dust is all around us. [I pretend to grab some woofle dust out of the air and as I am saying the next line I pretend to sprinkle it on the knot.] It is powerful because it is actually pure imagination. And, then, I was able to slide the knot right off of the rope. But not only that, I was able to throw it right back on. And, then, the Manual said if I added just a bit more woofle dust to the mix, the white knot would actually meld itself onto the red rope. [As I'm saying that I grab ahold of the middle of the red rope with my right hand. I pretend to grab some woofle dust out of the air with my left hand and sprinkle it on the knot. I then pull the red rope through my left hand and show the white section of the red rope. I pull the rope the rope through my hands until I'm holding the ends in each hand in an applause pose.] And, that, ladies and gentlemen, was the Amazing Jumping Knot of Pakistan. I say those last words kind of slowly and with a little extra emphasis. The audience has always started applauding at that point. I then drop all the ropes along with the NOT back in my case and I am done. I originally bought the Jumping Knot of Pakistan from Daryl over 20 years ago. I really liked the visuals of the routine, but, to be honest, I never really knew what to say while I was performing it. I mean, Daryl is great when he does it, but I just never felt completely comfortable with what I was saying. I was really happy when I bought Belgian Blockbusters because I thought the story that Peter developed for his rope routine was quite charming, and I thought it might work well with the Jumping Knot routine. I hope some of you can use this. One more thing: the "pure imagination" phrase came from a Max Howard coin routine. Jay |
JayF Regular user 160 Posts |
One quick addition -- I know Daryl now calls the trick the Acrobatic Knot. I still call the trick the Jumping Knot of Pakistan because I like the joke about making the knot "jump" by kind of jerking the rope a little bit. While I realize that brand of humor is likely beneath most of you, I will say it usually makes the kids laugh.
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murf Loyal user San Antonio, TX 264 Posts |
A bit I've used a few time with The Jumping Knot of Pakistan is to pull out a small aresol can and say that it contains a invention of mine that's a combination of woofle dust, WD40, and carbon tetrachloride. I give the rope a little jerk as I pretend to spay it with my "invention" and say "The woofle dust makes the knot jump --- the WD40 makes it slide back and forth on the rope --- and the carbon tetrachloride makes it disolve."
Murf |
JayF Regular user 160 Posts |
Hi Murf,
That's really cool! I'm thinking maybe I can combine that idea with the story I've been using. Hmmmm. Then again, I do like that "pure imagination" line. It seems to elicit a good response from the adults. Hmmmm. Good stuff (again), Murf! Jay |
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