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BeThePlunk Special user West of Boston, East of Eden 887 Posts 
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[quote]On Dec 15, 2018, Kaliix wrote:
Why the need to switch ropes? Don't you have all you need at the end of Professors nightmare? Just put away the "extra" ropes and hold back what ever you need as you put away what you don't. I haven't been on the Café for a while, so this is a bit late. It's a fair question, Kaliix and Dick. I want to end PN with (seemingly) a single long rope, the two knots (seemingly) gone. That's why I'm interested in making a switch to a single un-knotted rope. |
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 7994 Posts
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Hey Plunk! It's a free country! But, why do you want to try to "top" the already great finish of the PN??? In my book, I gave you Karrell Fox's GREAT FINISH FOR THE PN!
Do what you want! You'v been working with three simple pieces of unprepared rope! Now, you want to stick the pieces in some hokey prop, and switch them?????? PROFESSIONALS KNOW WHEN T0 QUIT!!!!!!!!!!
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countrymaven Special user 673 Posts
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Be the plunk:
IMHO (and feel free to disagree) , the PN has been overdone. It is high time for a FEW PERFORMERS to do something great at the end. Like you said, make them into one rope. Then do a secret, invisible switch, and hand them out. make them into one rope a la Pavel. then do the switch. If you can switch a deck, you can switch a rope cleanly too. I am coming up with a rope switch for an extended rope!!! not only wrapped and in the hand. |
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Pop Haydn Inner circle Los Angeles 3122 Posts
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I suggest the most effective switch would be to switch behind a chair. Just have one rope hanging behind a chair, and in the act of moving the chair, the rope in your hand is dropped on a hook, while you pick up the second rope with the same hand.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 7994 Posts
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I agree, Pop!
I just drop gaffed bit of rope into my prop case, and a moment later, I pick up a rope about the same length. NO ONE has ever mentioned anything about it. I wrote that in the first few posts! KisMif
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countrymaven Special user 673 Posts
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Thanks Dick and Pop, excellent ideas from some magic masters.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 7994 Posts
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On Dec 27, 2018, Dick Oslund wrote: Of course, one COULD coil up the rope, place it into a P&L Duck Pan, add $5.00 worth of FLASH PAPER, throw in a LIT MATCH, clap on the lid, jerk off the lid, and, bring out the ungaffed rope! ---but only an inexperienced klutz would go that far to PROVE something to people who really don't give a dam!
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 7994 Posts
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Then again, perhaps using a P&L red velvet bag on a stick would add more flash. Naah....The flash paper may cause irreparable harm to the red velvet!
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 7994 Posts
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IMO, the Professor's Nightmare has been too often "butchered" by inept performers. Performed well, with a good PRESENTATION, the EFFECT is amazing, entertaining, and, good magic.
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countrymaven Special user 673 Posts
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Clap on the lid, "jerk off" the lid,??
yes I understand. no need for that. you are right. if done well, the PN blows minds. yes Dick, good point. |
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imgic Inner circle Moved to Seattle to see 1036 Posts
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I do a routine with a deck switch. Put the deck in my jacket pocket as I move a drawing pad...the reach into other pocket with second deck. I’ve never been called on it. Simple enough to do with rope, either in pocket or case, or behind a chair.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 7994 Posts
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On Dec 29, 2018, imgic wrote: YES! Do it naturally! Don't try to be sneaky! Dear old Al Baker said it WELL! ("Don't run when you aren't being chased!")
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countrymaven Special user 673 Posts
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Thanks imgic and Mr. Oslund. A humbling reminder that if you never have been caught, while run when the "cops" haven't caught you (hehe)?
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 7994 Posts
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Sorry, but it appears that you have returned to your previous style of writing. I was unable to "translate" your comment.
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imgic Inner circle Moved to Seattle to see 1036 Posts
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I think he’s was trying to say, “Don’t run if nobody is chasing you.”
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 7994 Posts
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Then, why doesn't he just say that?
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Kaliix Inner circle Connecticut 1350 Posts
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He did, just in a slightly different way, though the "while" instead of a "why" might have thrown you off.
Quote: On Jan 2, 2019, Dick Oslund wrote:
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.
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imgic Inner circle Moved to Seattle to see 1036 Posts
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On Jan 2, 2019, Dick Oslund wrote: That question belongs in a Mentalist room...
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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