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magicman03 New user 50 Posts |
Does anyone use any finger type effects? In particular david harkeys goldfinger principle. Or how about the old pull the thumb off trick?
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Nicholas Special user I predict that I now have 900 Posts |
I use finger fantasies by Meir Yedid. My presentation is slightly surrealistic and frequently gets gasps or people having a difficult time looking (they want to see what I am doing...but they don't want to see). So, for me, this one ranks high.
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NitroMagic New user 36 Posts |
This is great and is an awsome addition to an act. Practice makes perfect.
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stphotog New user 14 Posts |
Is there a video?
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Grimm Regular user 134 Posts |
I still haven't made up my mind about finger fantasies yet. Sometimes I think it's more of a gag than a real trick (at least presented in Yedid's way). However with a little flourish it could turn into someting very interesting.
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Nicholas Special user I predict that I now have 900 Posts |
Stphotog
It is from Mier Yedid's video titled Finger Fantasies. I know there is a demo video somewhere on the internet but I can't recall where it is located. Someone else may have a better memory. The one thing about Finger Fantasies is that the angles are critical. The advantage is...you remove all fingers with the palm facing the audience. I also use a 6th finger, filled with silly putty. Whereas Meir's routine is a disappearing finger routine...mine is a take-off-each-finger routine. I flash the 6th finger along the way to give the impression that I am holding the removed finger in my other hand. If I can find the demo video, I will post it. Nicholas Oh - Oh...by the way...since this topic has been revived, there is Andrew Mayne's Pocket Finger Chopper. In this effect, "a borrowed bill passes through your finger." Definately for close-up...can be done impromptu using a borrowed bill and borrowed playing card. On Steve Fearson's site, there is another close-up card-thru-thumb trick but I forget the name. Just search Download Magic.com. There is also the old trick where you take a piece of cord and intertwine it, back and forth, between all your fingers...slip the loop over your thumb, and pull the cord through all your fingers. Another close-up impromptu penetration using all your fingers. Finally, there is the sausage finger trick that, I believe can be found at Hank Lee's if you do a search for "sausage finger." It's like the old optical illusion where you have your two pointing fingers almost touch and as you gaze at them, a sausage finger appears to float between your two finger tips. But, in this case, your audience can see the sausage finger as well. I don't have this item, but it is oddball enough that the idea appeals to me. I hope there are more finger magic ideas out there! Nicholas |
Wells34 Regular user 161 Posts |
If you like the pulling the thumb off effect, Paul Gertner has the best method for doing it. Looks awesome.
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rannie Inner circle 4375 Posts |
Alain Nu has a fun routine in Hit The Road dvd. He is one of the featured guests .
"If you can't teach an old dog new tricks, trick the old dog to learn."
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Mr. Muggle Special user 999 Posts |
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On 2005-02-22 03:19, Wells34 wrote: I agree it's a great effect. If anyone is interested you can get Paul's book online at http://www.paulgertner.com MM
"Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it because you're not really looking. You don't really want to know the secret... You want to be fooled." - The Prestige (2006)
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gene plampin Regular user 168 Posts |
I am a teacher and will pull my thumb off for the younger kids. If someone says that I'm just hiding my thumb behind my hand, I palm a TT with a red scarf in it, pull off my thumb, throw the TT in the air, catch it, hold it really close to the kid's face for a second, palm it, put my real thumb back on and ditch the TT. It freaks them out pretty good.
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Mr. Muggle Special user 999 Posts |
Sounds interesting, but Gertner's routine is more practical and much more realistic in its effect. Furthermore it doesn't requre all the additional props to get its point across, its simple and straight foward.
MM
"Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it because you're not really looking. You don't really want to know the secret... You want to be fooled." - The Prestige (2006)
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Wells34 Regular user 161 Posts |
Gertner's takes something a lot of people think is 'kinda cheesy' and makes'em say 'what the...how'd he do that?'
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