This
effect has it's roots in an Eddie Joseph effect
titled "Psychic Identification" in his magazine
"Swami." I lay no rights to the method at
all. I am only giving you my presentation.
The original is a wonderful impromptu effect
performed in person. I have adapted it to
the telephone. I
call it:
The Telephone Bullet
Catch
Call
someone on the phone. Ask him to take out
five of his business cards. He is to turn
them blank side up and place them in a horizontal
row. He is then asked to draw a sketch of
a bullet on any one of the cards. Allow him
to exchange the bullet card with any other
card in the row. He has completely free choice.
"We
have started out by giving you a completely
free selection as to which position the bullet
card is in. Only you, and you alone know how
far left side of the row the bullet card is.
This is your lucky number and you are to remember
it."
"My
lucky number is two," you continue, "I want
you to move two cards from the left side of
the row, one at a time, starting with the
leftmost card, to the right side of the row.
Now we will use your lucky number. Again,
move cards one at a time from the left side
of the row to the right end of the row, moving
only as many as in your lucky number."
"Now
you have to agree, despite the fact that we
used my lucky number, there is no way I can
now know where the bullet card is since there
is no way I could know what your lucky number
is."
"Please
pick up the card on the far right of the row
and hold it in your right hand between your
index and middle finger. Hold your left hand
below it." You act as if you are concentrating
for a bit. Hem and haw. "That is not the bullet
card! That is a blank. Fire it across the
room."
"Now
pick up the card on the far left of the row.
Again hold it in the right index finger and
middle finger, and you left hand below the
card." Again you concentrate and again you
say, "That also is not the bullet, that is
a blank, fire it across the room as well!"
You
repeat the same with the next card on the
far left. And that is also thrown across the
room.
"You
are left with two cards. Hopefully at this
time one is a blank card and one a bullet.
Pick up the card on the left. Hold it between
your index finger an middle finger." You concentrate
and exclaim loudly, "let if fall into your
left hand!!! You have just caught the bullet!!!"
Sure enough it is the bullet card.
The
effect is self working. If you follow the
above the card will always be the center card.
The reason is that when you have him move
the number of cards as the original position
he chose, he transfers his card to the end
of the row. By having him move two more cards,
the bullet cards ends up in the center position.
By transferring the two cards first, you hide
the method.
Sometimes
instead of the above presentation I will him
them pick up cards one at a time and hold
them. I tell him to always answer "No" to
my question of "Is that the marked card."
I then act as if I am using psychology over
the phone to figure when he is lying to me.
In
thoughts
Banachek
