PEEK-A-BRAIN
What could be better magic
than to do a "gag" prediction such as the one
you just read and the laughs AND THEN to repeat
the trick (or at least a similar trick) and
to have it be 100% CORRECT! Intrigued? O.K.,
read on.
EFFECT
This time, you get a gentleman
up to help. You give him a deck of cards, in
it's case, with the request that he place the
deck inside his coat pocket, as you patter,
"Before the show started, I took a deck of cards
and shuffled them. I then 'peeked' at one card.
I removed that card, reversed it in the deck,
and returned the deck to its case. I just gave
you that deck, and you have it in your inside
pocket. Now, I would like you to do the same
thing with this deck that I did with mine. We'll
shuffle it, you 'peek' at a card. Take the deck,
remove the one card you 'peeked' at, turn it
face up and push it back into the deck. May
I have my deck back now? Let's see what card
I reversed. IT'S THE TEN OF HEARTS! Now would
you fan out your deck and show our audience
the card that you 'peeked' at and reversed?
Ah, IT TOO IS THE TEN OF HEARTS, truly a MIRACLE!
Thank you."
Stong effect isn't it? Now
for the explanation incase you need it. The
deck you give the spectator at the beginning
is the well-known, Joe Berg's "Ultra-mental"
deck. It's also sold by dealers as the "invisible
deck", however, it's still the same deck, just
a new name. With this deck, you can show any
card reversed. The second deck is ordinary.
You shuffle it and let the spectator 'peek'
at any card. Using the standard 'peek' move,
you know what card he's selected (if you can't
do a simple 'peek' move, then I suggest that
you sell your car, your house or one of your
childern and acquire enough cash to buy ALL
of ED MARLO'S books.
You hand him the ordinary deck
and ask him to remove and reverse his card (turn
your back), then ask for your deck, fan it our
showing the reversed card which, of course,
matches the one he reversed and will show.
The nice subtle part is that
you show your reversed card BEFORE he shows
his, and he's left with the ordinary deck in
his hands.
WISDOM OF WIZARDS
When you load your wife into
the doll's house, tell her: "Be sure to KEEP YOUR
TRAP SHUT."
