Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Hand under handkerchief (pocket) gag

Put your hand under a handkerchief (or inyour pocket) and say "name a number from one to five" they say the number, you remove the handkerchief and you are holding up that many fingers. Also can be funny if you hold up the wrong number of fingers "Well it doesn't work every time"

How Random Are You

 https://www.reddit.com/r/Magic/comments/jnjry8/i_think_this_could_be_useful_for_mentalism/

Left Brain/Right Brain

See: 
Mythology Codex: Phill Smith
Phill Smith Penguin Lecture


Thursday, March 3, 2022

Trap Door Card: Robert Neale

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=p1A6mPpBpH4&feature=emb_title

See:
Nick Einhorn Penguin Lecture

Hindu Shuffle Force

Forcing bottom card using hindu shuffle 

Tutorial

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Priming Tricks



You say: “Spell MOP.”
Person: “M-O-P”
You: “Spell HOP.”
Person: “H-O-P”
You: “Spell TOP.”
Person: “T-O-P!”
You: “What do you do at a green light?”
Person: “Stop!”
You: Smile and wait for the facepalm.


Question: “How do you pronounce F-O-L-K?”
Answer: “Folk.”
Question: “What is the white of an egg?”
The answer given by people, almost inevitably, is “Yolk.” Then you have to remind them that the yolk is the yellow part of the egg.

Ask someone to say SILK 5 times. They will go:
SILK
SILK
SILK
SILK
SILK
Now ask them: “What does the cow drink?
‘MILK’ will be the swift answer they provide!


Ask the class to spell the word “POTS” along with you. This works best as a call and response:Instructor: P-O-T-S Class: P-O-T-S
Instructor: P-O-T-S Class: P-O-T-S
(repeat 5/6 times)
Immediately ask the class: “What do you do at a green light?”

Questions: What does yes spell?
Answer: yes
Question: What does eyes spell?
Answer: e-yes