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Hi All

Welcome to another issue of the Magic Roadshow! I want to first issue a big WELCOME to all the new subscribers who have chosen to join our community since the last issue. I hope you find something rewarding in every issue.

Again, it's been a hectic period for me personally. I spent over a week in Kentucky on business, and a very rewarding period in Columbia SC attending the South Carolina Association of Magicians annual convention. It was a blessing to meet up with several subscribers and get to know them on a more personal level. My pal, John Tutor, has asked me to write the conference review for the Linking Ring, so I've got to sharpen my pen and put on my business cap..

This is officially the 'Kyle' issue.. Both Kyle Peron and Kyle Walsh, two excellent magicians/performers/writers have contributed greatly to this issue. And with the schedule I've been keeping you have no idea how much that means to me.. I've always published an issue every two weeks.. period. Nothing has stood in my way - The passing of my Mother, the near passing of my Wife to a serious illness, or my own near passing in a head-on car accident.

But these past few months have been telling. The one thing that CAN keep me from publishing every two week is TIME. I've had very little of it.. Right now, I'm publishing every three weeks, and that's the best I can do at the moment. One thing I've noticed is that each issue seems to be longer and contains more resources and articles. Perhaps the additional time gives me opportunity to collect more resources than normal.. Time will tell...

EMAIL ME with any comments, requests, rants or raves..

Prof. Lloyd Worley, Chancellor of Camelard College of Conjuring of Chemmis, Egypt, was in an extremely generous mood recently, awarding me a full professorship at Camelard College. Although I'll write in more detail next issue, I wanted to tell you a little something about Camelard and it's staff. To quote from it's website: "Camelard College is an educational institution that functions in two worlds--the mythical and the mundane. The College is a mythical magic school that exists in the world of magical delight, but the College also has an actual faculty of magicians that includes national officers in our largest magical organizations, well-known professional magicians (many with Las Vegas fame), local and regional professional magicians, dedicated magic hobbyists, and young magicians (under 18) who are learning The Art and who constitute the student body."

To read more about the mystical world of Camelard College of Conjuring, visit:

Now, on with the (Road) Show..

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In This Issue
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(01) Kick Start Your Marketing - Article by Kyle Peron

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Kick Start Your Marketing

With Christmas over and a New Year here, now is the time to sit back, set goals and work on new year's resolutions for 2008. Many of us make resolutions for a healthier lifestyle, exercise or more time with the family. These are fine goals and ones that are important to you lifestyle. However, how many of us really sit back and think about setting effective resolutions for our magic and our magic business?

Now that 2008 is here, it is important that if you want to seek success in your magic or to increase your magic business, you need to work on setting resolutions that you feel can make a direct impact on your magic.

Think of where you want to be in 2008 and where you feel you want to take your magic. By setting goals, you are forcing your mind and self to start planning a course of action. Any action must be started with an idea of what it is you are trying to accomplish. This is why goal setting in the beginning of the year can have such an impact to your overall marketing success.

When thinking of your resolutions or goals for your magic this coming year, it is important to think of not just long term goals, but short term ones as well. A long term goal can be thought of as the end result or results that you hope to achieve by the end of 2008. These can be lofty goals but should be based upon what you did last year and what you feel you can accomplish by year's end. So ask yourself where do I want to be in December 2008 with my magic? What do I want to have happen?

Now that you have set these goals, the power is in writing this down. By writing your main goals down on paper, you are setting them more in stone and causing your mind to remember them. You will also want to print out these goals and keep them in your office so that you can see them regularly as you progress throughout the year. It is a way of constantly reminding yourself of what you promised yourself you would do.

Now the long term goals are only as good as the short term goals you also set for yourself. The short term goals can be considered the stepping stones to achieve the long term success. Short term goals can be thought of as monthly goals you feel you can accomplish that in turn helps you to move towards your ultimate year end resolutions. The short term goals help you to see that you are making progress. As you make progress and achieve these short term goals, you are building in your mind a success-minded habit. The more you achieve these goals, the easier it becomes.

However, I must say that before you can achieve any success in 2008, you simply must have 2 things:

2) you simply must have the desire to take direct action towards your own success.

Without these 2 fundamentals, any goal or resolution you set will fail miserably. Let me go into more details on each of these.

Any goals you set and any success you hope to achieve will not do you any good if you do not have a good service or product to offer. A consumer is not going to come back to you if that product is simply not good. Spend the time to develop a show and service that is professional and meets the needs of the clients you work for.

Now hoping that you already have a good product or service, the single best reason why people do not have as good years as they hoped is the sheer fact that many folks are not ready or willing to take action. If you want to be successful in 2008, then you must be willing to get up off the couch and take a path of direction action to get that success. No one is going to come to your door and hand you success on a platter. You simply MUST be willing to work hard at achieving the success you set for yourself.

So this coming week, sit down and think about the resolutions for your magic in 2008. Think about the long term and short term goals and write these down and place them where you can see them throughout the year. Then set yourself on a path of taking action to achieve them.

I hope in the next few articles to write a bit more on some marketing tips, suggestions and ideas that can make a great impact to you as you start your 2008 marketing. As always, I encourage you the readers to let me know your thoughts. So if you have any thoughts on my articles or suggestions or comments, please feel free to e-mail me directly at- magic4u02@aol.com. I would love to hear from you.

Kyle Peron
Magician / Illusionist
Graphic Designer / Illustrator
http://www.kyleandkellymagic.com/

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The "Perfect Storm"

First, I want to Thank all of you who responded to my request for your one "magic moment' when a trick went awry and yet, somehow, everything came together outside of your control. I call this the "Perfect Storm".

I've published several of the replies below, and will publish more in the next issue. I hope some of you who didn't send in your special moment will do so between now and the next issue...

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For some reason your request for the "Perfect Storm" has spurred me to action. This is going to sound silly but it really has added a whole new aspect to my "misers dream" routine.
 
I have fallen in love with the misers dream. The kids (and many adults) react very well to this. Some of the kids at my wife's daycare where I test out new routines continually request the trick. I pattern much of the act off of Chris Capehart. I love his handling of the routine. It's been a long time since I've seen his routine and I don't remember all of it. The reason I point this out is because the "perfect storm" moment might be on his video. If it is, I've forgotten it and had never used it in my act before. The part that plays really well is when the kids start throwing "coins" even though he hasn't asked them to. He's talking to the crowd, someone off to the side throws a coin and he makes it land in the bucket. This of course created a "shower" of coins being thrown at the bucket.

When I do the trick at the daycare I get the same kind of response that Mr. Capehart gets. The kids go wild throwing at the bucket when they think I'm not looking. The problem is when I perform elsewhere. I'll ask someone to pull a "coin" from behind someones ear and throw it at the bucket. Unfortunately, even after several requests to do this none of the other kids think to start throwing coins. I can sometimes coax it out of them but I don't want to be obvious because that spoils the affect.
 
I was performing a charity gig and doing misers dream. It was going well but I soon discovered that I had a crowd that wasn't going to "act up" like I was hopping. I tried several ways to get the kids to pull coins from different places and throw them to me. Nothing prompted the response I wanted. Now, when I ask someone to throw me a "coin" I tell them to do it underhand. This gives me time to play with the whole "coin in the air and where will it land".

During this particular show I had one little tyke who decided to throw his coin really hard up into the air. I followed his hand as he made his throw and watched the "coin" go into the air. I realized that had this been a real coin it would have hit the ceiling. This was it, the perfect storm. In that moment it hit me how I could play the routine and get the kids into it with me. As I followed the "coin" and realized that it would hit the ceiling my eyes stopped at the ceiling and I stared. Bucket held out but no coin hitting. As I stared at the ceiling the crowd caught on real quick. I looked down at the "thrower" and said "it's stuck". The laughs began as I picked on the kid for throwing it to hard. I had him stand up and with me holding the bucket under the "coin" I told him that on the count of three I wanted him to jump up and stamp as hard as he could so we could dislodge the coin. After a couple of tries I had all of the kids stand up and help with jumping to knock the coin loose. Eventually the coin dropped. I realized that I had a new twist on the routine that I would want to use over and over again. It stretched the routine in a way that made it more fun for the kids because they got to be involved and jump around. This was a way to get the interaction I wanted even if the "shower of coins" didn't happen. I'm not saying that this is an original idea. It probably isn't. I just hadn't remembered seeing this done by anyone. Even if I had seen it, this experience made the reality of it hit home for me.
 
I love the Roadshow. Keep up the good work.
 
May the magic be with you,
 
Tait
The Goateed Q-Ball

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At times, I have a card selected, replaced in the deck and control it to the top. I then put a small upwatd bend in the top (selected) card. I tell the spectator I'm about to do the applause card trick. Ask for the name of the card.... then say, "I applaud that card." As this is said, I hold my hands close to the deck on the table and clap them together. The air pressure causes the top (selected) card to turn over as it flies off the deck.

Well, once (and only once) when doing this effect, the card flew off the deck, turned face up, and landed on top of the spectators coffee cup! The fact that it landed on the coffee cup was more talked about than the actual revelation of the card. I've done it many times since, but I've never even come close to that happening again.

Tom Craven

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There's an old trick, usually one for beginners, whereby the magician asks the spectator to name two numbers (or letters) of two cards in the deck (eg: "9 & A"), and upon spreading the deck, these cards are found to be next to each other.

This trick is self-working; it is based on chance (85%, I think it is), so it requires no skill. About 4 years ago on a flight to Boston I was showing a family friend this trick (she requested an "in-flight" magic show). I had done my Ambitious card routine, I'd done Hummer's Whirling Card near the cabin, 3 Domino Monte, and had exhausted all of my other good card tricks. So, I asked her to name two numbers as one does in the trick.

"Jack and 6," she says.. I remember the numbers clearly even today. I made a pass over the deck, and ribbon-spread it face-up to reveal the Jack of Diamonds and the 6 of Clubs next to each other-- ON THE FACE OF THE DECK!

I was dumbfounded, as that had never occurred before, but I plowed on; I was feeling lucky. She named another two cards; "4 and 5." Sure enough they were next to each other, and guess where I found these? That's right - on the face of the deck.

I had cut and shuffled the deck after the previous round so I had no idea how this was happening! Two more times we cut and shuffled, two more she named cards, and two more times they were on the face! Finally, I had some sort of otherworldly burst of confidence. "I would like to try this one more time," I stated to her awe-struck face. "But this time, name two specific cards!"

She was skeptical, I was sure. Nevertheless, she decided, "Ace of Hearts and Queen of.. um-- Spades." There was no turning back.. "OK." This time I cut and shuffled AGAIN before turning over and spreading the deck. And yet, on the face of the deck, no sleights (or knowledge of how these miracles were happening), I revealed the Ace of Hearts and Queen of Spades. She tipped me well.

Carson Kahn, Colorado, USA (www.InstantMagicShop.com )

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Several months ago, I was performing a few new things I had learned for my girlfriend who loved to watch me do magic. I thought it would be cool to show her a trick called Triumph that I learned from Ellusionist.com.

If you don't know the trick, I will explain it. A card is randomly selected by the spectator and given back to the magician to shuffle into the deck. The magician then shuffles half of the deck face up and half of the deck face down to really mess up the cards.

After showing the spectator that the cards are more than thoroughly mixed up, he passes his hand over the deck and spreads the cards on the table to reveal that all of the cards are face down EXCEPT the chosen card. I really like this effect so I new that she would as well.

After she picked her card, I proceeded to "shuffle" the deck. While doing this, however, I messed up by losing her card. Not wanting to show that I made a mistake, I told her to pick a different card instead and to forget about the first one. Luckly, she obeyed without question and I continued a little more carefully.

When I spread the cards to watch her amazment, my heart sank as I saw that there were two cards face up instead of only one. I thought I blew it, but then something happened. She was still amazed. She was amazed that, not only did her card appear face up in the deck, the first one she picked and disregarded ALSO apeared face up. By some incredibly lucky mistake, I had gotten BOTH of the cards she picked to reveal themselves. She thought it was part of the trick and I was more than happy to let her!

Nate Wauford

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Russell Swann & Jackie Gleason

Excellent video of Russell Swann on the Jackie Gleason show. Penn and Teller were obviously not the first to 'expose' magic on TV. Perhaps they were influenced by Mr. Gleason. This is a perfect example of a well scripted - well paced performance by a master magician. Mr. Swann's professionalism is evident throughout...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vHVzuCSMZg

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Mind-Boggling Ideas

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual conference that recognizes the world's most fascinating "thinkers and doer's". The official TED website has expanded its scope, compiling an impressive
archive of over 100 videos of inspiring and genuinely interesting individuals giving 8 to 20 minute "talks of their lives"... In the 'Storytellers' category alone, 25 different individuals from a variety of backgrounds offer their 'story'..

To quote from TED..

"Storytellers both professional and provisional use the personal tale to entertain, educate and inspire to action."

"Sherwin Nuland illuminates the history and potential of electroshock therapy through an emotional, personal account of depression. Wade Davis´ passionate talk on vanishing world cultures simply grabs you from the first instant. And you´ll never forget Ben Saunders´ rousing recollections of skiing to the North Pole -- alone."

All videos are imbedded in TED's website. There's nothing for you to download or sign up for to enjoy this collection..
 

http://www.ted.com/index.php/

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Magic Tricks on Video

All 4 of these video links were forwarded to the Roadshow for your enjoyment by Kyle Walsh. I asked Kyle to review a book, (see below) and I received these as a special 'bonus' ...

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Dollar Bill Switch..

This video teaches a very effective bill switch, switching a blank piece of paper for a real bill. I know this works, as I spent ten bucks several months ago for a template detailing what you're about to get for Free. I carried my bill switch with me religiously, until I 'misplaced' it somewhere between Kentucky and South Carolina.

Make this gimmick and let me know how it works for you..

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/952543/blank_bill_change/  

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Light Bulb Trick

Would you like to make your own lightbulb gimmick and save yourself about eighty bucks? We've all seen them.. a magician takes a light bulb from a lamp and without any visual means of power, makes the light bulb light up. When handed to a spectator, they are unable to either light the bulb or discover how the magician performed his effect. This would go nice with a Tesla coil patter.

http://www.metacafe.com/w/975794

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Torn and Restored Bill

This is a clever way to do a version of the visual torn-restored bill trick. A bill is folded and then torn, and the spectator is challenged to guess the number of holes that will be left in the bill. This version is presented as a bar trick, although I've personally performed this as a magic trick for a couple of years. I like this version better, as it provides a logical reason for tearing the bill ..

http://www.metacafe.com/w/927813

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Break an Apple with Your Bare Hands

Kyle saw a video published some time back in the Roadshow detailing how to rip a phone book into with your bare hands. So, when he saw this one detailing how to rip an apple into two pieces with your bare hands, he returned the favor and forwarded it to me.

A variation of this was performed by the 'World's Strongest Redneck' on Bill Engvall's Country Fried Home Videos. He called it "Redneck Applesauce.."

If you think ripping an apple into is easy.. Get you an apple and try it Jethro ...
 

http://www.metacafe.com/w/910033

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Cold Reading & "The Collected Oort"

Cold Reading is a method used by mentalists, fortune tellers, and others in psychic and pseudo-psychic fields to reveal details about a subject which should be unknown to the performer. Although a number of sincere psychics claim to possess the ability to perform actual cold readings, I am not going to open that discussion. This article and review are geared toward performers who do not profess actual paychic abilities, but instead perform cold readings as a means of entertainment and amusement.

To quote WIKIPEDIA ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading ), cold readers can:

"determine details about a subject through analysis of their body language, appearance and responses to questioning. Even without prior knowledge of a person, a practiced cold reader could obtain a great deal of information about the subject by carefully analyzing that person's body language, clothing, hairstyle, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or ethnicity, level of education, manner of speech, place of origin, etc. Cold readers often start by making broad guesses and will refine their statements based on cues supplied by the subject, abandoning any incorrect guesses while reinforcing any chance connections the subject acknowledges."

Some practitioners make very good money performing cold readings at psychic fairs and personal readings in their homes and/or parlours. So much so that a small sub-culture of performers write informative articles and books about the art, assisting those who want to know more about this ancient art.

One of the better resources in the past several years is "The Collected Oort", a collection of essays by some of the most renown practitioners in the world. My friend, Kyle Walsh, an experienced mentalist and 'reader', dived into this huge collection and offers his professional opinions...

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The Collected Oort (Review)

This is an account of my experience with the Collected Oort; A collection of essays on Cold Reading. I thoroughly read the book and my opinion has not been encouraged by outside parties. I have personal experience giving successful “readings” and believe that my opinions are further validated because of this. I make no claims to expertise and admit that my grammar may suffer at times. I would like to assert my belief that no single approach to any art is complete or universally correct and what works for one may not work for another. To me that is what makes mentalism an art and not mathematics. I will do my best to make these distinctions herein. Read on.

The Collected Oort: strange title, very unusual… exactly! This book was a refreshing look at the art of pure mentalism commonly called cold reading, twenty essays in all. Within the pages was a compendium of approaches, philosophies, and anecdotes on cold reading. Every essay was thought provoking and inspirational. I have read it twice now in the same week! Prior to reading it, I was in a bit of a rut. I wanted to expand my skills in a way that would offer more to my readings. I had been disappointed by some books in the past and discouraged by courses in ethics masquerading as mentalism techniques. If you or someone you know has struggled with these challenges, The Collected Oort might be for you.

A quick note: This book presupposes familiarity with cold reading and is not something I would recommend to a beginner as a first purchase. This work isn´t about the highly technical aspects of cold reading theory and leaves aside NLP work. This work is more practical and less theoretical then others I have encountered. To me it is a nice change.

Now I would like to present a quick rundown of some of the contents. First, I recommend reading the introduction. I admit I usually don´t either but this time it was well worth it. It helps to understand the purpose of the book. Then, there are several methodology essays. One on lie detection, I found it an interesting read, kind of like that special tool you reach for once in a while that you are glad to have at that moment. Then another on body type reading, I have never heard of it, and now I am curious about it. A few more outline cold reading techniques that help generate spontaneous readings depending on the person´s appearance, clothing, personal effects, and body language. This will especially help with variety and consistency in repeat group readings. Another is fun reading method for the ladies and she will be back tomorrow. Then one on how to hide a cue card in plain sight that could even fool the Amazing Randi, now he will have to read it too. Another is a psychometry method with an amazing built-in memory system unlike any I have ever seen. Years later, you could give the same group the same readings, each unique, with each person´s reading nearly verbatim of the original individual description. This would be an example contrary to the adage ‘Don´t repeat the same effect twice´. There are many more essays each one valuable in different ways to the collected work. Topics covered vary from subtle enhancements all the way to corporate cold reading approaches, anecdotes, and philosophies. The book ends talking about the contributors. Then has a Who´s Who of suggested resources including great books and a link to a forum.

In all, I was surprised by just how much information was crammed into this book. I would recommend this to anyone who is serious about performing better readings. Now I would like to end with a little cold reading of my own: I get the impression that the contributors to the collected Oort actually have performed readings successfully. I feel that they are competent authorities on the topic and that they believe in our individual ability to form our own morals… almost like they have faith in us. That´s nice.

by Kyle Walsh

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Additional Resources...
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Guide to 'Cold Reading'

"By far the most common method employed by psychics who have been put to the test is called cold reading. This method involves the psychic reading the subject's body language etc, and skilfully extracting information from the subject, which can then be fed back later, convincing the subject that the psychic has told them things they couldn't possibly have known.."

"The following is our 13 point guide to cold reading - Study them well, then amaze your friends with your new found psychic powers.."

http://www.skeptics.com.au/articles/coldread.htm

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Cold Reading

To quote from Denisdutton.com....

"Cold Reading is the term of art used in the magician´s trade to describe the practical use of the Barnum Effect in the give-and-take of an interview situation. Though interest in the technique by professional psychologists dates from the late l940s, it has long been put to profitable use by fortune-tellers, clairvoyants, tarot card readers, astrologers, tea leaf readers, spirit mediums, and others who wish to convey the impression that they possess paranormal insight into the clients personality, current life situation, and future."

"One professional magician who has written eloquently of cold reading is William W. Larsen, Sr. Larsen never claimed in his writings — published privately in the 1930s and 1940s and distributed only for use by professional conjurers — that he possessed any paranormal abilities. What he did possess was a superb skill in leaving an individual or audience with the illusion that he had such abilities."

http://www.denisdutton.com/cold_reading.htm

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Examples from Bertram R. Forer

And to quote from the amazing SKEPDIC....

"Psychologist Bertram R. Forer found that people tend to accept vague and general personality descriptions as uniquely applicable to themselves without realizing that the same description could be applied to just about anyone. Consider the following as if it were given to you as an evaluation of your personality."

"You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic."

http://skepdic.com/forer.html

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The Psychic Padlock - An Effect

Thanks to U.F. Grant for publishing a version of this effect many years ago. Mine differs, but the guts of this trick belongs to U.F and his friends.

This is one of those mentalism effects that uses a method so basic you feel dumb for not having thought of it yourself. If you play it the right way, this will fool and definately impress your spectators. I publish effects like this for your benefit. Not simply to give you one more effect for your arsenal, but to teach you a new technique or method that may inspire you to create your own, personalized version.

Begin with six different keys, six small 'pay' envelopes, and one padlock. The small 'pay' envelopes can be picked up at any office supply store. They work best because of their manila color, which makes it impossible to see through..

Hand the six envelopes to one spectator to hold. Hand the padlock to a second spectator to hold, while you hold the six keys. Give one key to the spectator with the padlock and ask them to try it in the lock. It either opens the lock or it doesn't. Either way, get the key back from the spectator and ask the spectator holding the envelopes to give you one envelope to place the key in..

You drop the key into the envelope and give it back to the spectator, asking them to please seal it and lay it on the table.

Now, repeat this same procedure five more times. Five of the keys will fail to open the padlock - some may not even fit - which is perfectly OK. Each key is dropped into an envelope by you, very fairly, and with a minimum of fanfare.

Once all the keys have been tried and it's established that only one key will open the padlock, and all the keys have been placed inside a pay envelope, you ask the spectator with the envelopes to shuffle all the envelopes while your back is turned.

When you turn around, ask the spectator to hand you an envelope. Hold the envelope to your head as you try to determine whether or not the key to the padlock is inside. If you determine that it's not - cut or tear the envelope open and give the key to the padlock-holder to verify.

Oh.. did I mention how you'll determine whether the key fits or not? You need ONE other little object I failed to mention... a very small bead. ( You can also use a BB like those used in BB guns or a small ball of rolled-up aluminum foil..) The bead is palmed in your hand from the beginning, among the keys. When the key that OPENS the lock is handed to you to place in the envelope, you drop the small bead into the envelope along with the key. If you shake the envelope slightly side to side, the bead (or BB ) will settle in the bottom corner, away from detection by anyone but you. You can very easily tell which envelope holds the proper key by feeling for the bead.

If you're handed the envelope with the correct key too quickly, set it to one side and announce that you'll have to come back to that one as you're not quite sure.. Go through all the envelopes, tearing open at least three and giving them to the lock-holder to verify. Narrow it down to the last couple of envelopes and then announce the envelope that you're convinced holds the 'correct' key...

By pinching the corner with the bead as you 'pour out' the key, nothing other than the key will come out. Gather the envelopes and dispose of the bead.

Don't use envelopes that are too small. The small bulge 'may' be noticed..

Alternate handling : If you're confident enough that the bead won't be noticed, asked the envelope-holder to write a name or word on the back of each envelope as you hand them back, a name unseen by you. Then, you're set up to use NLP or handwriting analysis to reveal an envelope that contains the key to the padlock and is known only by the envelope-holder who wrote the word on the back..

You see.. it's not about six keys and a padlock. It's about the presentation. It's ALWAYS about the presentation.. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination..

      
Rick Carruth

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I encourage you to send any magic resources my way. If you know of a site that has a free ebook or a wide assortment of magic related material, let me know. I'm sure all the other readers will appreciate it..

Remember too, the new form that allows you to send your articles and effects to the Roadshow for publication.

http://www.streetmagic.info/submit.html

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May my next issue find you well..

Prof. Rick Carruth / editor

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