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Karl Fulves - Discoverie Volume 1 PDF
Karl Fulves - Discoverie Volume 1 PDF
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Use any deck. Explain to the specta-
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flushes of the same color. Ask him to
•• Power Play name either red or black. Say he
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Karl Fulves
F0fl0i Ordeca
This is a Follow The Leader effect which is packet in the left hand. The right hand takes
easy to perform. The only move is a virtually the top card by the ends. turns palm-up to
automatic double lift early on. Thereafter the show the face (deuce), and turns palm-down
routine is self-working. A novel angle in this again. The right hand moves to a position
approach is that reds and blacks are in ran- over the left-hand packet again. The right
dom order at the start, but when they follow thumb picks up the next card and adds it un-
the leader cards, they do so in numerical or- der the deuce. There are two cards in the
der. This does not necessarily add to the right hand at this point. Turn the right hand
magical content, but the strict numerical or- palm-up to show the ace. Then turn the
der lends an air of inevitability to the effect right hand palm-down again.
seen by the audience.
The right hand picks up the 3-spot and dis-
With the faces of the cards toward you, re- plays it. Then the right hand turns palm-
move any red ace thru five in mixed suits. down.
Arrange them in the order 2-A-3-5-4 from
the top down. Place this packet face-down The handling changes at this point. The
on the table. right hand picks up both cards above the
break, turns palm-up to show the face of the
Arrange five blacks in the same 2-A-3-5-4 or- 4-spot, and turns palm-down again.
der.
The right hand returns to the left-hand pack-
et, drops the four-spot on the packet and im-
mediately turns palm-up to show the five-
spot.
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of these cards is a five-spot. Place them above Exchange the packets. Take the top card of
their respective heaps. each heap. Touch them to their respective
indicators. Shake your head. "These aren ' t
ready to go yet." Place the left-hand card to
the left side, the right-hand card to the right
side.
5 51 The face-down heaps have been reduced to a
single card in each. Openly exchange them.
Touch them to the indicator heap and turn
them face-up to reveal the twos.
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screen. The left forefinger pushes the lower
of the two outjogged cards flush with the
Darren Bradley deck. At the same time, the right thumb
pulls the top card of the deck straight for-
Quick Predict ward, off the deck, and turns this card face-
up. Drop it to the table.
Somewhere along the way Mr. Bradley must Only one outjogged card shows, reinforcing
have won a Nerves of Steel contest because it the idea that the first outjogged card was
takes a certain deep courage to get away with honestly taken. Repeat the above action to
something like this. You must know the simulate the take of the other outjogged
spectator's date of birth before you start. card. Arrange them in proper order and ask
Without revealing this knowledge, ask for the spectator if this perchance corresponds to
the month he was born. He says March. his date of birth.
March is the third month, so a three spot is
removed from the deck and placed face-up DB credits the basic idea to Victor Comello.
on the table. The above write-up is from notes of 1979.
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WaltRolbne &Howazd Wiast
Needed are two paper cups, six coins and a Place the left hand cup on the table. Drop
ring. It adds to the atmosphere if coins and the three visible coins back into the left hand
ring are exotic in appearance, though neither cup. Drop the ring into the right-hand cup.
coins nor ring are gimmicked. Pick up the right-hand cup with the right
hand. You are now at the position of Fig. 3.
One of the paper cups is gimmicked. The
bottom has been removed. Nest this cup into The right fingers squeeze the cup. This will
the other cup. Drop the coins inside and keep the three coins in place inside the cup.
drop the ring on top of all. Pretend to dump the coins and ring onto the
table at the exact spot occupied by the left-
Remark that you found a strange ring in an hand cup. As this is done, the left hand lifts
antique shop. Pour coins and ring onto the its cup out of the way, Figure 4.
table. Lift out the inner (bottomless) cup and
hold it in the left hand. The left little finger Place the right-hand cup on the table. Gath-
is curled under the cup. Put the other cup on er the three coins and drop them into the
the table. cup.
Drop three coins into the ungaffed cup. Slip the ring onto the right forefinger. "The
Drop the other three coins into the bottom- coins follow the ring. Watch." Wave the fin-
less cup. Drop the ring on top of all. The ger over the left-hand cup. Then drop the
coins and ring stay put because the little fin- ring into the right-hand cup.
ger acts as a stop.
Pause for dramatic effect. Then crumple the
"The coins follow the ring." Grasp the un- left-hand cup. At the same time dump all six
gaffed cup with the right hand. coins and the ring out of the right-hand cup.
This is a gag that can be used to open a close-up performance with a group of
laymen. Needed is a blank card about the size of a business card. If none is
available, one can use a piece of paper. The card is placed before a lady who is
seated at the table. The writing on the top of the card says, "Please turn me
over." She does. The writing on the other side says, "Thank you." It's just silly
enough to guarantee a laugh.
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. Karl Fulves
ATheoryof Space
(When The Book of Numbers was in prepara- The left thumb riffles to the midpoint of the
tion, several of the tricks were demonstrated deck. Lift this packet off with the right hand
for Harvey Rosenthal. He remarked that the and place it on the table.
move associated with "A Theory of Space"
and related material was similar to something Ask for a number from 1 to 10. Say that 5 is
Tom Ellis had worked out. Since the Ellis named. Grip the cards from above with the
move wasn't yet in print, I delayed publica- right hand. The right thumb takes over the
tion of this trick. The Ellis move was de- break. The left thumb pulls 4 cards off into
scribed in "Super Rise " in The Pallbearers Re- the left palm. The 5th card is flipped face-up
view, pg. 721.) and outjogged, Figure. 1. The right hand
moves to a position over the chosen card.
"The theory of space says that two objects The right middle finger pushes the chosen
can't occupy the same space at the same card out a bit more, Fig. 2A. At the same
ti me. If you have had the experience of hav- time, release the two cards below the break.
ing your mother-in-law move in with you,
I' m sure you will agree that there are excep- The left hand turns palm-down, a kind of
tions to the theory. This is another excep- wrist-turn action below the right-hand pack-
tion. " et. The left first finger pulls the chosen card
flush with the packet, Figure 2B. The sup-
You then do the trick where your prediction posed chosen card is then thumbed off onto
card, placed at a precise location in the deck, the table, Figure 2C.
turns out to be a card later chosen by the
spectator at that same location. This next adds to the deception. Turn bath
hands palm-up as you say, "You chose the
Use any deck. Take a card from the deck,but number five and the two of hearts." Turn the
don't show its face. "This is a prediction of right hand palm-down and drop its packet
sorts. I'm going to reverse it and place it at a face-down onto the left-hand packet.
precise location in the deck." Place the deck
and the prediction card below the level of the There is a packet of cards sitting on the table
tabletop. that you placed there at the beginning of the
trick. Drop this packet onto the supposed
With the cards out of the view of the audi- chosen card.
ence, turn the prediction card face-up and
insert it just above the bottom card of the "I too chose a number. My number also hap-
deck. pened to be five." Turn the packet in hand
face-up. Count four cards to the table. The
As you square it into the deck, obtain a break 5th card is seen to be face-down.
above this card. Thus, you are holding a left
little finger break above the bottom two "And I too picked a card. I chose my card
cards as the deck is brought into view. before you chose yours, but it turns out that
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I too chose the two of hearts." Turn the A transposition can be achieved with no
face-down card over to reveal the 2H. change in handling. Pick a prominent card
like the ace of spades. Show it and remark
Of course the audience suspects there is that you will place it in a precise location
another 2H at the bottom of the half-deck in the deck.Lower the deck below the level
on the table. If they don't grab those cards, of the tabletop. Insert the AS face-up above
the clean-up will nullify suspicion. Drop the bottom card. Bring the deck into view.
the face-up packet in hand onto the face-
up cards on the table. Then pick up the Go thru the handling of "A Theory of
other half deck, turn it face-up and drop it Space" just as written. The transposition is
on top of all. automatic.
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Torn Sellers
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The Black Sox
Scandal
Baseball's Black Sox achieved fame through The new situation is shown in the second il-
superior play, and notoriety through the rev- lustration. Pick up heap #3 and count only
elation that some games were fixed. the number of red cards. Say this number is
three. "The Red Sox scored three runs. " Pick
As you provide background on the scandal, up heap #4. Count the number of blacks.
remove 12 reds and 11 blacks from the deck. "The Black Sox scored four runs, so they
The balance of the deck is not used. Don't won by one run."
call attention to the number of cards taken.
Ask a spectator to shuffle the packet. Use a black marker to write on a piece of pa-
per that the Black Sox won the first game by
Take back the packet. Deal 10 cards off the one run. Make the writing large and clear so
top (again, without calling attention to the it is easily seen by the audience. This com-
exact number). Ask the spectator to sort reds pletes the first round of play between the two
from blacks. Say there are 6 reds. teams.
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The Second Round of Play
Have the 21 cards shuffled by the spectator. HowardAdams
Deal eleven cards to the table without calling
attention to the number of cards dealt. Nu Triple Basic
Follow the format of the first round exactly
as written. All is the same except the out- (This clever trick appears in Mr. Adams' ex-
come: the second game will have been played cellent series, Mindespa.)
to a draw, both teams scoring the same num-
ber of runs. Arrange a packet of mixed suits in the order
6-A-4-7-3-8-5-2. The ace will count as one
The Third Round of Play in the following trick.
Have the 21 cards gathered and shuffled.
This time deal a heap of twelve cards. The The Lady cuts the packet, completes the cut,
procedure is the same, but the outcome is picks packet up and holds it face down. She
different. This time the Red Sox will have turns the top two cards face up as a unit and
won by one run. leaves them face up on top of the packet.
"But a piece of paper was found in the pos- Man picks up the `Down ' pile, holds it face
session of a bookie who bet heavily on the down, and does the Down Under Deal to 2
series. That piece of paper is what brought cards which he retains.
about the scandal because every game was
fixed." Remove a piece of paper from the A Third Party picks up the `Down' pile,
card case. The wording is shown below and holds it face down, and does the Down Un-
is always the same. (KF) der Deal to 2 cards, which he retains.
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In its ten-issue run, Discoverie will feature dual nature of the investigative process. He
cards, coins, mentalism and close-up magic. favors supernatural causes, while she looks
On this go-round I had hoped to make use for more rational explanations. In a review of
of color and graphics in different ways, but Anne Simon's book on the science behind
the balance sheet still dictates otherwise: For The X Files, Jerry Coyne wrote in the 10-10-
a publication that does not take advertising, 99 NY Times, " I worry that the show ' s pref-
the cost is prohibitive. erence for the supernatural will feed the pub-
lic penchant for the occult at the expense of
The larger magazines attract numerous read- science. Simon rejects this notion, claiming
ers who are drawn to non-trick material like that The X Files attracts students to science.
convention coverage, advertisements and Well, maybe, but how many budding Uri
trick reviews. Publications like Discoverie Gellers must we endure for each young
stand or fail solely on the basis of the quality Pasteur?" Geller was interviewed on the 10-
of the tricks they are able to deliver. For this 19-99 tv show Entertainment Tonight. He
reason, contributions from readers are wel- blames his loss of fame on his failure to bend
come and necessary. spoons on the Johnny Carson show 25 years
■ ago. A new sensation comes along every
twenty years or so. Who will be next?
Before there were teaching videotapes in ma- ■
gic, there were teaching films. Commenting
on the subject in the April 1949 issue of The
Sphinx Wilfrid Jonson wrote, "Instructional As we enter the new millennium, it might
films will, at least, be a boon to those unable be appropriate to point out that some-
to read. " Watching youngsters seated at a thing is happening to Magic, that it is
computer, their eyes fastened to the monitor changing from within, in directions never
screen, one is inclined to ask if what they are anticipated, toward ends as yet undefined.
learning is mainly how to play solitaire. It is
the same with instructional videos; whatever
the merits of teaching tapes, they cannot
match the interaction one achieves with per- Karl Fulves
sonal instruction.
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The two agents on The X-Files charged with 07666
investigating strange doings represent the
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Don Nielen Mich e1 Esposito
Drop Ceiling Two of You
A card is chosen and returned to the deck. You need two pocket dictionaries and two
The magician says that he ' s been practicing shuffled decks of number cards. Ask Debbie
the famous trick where the deck is thrown to pick three cards from one of the number
upward and the chosen card ends up on the decks. Look over the cards, decide that two
ceiling. He still has a way to go, but he will of them are not likely choices, and discard
give it a try. So saying, he performs the wa- them by putting them into an envelope. Say
terfall shuffle, except that the palm-up hand to Debbie, "I think your friend is going to
springs the deck upwards in a vertical shower pick this card. Please remember the num-
about a foot in the air. The cards flutter to ber." Say the number is 23. This card also
the floor without touching the ceiling. goes into the envelope.
"That's what I mean. I have a ways to go, Lisa looks at the top card of the other shuf-
an-other few feet as a matter of fact." So say- fled deck and opens a dictionary to that
ing, he raises his hand and removes the cho- page. Debbie picks up the other dictionary
sen card from the top of his head! and opens it to the randomly chosen page, in
this case page 23.
Method: Although a gag, the effect is puz-
zling. What it comes down to is a force of, Lisa reads aloud the first word on her chosen
say, the ace of spades. There is a duplicate page. Debbie reads aloud the first word on
ace of spades on top of the head from the hu chosen page. Both words are the same.
start. It is held in place with double-sided
tape or other stickum. The rest is build-up Method: Have both number decks shuffled
and presentation. and placed on the table alongside one anoth-
er. Pick up deck #1 and ask Debbie to chose
A friend wanted to do this trick but was hes- three cards. Return the deck to the table.
itant about the fact that one of the cards on
the floor was a duplicate of the card produc- Take the three cards, pretend to study them,
ed from the top of the head. I suggested that and put two of them into the envelope. The
he spring the deck, look ceilingward, shake third card might bear the number 23. Slide
his head, then say, "I carry a back-up for sit- this card face-down into the envelope. Un-
uations like this. " known to all but you is the fact that the en-
velope is a slit envelope. The chosen card
A second deck is taken from the pocket (the goes into the envelope and outside the slit,
duplicate ace of spades from this deck is the where it is dropped onto deck #2.
card on top of the magician's head). Spring
this deck into the air. Still no luck, but all is Hand Debbie one of the dictionaries. Have
not lost. Pluck the ace of spades from the top her open it to the page indicated by her
of the head. number card. Ask Lisa to look at the top card
of the second deck and open her dictionary
Examination of the cards scattered about the to that page. Each calls out the first word on
floor reveal no clue as to method. the page. They call out the same word.
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