Multi Dimensional by Craig Filicetti

Magic Friday is written by Vancouver Magician Jamie D. Grant

What The Audience Sees:

“How? How? How does he do it?! Check it, man. He’s got a cube, he knows the colour. Simple as that. There’s no way he could know! What else does this guy have in that head of his? My PIN number? Look, it happened on Magic Friday. He came into the office with a small toy cube that had six different coloured sides. He gets us to put it onto the table, where he can’t see it. Well, with his back turned, he tells us what colour is facing up! So we thought maybe he saw somehow, right? So we get Big Ted to hold it in his hands...He tells us again! Finally he gives Angry Bob a small wooden box and tells him to put the cube in the box and then to put the box into my hands once he’s left the room...And he comes back in and tells us the colour! How? Angry Bob punched a hole in the wall, Big Ted started to clap behind his back, and I just stood there and watched my brain melt onto the floor!!!! I believe, man, I believe!!!

How It Went:

I wish you could see the smile on my face right now. Holy smokes, I love this thing! I mean, really love it! So much so, that I took it with me every time I left the house this weekend. It killed! I honestly can’t say enough. Here, how about I give you my entire presentation:


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“Okay everyone, I’ve been working on something.”
-I place the cube immediately onto the counter or table. If there was none around, I would hand it to someone to hold.

“I watched this documentary about this guy, Daniel Tammet, called “Born On A Blue Day”. It was about this guy, Daniel, who could see numbers as colours in his mind. He didn’t see the number 7 as a number but rather as a colour, like green or something. As a result, he can do extraordinary mathematical calculations. It was awesome. Has anyone else seen it?”
-Wait for audience response.

“Well, I though that was pretty cool and it led me to something I’m working on now, which is the ability to see thoughts as colours. Or in this case today, colours as thoughts. Take a look at that toy cube I bought. There six different colours, right? Well, I’m going to turn my back and I’d like you to just place it onto the table...”
-With my back turned, I’d name the colour with a question mark. Example. “Black?”

“I think I may have gotten lucky there. Try it again and cover it with your hand. Let’s see if I can do this. Focus on the colour for me...”
-I’d name the colour a bit more definitively. “Blue, I’m pretty sure.”

“Yeah, I know, pretty crazy right?! I’m getting pretty good. But I’ve been doing this a while and some people have thought I could see it somehow. So I had this little box made. Do me a favour. Turn around put it into the box and cover it with your hands. I’m going to leave the room while you do it...”
-I’d walk back in and look straight at the person and 100% confident. “You chose Yellow. I know it.”

Applause, gasps, fainting ensues.


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Best Lines:

”You’re too good man, you’re too good!!”

-Thanks Craig!

”What else can you see man? Really...”

-This little thing will make believers out of anyone.

Angry Bob Rating:

For those of you reading this article for the first time, Angry Bob is a co-worker who has an understanding of some magic because his uncle was a magician. Angry Bob knows that TT’s exist, for example, but he has no desire to become a magician himself. He also has an anger management problem that can be experienced first hand if he can’t figure out how a trick is done. A high rating means he has no idea.

Slience. Punch. Walked out. Priceless. 5/5.

My Rating:

10/10. No question. This is one of my prized possessions now. And deservedly so. It’s made so well that it makes my head spin.

The JDG Tip:

I read some questions from people about how to justify the cube and the box and I that’s valid. I’m not much for, “This is something I found.” or whatnot. I believe you have to be honest, in a sense. “This is something I bought to help me train.” worked really well for me, as did, “...and I had a friend make the box to help me further.” In the end, I don’t think there’s any heat on the cube anyway. I mean, it’s so small that there’s now way it can help you.

Closing Thoughts:

This is a masterwork from Craig Filicetti. No kidding. I try to make sure that everything that gets reviewed on Magic Friday is something you can go out and actually use, and I promise you this will be used. A lot. Have fun.

Have a great week, everyone!

Jamie D. Grant
www.whatizit.net
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UNWRITTEN by Oliver Meech from His Book "The Plot Thickens"

Magic Friday is written by Vancouver Magician Jamie D. Grant

What The Audience Sees:

“This Jamie cat sure is funny, man. So it’s Magic Friday, right, and he comes in and says he just had a problem with his last group and that he needs me to sign something before we start. He pulls out some cards and one of them has a contract on the back saying that I’ll be good and stuff. So I sign it and he blows us away with this crazy cube trick. But then he says, “I knew you would be a good audience!” and then I said, “Well why did I have to sign the contract then?” and he replies, “I didn’t.” Well, I turned over the card and my signature was gone!!! And when he told me to pick up the pen, I couldn’t get the cap off!! It was craaaaaaaaazy!!”

How It Went:

This is one of those tricks that just helps solidify you as a magician as opposed to someone who knows some magic tricks. I mean, only a real magician has a contract on the back of his card, right? And it played out really well on Friday. The great thing about it is that it’s not really a trick in itself. It’s just a magical moment that plays out after something else you’ve done.

People laughed at the opening premise and the beginning is a great way to introduce everything. Walking into a room and saying, “Holy Smokes, you wouldn’t believe that last crowd! Here, you gotta sign this...” is a really funny bit and gets the energy going right off the top.

I did, however, leave out the pen cap not coming off bit about halfway through the day. I found that a “He switched the pen” idea might also lead to a “Then he must have switched the card too” train of thought and I wanted to leave the card as pure magic. I also didn’t want them to think I used invisible ink so I made sure they held onto the pen.

Best Lines:

”Did I sign that? I signed that didn’t I?!?!”

-It’s always amazing to see someone doubt themselves..

”Get outta here, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL!!!!

-It’s a really fun bit.

Angry Bob Rating:

For those of you reading this article for the first time, Angry Bob is a co-worker who has an understanding of some magic because his uncle was a magician. Angry Bob knows that TT’s exist, for example, but he has no desire to become a magician himself. He also has an anger management problem that can be experienced first hand if he can’t figure out how a trick is done. A high rating means he has no idea.

“Where’s the ^#&&#^ **#&&#**#?”

-Okay, so it wasn’t an Angry Bob fooler. But it fooled everyone else. And I don’t think he caught the %#^(*&. He just knew something had happened. 2/5.

My Rating:

Did this change people’s lives? Probably not. But it sure brought some fun into them. I don’t know, I liked it. Let’s say, 8.5/10. If for nothing else than the premise and idea, which I thought was great. And it leaves your card on the table, which is always nice.

The JDG Tip:

I think my reasoning for leaving the pen back bit out is valid and I was happier with how it went. I just didn’t like the challenge it presented and really wanted them to keep the pen. Maybe getting something printed on the pen is a good idea as well. That way, they could keep the pen and the card.

Closing Thoughts:

I’ve heard the phrase “This book will inspire you!” many times but it really rings true here. Oliver has some crazy unique thinking that gets you thinking outside of the box. I don’t normally review an entire book but I would have to say that I enjoyed reading this when looking for an effect for Friday. Great work Oliver! And excellent crediting, as well. That was a pleasant surprise!

Have a great week, everyone!

Jamie D. Grant
www.whatizit.net
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DEEP 3 by Bro Gilbert

Magic Friday is written by Vancouver Magician Jamie D. Grant

What The Audience Sees:

“What can I say?! This Jamie cat is a ^$&&#*^%’n time traveller! He obviously went back in time, while we weren’t looking, and found out about me and Wendy Heindrix under the bleachers. It was crazy! He brought out this deck of cards, right, and showed us that this crazy lady he had met last week had given him two jokers as a gift. Then he asked me to remember who the first person I ever kissed was. Well, Wendy wasn’t hard to forget because she had choked me with her tongue. Anyways, when he spread the cards out, on the back of the two jokers were the initials “W” and “H”. I went nuts, Angry Bob couldn’t believe I had kissed a girl, and Big Ted couldn’t stop giggling! WTF, I mean, seriously!”

How It Went:

I’ll be honest here- I’ve never been into special decks too much. Sometimes the tricks can be mindblowers but I never consider taking one to a paid gig as pocket space is worth its space in gold (I’m talking Walk-Around here, and not my parlour show or something). I mean, it would have to really be a heavy hitter for me to carry around a deck that only serves one specific purpose.

Well, Deep 3 makes the cut, easily. It is so clean and has such a presentational hook that it went straight into my Walk-Around case when I got home. Especially with summer coming up and the ton of weddings I have booked, this trick is an absolute no brainer. And I mean that, literally. I could do this in my sleep which is an absolute necessity for gigs. Magic Friday is great practice but paid gigs have to be flawless and Deep 3 is practically self working.

Back to Friday, though. People loved it! I was initially worried that if I did this for a group, that the people who weren’t the selected spectator would lose interest, but I found ways around that. Namely, I would say, after asking if they could remember who their first kiss was, “Okay. And is that person in this room right now?” That brought everyone into the effect and got a laugh every time. It also was the perfect time to do what needed to be done. Overall, this trick was a hit all day.

Best Lines:

” How did you know that?! How?!!!”
-It really is shocking that those initials are there.

”OMG, OMG, OMG! That’s craaaaaaaaxzy!”
-People are really mentally involved with this effect. There’s true emotion present.

Angry Bob Rating:

For those of you reading this article for the first time, Angry Bob is a co-worker who has an understanding of some magic because his uncle was a magician. Angry Bob knows that TT’s exist, for example, but he has no desire to become a magician himself. He also has an anger management problem that can be experienced first hand if he can’t figure out how a trick is done. A high rating means he has no idea.

”Hunh. Let’s see your thumbs, ^&$&^^&%&&%... ... Hmmm. How the ^$^$ did you manage to write that, then. &$**$!!!” 5/5.

I think that would be some people’s first instinct until they realize how big and broad the letters are. Once they realize that, they’re crushed.

My Rating:

I’m not sure if I’ve ever given a special deck a 10/10 but I think Deep 3 totally warrants it- if for nothing else than the impact it’s going to have on my upcoming summer wedding gigs. Aside from that, it still totally works for anything else you can think of. I was thinking of getting the group to think of someone that wasn’t with them that day, the initials of a state or province they had recently travelled to, their best friend in elementary school, the first letters on a bill serial number, letters on their licence plate, etc. Any of these things are great topics to introduce into a group as opposed to the usual, “Pick a card.” bit.

And this brings up something Bro touches on in the instructions- Why are the initials there? Did I write them before I came to the gig? Did they magically appear? Did the woman who gave the jokers to me, write them? For me, I gave the impression that I was given two jokers and that since they were not the same as my deck, that I could write on them and not worry about it. That was my way about it (and that I wrote them before I showed up, obviously) and it went awesome.

The JDG Tip:

2 things:

1) I would tell people, “I was working this gig last week and I met this lady there who had two jokers in her purse, yadda, yadda...”- This lets people know that you are a working pro who does gigs. Always important!

2) If I thought there was any hesitation on the part of the spec when I questioned them about their first kiss, I would add, ”It can be the name of one of your parents if you don’t want to share the name. As long as you’re confident I couldn’t know it.” This was to protect myself from getting someone who had never been kissed and was potentially embarrassed. Always protect your spectators!

Closing Thoughts:

Bro Gilbert has a winner on his hands here. It always makes me happy to come across effects that are easy to write up and are a pleasure to perform! Thanks Bro!

Have a great week, everyone!

Jamie D. Grant
http://www.whatizit.net
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