by Jerome the French » Sep 10th, '06, 10:24
The Effect
You proceed to push a cigarette up your nose SLOWLY and VISUALLY up one of your nostril, then you show your hands empty.
Cost
About £20
Difficulty: 2
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
The gimmick is easy to use, but you need to get used to it to perform the effect nicely.
Review
Well, there is not much to say about it, the trick does what it says, but (i don't know if I can say it) if people jump on your sleeves to inspect them, you're screwed. That said, you CAN roll up your sleeves after the vanish, to show that there is nothing...
Nonetheless, the effect freaks out loads of people, and gets good reactions.
The gimmick is well built, but I can imagine it is breakable, so it needs some care...
I personally don't perform it anymore, because I want people to be able o inspect my sleeves, and I like to feel "clean".
Now I just thought about it, but it is probably possible to attach the gimmick somewhere else to vanish it (I'll try it), cause I'd like to use it again.
Also, you can't perform that totally surrounded, but the angles are wide.
Overall 7/10
A good effect, fairly easy to do.
I'd recommend it, but think about the smoke ban taking action next year, it might be harder to perform everywhere...