Torn and Restored card question

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Torn and Restored card question

Postby kitaristi0 » Jul 16th, '07, 13:27



Have you ever come across a torn and restored card effect where you used tape to restore the card? Something like "ok I've torn the card, now I'll restore it" and you pull out a roll of tape.

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Postby Charles Calthrop » Jul 16th, '07, 13:38

Doesn't sound all that magical to me...More like a Tommy Cooper thing?
Am I missing something?

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Postby bananafish » Jul 16th, '07, 13:48

I think Sankey does something like that - but when the tape is pealed off - the card is genuinely restored.

It has a nice laugh moment (and yet remains magical).

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Postby Demitri » Jul 16th, '07, 15:39

John Archer has a Torn and Restored effect where he staples the card back together. Great comedy routine with a cool, magical ending.

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Postby kitaristi0 » Jul 16th, '07, 17:00

bananafish wrote:I think Sankey does something like that - but when the tape is pealed off - the card is genuinely restored.

It has a nice laugh moment (and yet remains magical).


That's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about.

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Postby dat8962 » Jul 16th, '07, 18:28

I seem to recall that the restored version of Color Fusion relies on similar - but I may be wrong (hope that isn't exposure :oops: ).

If someone doesn't come along and confirm then I'll dig out the DVD and let you know

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Postby kitaristi0 » Jul 16th, '07, 18:39

To be honest I'm not too interested in learning any effects like this, I was just wondering whether its been done.

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Postby Myrddin » Jul 16th, '07, 19:02

Paul Harris used to tape the last torn piece of the card to the restored three quarters, saying: "Hey, I'm not a magician!". I believe the late Tommy Wonder had his own variation on this Paul Harris trick.

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