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Hello,

I'm currently working on my routine for the show we'll be having in March. It'll be a stage show for roughly 250 people.

One of the things I plan to do is to borrow a spectator's jacket and then 'magically' produce a number of ridiculous items from it, like cakes, spoons, a shot of tequila, a 8ft pole, etc. It's a nice little comedy bit for the audience and allows me to throw in a number of humourous lines.

The problem is that I need to follow that with a routine to justify borrowing the jacket in the first place. I was thinking of doing cigarette in jacket, but as I don't smoke and I'm not willing to do so for the trick, it would be a bit silly. Traditionally the magician puffs on the cigarette to prove that it's real. Also, if I can't place the cigarette in my mouth it makes the handling a little awkward... I only have two hands!

It would be great to do a pickpocketing routine but I'm simply not good enough at that yet and won't be ready in time for the show.

In short, can anyone think of something I could do? I'd really appreciate any ideas. Thanks!

How's about "Pocket Discovery" found in RRTCM (page 32 in my book or it's on disc 1 on the 5 DVD set)

Do people still wear jackets in the UK? Over here you would be hard pressed to find anyone in the audience who actually wears one although they are not quite non existent yet.

I never see anyone wear ties either unless it is a corporate event where they even wear jackets too.

knife through jacket or some adaption to gut buster.

I dont know the name of the effect but the magician borrows a jacket and holds it in front of him so his feet are just visible he then starts to levitate and then gently comes back down.

magicmystro wrote:I dont know the name of the effect but the magician borrows a jacket and holds it in front of him so his feet are just visible he then starts to levitate and then gently comes back down.

That would be Neorise or the Wild Levitation. Both the same effect.

My guess is that one ripped off the other, but I do not know which came first.

I think king rising's along these lines too

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

By jacket, I actually meant a blazer. Some people may be wearing suits but there'll definitely be some people with casual sport blazers... They're very popular and fashionable nowadays.

I actually came up with the solution myself... Don't know why I didn't think of it sooner. I was always planning to do a bill to lemon style routine. I like Carl Cloutier's Bill to Kiwi, as it's different and the handling is convincing but relatively easy. Removing the objects from the blazer is the perfect way to start it off...

I invite the spectator up on stage and ask him if he has a kiwi. I act surprised when he says no. I insist that I was certain he had a kiwi but he denies it. I ask to borrow his blazer and take out all the random objects until finally I find the kiwi... 'see, I knew you had one!'. And from there, into the routine.

Thanks for the help! I'd appreciate any tips on the routine...