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dunninger used to perform regularly on radio - didnt do him any harm...and he bent steel rods on it...

its down to the radio interviewer i would have thought, if he/she is into it, up for it and very descriptive...pretty much anything goes...

oh and stooges...

As a phone effects junkie I have done a long and deep research into phone effects.
So far I have found and learned close to 1000 phone effects but here is a partial list I created in 2001 or so.
Some of them are one man effects and some are done with a medium.

Lewis Jones-Person to Person
Al Mann-Phantom voices
Psi Clone
Six Columns
Banachek-
Radio Magic
Psychological Subtleties
Karl Fulve-Self Working Card Tricks:
Long Distance 71-72 Audley Walsh
The Phone Miracle 72-73 J.G.Thompson
Self Working Mental Magic:
The Faraday cage 106-108
Tele-Poker 11-13 Jack Miller
The Jinx:
The Unknown Subject 47 Annemann
Publicity Stunt 53 Annemann
On The Wire 137-138 Annemann
Wired Thought 201-202 Annemann
Operator Calling 220 Harris Solomon
Phoned Thots 478 Orville Meyer
Right Number 421 Kent Arthur
Weird Wire 557-559 Annemann
Forty Nine 513+524 Chas.T.Jordan
Anemann-Sh-h-h! It’s A secret:
Call Me Up Sometime 4-6
The Bell Mystery 44-45
The Magic Of Milt Kort:
Svengali of The Phone Line
Ted Lesley-Paramiracles:
Medium in Your Pocket 42-45
T.A.Waters-Mind,Myth and Magick:
Zodiaxis 265-268
Zodiaccent 600-601
Tony Cordina-13 Steps to mentalism:
Across The Void 327-329 Paul Marcus
Eddie Fields-The Greatful Dodges Of Eddie Fields:
Silent Transmission Telephone Mystery 68-69
Tell a Phony 111-112
Paul Harris-The Art Of Astonishment:
411 277-279 Gregory Wilson
Encyclopdia of card Tricks:
Number Please 325-326 Audley Walsh
326-327 Al Baker
Phil Goldstein-Doth:
Telephone Bonsai 4-5
Numpersone 12-13
Massage Units 13-14
Thabbatical:
Contimental 3-5
Greater Magic:
The Impossible Location 269 George G.Kaplan
The Telephone Trick 566 William H McCaffrey
Barrie Richardson-Theater of the Mind:
Little Jackpot Coins 177
Terry Rogers:
Dollar Con
Bill Goldman:
Mental Yarn
Al Smith:
Cadioz Effect
Lee Earle:
Quintuple
Paul Cummins:
Phone Home
Roy Johnson:
Dialmite
Steinmeyer:
Nine Card Problem
David Regal:
Mind On Line
Dan Harlan Aarron Fisher
Play Dough
Rafael Benatar:
Sleight Of Phone

Yaniv Deautsch
www.yanivd.co.il

Wow I would never have thought there would be so many phone effects. Thats a pretty substantial list!

Like I said I have a list of close to 1000 phone effects on it.
The most recent additons to my list and purcashs are Sixtet by Jack Kent Tiller - a book of two person phone effects and Juan Tamriz's Verbal Magic; a book of interactive effects.
Patrick Redford recently published Heptagon a booklet of phone effects but I haven't got that yet.
I'm sure there are hundreds of phone effects I haven't found yet, and many that are not published yet by their creators.

Yaniv Deautsch
www.yanivd.co.il

I was on the radio today and didn't do any tricks. we were just talking about our local magic club, amongst other things. you can hear it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0 ... 2_11_2009/

I too seem to have landed myself a gig on Radio and will be dipping into Juan Tamariz Verbal Magic and also bought the John Wade tapes. I'm going to put in the Danish Pachyderm but looking to see if there is something similar to that other than the kangaroo version. Be grateful if there was anything similar I could be pointed in the direction of , out but the rehearsal has now been brought forward to friday so I'm lacking time.

I've been on the local radio a few times to promote the shop and the one thing that is crucial and hasn't been mentioned here is you need to focus on doing magic, not for the DJ , but the listeners.

You need to do effects that get the listeners to ring or e mail the station. That's what people want. That's what people enjoy. You need to involve them.

The DJ should be merely seen as someone who helps the effect.

Picture duplications are good on the radio. Have the listeners at home get a pen and paper ready and draw something as well as the DJ. When you successfully duplicate the DJ's picture you ask the listeners if anyone drew the same picture. You'll be amazed how many contact the station. Also stopping the DJ's watch is good. Again ask the listeners to stare at a watch or clock and see if it stops when you stop the DJ's watch.

You won't believe me but people will ring up! Some people just like attention and to be heard. What can I say?

Anyhoo have fun whatever you do.

Good advice thanks, I'm in a trickier position as I'll be the only one and its pre-recorded

At least I can ring in !

If Edgar Bergen was able to make a living with Ventriloquism on the radio...

And that in itself makes me wonder. Do you think he actually brought Charlie with him to the radio station? Or did Edgar eventually figure out that he didn't need the dummy? I wonder if he bothered not moving his lips? Who would know?

Ventriloquism on the radio = stand up comedy!

Would you really have to be standing?

We had an equivalent in the UK, Peter Brough and his dummy Archie Andrews started out on radio but it was done as a live show complete with the doll. Sadly when the show transerred to TV it showed that Peter was an awful vent and moved his lips throughout the performance, apparently he'd forgotten that the audience being some distance away in a theatre doesn't apply with TV cameras and telephoto lenses!