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i there i was woundering if you could help me on the trick where two members of the public sits down a chair each and you do the disapearing ball where you throw it over their head lol but you count 1 2 3 and on 3 1 of them jumps up how can i make this posible would i have to hypnotise them before hand or is their a divice on the chairs ?
iam not asking for how the trick is dont just asking how how i could make the trick posible.

You wouldn't like the method, I promise.

jonathanr678 wrote:iam not asking for how the trick is done, just asking how how i could make the trick posible.

you could make the trick possible by buying it.
Sorry, we will not give away secrets on this forum.

There are two methods, both available for purchase through your magic dealer. And if you don't have a magic dealer, where are you from I'm sure one can be found for you either locally or on the internet.

jonathanr678 wrote:iam not asking for how the trick is dont just asking how how i could make the trick posible.

Without sounding pedantic, surely they're one and the same??

Well, explaining how to make the trick possible could amount to providing a name of the commercially-available effect and an idea of where it can be bought.

That's not exposure. That's being helpful.

Pete

Okay, so a Google search took me two minutes to come up with the goods, but i realise that many internet users are search engine intolerant.

To make life easy for you, I'd recommend Googling the words:

zapped ricki dunn

The book seems quite affordable.

Good luck!

Pete

ok thanks

On a related topic, I remember going to local magic conventions as a kid, and seeing a product called 'Hot Spot' for sale at dealer stands that - as far as I'm aware - did an electric chair kind of thing.

It said it was an ADULTS ONLY product in big unfriendly letters on the packaging, which made it seem even more dangerous and interesting.

Haven't seen or heard of it since.

Anyone know what became of this trick?

It's one of those childhood mysteries I'd like to get to the bottom of.

Pete

pcwells wrote:
It's one of those childhood mysteries I'd like to get to the bottom of.

Pete

To clear up another one of your childhood mysteries Santa isn't real hun x sorry x

Ahhh - Zapped!!!

Absolutely fantastic - but not for the faint-hearted


Sean

Lenoir wrote:You wouldn't like the method, I promise.

LOL!!! Just saw this reply - I couldn't agree more!!!!

Jonathan, as you are 19 and been in Magic since the age of 11/12: so

1. Zapped by Riki Dunn is the definitive book on The Chairs.

2. Easier & simply explained in 'Simplicity, Audacity, & Bluff', by the late Val
Andrews (pub. by Magico Magazine.USA) has 6 pages on it.

3. 'The Real Secret of The Electric Chairs' pub. by Supreme Magic is a simple
8 page booklet.

4. The Jumping Chairs Routine by the late David De Val is a useful routine but
not I think for you.

5. The Famous Electric Chairs & Other Hilarious Stunts by Eddie Buirke,
published when he owned Magictrix House of Magic is hard to find but
brilliant. I have suggested to him it would be well worth re publishing.
One 'Stunt' entitled 'Bathing the Baby' I have wanted to perform for many
years but my own El;ectric Stool routine, of some 35 years, might clash with
it.

6. There is also (again not for you) an advanced routine in 'The Mental Magick
Of Basil Horwitz. Volume 4, called The Hot Seat.

As you have been told, the actual secret will disappoint you, as it has disappointed others. You need great confidence & a showmanlike stage personality to carry it off. Do NOT do as one magician I have advised did--use a drawing pin!
It's wonder he wasn't taken to court.
In USA you can buy a special chair But this is cheating.

Allen Tipton

When someone first explained the method Paul Daniel's used, I felt like crying.

Harris wrote:

pcwells wrote:
It's one of those childhood mysteries I'd like to get to the bottom of.

Pete

To clear up another one of your childhood mysteries Santa isn't real hun x sorry x

yes he is... who do you think delivered the kittens?