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Last night I got that one spec that knows how every trick is done! Even tho he's wrong all the time, he has a smug expression and keeps calling out its in your pocket, do it with my cards etc I put a penny and a pound in a specs hand in front of him and closed their hand (coin unique) and the penny vanished! 'you took it out with your other hand' he shouts. I got him to take my pulse and stopped it to shut him up, I think thats the way to deal with them, tackle them head on with something that cannot be explained, let them see the magic.

Any one else got any examples of how they deal with annoying specs?

break their nose

You'll always get one, though thankfully very rarely. They are awful human beings though,aren't they? I think it's an inferiority complex. They can't bear the spotlight being off them for a few minutes, and have to do all they can to prove how clever, smart, bright they are. Nothing you can do about it. Just smile, do a quick routine, let them mouth off, thank them politely, and leave. Go to another table, completely wow the new specs and let the smart so-and-so on the other table see what a great time you and your new friends are having. That's how to get up their nose.

Sincerely offer him a coin or deck of cards and ask whether he'd like to show everyone a trick. Look really disappointed when he refuses.

Yeah, every time he claims to know how it's done, get him to demonstrate!

Alternatively, there's a video in the file sharing section of mine of a card trick designed specifically for hecklers like this...

I had someone like that a while ago, so I started to do a trick for him, got him to pick a card then replace it, handed him the deck and asked him to shuffle it, as he started to shuffle I walked off. About 15 minutes later he came over and returned my deck to me without saying a word.
Probably wasn't the best way to handle the situation.

My response these days is to get them to select any card from a spread and make sure they feel it was a free choice, then "divine" the card that the picked, without ever touching the deck.
there's one-way that makes that trick VERY simple

If you desperately want to leave because the person is extremely annoying, you can dribble the cards and say, "Say 'stop' any time you like." When they say stop, put the cards away and walk away muttering "...and I just got started..."

Let them think about it.

Also, isn't "K.E.N.T." supposed to handle people like that?

With someone like that I bust out a perfect magician fooler. Perform a test condition trick, or one that makes the spectator do most or all of the handling of the cards. It really stuns them and they won't have any idea of how to do it, and with the loud mouth of the group, the rest will be even more impressed that you have made him shut up and not shout any so called answers to the efect just performed.

I would usually perform Concrete Sandwich. Has anyone else got other test-condition, magician fooling effects? I think it would be a good idea to list them.

Learn some crowd control... pissing him off or making fun of him is rarely the right thing to do. IT an make it worse.

I have never had a person like this. Why? Because of the way I act, the way I handle myself and the crowd.

If one contiues to disrespect you... just walk away.. and say sorry to the people that were truly interested. That way the people might turn against the heckler, get the people on your side.

I always ask the person for his name as it's always a bloke. I then introduce him to the audience and then say, for our next trick.

They usually run away or stand there with everyone laughing. If they stay then after the last trick I say something along the lines of "If you;v eliked the magic my name is Dave and if you didn't enjoy the magic, my name is......." and I simply insert the name of the know-it-all.

I think that most of the time the rest of the audience think that the person is a bit of a jerk anyway so don't get hung up about it.

I.D wrote:break their nose

I dont think the rest of the Ruff Ryders would have apretiated that but it did cross my mind.,

break their noses too..

im being serious, beat the living cr*p out of him, see if he backchats then

or just walk off without saying a word, whichever gives you more satisfaction..

i say batter him

I.D wrote:break their noses too..

im being serious, beat the living cr*p out of him, see if he backchats then

or just walk off without saying a word, whichever gives you more satisfaction..

i say batter him

Im actually wetting myself!!!! funniest thing i have read since...well.....years!!!!!

I just look them in the eye and say 'yes thats it, thats exactly how I do it, i look in your eyes and the reflection shows what card it is' in a realy sarcastic voice