by sleightlycrazy » Nov 22nd, '09, 20:42
I don't remember where I read this, but I think it night help make things a little bit easier:
When doing the needles, all you have to do to make the audience think you're using a hundred needles is to say you're using a hundred needles. In reality, you can get away with using much less. Supposedly. I'm just repeating something I've read; I never got very far working with the routine because I ran into similar problems and didn't have the time at the time to work things out.
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