Houdini's Needles

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Houdini's Needles

Postby Serendipity » Nov 22nd, '09, 16:53



Hey guys,

Any advice on performing this? We're currently working on a two man version where we link a hundred needles in Rhys' mouth, and were wondering if anyone had any ideas about 1) getting the needles out of your mouth smoothly, and 2) not getting huge ulcers from doing it - we've trimmed and filed everything, but they're still causing irritation.

Cheers,

Rob

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Postby 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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Postby greedoniz » Nov 23rd, '09, 17:40

Steve spills Dvd may be of some help.....then again it may not

promo video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75ZyEeQaDCQ

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