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What do u all think of the three card trick that Derren did to Matt Lucas on Sunday night's show?

Very well presented indeed and a very strong effect I thought.

I loved it

I can think of how he did half of it... just not the rest lol

EckoZero wrote:I can think of how he did half of it...

Never, ever accept my hand to shake...

Tomo wrote:Never, ever accept my hand to shake...

I'm rather confused...

Tomo wrote:

EckoZero wrote:I can think of how he did half of it...

Never, ever accept my hand to shake...

I seem to be missing something lol

Is this trick availble to buy and what it is called?

Andy28 wrote:Is this trick availble to buy and what it is called?

Which part?

The whole trick as performed is bespoke, I'd have thought, but if you have enough time, you could reverse engineer it to use either sleights or a gimmicked deck up to the trance at the start.

Given the "no stooges" rule at the start and if the trance is therefore real and unscripted, it is invoked using a handshake technique invented by Milton Erickson, but even if you get a good description of it, it's still very difficult to do with any success. I was distracted when the trick was on, so I'm not really sure why he did it, though. It might just have been a bit of misdirection, making people think that he was using it to perform the card trick.

...both books on Milton Erickson are very very interesting...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1555520529/qid=1143801237/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_3_1/202-5290216-1884632

Especially if you read Trance This by Kenton Knepper too...

I wouldn't say you would suddenly recieve instant Derren Brown type powers though...it's all in the beard apparently...

Does anyone want to tell me why I shouldn't accept Tomo's hand to be shaked? lol

abraxus wrote:...both books on Milton Erickson are very very interesting...

Indeed. He was probably the first to really demonstrate the power of metaphor over the subconscious.

EckoZero wrote:Does anyone want to tell me why I shouldn't accept Tomo's hand to be shaked? lol

Cos he'll put you in a trance the way Brown did with Lucas.

D'oh!
I'm so stupid

How did I NOT understand that?

*potters off to impress the local cats with magic tricks*

In 22 Blows to the Head by Jay Sankey, he gets you to pick out 3 cards, then asks you which one you want to hide, to keep, and to give away.

You then open your prediction and you have got the cards they chose correct, and also what they decided to do with them!!!


[plug]Consider buying that DVD, unless you are mentally insane[/plug]

Edit: Ooops, did I say consider buying? Drop the bits in bold

weak cough/week off/ wee cough...that's what i've had at work...

the first volume has a great section on him and audlous huxley - the Doors of Perception fella...