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It aint Cricket

The magician walks on to the cricket green, and approaches one of the men dressed in white (so many to choose from). He picks him up, rolls him into a small ball (using the paducki move) and tosses him towards the man with the bat, who whacks him out of the ground whilst at the same time falling over backwards and knocking down the stumps.

The man in white crouching behind the stumps suddenly becomes lighter than air itself and starts levitating upwards then almost leaflike floats on the wind right out of the stadium.

The magician makes his exit.

When asked to comment on what is now being referred to as the greatest magicevent ever seen since sliced woman, the three men replied...

I was knocked for six!
I was blown away!
I was bowled over!

(so do I have to explain what cricket is?)

Three quickies that I just wanted to get off my chest:

Double your money!

Flash gets several bookings for the same time and day but manages to do every single one of them, if that's not enough on this day, he is actually... GOOD!!!!
The Bank Managers go wild!

The Turin hanky

The Spectator thinks of a famous religous icon (lets say they choose Mr Bean), the Magician pulls a white hanky and wipes his brow, he then turns it to reveal a brown sweat mark in the shape of the chosen saviour!

Mosquito a go-go!

Imagine the excitement, it's summer and you and your friends are gathered around the barbecue. Suddenly a swarm of little b*****s (or mosquitos as they are more widely known), homes in on your gathering and start ruthlessly attacking everyone in sight... You smile wryly, because today you're prepared. You pull a small tin whistle and begin to play a jaunty jig. The mosquitos pause for a moment, and then go back to their merry feast, but this time instead of draining blood from your friends they actually give it back. Then they apply tiny mosquito size elastoplasts to the open wounds before flying away to hassle your irratating next door neighbor. You will be the talk of the party.
Also available for a limited time to our filthy rich and famous customers "Paparazzi a go-go**".
(**This is exactly the same effect but this time the mosquitos get caught in compromising positions by the local press).

The above effects are in no way intended to offend any religious types, bank managers or mosquitos...

The Colour Changing Deck/ID - on a very large scale

You approach the tree.

All the leaves are green.

You wave your arms and instantly* they all turn brown and for a finale they disappear.

The Method
I shouldn't say this as it is an open forum, but the first thing is to wait until late september. Then just wave your hands magically for a while and it just happens as if by nature. (When they disappear they actually just drop to the ground so some misdirection such as "Like at that big bird in the sky!" may be needed)

* When I say instantly, I mean in the cosmic, since time began sense of the word...(best bring a pack lunch or two)

the dustman commeth.

A simple little ruse, something new is hidden in a numbered wheely bin, and covered with rubbish.

another 6 numbered bins are introduced, but these only contain rubbish.

(You secretly know which bin is which.)

An un suspecting punter is asked to guess which bin is going to be emptied last.

you as the magician, will always guess the bin.

The method is simple. You rely on the dustmans in built ability to spot "something usefull". He will always see it, and leave that bin till last, so that the item is on top of the rest. this way, he can retreve it later.


Another Fine mess...

this effect is the perfect partner for the dustman commeth, if you happen to want to do the effect mid week.
By the power of your mind, you cause a freely selected dustbin to empty it's self overnight.

The method relies on two elements. A bucket of fried chicken, and the local fox community.
Simply place the chicken into the chosen bin, and wait.

When ordering please state if you require the standard fox, or super Raccoon gimmick. ( u.s.a only)[/b]

Bill In Lemon

A bill is found in a lemon.

Method.

Simply tell ex president Clinton, that it feels real good.
That old perv will try anything once.

Invisable yet visable

You take your "invisable deck" and hand it to spectator. They shuffle it and take a card out.

Remember, this is an invisable deck.

(purely they think of a card)

Then you hand them a real deck of cards and without looking at the faces take 6 cards out and lay them face down on the table.

These were freely selected cards. The cards are in thier hands.

You then take away 2.
Then another 2.

You are left with 2 cards on the table.

You turn your back whilst they mix the 2 cards left around.

You then remove one card.

The card left on the table is the card they thought of.

Plenty of familiar faces around here still haven't contributed to this thread and it really is worthwhile to do so. Don't be shy, I'm sure loads of you have lots of really top ideas to add to it.

yes...and alot of them are experienced magicians too!

Believable - Unbelievable

You ask a spectator to pick a card any card.
while you shuffle the card back in the deck you say now i'll show you some believable and reveal the card in the most boring method you know. then you ask them if they want to se something unbelievable. before they get the chance to say no you rip of them all theire(sp?) cloths and they stand completly naked on the stage! when they grab genitals to hide them for the "world" they see that they have a tatoo of the selected card on theyre stomach and the most unbelivable is that it's a real tatoo!

P.S. there's no stooges used!

Interfaith

Cards on their own can get boring, right? And coins? And sponges? And rope? And lizards? And toenails?

If you don't think so you can leave now. Especially the cardies. No offence of course. Definitely not. No.

Therefore, I have decided to come up with an effect of such magnificent brilliance that you will all be dazzled by its sheer, uh, magnificence? What, you don't believe me? OK, then, keep reading. Actually don't, I think I may have hyped it a little bit. Just a little. Really.

This is an 'interdenominational' effect. That is, it's going to use cards, coins, sponges and liza-- I mean, rope in one effect that is going to wow you. I should really stop with the hype and get on with the effect now that your expectations are higher than the Empire State. Righty-ho!

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Our Magi, let us call him Engelbert (actually, let's now. How about Kati?), produces a box of mystery. Actually, it's the box that the electric mixer came in but let's just ignore that for now, shall we? Looking rather muddled and confused about life in general he produces some rather mixed up magical items: cards with pictures of spongeballs, yellow springy rope, coin shaped Bike cards, etc. He explains that he got a bit mixed up when he was ordering but he is going to try nevertheless. To this end he takes the cards and performs a spongecards across in the spectator's hands, ending with the victim opening his hand to reveal three correct spongeballs - that's that solved then.

This basic premise is then repeated for the other items, with the magician cutting up the yellow springy rope and sticking it back together (hot glue?) to form a real white rope. Then he does a round cards through table with each card turning into a jumbo coin as it goes through. Having thus sorted out his slightly bewildering mis-order he walks away from the table leaving the spectators somewhat befuddled at the whole thing, as I imagine you are feeling right now.

Er...

Kati

Heres anothere installment by Ouch-Kabibble to this wonderful thread. I call it...

A Rolling Stone...

These darned hot summer days are becominga nuascance to you and your small group of spectators. You decide to move out from your sweltering, kooked up basement and out into the gardesn. Everybody resides in the shadiest place in the garden, under the peach tree.

You do the usual performance, coin to resealed levitating can, multiplying ambitious sponge rabbits, the same old baloney. You ask your spectators if they would like to see one more thing, and praise the lord they do. You then show them something spectacular. Something even Ellusionist may be afraid to market.
You ask a spectator if they have a coin. Praise the lord they do. You take it from them and ask if they could sign it. Sure enough, in the next few seconds you are holding a lovely new ink-smelling coin. You reach over and pick up a wine glass. You tip the small remains of the chardonnay onto the floor (don't worry, it's worth it for the trick), and drop the coin inside. Clinkety-clink-klik-klk.
Everybody can clearly see the coin, with its signature resting in the glass.
"Watch" you say, as you slowly begin to swirl the coin around in the glass. As it begins to swirl faster, it alters in colour. It looks strangely brown for a 10p piece. Just as they beyond to ponder if it is a 2 pence piece, it begins to get bigger. It swells up, to the size of an olive. Everybody is shocked, but ultimately confused. You stop swirling, and the strange brown lump sits oddly in the glass. You ask the coin-signer to cup their hands out. You tip out the bizzare object, and ask them to examine it, and guess what it may be.

Slowly, a smile spreads across their face.

"Its the stone, from a peach" they proclaim.
Indeed it is, and you continue by asking everyone to gaze upwards to the masses of peaches dangling above their heads.
"You sir, I would like you to pick off anyone of the peaches you fancy." He does so, at which point you hand him the cheese-knife.

"Cut that peach in half"

Praise the lord they do.
And inside, they find their little 10p coin, shining away in the scorching sun, bearing their signature, now a little sweeter and a little stickier.
A little miracle.

rock and roll

The magician is walking through a park. he comes across a small boy. this child is asked to go fetch daddy. he does this.
The boy is then asked to go and find a nice small round pebble, like you would find on the beach. This he does.

Daddy is given the pebble, and a scribe, and is asked to etch his mark upon the stony surface. "Make it good and deep."

the pebble is then handed back to the performer, who holds it at his fingertips, so no switch can be made.
he then speaks...
" you know as a child, my parents told me many things.
Fire is hot!. They were right. Water is wet!. and they where right. Dont talk to the strange man down the street, he is a pervert! Well, Some things have to be learned the hard way.
But the one thing they told me that wasnt true, is a rolling stone gathers no moss. Watch...."

With that you throw the stone up onto a slide. It rolls down and lands at your feet, now covered in moss.

the spectator picks it up, and is stunned to find that , his incription is there, under a layer of moss that took an age to grow.

Hello, magic-geeks!

I just got back from doing a lecture in Philly and I am happy to see more posts! To be honest, this little "contest" has taken off more than I expected. I am very greatful for everyone's contributions and I can't wait to re-read them all this weekend.

Reminder: Friday is the last day to post. Of course, this thread can go on forever, but the contest deadline is Friday. I will announce the winners on Monday, July 3rd. The winners will be asked to PM me so I can get their addresses to ship their prizes.

Again, it's totally not about the prizes. There are so many great entries and I'm a little embarassed that I underestrimated the amount of truly creative effects! You guys are rock and roll!

Please take care and, for God's sake, get off the damn computer and do magic for a real person today!!!!!

Magically delicious,

Skutt

OK, some restaurant stuff:

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NFW (No Forking Way)

The bored magi (magus?) is sitting at a table in a restaurant, looking glum because he has forgotten his peek wallet, sponges, silks, cards, coins and all the rest of the stuff that lays forgotten in the depths of his pockets. Not to worry, NFW to the rescue!

Soup has been ordered. The magus, seeing his bowl of steaming tomato concoction before him, naively lifts up his fork and attempts to ingest some quantity of the liquid. Of course, his mistake stares him in the face as the [insert soup synonym here] drains right back out of his piece of cutlery. Not to be troubled by such a minor problem, the magi squeezes the tines of the fork together so that it now resembles a spade-like spoon, with which he can eat his soup. The end.

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Glasses and silver and dishes, oh my!

You're invited to a black tie dinner somewhere. Let's say it's your great-uncle's second cousin's aunt's brother's wedding dinner. Approaching your place at the table you are dismayed to find there an assortment of cutlery, plates and drinking glasses that would have sent Woolworths into shock. Not to be troubled by this minor problem, you cover the whole setting with your napkin at which point the extraneous utensils vanish, only to reappear at the appropriate juncture in time, You close your friends' mouths for them as they seem to be permanently hinged open.

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Sugar and Salt

You (again) are sitting at a coffee shop with a friend whom you know takes several sugars in his coffee. You kindly pour them in for him, ignoring his frantic cries of worry as he tries to warn you that you are, in fact, liberally salting his beverage. He tastes it, hoping for the best, and spits it out again. Not to worry, a magic gesture (or something) sets it all to rights, that is if you like sugary coffee anyway.

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Kati