Question for Bob

[Board Game Geek]

Are you available for kid's parties? Is this your Plan B?

I can't stand kids, and the idea of blowing up toy balloons and making poodles and giraffes, and showing them the Chinese Linking Rings terrifies me.

As for Plan B, who knows.

I need a lot more practice first, and to develop my patter and assume some stage name, like "The Great Mysterioso" or something.

Gah..that's not me.

I prefer the Penn and Teller style of shock magic, mixed with a little Derren Brown mentalism.

You don't get repeat bookings pulling rabbits out of hats and doing tame routines with silk handkerchiefs.

You will get repeat bookings sawing your own arm off, stabbing your eyeballs, spraying gore everywehere and shocking an audience.

[EternalOptimist]

Here you go:

http://forums.contractoruk.com/682800-post20.html

[TimberWolf]

TimberWolf ?

Here you go:

http://forums.contractoruk.com/682800-post20.html

[EternalOptimist]

Great. I promise never to reveal how the trick is done.

TimberWolf ?

[Badger]

if Bob cant help I will give you a rundown

Great. I promise never to reveal how the trick is done.

[Flubster]

I tend to get my supplies from here .

They also do instant downloads, explaning a trick in detail, since a lot of tricks don't need props...just knowledge of how the trick works.

For an amateur, I'd recommend self-working tricks to start with, with little to no sleight of hand.

Practice your skills, then decide where your interests lie and expand in that area.

Are you available for kid's parties? Is this your Plan B?

[oracleslave]

I tend to get my supplies from here .

They also do instant downloads, explaning a trick in detail, since a lot of tricks don't need props...just knowledge of how the trick works.

For an amateur, I'd recommend self-working tricks to start with, with little to no sleight of hand.

Practice your skills, then decide where your interests lie and expand in that area.

Ta BGG.

[Board Game Geek]

I tend to get my supplies from here .

They also do instant downloads, explaning a trick in detail, since a lot of tricks don't need props...just knowledge of how the trick works.

For an amateur, I'd recommend self-working tricks to start with, with little to no sleight of hand.

Practice your skills, then decide where your interests lie and expand in that area.

[TimberWolf]

Was looking for the link to that earlier but no luck. You have it?

I explained the 'one ahead' card trick quite recently and the false thumb trick. If someone called Bob did the same, I don't know about that one. Can't be arsed to search.

[EternalOptimist]

Was looking for the link to that earlier but no luck. You have it?

sorry, no
but I got the trick down to a t

if Bob cant help I will give you a rundown

[Badger]

Was looking for the link to that earlier but no luck. You have it?

WHS, can't find it.

[Bob Dalek]

Go online and search for "magic shop". The USA ones are best and some show you the trick as it will look to the audience. Go for the better ones and don't scrimp. I avoid the difficult "Involves palming, sleight of hand, etc." tricks - it will takes decades to learn properly. Top tip: "proper" magicians spend hours every day learning the sleight of hand stuff. You won't have the time.

[oracleslave]

the 'one ahead' card trick that he explained was brill.

I tried it on the family and it went down a treat

Was looking for the link to that earlier but no luck. You have it?

[EternalOptimist]

These magic tricks that you collect sound interesting so I have a few questions:

Where do you get them from and how much do they cost?
What kind of tricks are they?
How many do you have?
Any recommendations for an amateur?

the 'one ahead' card trick that he explained was brill.

I tried it on the family and it went down a treat

[oracleslave]

These magic tricks that you collect sound interesting so I have a few questions:

Where do you get them from and how much do they cost?
What kind of tricks are they?
How many do you have?
Any recommendations for an amateur?