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00:00 [eerie music]
00:02 The mirror shows us who we really are,
00:12 true and plain.
00:15 We look at it and it appears as if we were looking
00:19 into our deepest soul.
00:21 The mirror is the portal to the world of shadows.
00:29 Do you know this feeling?
00:31 When after such an introduction by a mentalist,
00:34 you don't really want to hear any more of this crap.
00:36 [audience laughing]
00:39 [upbeat music]
00:42 [upbeat music]
00:44 the mirror shows us who we really are, true and plain.
00:49 We look at it and it appears as if we were looking
00:54 into our deepest soul.
00:56 The mirror is the portal to the world of shadows.
01:01 Do you know this feeling?
01:03 When after such an introduction by a mentalist,
01:06 you don't really want to hear any more of this crap.
01:09 The mirror is the portal to the world of shadows.
01:12 [audience applauding]
01:14 Remember I told you right at the beginning
01:15 that I know what was going to happen.
01:17 Take out the prediction yourself.
01:19 I will try to influence the people on stage
01:21 in the following manner.
01:22 From left to right, they are going to choose the chairs
01:25 in the following order.
01:26 One, two, four, three.
01:28 One, two, four, three, that's exactly what you did.
01:31 Only one of them will be sitting on my chair.
01:35 And the person sitting on my chair will be called Martina.
01:38 What is your first name?
01:39 It's Martina, and Martina will be wearing the blue hat.
01:43 [audience applauding]
01:46 [upbeat music]
01:49 You will choose the two of hearts.
02:07 [audience applauding]
02:09 Maybe it really is true, and maybe finally in the end,
02:13 the mirror really is the portal to the world of shadows.
02:19 [audience applauding]
02:25 Four random spectators, three fair choices,
02:35 and one final killer prediction.
02:37 This is "The Dwarfs."
02:39 "The Dwarfs" is my 10-minute chair prediction act
02:42 that I performed at FISM 2012 in the Blackpool.
02:46 This act uses no stooges, no pre-show,
02:48 and no secret writing, and the prediction is in full view
02:52 in a clear container right from the start.
02:55 If you want an act that's fun to perform,
02:57 highly entertaining, and deceiving at the same time,
03:00 you should definitely check out this amazing piece of mentalism.
03:04 My name is Stefan Lorschewski, and welcome to "The Dwarfs."
03:09 Hi, guys, my name is Martin Adams.
03:30 Hi, I'm Andrew Chiamans.
03:31 And here with us, Mr. Stefan Lorschewski.
03:34 I'm happy you bought my new DVD, "The Dwarfs," if you bought it.
03:39 So I hope you didn't get this ripped from an illegal file-sharing site on the Internet.
03:45 So, anyway, welcome to "The Dwarfs," which is my 10-minute FISM act
03:49 which I performed at the World Championships of Magic in 2012,
03:53 which took place in Blackpool.
03:55 As you've seen in the performance section,
03:57 there's a lot going on on stage,
03:59 lots of fun with the audience,
04:01 and lots of fun for you as the performer doing this thing.
04:04 And as there's such a lot going on,
04:06 we decided to split the explanation into different segments.
04:11 And I suggest we should start with the selection of the chairs and the envelopes
04:15 and the first revelation.
04:17 So let's do it.
04:19 Okay, guys, this is the explanation of "The Dwarfs."
04:22 The first section that we're talking about is called "Chairs and Envelopes."
04:26 So, Stefan, please walk us through it.
04:28 Yeah. First of all, you need chairs and you need envelopes, obviously.
04:32 The setup on stage is as follows.
04:35 I just simulated this by using these cards here.
04:38 So, to your left, or from the audience's point of view, to the right,
04:45 you have the four chairs. So these resemble the four chairs.
04:48 So you have the white chair, the yellow chair, the green chair, the blue chair, in this order.
04:52 And at the back, towards yourself, you have the numbers.
04:56 So on the backs of the chairs, there are the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4.
04:59 So you, as a performer, you can actually read them,
05:01 and so you can reference in which order they are.
05:03 This is the outline when you start out on stage.
05:06 And now you ask a spectator, the first spectator, to select a card,
05:12 which I'll go into detail later on, on this card selection.
05:16 And you ask him to select any chair.
05:19 And it's really a free choice.
05:21 And you need the chairs to end up in your predicted order.
05:24 And the predicted order is always 1, 2, 4, 3, from the audience's point of view.
05:29 So from the audience's left to right, it's 1, 2, 4, 3.
05:33 So the predicted order is always 1, 2, 4, 3, which means white, yellow, blue, and green.
05:41 Right. Good. Now you have them standing here,
05:44 and you have the first person select any chair, and he really has a free choice.
05:48 And what I'm doing is I'm just using the idea by David Bergler from the Bergler's Chair Test,
05:54 where he has them choose a chair freely, but he just puts it boldly into the correct position.
06:00 This is what I do.
06:02 So let's just select any chair. Which one would you like?
06:05 Let's go with the yellow one.
06:06 Let's go with the yellow one. I just slide it forward.
06:08 Then the person is asked to sit on the chair.
06:11 The next person is asked to choose any chair. Which one would you like?
06:14 I choose the blue one.
06:15 The blue one. Very good. Then would you mind coming up on stage and please sit on the chair you've freely selected.
06:20 Yeah.
06:21 And then the next person selects one, for example, the green one, which I would place here, and the white one.
06:27 And I already have the correct position, so you're already prepared for the final revelation.
06:33 Now you need the envelopes.
06:34 Once the people are on stage, you distribute the envelopes, and you have them mix up the envelopes.
06:39 They can be mixed up because they are marked.
06:41 Okay.
06:42 Inside of the envelopes, you have, of course, the cards with the respective numbers from one to four, and also in the colors of the chairs.
06:52 So four would be blue, three would be green, and so on.
06:55 Yeah, sure.
06:59 So they mix it up like that.
07:03 And if you can see that, I mark them in every left corner.
07:07 So when you make a fan, it doesn't really matter in which orientation they are.
07:12 You can always see the marks in the left corner.
07:15 So when I get them back, I just fan them out.
07:17 And you did it with a pencil?
07:19 It's just a pencil, yes.
07:21 So you can see them quite well from a distance.
07:24 Yes, of course.
07:25 But I have no trouble giving them out because no one knows where to look.
07:28 It just looks like a bit of dust.
07:30 And everybody sees something different, so nobody sees the same thing if two persons handle it or anything like that.
07:35 Yeah, I've never had any problems.
07:37 But I just want to be sure that I have the correct envelope in my hand.
07:41 And the distribution is just as simple.
07:44 I simply hand them the envelope I want them to have.
07:47 So it's as easy as that.
07:49 So, for example, I'm the audience member.
07:52 Yes, I would go from--first of all, I would stand here in front of the spectators.
07:56 So my body blocks the audience view.
07:59 The vision of the audience.
08:01 And I would start at the fourth performer--at the fourth spectator, sorry.
08:05 And I would hand him the fourth envelope.
08:08 And then the envelope carrying number three, which holds the card with number four, number two, and number one.
08:15 I just hand them out in order.
08:17 This is an idea which has been used a couple of times.
08:20 I've seen Kennedy use it, the British mentalist.
08:23 Luca Volpi, my good friend from Italy, also uses this in one of his acts.
08:28 And Nika Thant from Singapore, he also put out a great chair test, which is very, very good indeed.
08:35 And he also uses this basic idea.
08:38 Sorry, just that I understand it correctly.
08:40 So number four goes to the fourth, and then number three goes to the third, and so on.
08:46 Correct.
08:47 So the number, like, what we have there--
08:50 The number is just the order, the usual order.
08:52 It's nothing to do with the chairs, but the order--
08:55 Just so I don't confuse it.
08:56 --is the spectator number one, two, three, and four.
08:58 So I just would hand them out like this.
09:01 "Would you mind taking one?"
09:03 And what I say is, "Would you mind taking one? This one? Very good."
09:05 And I just hand it to him.
09:07 And sometimes I just ask, "Just the second one?" like that.
09:12 And I would say, "Okay, this one? Are you happy? Yes? Good."
09:16 And then I just move on to the next spectator so I don't give him a chance to answer.
09:19 And to the audience it appears as if they really chose one.
09:23 "This one?" And when I reach this person I say, "Okay, now it appears as if you didn't have a free choice anymore
09:29 because it's the only one left for you, but it doesn't really matter.
09:32 Hold on tightly to these envelopes."
09:34 This is very important to ask them to hold tightly onto these envelopes
09:37 because you don't want them to switch the order in the last second.
09:40 So I say, "It doesn't really matter because the next choice you're going to make,
09:44 it's you who's going to choose first."
09:46 When it's all about these four dwarf hats.
09:48 Again, these are the dwarf hats.
09:52 Red, white, blue and green.
09:54 And this time it doesn't really matter which color they choose.
09:58 It doesn't really matter.
09:59 So you're prepared for the first revelation and this is something that's important for later on.
10:03 So you just have them choose any hat they like.
10:07 So it's an absolutely free selection.
10:09 Absolutely free selection.
10:10 No force of any kind. They can choose any hat that they just like.
10:13 And you should also emphasize this.
10:15 So the first selection of the chair is very fair.
10:17 The next selection of the envelopes is not that fair but should appear fair.
10:25 So you just give them to the spectators.
10:28 And then again you stress that it's really important that the choice is absolutely free.
10:32 And you're done.
10:33 So this is the basic outline of what you want it to look like on stage.
10:37 And then for the first revelation, and then we're over with this section,
10:40 is you simply ask the spectators to stand behind their chairs,
10:45 the chairs they selected, and they are asked to turn the chairs around.
10:49 So usually they would be like this.
10:52 So you can look at the numbers--sorry, at the colors.
10:56 And then they would simply turn them around so the spectators can see the numbers showing.
11:05 And from left to right it reads one, two, four, three.
11:08 And they say, "One, two, four, three? Isn't this amazing?"
11:10 No, it's not amazing.
11:11 But it gets amazing if you now open up your envelopes.
11:14 And the first person opens his envelope.
11:16 And, of course, inside he's going to find card number one.
11:21 The second spectator opens it.
11:23 Of course, inside he's going to find card number two.
11:26 The third spectator opens and he finds card number four.
11:30 And the last one contains card number three.
11:32 And you have a perfect match, which is the basic effect of every chair test.
11:38 But it gets you the first applause signal.
11:40 And, yeah, this is basically the first revelation of the many that are in this effect.
11:47 Are there any questions?
11:49 No, for me it's perfectly clear.
11:51 I think it's really easy so far.
11:53 So--
11:54 It wasn't clear.
11:56 It wasn't clear.
11:57 Okay, so we go to the next section that's called--
11:59 That would be the revelation in the glass box.
12:03 So let's take a look at that.
12:05 Okay, guys, this is the next section of the dwarfs.
12:09 So, Stefan, please explain us.
12:11 Yeah, what I have in front of me is my plexiglass box.
12:15 And as you can see, inside there's just one single prediction, which can be seen here.
12:21 And you just drape a cloth over and you needn't touch it again.
12:25 And inside there's one prediction, and this prediction reads as follows.
12:31 It says, "I will try to influence the people on stage in the following manner.
12:35 From left to right, they're going to choose the chairs in the following order."
12:38 One, two, four, three.
12:39 We've already discussed this.
12:40 You know the order because you simply put the chairs into this order.
12:45 Only one of them will be sitting on my chair.
12:48 And here comes the next thing into play because the numbers that are inside of the envelopes
12:56 are just sheets of paper or cardboard that can be unfolded like that.
13:01 And inside there's nothing except for chair number four.
13:07 Because inside of this there is a large red X and the text, "You are sitting on my chair."
13:14 So that's number four.
13:15 So the person selecting chair number four will have this envelope containing the number four with this message.
13:26 And the nice thing is one of these chairs beneath the seat also has a large red X,
13:31 which is, of course, chair number four.
13:33 So you basically force everything, but it appears very, very fair and above board.
13:38 So you have the next revelation.
13:39 First of all, you reveal the sequence of the envelopes, which correspond to the order of the chairs.
13:46 Then you would tell to the audience, "Please open your pieces of paper.
13:50 One of you will carry a secret message."
13:52 And you would just show the underside of the seats.
13:56 And you have the second applause cue, the second revelation,
13:59 because the secret message inside, "Here you are sitting on my chair,"
14:05 actually is correct because chair number four also holds this red X.
14:08 Yeah, of course.
14:09 So this is something else.
14:11 So basically this is one more revelation on a price of nothing.
14:14 Yes. Actually, it's nothing at all.
14:17 But it always gets an applause, and I don't know why.
14:19 So I actually left it out a couple of times, but it plays so well that actually some people from my family and friends,
14:28 mentalism and magic friends, told me to put this back in because to a lay audience it's another effect.
14:36 Yeah, sure.
14:37 Even though there's nothing happening.
14:38 So this is still in just as one more effect.
14:43 Next thing would be the revelation, "Only one of these will be sitting on my chair."
14:48 Now you know it will be the one who selected, in this case, the blue hat.
14:53 Because the hats were distributed in a free order, so they could have chosen any.
15:00 Now obviously you need four outs because you had no influence on the other.
15:05 Yeah, of course.
15:06 So you forced chair number four.
15:07 You know that the person sitting on chair number four will have the number four here.
15:11 You have a perfect match, but you don't know the color of the hat.
15:15 Yeah.
15:16 So you need four outs, which brings this tiny box into play.
15:20 Now this actually, even though you have been able to see,
15:23 well, there's just one single prediction, you are still able to produce the respective color.
15:28 In this case, it would be the blue one, and all you have to do is simply take the cloth,
15:32 pull it away, open the box, and take out the prediction.
15:41 And it will be the prediction that reads exactly the same, but will have the blue hat as the prediction.
15:54 So it's basically an automatic four-way out in an ingenious device.
15:59 This is called the Cassandra device.
16:02 It was invented by the German mentalist Per Kehoe,
16:05 and I'm really happy he gave me permission to explain this on this DVD
16:09 because I think it's so clean and so easy to do that it's just a charm.
16:16 It works like a charm.
16:18 So how does this thing work?
16:24 Well, basically, you need a plexiglass box and a lid that can be opened and closed like that.
16:33 And you need to drill through the lid so that things can pass through it.
16:40 That's the first principle.
16:44 Then you need this cloth, and inside there are all four predictions.
16:48 It looks like that.
16:53 So from the inside, you have, first of all, your first prediction,
16:58 which hangs from a sort of tiny bulldog clip.
17:02 So from the outside, when you pinch it, you will release this,
17:06 and this will simply stay there or fall into the box.
17:10 This is the one that they see at the start?
17:12 This is the one they see at the start.
17:14 In this case, it's the red one.
17:17 And I've also written here a tiny R so that I can remember this is the red one.
17:23 So this would go to the front so the audience can see this.
17:27 And behind, I've sewn a sort of flap.
17:32 So this goes behind that, so from the front they can only see one.
17:36 And behind that flap, there are three predictions hanging.
17:39 So you obviously need this blue one again.
17:43 Just fold it up.
17:48 And the rubber bands wrap around again like that.
17:52 And this goes into this clip here.
18:00 So these are hidden by this piece of cloth.
18:03 Everything goes inside of the box.
18:06 And because this is exactly the same color as that,
18:09 and from the front you have the plexiglass,
18:12 it appears as if this thing is on the outside.
18:16 On the outside, yes.
18:17 So it's a very, very nice display.
18:19 So I just put this inside again.
18:23 Like that, grab everything, put this in.
18:29 Wrap it over.
18:35 And then you can show this.
18:37 It's almost perfect.
18:39 Just grab this a little bit to the back.
18:41 Try to place this towards the back.
18:44 This one to the front.
18:47 And that's it.
18:49 And the size or the length of the predictions is exactly the height of the box.
18:54 Yeah.
18:55 So that when I push here, I can feel it doesn't get down because it's just the same height.
19:01 So from the outside, you can actually pinch the respective prediction.
19:04 Yeah.
19:05 From the front, it all looks great.
19:08 And what I have to do is I have to know the color of the head of the person sitting on chair number four.
19:15 So if it had been white, it would have also worked.
19:19 And the order is very important because, as you can see here, there are tiny knots where I tied the bulldog clips.
19:28 And sometimes some of them have fallen apart, but there is some black here and some black here.
19:35 This is just if the lighting is bad that I know where the exact points are, where the different predictions are hanging.
19:42 So this would be the red one. This would be the green one. This would be blue. And this would be white.
19:48 And you just memorized it?
19:49 I memorized this by thinking of the four directions.
19:53 So there is no anything sewing here, any letter or something?
19:56 No, no lettering.
19:58 So there is no mark system on the top?
20:00 No, no. I just remember it the following way.
20:03 First of all, from top to down, I think of traffic lights again.
20:06 It's just red is on top, green is on the bottom.
20:10 And then I think of the directions in the sky.
20:16 So to the left would be west, to the right would be east.
20:22 And in the east, in Russia, etc., it's quite cold and there's a lot of snow, so this would be white.
20:27 So it's just a very, very basic, minimal system.
20:30 But if anybody wants, they can mark it because this section of the glass box is never seen by the audience.
20:37 Usually they're sitting below eye level, so it doesn't really matter.
20:40 You could, for example, sew those clips in with the corresponding colored string.
20:46 Yeah, for example.
20:49 Or you could also just color it or sew something, a little tiny piece of cloth.
20:54 So there's tons of ways to do this, and you can do it if you don't want to memorize this thing because the whole routine is just complex.
21:01 But it's easy to remember.
21:03 Exactly. And then all you need to do is just look at the head.
21:09 In this case, it would be white, so I just pinch this one and grab it and simply pull it out.
21:14 So you have a lot of time to remember on the thing that you need to pinch.
21:18 Yeah.
21:19 Okay. So now it should be the white one, right?
21:21 It should be the white one, and we can just take a look inside.
21:24 It's great, isn't it?
21:26 And as you can see, it is the white one because it's the time of the month.
21:29 Yeah, it is the white one. Okay.
21:30 So this is inside.
21:32 Let's just show it to the camera.
21:34 So here's the mark, and it says "white."
21:39 And if you turn it over, there's white on the other side.
21:43 There's white on the other side, so you can't go wrong with that one.
21:46 So that's the main idea.
21:48 The handling is this because I don't want them to realize that you can reach in.
21:52 You never would take it out that way, of course.
21:54 Yeah, of course.
21:55 I just grab everything from the top.
21:57 So I would remove the cloth, then grab immediately from the top, open up,
22:04 and sort of slide my hand around to open this up
22:08 so I never see the inside or the outside with the hole in it.
22:12 Yeah.
22:13 So just like that.
22:14 Just grab this, open it up, slide around,
22:18 and then I would turn this to the back and simply have the spectator take this out.
22:23 I shake this and have the spectator take this out.
22:26 And then I just lay it on the table like that
22:28 so that it's covered from basically all the sides.
22:30 Yeah, of course.
22:32 And I always leave it in the open because I don't want to hide it.
22:35 You could put it into a savant, but I don't want to do this.
22:38 Yeah, you don't even need to do this.
22:40 Hiding something in plain sight is always the best solution.
22:42 Yeah.
22:43 And you can even let this lie on the table because it doesn't look like there's anything else inside.
22:49 It's just impossible to discover there is other 3D prediction in it.
22:51 It's just a big cloth.
22:52 Correct.
22:53 Nothing more.
22:54 So this is the main prediction of this effect.
22:57 And actually what you're predicting is not just the order of the chairs,
23:03 but also the color of the hat the person is wearing.
23:07 Yeah.
23:08 One more thing, I also predict name.
23:10 As you've seen, the prediction actually reads,
23:17 I will predict that the people on stage will be choosing the chairs in the following order, 1, 2, 4, 3.
23:23 Only one of them will be sitting on my chair.
23:25 And then it says, "And the person sitting on my chair will be called and will be wearing the white hat."
23:33 Yeah.
23:34 So there's no name here.
23:36 So I just cover this empty space with my thumb,
23:39 and I need to somehow find out the name of the person sitting on chair number 4.
23:44 And the best way to do this is?
23:47 Is the Dunningian ploy, of course.
23:48 So just in case you haven't heard of it, I really use this a lot,
23:52 because I think it's such a great way to add another effect to your show.
23:56 Yeah.
23:57 The idea is you simply, when the person comes on stage, you simply ask her for her name.
24:02 Yeah.
24:03 It's something polite to do.
24:05 And I do this in an offbeat when the audience are clapping, when they are applauding,
24:08 because she comes on stage.
24:09 Yeah, of course.
24:10 I just would just shake her hand and say, "Hello. What is your name?"
24:14 "My name is Martin."
24:15 "Martin, okay. Please sit down."
24:16 So usually if you're not wearing a mic, you would not hear that.
24:21 If you're wearing a mic, you should ask your technician to turn off the mic
24:24 and to kill the mic at this exact moment.
24:27 And if the few audience members in the front row hear that,
24:30 it's not going to explain how it's printed on there.
24:33 No, no.
24:34 So that's all.
24:35 And as the lady is looking over your shoulder and making sure everything is correct,
24:39 she will be thinking, "It's really there," but you've just covered it with your thumb.
24:44 I've never ever had anyone be suspicious about that.
24:48 Yeah, of course not.
24:50 When I showed this at FISM, I had a lady there called Mandy, and she was like,
24:55 "Yes, Mandy. How did you know that? Did you know that?"
24:58 Although I really asked her just a couple of seconds ago.
25:01 Yeah.
25:02 It's very strange, but it works every time.
25:04 So the Dunning-Joploi is just great to use in this connection.
25:07 Yeah, just a great to use.
25:08 And you have, on this final prediction, you have actually four different predictions,
25:12 or three different predictions.
25:13 We have the order of the chairs, you have the name of the spectator,
25:16 which you couldn't possibly know, and you have the color of the hat that was chosen freely.
25:21 Yeah, and the my chair.
25:23 And the my chair again, which is chair number four.
25:26 So it's actually four predictions on this piece of paper, which is impossible to guess.
25:30 It was in full view the entire time in a glass box.
25:33 And you didn't touch it.
25:34 So it's a thing of beauty, and I love it.
25:36 Yeah, absolutely.
25:37 Okay, I'm pretty sure, Stefan, that a lot of magicians maybe want to make this gimmick.
25:43 So can you talk a few sentences about it, how to make this, or anything about that?
25:48 Well, you should just try.
25:50 There's no way you can teach someone to do this.
25:54 You just need to understand the principle.
25:56 And then you find your own cloth, you can find your own colors.
25:59 What you must not use is something that stretches.
26:04 Yeah, okay.
26:05 So it needs to be--
26:06 That's something that's important to know.
26:08 Yes, that's it.
26:10 So basically, it's just a big cloth.
26:12 It's just a big cloth.
26:13 With a smaller cloth, which serves us as a flap.
26:16 Right.
26:17 And behind it, there is the three other predictions.
26:23 And in this case, two other predictions, because obviously this is the third one.
26:27 So you're just sewing it here.
26:29 And these little bulldog clips kind of things.
26:32 Yeah, you can get them at a stationery store, for example.
26:35 And just sew them in.
26:37 So you just fold it over, and one on the other side.
26:40 And basically, that's all.
26:42 It's no big deal constructing this, but you need to spend some time finding the correct box, the correct cloth.
26:47 The correct size of the paper.
26:49 The correct size of the paper.
26:50 You have to experiment.
26:51 But once you've got this down, you can use this over and over again.
26:54 All that remains is once you've done this, you only have to--
26:57 You even don't need to change this.
26:59 You can use the same prediction again, because there's no name written on it.
27:03 You can just refold this and place it back.
27:06 You just reset it in two seconds, and you're a little dog.
27:09 And the other thing is that such a thing like this can be used for tons of different effects.
27:14 So obviously not just for this.
27:16 Whenever you need a couple of outs, just use this.
27:19 It's really great.
27:21 You can have up to six outs, then the cloth would appear quite a bit bulky.
27:25 But up to six outs is no problem.
27:27 It only depends on the cloth.
27:29 You can find a better cloth that can hide about eight or ten outs, but I don't think it's necessary.
27:35 It depends on what you want to use it for, and that's all.
27:39 So this is the main prediction.
27:41 But the final kicker and killer prediction is the revelation of the four paper balls
27:47 that have been used to select the spectators at random.
27:50 And this is the next section we're going to take a look at.
27:54 Okay, guys, this is the next section, which is called the killer prediction.
27:58 So Stefan, please just talk us through what happens here.
28:01 It's called killer prediction for a very special reason,
28:04 because the effect that's based upon is a killer prediction by Cody S. Fisher.
28:10 He released a PDF a couple of years ago, which in my opinion is the best way to perform the invisible deck.
28:19 It's really great.
28:21 And what he does is he initially throws paper balls into the audience to select someone at random.
28:28 And then he has them think of a card, and then he reveals the card as the only one being turned around.
28:37 And then as the final killer, final kicker, he just asks them to open up their paper balls
28:44 and suggests they choose the three of clubs.
28:48 They would open it and the paper balls would read three of clubs.
28:52 Yeah.
28:53 It's great.
28:54 Yeah, it's a great one, yes.
28:55 And this is based upon this, and I'm really happy Cody gave me permission to explain this here,
28:58 because this thing uses some tiny details that have not been explained in the original killer prediction PDF.
29:07 So what the audience sees is you have a clear container, so you can really see through.
29:14 You can also use a glass if you like, of four different colored balls, paper balls.
29:21 There's a red one, there's a blue one, a green one, and a yellow one.
29:23 And before the effect even starts, you throw one out to the audience, and you ask them to name a card
29:30 and to choose one of the chairs, of course.
29:32 So it's always two questions you ask.
29:35 Let's suggest she or he, whoever catches it, selects a suit like hearts.
29:43 That's hearts.
29:44 So it's hearts, and I go to the flip chart, which is on stage, and I just draw a heart,
29:50 so the audience can remember which was initially chosen.
29:53 Yeah.
29:54 Now, obviously, I cannot really predict what they will choose, so I need to use an index.
30:03 Oh, really?
30:05 This is the main secret of this.
30:09 So inside of this box, there is a very special index, a paper ball index.
30:16 I just move these aside for the time being.
30:20 And it actually holds all possible outcomes.
30:27 So actually, this is an egg container, usually used to transport eggs made of cardboard.
30:34 And I've just exchanged the eggs for paper balls.
30:38 And I have a paper ball for every suit and for every number or value that could be chosen.
30:44 So it's 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, and King.
30:51 And because, or thanks to these pips that go up in these egg cartons, I can actually mark them.
30:59 So I only have to look down, and I immediately see which one I have to take out.
31:06 So that's the basic idea.
31:09 The beautiful thing is that the audience does not know and does not realize when and how you go and move to the index
31:19 and take out the respective one.
31:21 The idea is that you start off by having the yellow one to the bottom.
31:28 This one has written "off" on it. So it just is off.
31:32 It's always correct.
31:34 It's always correct.
31:36 Normally if it's the three off parts or the seven off clubs, off is always correct.
31:40 You have on the red one, you have "you will choose".
31:43 So it says "you will choose", "off".
31:45 And then you need the suit and the value.
31:47 I just grab any, usually it's the three I take, I place this on top of the yellow one,
31:52 and I take the hearts, that's the blue one, and I place the red one on top, so you actually have four inside.
32:00 Then I close this, and I place this on top.
32:03 This is the layout right at the beginning.
32:06 And from the audience's point of view, of course, they are looking at the back of this thing.
32:10 And what you do is you simply take this and I explain I'm going to throw out these paper balls,
32:14 and at the same time I'm just opening this box like that.
32:17 So from the front they cannot see anything.
32:20 Cannot see anything, yes.
32:21 So, then I go to throw out the first ball, which is, it doesn't really matter because it's...
32:26 Yeah, of course.
32:27 Right. I throw it out, so it's away, and I ask the person to choose.
32:32 And while I take this out, I place this thing back inside.
32:37 Yeah.
32:38 Like that.
32:40 And while I place this back inside, I just drop this into its place.
32:45 Yeah. And of course the audience cannot see it because of the chest top.
32:48 Yeah. It's just a matter of seconds.
32:51 So I just move this, place this in here, and just let this drop in, and that's it.
32:57 So, whichever they choose, when I go back to this to take out the container again,
33:03 let's suggest she chooses hearts, so it's a heart.
33:07 I know I have to take this one again out, so I would just grab in, take this,
33:14 and on the fly while I'm moving over here, I just re-grip this and take it out again.
33:20 So, to the audience, it appears as nothing has changed.
33:23 Nothing happened, yeah.
33:24 Still, you have a yellow one, you have the green one, and you have a blue one on top.
33:27 Exactly.
33:28 As easy as that.
33:29 And then I throw out the next one, so I'm just using the one I had principled here.
33:33 The next person selects a--not a suit, but a value.
33:40 And again, as I take this out, I say just as before,
33:42 "Please stand up if you happen to catch the ball," and I replace this inside again
33:47 and just drop this here.
33:48 Yeah, so the movements are the same.
33:50 So the movements are always the same. You should definitely practice this so that it flows.
33:54 But it's very easy to do.
33:56 So, the next person catches a paper ball and selects any value.
34:01 I don't ask them because I want to eliminate the ace.
34:04 I just ask them to imagine a playing card, and this playing card, what you think,
34:11 is this a number card or a picture card?
34:15 So the ace is eliminated automatically.
34:17 So if they say it's a number card, I ask them, "Which number?"
34:19 If it's a picture card, I say, "Which picture? Jack, queen, or king?"
34:22 So there's no way to choose the ace.
34:24 That makes this a little bit more easy because I don't have to cover the aces.
34:28 Yeah, of course.
34:30 So let's pretend it is a number card.
34:33 Which number is it?
34:34 It's a 10.
34:35 It's a 10. Very good. That doesn't help me at all.
34:37 But anyway, I go over to the flip chart and write down the 10 and say,
34:41 "And now the next person, there are two chairs left, so two more balls to throw."
34:46 And I obviously have to take out the 10 just as before.
34:49 I just grab this and take it out again.
34:53 Take out the green one, place this back inside.
34:56 This time I don't need to do anything, but just for the sake of consistency,
34:59 I have to place this again inside.
35:01 I throw out the paper ball.
35:03 So basically this says you will choose.
35:07 This says hearts. This says 10.
35:09 So you are done.
35:10 You are already done.
35:12 The final one, you just take it out last but not least, only one chair to go.
35:17 And I place this in, and I immediately close.
35:20 But if you want, basically you don't even need to put the thing back
35:24 because you didn't put anything in.
35:26 Yes, but I do this for the sake of consistency.
35:29 Because I want them to remember all the same movements over and over again
35:32 so they get used to it and they don't question it.
35:35 Yes, of course.
35:36 That's the basic idea.
35:38 So you are prepared for the final revelation which takes place at the very end of this thing.
35:43 So you are getting ready while you are actually picking the spectators really at random.
35:48 And no one knows what's going to happen with these paper balls.
35:51 So they are not suspicious at all.
35:53 And then it's about 9-10 minutes of effects and fun and laughter.
35:58 And only as an afterthought you are revealing this prediction.
36:01 So basically before the effect even begins, one of the strongest revelations is done.
36:05 You are just done with that.
36:07 You don't have to do anything else.
36:09 It's such a big time delay.
36:10 It's a logical disconnect as Bob Cassidy would call it.
36:13 It's just great.
36:15 I really thank Cody for sharing this with me and for the allowance to share this with you.
36:22 If you are interested in the original killer predictions, just go to www.codyfisher.com.
36:28 And so that was the killer prediction.
36:30 Yes.
36:31 And now we are going to take a look at the card revelation at the back of the mirror.
36:36 Ooh, spooky.
36:38 Okay, guys.
36:39 Now we will talk about the card revelation on the back of the mirror.
36:42 So, Stefan, please talk through us.
36:45 Well, at the beginning, at the very beginning, you are showing the mirror.
36:48 You are saying your text.
36:50 And you are not showing the back of the mirror because during the whole time, there is this sticky tape,
36:55 this double-sided sticky tape attached to the mirror so you don't show the back in the first place.
37:00 And after this gag at the beginning, I just take the mirror and place it on the table with the mirror facing down.
37:09 So this is just showing.
37:11 This is your basic preparation because, of course, I do not know the card in the first place.
37:15 So after I found out the card and the card has been selected, written onto the flip chart, I have to somehow attach it here.
37:23 Yeah, sure.
37:24 And this is done, again, by a really low-budget card index.
37:30 And it works very, very good.
37:31 It works like a charm.
37:32 There is nothing to fiddle around.
37:34 There is no apparatus, no change apparatus.
37:37 It is just a deck of playing cards.
37:39 And first of all, you sort them by suit.
37:43 Yeah.
37:44 So it starts with a 2.
37:46 It starts with a 2.
37:47 And it goes all the way to 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8.
37:50 First of all, it goes to the 7.
37:52 And then the rest of the cards is faced down like that.
37:58 Yeah.
37:59 So it basically goes up to the 7.
38:01 And then it goes down, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, and 8.
38:05 Yeah.
38:06 But these cards are faced down.
38:07 So this one would be the 8.
38:08 And, of course, there is no aces because they cannot select an ace.
38:11 Right.
38:12 So it goes to the 7.
38:13 And again for the diamonds.
38:15 Yeah.
38:16 This is the best.
38:17 So it would be 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 -- 5, 6, 7, sorry -- 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, and King.
38:25 And this goes for all the others.
38:26 And what you do is these are the diamonds, the spades, the clubs, and the hearts.
38:31 You distribute them in your different pockets.
38:33 Yeah.
38:34 So I have nothing else in my pockets during this act.
38:36 So, first of all, the heart is to the left, so I will place the hearts into my outside left coat pocket.
38:45 Okay.
38:46 With the 2 showing to my body, facing my body.
38:51 Okay.
38:52 So this goes here.
38:55 Now we're still in the red area.
38:57 Yeah.
38:58 The hearts are red and the diamonds are also red.
39:01 So I will place the diamonds below in the lower area.
39:05 So in my jeans pocket or coat or trousers pocket.
39:09 Trousers pocket, yeah.
39:10 Again with the 2 facing the body like that.
39:12 Okay.
39:14 Now as the spades somehow resemble the hearts, they are on the same level, but to the right.
39:21 So the blacks are to the right.
39:23 So starting with the 2 again in the outside coat pocket.
39:26 And the clubs accordingly starting with the 2 going into this pocket.
39:30 The right trousers pocket.
39:31 The right trousers pocket.
39:32 Yeah.
39:33 So it's clubs, diamonds, spades and clubs.
39:36 Hearts.
39:37 So all the reds on the left, all the blacks on the right.
39:39 Yeah, exactly.
39:41 So and then you're ready to go.
39:42 This preparation is obviously done before you start.
39:45 Yeah.
39:46 And then I need some time after the card has been selected.
39:49 I need some time to actually put my hand in my pocket.
39:53 And this is done during the music, during the dwarf song from the movie, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
40:00 So when this music is played, I ask the audience, "Do you still remember this very melody?"
40:06 And as they do, I just look at the flip chart and if it says, for example, the 3 of hearts, I know it's the outer left coat pocket.
40:14 So you don't need to remember the card because it's always there.
40:16 It's always there.
40:17 So I adjust.
40:18 This is the main reason why I write this down, not for the audience, but for me as my own reference.
40:22 Yeah, of course.
40:23 So I would turn this way, face the audience that way so that my right side is showing so I can place my left hand into this pocket.
40:32 And what I do inside of my pocket is I simply let drop them down.
40:36 So this is the 2, I know this.
40:38 This I need to take out the 3 of hearts.
40:40 So I would just drop this as 1, as it's like 2.
40:43 That's 2.
40:44 And that would be 3.
40:45 And what I do is I take the third card and just place it to the outside of the whole packet.
40:50 Yeah.
40:51 So when I wrap this later on, I just take it out.
40:54 I don't take it out yet.
40:55 I just arrange it so that it can be taken out very easily.
41:00 If it's a higher number, I simply have to turn this around inside of the pocket.
41:04 So starting with 8, that would be the A.
41:06 So if you select with the 10, I just turn this around, turn this over in my pocket and then go 8, 9, 10 and take the 10 out and place it to the outer side.
41:18 And you always place it to the outer side.
41:20 Yeah.
41:21 Okay, great.
41:22 The idea is once they're inside, I know it's to the outside and only have to wrap this and take it out and I have the card.
41:29 Yesterday the selected or the 3rd card was the 2 of hearts.
41:32 So you had a pretty easy job again.
41:34 Yes, it was very easy because it was the first person.
41:37 I only had to take this and shift it to the other side.
41:39 Yeah, of course.
41:40 That way, the card itself and the value will face outward.
41:46 This is what you want because you have this like that.
41:49 So if it's number 3, I just take the 2nd one, number 3, like that.
41:54 And this side is showing now.
41:57 So when I take this out of my pocket, I can just drop this here and it attaches to the middle like that.
42:04 And this is the basic idea of this index.
42:07 So basically, it's just counting.
42:09 You never have to count more than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 cards.
42:13 Yeah.
42:14 Which is easy.
42:16 The most number that you need to count is 5 because the 6 cards, you just take it out.
42:21 No, because you're counting from this side.
42:24 So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and you don't need to count that one because you just take it out.
42:29 Yes, you would take out the 6th card and just arrange it here so it can be attached to the mirror.
42:34 And this is basically the setup which is done during the music.
42:37 And after that, at the very end of the show, of the act, I just move over to the mirror and I say goodbye to the people on stage.
42:47 And as they receive their applause, I just move to the table and just stick my hand with no cover at all.
42:55 If I have it in the right pocket, I walk like this to the table.
43:00 Otherwise, I would turn my other side to them and just attach it that way to the mirror like that.
43:07 So, either way, the card will end up here.
43:10 And I just grab this and hold it with the mirror facing the audience.
43:14 Yeah, sure.
43:15 And then all that remains to do is at the last words, show this side and they see as the final revelation, again, the freely selected card.
43:24 And then you have your blackout and the act is over.
43:26 Absolutely.
43:28 That's great.
43:29 Thank you.
43:30 Okay, guys, this is the last part of the explanation sections where Stefan will talk to us how to prepare everything, how to get into place.
43:40 So, let's get started.
43:42 Let's get started.
43:43 So, these are the props you need.
43:45 First of all, you need your flip chart to your right, so it will be stage left from the audience's point of view.
43:52 Then you have the huge table, the large table with this prepared box on top of the Cassandra device.
43:59 May I give this to you?
44:01 Thank you so much for holding this.
44:03 And then you have your chairs to your left, stage right, in the exact order, in the initial order, one, two, three, four.
44:11 And on the small table in the middle, you just have this box.
44:18 And the box is prepared like this.
44:24 You take your envelopes.
44:27 The order doesn't really matter because they're going to mix up.
44:30 They're going to mix up, yeah.
44:31 Just place them behind this rubber band here, so they won't fall out and they don't get in the way of the index inside.
44:38 And then I would just take out this half, the yellow one on the bottom, and then I would take out any one of the green balls, one of the blue ones, and place the red one on top.
44:53 So, I have four of them in here.
44:55 I close the lid, place this on top, and place this onto the small table.
45:03 Of course, it goes this way around.
45:06 Yeah, sure.
45:07 Because you don't want anyone to see the index.
45:10 And the dwarf heads are just rolled up like that and placed behind the box because they don't fit inside.
45:18 But I want the audience to think when I open the box, I just pretend to take them out while, in fact, they're coming from behind the box.
45:27 Yeah, of course.
45:28 Because I want the audience to believe that this is just a tiny box and everything that's needed is inside of this box.
45:33 So, there's no way they can think of an index.
45:36 It's just the four balls, there's the dwarf heads, and the envelopes, and that's it.
45:41 And the final thing you need to prepare is you need to distribute the card index into the respective pockets, left, right, left, right, up, and down.
45:51 And that's basically it.
45:52 All that remains to do is grab your mirror and start the show.
45:57 Yeah.
45:58 And now I'm going to walk you through the whole routine.
46:01 You're going to see the performance again, and I'm going to tell you exactly what to do and when to do it and how everything falls into place.
46:08 So, now Stefan will tell you some really important information that you can find on the DVD.
46:15 Yes, because there's much more than just us wearing these stupid hats.
46:20 There's also a PDF that you'll find on this DVD containing basically everything you need to know and you need to have to perform this effect.
46:29 The predictions are on a PDF.
46:31 We also supply the sources of supply for these hats and for the other props.
46:36 So, basically, when you follow the instructions and you print out the PDF, you will be equipped to do the dwarfs.
46:43 One more thing, which I think is quite important, just in case when the people are mixing up the envelopes,
46:50 it might happen that they actually put them into the exact order you need.
46:55 So, one, two, three, four, in this case, with the markings.
46:59 If this happens, it's very good because now you can just say, "Watch my hands. I'm not going to do anything sneaky.
47:06 I'm just going to distribute them in the exact order you brought them into."
47:10 It's very fair and you should stress that because it's the best thing that can happen.
47:14 Just hand them out very openly and you're ready to go.
47:18 Just as an afterthought, sometimes this happens and these are the moments that you'll enjoy very much as a performer.
47:24 Yeah, absolutely.
47:26 And on the other hand, there is a Cassandra device and you can use it for tons of different things.
47:33 So, it's a really clever device.
47:35 Make sure to try different things with it. Just let your thinking flow with it because it's really not just for this effect.
47:41 It's really much more than that.
47:43 Yeah, it is.
47:44 And so, even if you never perform dwarfs as an act, I really hope you find this and that and something that you really can use method-wise,
47:52 as far as the index is concerned, as far as the killer prediction principle by Cody is concerned.
47:56 So, I really do hope you find something that can be of use for you
48:00 and I would really love to hear your experiences with the dwarfs.
48:04 I think we should go to the mines and mine jams.
48:08 Yes, it's a very good idea.
48:09 So, bye-bye folks.
48:10 See you next time.
48:11 Hi-ho!
48:12 Hi-ho!
48:13 Hi-ho!
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