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00:00 [splashing]
00:03 Come on, old girl, jump! Jump!
00:05 [splashing]
00:07 [splashing]
00:09 [splashing]
00:11 [splashing]
00:13 [chittering]
00:17 Live from Television City in Hollywood!
00:21 [music]
00:32 Bing Crosby, unable to attend.
00:34 Frank Sinatra, unable to attend.
00:37 Rosemary Clooney, unable to attend.
00:39 Louis Armstrong, unable to attend.
00:41 Lindsay Crosby, unable to attend.
00:44 And David Williamson, starring in Flight of Dames.
00:48 And now, Magic Castle's 1990 Close-Up Magician of the Year,
00:52 David Williamson!
00:54 [applause]
01:09 Thank you, thank you.
01:10 And now, for my next trick,
01:12 I would like someone in the audience to cut the deck into four equal piles.
01:17 Oh.
01:18 Thank you, sir.
01:20 Beautiful job.
01:22 That's the, uh, oh, the old king, huh?
01:25 Oh, look at that.
01:27 Not bad for a beginner.
01:31 Congratulations. May I shake your hand?
01:33 Oh, quite a grip there.
01:35 Let go.
01:37 Here's the method, kids.
01:38 [bell ringing]
01:40 You have the four kings on top of the pack.
01:42 Mm-hmm.
01:45 And you can shuffle, leaving the kings on top.
01:48 And have somebody cut the deck into four equal piles.
01:53 One, two, three, four.
01:56 Now, you pick up the pile that contains the four kings,
01:59 and as you turn the top king over,
02:01 you get a break under the next king, like this.
02:03 Now, you're gonna do a double pick-up.
02:07 You just hold that break between those back-to-back kings,
02:10 and you pick those two kings up squared from the right edges, like that.
02:14 You snap the front edge of that double down square on top of the second packet,
02:19 and move that exposed face-up king back.
02:22 That's the king that was just underneath it.
02:24 I guess it's still underneath it.
02:26 But when you turn them over, you rotate them over,
02:29 flop them over so the second king comes into view.
02:32 Meanwhile, my sneaky little finger of my left hand
02:35 has secured a break under the third king.
02:37 Put that second king on top of the pack,
02:40 take this king and flip it face-up on top of the second packet.
02:43 The same actions are repeated twice again.
02:47 Get a break, flip a king, do a double,
02:50 snap them down, turn them over,
02:52 and there you have the spectator touched to the fore of a kind.
02:57 That was wonderful, sir.
02:59 Thank you very much.
03:01 This is the Edsel.
03:09 This is the Edsel.
03:13 This is the Edsel.
03:17 This is the Edsel.
03:20 You can see how it looks.
03:23 You have to feel the power of the newest V8 engines in the world,
03:27 the big new Edsel 400 and the larger Edsel 475.
03:32 It is unlikely you have ever driven a car with so much usable power as the Edsel.
03:38 And with Edsel's exclusive TeleTouch drive,
03:42 you drive more safely, more easily than you ever have before
03:46 because both hands can stay at the wheel while the Edsel shifts electrically.
03:52 This is the Edsel.
03:55 As its graceful flight deck and classic vertical grill suggest,
03:59 it is elegant in every detail,
04:02 and it acts the way it looks,
04:04 but it doesn't cost that much.
04:06 See, drive, and be sure to price the new member of the Ford family of fine cars,
04:12 the Edsel, at your Edsel dealer.
04:16 Here's a card trick that I would like for you to help me with, sir.
04:30 We've never met before, is that right?
04:32 Feel free to shuffle those cards as much as you like.
04:36 Mix them up, but--oh, your technique is flawless.
04:40 The hands of a surgeon, thank you.
04:43 [laughs]
04:45 Would you like to shuffle the box?
04:48 No.
04:49 What I'm going to ask you to do--and your name is Abe, is that correct?
04:53 Abe, I'm going to ask you to grab a card, any one you like,
04:56 but don't let me see which one it is.
04:58 You sure you want that one, Abe?
05:01 Look at it and remember it.
05:02 In fact, would you show it to one of the cameras so I don't see what it is?
05:06 I won't look at the monitor.
05:07 Now, Abe, I'm going to ask you to place that card back in the pack anywhere you like.
05:11 I'm new at this.
05:13 Thank you, Abe.
05:14 Thank you.
05:16 Now, when I snap my fingers, Abe, the card that you're thinking of will jump from the center of the pack.
05:21 It'll make six revolutions in midair, and I'll attempt to catch it in my other hand.
05:28 I've been practicing all week. You do remember your card?
05:31 Yes.
05:33 There you have it, six revolutions in midair, and for the first time in living color, your card,
05:38 the Genuine Eight of Clubs.
05:40 Was that it?
05:41 That wasn't it.
05:42 I'm sorry, Abe.
05:43 It's my mistake completely.
05:45 It had nothing to do with that.
05:46 What was your card?
05:47 I thought it was the Eight of Clubs.
05:49 King of Hearts.
05:51 Oh, no, I don't think there's a King of Hearts.
05:53 Oh, there is a King of Hearts in this deck.
05:54 I'm sorry.
05:56 Obviously, it is my mistake.
05:58 Would you do me a favor?
05:59 Let's try something.
06:01 Let's try a little magic.
06:02 Take your right hand and place it on top of the Eight of Clubs.
06:04 Press down firmly.
06:05 Yes.
06:06 Now, I'll take your card, the King of Hearts, and place it in this side.
06:10 If I say the magic words, the magic words, one card has restored itself.
06:16 The card that was once torn is now restored.
06:20 Check it out, Abe.
06:21 Be amazed.
06:22 What could possibly be under your fingers?
06:24 Show the people.
06:25 Yes.
06:26 It's a miracle, the King of Hearts.
06:28 Please, hold your applause, Abe.
06:30 I'm going to allow you to take these home as a souvenir.
06:32 Compliment to me.
06:33 Make a fist and squeeze tight.
06:34 In fact, hold your hand right here in a tight fist.
06:36 Do you believe in the healing powers, Abe?
06:39 I believe.
06:40 If I say the magic words, be restored, restoro, please, open your hand.
06:48 Have those pieces indeed fuse well with themselves back together, Abe.
06:52 Well, shut my mouth, they have.
06:55 And there you have it, another modern miracle of card magic.
06:58 Abe, I'm going to ask you to do one more thing.
07:00 Watch close as I spring a leak.
07:04 No, I haven't sprung a leak.
07:05 I'm actually steam-pressing all the wrinkles out of the King.
07:08 That's so I can do the trick again for some more nice people like you.
07:13 The secret to that last trick is thus.
07:16 You have three jacks of clubs or King of Hearts,
07:18 three cards that look alike and a normal pack of cards,
07:21 actually this jack belongs in here, so you have two extra jacks.
07:25 Those are all on top of the pack.
07:28 Have the deck shuffled, but retain those jacks.
07:32 Well, how do you do that?
07:33 Well, here's how I do it.
07:35 When I take the cards out of the box, I get a break below a few cards on top,
07:40 and just before I hand them the deck to shuffle,
07:44 I put the box square on top of the deck, close the box,
07:49 and now when I hand him the deck to shuffle,
07:51 I've stolen the jacks and maybe a couple extra cards, it doesn't matter, under the box.
07:56 So while they're shuffling the cards, you have these safely hidden here.
08:00 When you take the deck back from the person who shuffled it,
08:03 you lay the box on top and maybe toss it off to the side
08:06 or ask them to step inside and examine the box,
08:09 and now you have your jacks on top of the pack.
08:12 Well, now you have to force one of those jacks.
08:15 You have to make them pick that card.
08:17 Of course, you can use any of the popular forces,
08:19 but with three jacks on top, a classic force becomes three times as easy.
08:26 So I shuffle and I in-draw above the jacks.
08:29 I gain a break as I square the deck, so I spread the cards,
08:33 and I have Abe select one freely,
08:35 and of course I have a vice grip on this portion of the pack,
08:38 a vice grip on this portion of the pack,
08:40 and he can have a free choice of any one of these three jacks he likes.
08:44 Thank you. So he selects a jack, and I cut the other two jacks back to the top.
08:48 What I like to do is make a big point of the fact that I want them to put it back in a special place.
08:55 So I say, "Place it back in the pack anywhere you like."
08:59 Now, nine times out of ten, people who aren't as polite and considerate as Abe
09:04 will put the card over here because their favorite game is,
09:07 "Let's watch the magician make an idiot out of himself,
09:10 and I'll try to screw him up as much as I possibly can,
09:13 but I won't put the card where he wants it."
09:14 And that's what they normally do, and that's good, but I act like it's bad,
09:19 and I count to myself three, four, I don't know if this is going to work.
09:23 You can wring your hands.
09:25 So when you square up the cards, now there's doubt in their mind and apparently in yours
09:29 if the thing is even going to work at all.
09:32 They're very satisfied with themselves that maybe they messed you up.
09:35 You have to make the wrong card appear out of the pack.
09:38 Well, what I like to do is make a card jump out that is a different value and different color,
09:44 a good contrast to the jack of clubs, might be a five or an ace.
09:49 So what I do is I take a peek through the back of the deck
09:51 and hold a break very quickly below a card of a different color and value.
09:57 Now, here's the move that I created that makes the card jump out.
10:02 Actually, my wife, Marcia, created it when we were dating in high school,
10:06 but I quickly stole it.
10:08 Here's what you do.
10:09 The third finger pad pushes up inside the break against the face of that six that I'll make jump out.
10:17 The second finger and thumb are gripping the edges of the pack.
10:21 The thumb is not on top. That won't work. It has to be at the edges.
10:24 And that second finger snaps out.
10:27 It frees this card from this corner, and it rotates, revolves around this pivot point,
10:32 the second finger, the third finger kicks it out and makes the card spin around out into the other hand like that.
10:41 So you should get a nice snap out of that.
10:43 Once you've caught the card, of course, you don't have to do this, be able to do this, do this trick.
10:47 You can simply reach in and pull out the wrong card.
10:49 Be sure it is the wrong card, though.
10:51 There is your card. You're very satisfied with yourself.
10:53 And, of course, they say, "Mm-mm, that's not my card.
10:57 I'm going to do a top change," and I do it a little bit differently.
11:02 Here's this misdirection with the top change.
11:04 I look at the card. I bring my hands together.
11:07 See, this hand has a -- hmm?
11:09 I turn the card face down, and I hold it gently here between the finger and thumb.
11:13 As I ask Abe, "What was your card?" I make a natural gesture like this.
11:17 My hands come together for an instant, and that's when I switch the six for the jack that's on top.
11:24 And it's done like so.
11:27 And the top change is this.
11:29 The second finger -- as the thumb pushes the top card over the top of the second finger,
11:36 the second finger creates a slight separation between the card and the deck by pushing up a little bit.
11:41 The first finger has to be wrapped around the front because in a second,
11:44 my thumb is going to lift up in order to wipe this card on top of the deck.
11:48 And as my thumb lifts up, the second finger kicks that card away from the pack
11:53 and pivots it off to the right slightly so that it's fed in between the finger and thumb of the right hand,
12:00 right underneath the six.
12:02 So the jack goes underneath the six, and in the same action, the thumb wipes the six on top of the pack.
12:07 It's all very soft, very smooth, and it can be done very quickly in a gesture like that.
12:13 So that's the top change.
12:14 That's your card.
12:16 And he says, "That's not his card," and I make a little gesture.
12:18 "That's not it. My mistake."
12:20 Now I tear up supposedly the six but actually the jack.
12:25 Now, I don't turn the jack face up.
12:27 I turn it face down.
12:28 He thinks it's the six.
12:30 At this point in the routine, I say, "I'm sorry. I made a mistake.
12:36 I don't think this deck has a jack. Oops. There's the jack."
12:38 Now look, you up-jog the jack.
12:40 You turn the deck over.
12:41 You pull it out.
12:42 I'm going to do another top change, and my misdirection is very strong.
12:45 I say to him, "Would you cover those pieces with your hand?"
12:48 And as he moves forward to cover them, I make a secondary gesture with my right hand
12:51 and do the top change--with my left hand, rather.
12:54 Make a secondary gesture.
12:55 Press down firmly.
12:56 Perfect.
12:57 Thank you very much.
12:58 That's enough aid.
12:59 Now I have the six here, the jack is here, and the transposition is complete.
13:03 So you milk up for all it's worth a little hocus-pocus.
13:06 The six is now restored.
13:08 This goes on the face of the deck because, look, you have two jacks at the back of the pack.
13:14 Now, when he's turning these pieces over, everybody's eyes are on this card.
13:19 You have all the time in the world to fold this jack into quarters,
13:23 and I use the method from expert card technique.
13:28 You simply wipe the card in half with your index finger of your right hand from underneath--
13:34 pardon me, your left hand.
13:36 You crease it with your thumb.
13:38 You fold your fingers in, and now you have it folded into quarters.
13:42 Press it up against the bottom of the pack and squeeze like this.
13:45 Get all those creases ironed out so you have the card folded into quarters underneath the pack.
13:50 He's got the pieces there.
13:52 Now, working in most real-life restaurant situations where there's alcohol served,
13:56 it only takes six seconds before the patron says something like,
14:00 "If you're such a musician, why don't you put them pieces back together?"
14:04 And, of course, if you value your job, you do that, but you do it in such a way that you don't offend.
14:11 It would be very easy to switch these pieces and then say something like,
14:17 "Okay, laser breath. Never darken our door again. Thank you."
14:21 Then you lose your job.
14:23 So the nice way to do this is to take the pieces that are torn up and you hold them.
14:28 Here's the switch. It's very simple.
14:29 These are face down in right-hand finger palm.
14:31 You simply place the deck on top of the pieces and retain the folded card here.
14:35 They think the trick is over at this point anyway, so it's all very casual.
14:38 Maybe you do it to put the deck aside or to put it in your pocket and ditch the pieces.
14:41 It doesn't matter.
14:42 You ask the person to hold the pieces.
14:44 You can give it to them as a souvenir.
14:45 Tell them to make a fist and not to open your hand.
14:47 And if somebody challenges you to put it back together, don't accept the challenge.
14:51 You act like they do the magic.
14:53 You say, "Oh, sir, that's impossible. I don't think that could be done."
14:56 Although I did notice some sort of strange alcoholic haze at this table when I walked over.
15:01 Maybe if you, sir, were to try to concentrate and fuse well those pieces back together,
15:05 a little laser breath blown on the card could possibly--
15:08 and at this point while I'm doing this, here's how I get the pieces into my pocket.
15:11 I take the deck into my left hand.
15:13 As my left hand goes into my pocket to get my wand,
15:15 I just dump these into my pocket here like I'm searching for the wand.
15:19 There it is.
15:20 So the pieces of the jack are here.
15:21 The folded jack is there, and I have another jack right there.
15:24 And that's all the jacks I got.
15:26 It's a miracle.
15:27 Do you believe in the holy powers?
15:29 And they say, "I believe."
15:30 And then you say, "Do you believe in tithing?"
15:33 And they usually don't believe in that.
15:35 And then when they unfold the card, there you have the end of the trick as far as they're concerned.
15:41 See, what you're going to do is one more top change, just one more,
15:45 and it can be done very naturally because you have these creases in the card.
15:48 It looks like you're just bending the creases out when you do the top change.
15:51 You could touch the card a little bit.
15:53 What I do is just set the jack face up on the table for a while and talk about what they had for dinner,
15:58 "Are you new in town? Where are you from?"
16:00 And so and so, "Oh, pardon me, I have to go to another table in just a second,
16:03 and I don't want the cards to be in that condition.
16:08 I just have to get all the wrinkles out."
16:10 And, "What's that? A couple of your wrinkles?"
16:13 "Yes, ma'am."
16:15 And then that's how you end TTC.
16:17 So that's called the torn and restored transposition.
16:20 Thank you very much.
16:21 One more time, please.
16:22 [Applause]
16:29 [Music]
16:33 How can we get clean?
16:36 Rubbing may get off some of the dirt, but you still leave a lot on.
16:42 Well, Billy wants to wash his hands.
16:45 Let's see how he gets them clean.
16:48 First, warm water.
16:52 And then, soap.
16:55 Billy rubs the soap around and around in his hands until he has lots of suds.
17:01 Then he rubs his hands together all around.
17:06 He rubs between his fingers and he rubs his arms.
17:13 Rubbing like this with soapy water is a good way to get clean.
17:18 Let's all take a lesson from Billy in learning to keep ourselves clean and healthy.
17:25 [Music]
17:34 [Applause]
17:40 I'll show you a trick with my magic wand.
17:43 Check it out. I don't know if you can hear this.
17:47 That's where I keep it.
17:49 There it is, the mighty silver dollar.
17:53 I have another one over here.
17:55 I don't know if you can hear that, but that's the second mighty silver dollar.
17:59 Here's the third one. Watch close.
18:01 Oh, my goodness, do you hear it?
18:03 Look at that. Silver lining.
18:06 Magic money. Here's how it's done.
18:08 When I save the magic wand, the money becomes so small that it--
18:11 Oops, I think I lost it.
18:14 I'll do the next one magically.
18:16 I'll save that one to last.
18:18 This one goes next, just a squeeze.
18:22 And it disappears.
18:24 Oh, this one is the one that actually bounds up the sleeve.
18:28 Boundy, boundy.
18:29 Oh, that's number one.
18:33 Number two, I'll catch it.
18:36 I always carry it right here.
18:39 Oh, oh, oh, what's that, sir?
18:44 Some sort of growth.
18:45 Oh, nope, it's my mighty silver dollar.
18:47 Thank you very much.
18:48 Please hold your applause.
18:50 And now a little trick I like to call the flight of the silver eagles.
18:57 Where do they go? I don't know.
18:59 But let me show you how that one's done.
19:01 All you need are three silver dollars and a magic wand with metal tips.
19:07 I remember when I was a boy, we used to sit down with a table knife and palm a coin like this.
19:14 Yeah, I could palm a coin when I was a little kid.
19:16 And hear that sound? It's pivoting here and tapping here.
19:19 But it sounds like the noise is coming from here.
19:22 So when I was over at my cousin's house, I would say to them,
19:24 "Oh, I just got back from the dentist," and go like this.
19:30 And then, of course, they would pick up their table knife and go, "Crack," and off to the dentist.
19:34 But it's very easy to do.
19:36 You can even do it from finger palm and create that noise.
19:41 It adds an extra dimension to the production and vanish of coins.
19:44 See, you see a coin in somebody's ear in a restaurant.
19:48 Then you hear it.
19:49 Then you produce it.
19:51 Now, you have to be careful in a restaurant.
19:53 You don't go up to strangers with a stick and come at their head like that.
19:56 Use a little tact.
19:57 Introduce yourself first.
19:58 Then go after them with a stick.
20:00 Here's the routine.
20:01 Three coins are classic palmed in the right hand.
20:05 See that?
20:06 I have them stair-stepped like that so I can drop them one at a time,
20:09 perfectly, with perfect muscle control.
20:11 Oops.
20:12 Try that again.
20:13 One at a time with perfect muscle control.
20:15 Check it out.
20:16 So that's the palm.
20:18 The wand is in my right jacket pocket, and I'm all set to start my little routine.
20:22 Here's how I do it.
20:24 I take out the wand with my left hand, showing the left hand to be empty without calling attention to it.
20:29 As I take the wand into my right hand, watch what happens.
20:32 Here's the secret.
20:33 This coin falls onto my left fingertips.
20:36 That's how I load my left hand as I take the wand.
20:39 See, this is my motivation stick.
20:40 It gives me motivation for loading this hand.
20:44 Now I've taken the wand into the other hand.
20:45 I have this coin here.
20:47 Now, I don't want to palm it now because I'll have this clenching action with no reason behind it.
20:52 I'll palm the coin, classic palm it, as I pull the wand, as I grasp the wand,
20:57 and then I can clench my hand naturally.
20:59 I'll just set that down for a moment.
21:01 That's long enough.
21:02 When I clench my hand, I pull the wand up through my hand like that,
21:05 and now I can do my tapping sound, searching for the first coin.
21:09 A lot of this has to do with the expression on your face, the way you sell this.
21:13 See, you have the look of consternation.
21:15 You might want to get a close-up of this.
21:19 You might want to practice that at home.
21:21 Look of consternation.
21:22 Hmm.
21:24 Hmm.
21:25 Oh, happy surprise.
21:27 Let's practice.
21:30 Oh, oh, look, so, hmm.
21:34 Oh, now time that right.
21:35 You don't want to go from hmm to oh with the, before the sound.
21:40 See, that doesn't work.
21:42 Oh, take the wand into your left hand.
21:45 Allow one of the palmed coins to fall to finger palm,
21:48 and simply place your fingers against your elbow,
21:51 and here's a very difficult technique.
21:52 Watch this.
21:53 Pull your fingers out of the way, and there's your first production.
21:56 And you will get a huge round of applause when you produce that first silver dollar.
22:01 Now, to produce the second one, of course, you can use any body part you like,
22:04 but I just produce it from my knee, a little tappy, tappy, tappy.
22:07 Of course, the sound comes from over here.
22:10 And just let the coin fall to the fingertips and produce it from your knee.
22:14 It's always really effective if you can grab ahold of some material, too,
22:17 and make it look like you're actually kneading it from the material.
22:20 There's coin number two and coin number three.
22:23 You can produce them from any body part you like.
22:26 Well, there's your three silver dollar production.
22:28 Now you want to vanish them one at a time.
22:30 But here's how I vanish the first coin.
22:32 I put the old motivation stick under my arm.
22:35 Here's why.
22:36 Because I have an internal script.
22:38 See, I think that when we do the pass, when we do a vanish of a coin,
22:43 we have to have a reason for putting the coin in the other hand.
22:48 It would be unnatural for me to hand somebody over there a coin
22:51 by picking it up with this hand, putting it in this hand, and then reaching across.
22:56 But that's what a lot of these close-up magic moves look like because of the choreography.
23:03 So if you have a little motivation, so if you have a wand under your arm,
23:07 I'm going to make this coin disappear, but I need the wand.
23:10 I don't say this out loud. This is all going on inside my head.
23:13 Now I want to grab the wand, but I can't quite reach it here,
23:16 so I'll put the coin in this hand.
23:19 That way I can naturally take the wand out from under my arm and then make the coin vanish.
23:24 So all the moves are choreographed, they're all motivated.
23:26 I have a reason for putting a coin into the other hand
23:29 because I have to empty this hand in order to grab the wand.
23:32 I'll show you the pass that's used. It's very simple.
23:35 The coin is at the fingertips.
23:37 As I lower my hand slightly, I gently, gently, gently close my fingers and palm the coin.
23:43 But then I open my fingers back up so that the coin is apparently located in this position in the fingers.
23:49 It's actually here in the palm.
23:51 I do a gentle foot, just a gentle false placement,
23:54 and I take the wand and do this wand spin that Johnny Brown,
23:59 the genius magician from Texas, showed me.
24:01 It's very simple to do.
24:02 Look, you just throw the wand around your thumb.
24:04 Now, I do this quite a bit in the cups and bowls and with coins
24:08 because it gives your hand a very empty and natural feel.
24:11 It's very easy.
24:12 Don't hold it exactly in the center.
24:14 Hold it slightly off center so the balance of the wand is over the pinky side of the hand.
24:19 Now, the second finger helps to balance the wand,
24:23 but it's also going to kick the wand around your thumb.
24:27 Try to resist the temptation to grab the wand too soon.
24:29 That's when you're going to drop it.
24:31 You're going to roll gently around so you have it right there.
24:34 Now, you can do this with things in the finger palm like this or in classic palm if you watch your angles a little bit.
24:40 So that's what I do after the first vanish.
24:42 So the coin is placed here.
24:43 The wand is waved over the hand, and the coin vanishes just like that.
24:48 Now, to make the second coin vanish, the heat is really going to be on.
24:51 So I add a little convincer, a quick pass.
24:54 I pick up one coin and toss it into the hand.
24:58 Now, when I pick up the second coin, I open my left hand to receive it,
25:02 and this coin is resting on the fingertips.
25:04 It's important that it's not here. It's here.
25:07 When I do this false toss, all I'm going to do is classic palm that, just boldly classic palm it.
25:13 That's where the noise comes from.
25:15 But when they see this flash of silver falling into your hand,
25:19 they mistakenly assume that's the second coin you just tossed.
25:21 I'll do that for you.
25:22 One, two.
25:25 And that's the illusion.
25:26 You can take the wand and spin it again if you like.
25:29 You say, "This coin I'll save till last."
25:31 Now, you apparently have another coin in your hand.
25:33 Here's another little convincer that I like to throw in.
25:36 When you have a coin in your hand, especially me, when I'm working above somebody's eye level,
25:40 I'll open my hand slightly and bounce the invisible coin a little bit and move it with my thumb.
25:45 You know what that does? It sets off their invisible alarm.
25:47 They say to themselves, "What is he doing?
25:49 He's getting ready for some sort of special magician's move."
25:52 So that's good. That's a false alarm.
25:54 And you can tap once or twice.
25:56 Don't overdo it. Just maybe once or twice while you're talking.
25:59 And gently knead the coin away.
26:01 It disappears. The wand goes back under the arm.
26:03 Now, to make the third coin disappear, you have these two coins, classic palm.
26:07 You don't want to make any noise, so here's a very simple vanish that you can do.
26:11 And it's very deceptive.
26:13 I'll set these down for a moment.
26:14 The coin is allowed to fall into the fingertips.
26:17 It's held in this position.
26:19 And so your thumb doesn't move up, your thumb doesn't move down, your thumb doesn't move at all.
26:23 It simply relaxes slightly enough to allow the coin to fall like so.
26:27 That's your right hand's job.
26:29 Your left hand's job, watch it, is this.
26:33 The fingers are pointing towards the ceiling, and you break at the wrist.
26:37 The wrist breaks here as the fingers close, as if you just caught something heavy.
26:42 When you put them together, and this, you have the illusion of dropping the coin into your hand.
26:49 All right? So you practice that a little bit.
26:51 You can do that with things palm.
26:52 So I have two coins in classic palm.
26:54 I pick up the third coin, apparently drop it into my left hand, take the wand.
26:58 Now, even with all this junk in my hand, I can do the wand spin.
27:01 Tap, tap, tap, it's gone.
27:04 And then the look of consternation and surprise.
27:07 There's the first coin.
27:09 I can do my changeover at this point, pull the wand up, find the second coin.
27:14 Yes, and the third coin, of course--I'll just set that one on the floor for a moment.
27:20 And the third one--
27:26 Pardon me.
27:27 I do that on purpose. Yes, I do. Here's why.
27:29 Because--violin music, please.
27:33 When we do magic, sometimes we forget that we are very impressive to the people watching us.
27:40 So when we swish into a restaurant and never make mistakes, or swish into a private party,
27:46 and are the Lance Burtons and Burtonesses of close-up magic, Mr. Sheen and Mrs. Sheen,
27:54 sometimes we forget that people are watching and just cannot relate to what we're doing.
27:59 It's like watching a movie or TV.
28:01 Every once in a while, if you make a little mistake, if you hurt yourself, if you find the wrong card,
28:06 you become human.
28:07 In that instant, you come down to their level.
28:09 They can relate to you.
28:10 And this is all very practical point of view,
28:14 a practical point of view from an ex-restaurant worker,
28:16 because I found the more human I became and the more people could relate to me and what I was doing,
28:21 the more they liked me and the more money I made in the little tip box.
28:25 End of lesson. Thank you very much.
28:27 Thank you.
28:28 [Applause]
28:36 [Music]
28:50 Open, open, open, open.
28:52 [Music]
29:03 Whee!
29:04 [Music]
29:12 Whoa!
29:13 [Music]
29:19 Open, open, open, open.
29:21 [Music]
29:24 Apple pie.
29:25 [Music]
29:41 Pie.
29:42 [Music]
29:49 Apple pie, apple pie.
29:52 [Music]
29:56 [Laughter]
29:57 [Music]
29:58 Boy!
29:59 [Music]
30:02 Oh!
30:03 [Music]
30:09 [Applause]
30:15 What you've heard about the witness is an ancient Egyptian side of hand demonstration,
30:18 rarely seen these days, the trick that fooled the pharaohs.
30:21 You've heard of the pharaohs.
30:23 It's a street gang from Washington.
30:26 This is an ancient Egyptian, oh, I mentioned that part.
30:29 In fact, these are authentic replicas of the actual hubcap covers that were taken from King Tut's car.
30:34 Go right through each other.
30:36 A lot of people don't know that.
30:38 Two steel cups, two little rubber balls, both are exactly the same size,
30:43 especially this one right here.
30:46 You can squeak that if you like to prove that it's man-made.
30:51 Maybe a woman made that one, I'm not sure.
30:53 That was the one.
30:55 Of course, everybody falls for that, Abe, so don't feel bad.
30:57 That's my gullibility tester, and you passed.
31:01 Little joke.
31:02 I know you'd enjoy that.
31:03 That's a whoopee cushion for a mouse.
31:06 You are gullible.
31:07 This is going to be easier than I thought.
31:10 Here's the way this works, Abe.
31:11 It's two cups, two balls, and, of course, the magic wand.
31:14 When I wave the wand over the little ball, I think I dropped it, but that's all right.
31:19 There's another one.
31:20 Watch the next one go, just a wave of the wand.
31:23 Did you see it go?
31:25 You were watching too close.
31:27 That's why you should blink once in a while, so when I blow on it, it'll just appear.
31:37 And they magically jump back inside the cups, Abe.
31:41 I spat it in there.
31:42 Now, watch, Abe, as this one travels from here to here.
31:46 And, likewise, this one travels from here to here.
31:51 Change places in midair.
31:53 I know you'd like that part, Abe.
31:55 Abe, just a tap.
31:56 Would you lift up the cup?
31:58 And the ball vanishes and jumps over here.
32:01 That's right.
32:02 It's real magic.
32:04 Now, here's the big secret, Abe.
32:06 There's a small hole in the bottom of the cup.
32:08 In fact, if you like, you can actually push your finger through there, but watch your nails.
32:13 Must have healed up.
32:14 Not at all.
32:15 Look, one more time, solid through solid.
32:18 A mystery of the ages.
32:20 Oh, there they are.
32:21 Let me get rid of one of these to make it less confusing to follow.
32:24 In fact, let me get rid of both of these.
32:26 That'll make it even less confusing.
32:27 The secret is I don't really put this one in my pocket, though.
32:30 See, you have to follow it.
32:31 It goes into the pocket, but it goes under my knee and through the top of the cup, and I snap my fingers,
32:35 and then there are two.
32:37 Let me do that again, Abe.
32:38 Would you take the magic wand, hit the cup, hit it hard, don't be afraid to smack it?
32:42 Well, don't hammer it like that.
32:43 I just bought it.
32:44 It'll get all dinged up.
32:46 Abe, here's the way this works.
32:48 You take the magic wand, you tap the cup, either one you like.
32:56 I don't think I--see, I didn't want you to tap it three times, Abe, because you see what happens.
33:02 In fact, watch where you point that thing.
33:05 It's loaded.
33:07 Ruined my trick, Abe.
33:09 Hope you're happy.
33:16 Here is what you need to perform this trick.
33:24 All right.
33:25 So you want to do the cups and bowls the way I do it, huh?
33:28 Well, here's what you need.
33:29 You need two cups.
33:32 You need a wand.
33:34 You need three lemons.
33:36 You need three little baseballs made by Mike Rogers.
33:39 He makes those by hand, little leather, stitch knit baseballs.
33:42 There's a man with a lot of time on his hands, as he says.
33:46 You need two squeakers.
33:47 One works.
33:48 The other one doesn't.
33:51 I love that part.
33:52 You put the lemons in your pocket.
33:55 You put the squeaker that works in your right pocket.
33:58 You put the squeaker that doesn't work in your left pocket.
34:01 You put a ball in between the cups.
34:04 You put two balls in the top cup.
34:07 You put the wand in your pocket.
34:09 You put the cups in your hand.
34:11 Put a smile on your face.
34:13 Put one foot in front of the other.
34:15 Walk up to the table and you say, "Hi.
34:17 I'm the Wandering Magician, and I was wondering if you'd like to see some magic."
34:22 Like that.
34:23 Another spoon.
34:25 Be right back.
34:27 Then you go to another table and you simply say, "Hi.
34:31 Watch this.
34:33 Two steel cups.
34:36 I stole them from somebody's tub caps in the parking lot."
34:39 Now, this opening little move like this means absolutely nothing to them, but I like to do it.
34:46 So here's what I do.
34:48 You show this cup empty.
34:50 You don't show this one empty because you can't because there's a ball in it.
34:53 You drop this cup through the other cup using the old magician's dropping the cup through the other cup move.
35:00 Like that.
35:01 See, this cup actually knocks that cup out of your fingers.
35:04 Don't do this because the timing is off.
35:10 You have to do that.
35:12 So the cup just knocks it out so it looks like one cup goes right through the other cup and lands on a ball.
35:20 You put this over here and you set this one down here like that.
35:25 And then you put this here.
35:27 Now you're all set to begin.
35:29 Follow those instructions to the T.
35:32 You take out a magic wand and put it under your arm.
35:35 You pick up the first ball and you do a magic pass.
35:38 You pretend to put it in your hand.
35:39 And the method I use is very simple.
35:41 I'm simply going to roll the ball from the top of my second finger to the side of my second finger.
35:47 That's the move.
35:49 The second hand receives the ball.
35:51 So I roll on the way down.
35:54 And you simply close and steal the ball away.
35:58 And don't bounce it in the middle of the pass because then that gives away the trick.
36:02 I just wanted to show you that.
36:03 You don't bounce it at that point.
36:06 Grab the wand and the ball is in pinky palm.
36:09 Do the wand spin we learned earlier.
36:12 The first one vanishes.
36:13 Now you're going to do the standard load in the back move.
36:18 That's what Divernon pulled us all with the first time we saw him do cups and bowls.
36:23 When you tip the cup over, the ball falls into the palm and this one rolls in the back.
36:32 The next ball vanishes.
36:34 A wave of the wand, it hasn't gone yet.
36:37 Here's why it hasn't gone yet.
36:39 Because they're really watching close.
36:40 They got burnt on that first ball.
36:42 They don't want to miss the second ball.
36:43 So you build the tension.
36:45 You lean into the trick.
36:46 You wave the wand.
36:48 Watch the ball go.
36:49 Did you see it go?
36:50 It hasn't gone yet.
36:51 Now everybody can relax.
36:52 You can drop your shoulders.
36:53 Take a step back.
36:54 A little laugh.
36:55 You put the ball into the other hand in order to pull up your sleeve.
37:00 You put the ball back into this hand in order to pull up the other sleeve.
37:04 But you didn't put the ball back into that hand.
37:06 It gives you a reason for doing the pass.
37:07 That's your motivation.
37:09 So watch the ball.
37:10 Watch it vanish.
37:11 It hasn't gone yet.
37:12 That's because you were watching too close Abe.
37:14 You should blink once in a while.
37:15 It's good for your eyes.
37:16 You've done the pass during that little conversation.
37:19 And everything looks perfectly natural.
37:20 The ball is now in your right hand.
37:22 You can do a wand spin if you like.
37:24 Oh, and this is the one that I pretend to put in my mouth.
37:29 You'd be surprised how many people really believe I swallowed that.
37:35 Now you tap the cups and they come back.
37:39 Accept your applause.
37:41 Thank you.
37:42 Cover the balls back up.
37:44 Now you say, "Watch this ball pass from here to here."
37:49 See, I do a fake move like I stole a ball.
37:52 And likewise, this one travels from here to here.
37:55 Again, I want their attention close.
37:58 I want them to watch very closely.
37:59 It's part of my misdirection package that I'm going to sell to them in just a second.
38:04 I want their attention now because in a minute I'm going to relax and blow off the little joke.
38:08 And that's when they're least expecting me to do something.
38:10 And that's when I do the secret move.
38:12 Watch the psychology here.
38:14 So this one travels from here to here.
38:16 This one travels from here to here.
38:18 And look, you still have a ball here.
38:21 They change places.
38:22 What do you think about it?
38:23 Thank you.
38:25 Everybody's laughing.
38:26 They're rolling their eyes.
38:27 That was such a dumb, corny joke.
38:29 Meanwhile, you load this ball here so you have two.
38:32 I know, I know.
38:33 I didn't think I would--and you make some little comments.
38:35 And here's the move.
38:37 You apparently put the ball under that cup.
38:39 Actually, what you do is knock it under the cup and into the waiting left hand.
38:46 So your hand apparently never touched the ball, but here it is.
38:49 So you never really put it under the cup, but it's all done while you're making conversation
38:53 and making a joke about the last thing that never happened.
38:56 Put the wand into the hand with the ball.
38:58 You can tip back the cup or have them pick it up.
39:01 Now, they're all looking here.
39:04 You look here first.
39:06 Put the wand and the ball together into the other hand.
39:09 Don't worry.
39:10 Nobody will see it.
39:12 There's two.
39:13 The ball is now here.
39:14 Now, as you stack the cups up, you put a ball between them.
39:17 Now you're going to do the famous drop-through move, Charlie Miller, the late, great Charlie Miller, his move.
39:25 And it's a beautiful move, and it just goes to show you what perfection can be found in magic.
39:30 And it's the little things that make the trick.
39:32 I think that this little move right here and the little touch that he has on it makes this whole trick worth doing.
39:38 Here's what I mean.
39:39 In the drop-through move, you let the ball sink into your hand,
39:42 and at the same time you lift up this cup, revealing that ball.
39:45 Apparently it's the same ball.
39:47 The illusion is that it just arrived there.
39:49 If you lift up this cup and that ball is not moving, if you do that, the illusion is very stagnant.
39:55 It doesn't necessarily sell the fact that it's the same ball that was in your hand.
39:59 What Charlie Miller says is to make sure this ball is moving when you lift it up.
40:04 It looks like it just got there, which is, to me, that's genius.
40:07 And that's why he was a genius.
40:09 Little things like that.
40:11 So here's how I ensure that that ball is moving when I lift up the cup.
40:16 In the Lewis Ganson description of Divernon's classic routine,
40:20 it was mentioned that you should knock the ball with the rim of the cup.
40:25 You're crazy, Abe, but grown men sit around thinking and discussing and working on things in their lives.
40:31 So what you do is you drop the ball into the hand, and you have to hit--
40:35 see, I could never hit it the right amount, so what I do--
40:37 here's my little contribution to the art of magic.
40:40 Tip the cups forward about a quarter of an inch so that when you lift up the top cup,
40:44 the bottom cup settles just the right amount to get a little rocking action on that ball.
40:48 So, boom, there it is.
40:50 The ball is moving.
40:51 Now you have this here in your hand.
40:53 Put this cup into your right hand, drop the ball inside as you cover that ball.
40:59 There.
41:00 You've done it.
41:01 Yep.
41:03 Now this ball goes through also, and what I've done is I don't really place this--
41:07 it's like a pass.
41:08 I place the ball, but as I come over with my left hand and I have some screen because of the cup,
41:13 I just steal it back.
41:14 I just steal the ball at that moment.
41:16 The wand is nearby.
41:17 You can reach for the wand like that.
41:21 So the illusion should be a retention of vision almost.
41:25 Let me digress for a minute and go back to Charlie Miller's drop-through move.
41:29 Here's another variation for magicians and smart alecks.
41:32 Watch the ball go right through the top of the cup.
41:34 Now what do you do with the ball that's in your hand?
41:36 Well, you can make it vanish or jump over here.
41:39 Here's what I did.
41:40 I don't really do the drop-through move.
41:43 As I lift my hand up, notice the position of my left hand.
41:46 I actually let the ball fall behind the cup and into my left hand.
41:51 So I feign that it goes into my right hand like this by keeping my right hand closed.
41:56 Meanwhile, I've loaded the ball here, and if you like, you can continue the routine like that.
42:01 They all think the ball is here until some moment later when you show the hand is empty
42:05 and their mind is frazzled because they've been trying to follow everything
42:09 and it's too late and you're way ahead of them.
42:11 Anyway, at this point in the routine, you'll have two balls on the table and one between the cups.
42:17 Now here's the loading sequence.
42:21 Cover that one, pick up this one with your left hand, and place it into the pocket.
42:27 Except you don't really place it in the pocket.
42:28 You just pretend to.
42:30 Pick up this cup with the right hand, load the ball that's in your hand, and set it back down.
42:36 Load it so you have a ball under each cup now.
42:38 Apparently, you're going to put this one in your pocket, but you don't.
42:41 You do a pass.
42:42 Just roll that down to the base of the hand, to the pinky, and pretend to catch it with your left hand.
42:47 And the left hand goes in the pocket and picks up a lemon.
42:51 Like so.
42:52 Tap the cup with the wand.
42:54 What I always do is drop my hand to my side with the fruit like that,
42:57 and I try to grip some clothing here to make sure I'm not flashing.
43:01 When you reveal that ball, give it a little movement, maybe a little bit of a kick to attract their eye.
43:06 There's the first one that has come back.
43:08 That's when you load the lemon.
43:10 You just place the cup over the lemon, and you can hold it in with your finger as you set the cup down.
43:17 Now, this ball goes into the pocket.
43:19 It really does.
43:21 As you pick up another lemon, show that this ball has come back, cover it again,
43:26 but this time load the ball that's in your hand.
43:28 You can tap with the wand or have them tap.
43:30 And now there are two, and they're very surprised to see two.
43:33 Thank you, Abe.
43:35 And then load the next lemon, like so, and set it down.
43:39 Now for the grand finale, what I like to do is put both balls away.
43:44 Let me just put them both away for a second.
43:46 Oops, wait a second.
43:48 Forgot that one.
43:50 Oops, there's another one over here.
43:51 So that sequence is very simple.
43:52 What I do is pretend to put a ball in my pocket, but I don't really.
43:55 I do a pass.
43:56 It's actually a changeover.
43:58 I pretend to roll this into my hand.
44:01 I just reveal the ball that was already in my hand and pretend to put that in my pocket again.
44:05 So now I have one in each hand, and I apparently have two in the pocket.
44:08 You can do the old blowing the ball out of the wand bit like this.
44:14 Do another pass.
44:17 And do the old pretending to reveal a ball underneath the cup that has a big lemon hidden under it move like this.
44:25 By lifting up the cup and holding the lemon inside with the third finger,
44:28 you can just kick that ball out from your fingers and it looks like it was under the cup.
44:32 Place both of these really into the pocket this time and get a third lemon.
44:37 That one's going to kill them.
44:39 You can have them tap the cup, lift it up.
44:41 There's a lemon.
44:42 Ooh, they're not expecting another lemon.
44:45 But look, you've loaded your third one there.
44:47 Spin the lemon.
44:49 Lift up the cup.
44:50 There's the second lemon.
44:51 Two cups, two lemons.
44:53 The music is over just as their applause has about reached its peak,
44:58 just as they're doing their spit takes with their milk across the restaurant table.
45:02 Reveal that third lemon in order to bring the house down.
45:08 And there you have it, the classic cups and balls.
45:11 Thank you.
45:12 [Applause]
45:21 [Motor]
45:30 Daddy?
45:31 Yes, honey?
45:33 Why can't we hear what you're saying?
45:37 Well, it's a silent movie.
45:39 You're not supposed to be able to hear it.
45:41 Oh.
45:45 Daddy?
45:46 Yes, dear?
45:48 Where's the music?
45:51 Well, maybe they couldn't afford any.
45:54 Oh.
45:58 Daddy?
46:00 Yes, honey?
46:03 What's going to happen to the ladies?
46:07 I don't know, though.
46:08 Just be quiet and watch.
46:11 Oh, I'm afraid for them.
46:13 Just be quiet. Something terrible is going to happen to you.
46:16 Now, just be quiet.
46:21 But, daddy?
46:23 [Screaming]
46:31 [Applause]
46:51 Well, how you doing there, buddy?
46:53 All right.
46:54 Would you shuffle these for me?
46:57 Tell you what, you don't even have to shuffle them.
46:59 I'm going to show you the famous three-card trick.
47:01 I want you to give me three cards from any part of the pack, one at a time, into my hand.
47:07 One.
47:11 Two.
47:13 Could be from the bottom or top.
47:14 You hold those in your hands, and I'll hold these.
47:16 It's done with three cards.
47:17 One, two, three, four.
47:20 I'm sorry. I thought I gave you one.
47:21 Just hang on to that.
47:22 It's a three-card trick.
47:23 It's only done with one, two, three, four.
47:27 Let's stuck together.
47:28 Just need three for this, Phil, if you don't mind.
47:30 One, two, three, four.
47:33 Just hang on to that if you don't mind.
47:35 The famous three-card trick, I think you'll enjoy it.
47:37 It's done with one, two, three cards.
47:41 Now, with these...
47:45 Just hang on to it, Phil.
47:47 If you don't mind, the three-card trick is done with one, two, three, four cards.
47:52 The three-card trick, Phil, is done with one, two, three, four...
47:59 Tell you what.
48:00 If I give you one, let me see your cards.
48:04 If I give you one, that leaves me with how many?
48:08 Before you answer, why don't you just give me one?
48:14 Give me another one.
48:16 And now I have how many?
48:18 Would you count them out loud if you don't mind?
48:20 I'll give you a loud, clear voice so everybody in TV land can hear you.
48:23 One, two, three...
48:27 You sound a lot like Abe.
48:30 My cousin, four.
48:31 Four?
48:33 Wasn't that surprising.
48:34 If I give you one, then I have...
48:37 Three...
48:39 Four, five, six, seven...
48:42 Well, Phil, Abe, whatever your real name is,
48:46 that was the three-card trick.
48:50 That's what I'm looking for.
48:52 Here's the explanation.
48:54 It's very simple.
48:56 All you do is you palm five cards and you add them to the three
49:01 and you do a bunch of Elmsley counts,
49:03 and then you palm off half the deck at the end.
49:07 Okay.
49:08 Oh, I'll show you what that looks like.
49:10 What you do is you palm off five cards as you handle Phil the deck.
49:16 Now, would you give me three cards, one at a time, from any part of the pack?
49:20 One, two, that ensures that they take their time before they get between the second and the third one
49:24 because they're digging for the third one.
49:26 That's when you add your five cards there.
49:28 There.
49:29 Now, look, you never thought that you could pass off three, six, eight cards as three before, did you?
49:36 Well, you can't.
49:37 Just try it.
49:39 What you're going to do is an Elmsley count.
49:41 Actually, you're going to count these eight cards as four.
49:43 You pull off one, you thumb off six,
49:47 and you steal back the first card counted on the count of two,
49:50 and you take all six cards here, three, four.
49:53 So when done like so, one, two, three, four.
49:57 The first card and the last two are snapped singly.
50:00 So it's a good illusion of four cards, one, two, three, four.
50:02 Wait a second.
50:04 Something that I picked up from Senor Ascanio from Spain was this little thing here.
50:10 Wiping the cards around really gives the illusion that you really only have four cards.
50:14 Just kind of move them around a little bit.
50:16 Of course, you have a stock of five here which don't move.
50:19 Those are in a vice grip, but that one card moves around like that,
50:22 and then these two move around.
50:23 So it's an illusion of four cards, four single cards.
50:26 Toss one back to fill.
50:27 Now, it's important that they hold the cards in their hands,
50:30 and I'll show you why in just a second.
50:32 Do another Elmsley count, one, two, three, four.
50:36 Do the same little spreading action.
50:38 Wait a second.
50:39 I must have given you--must have given me too many.
50:42 A little bit sticky.
50:43 That's okay.
50:44 The three-card trick is done with one, two, three.
50:47 Wait a second.
50:48 Now you're starting to get angry with Phil.
50:50 Phil, just need three for this.
50:52 And now at this point, you have five.
50:55 Do another Elmsley count, one, two, three, four.
50:58 Wait a second.
50:59 Holy smokes.
51:00 Just hang on to that if you don't mind.
51:01 The three-card trick--I only need three cards.
51:03 Now you have four.
51:04 That's why I introduced this little dodge.
51:06 I pull off one.
51:08 Hang on to that one.
51:09 As I count two, I actually do a double push-off.
51:12 I push off two cards as one.
51:13 It's very simple to do.
51:14 You just squeeze those two off.
51:15 Take them here, two, and then three.
51:19 So now you've counted three singly.
51:21 One, two, three.
51:23 Finally, the famous three-card--
51:27 Just hang on to that if you don't mind.
51:29 You have one.
51:30 I have one, two, three, four.
51:32 I just did an Elmsley count.
51:33 That's the nice thing about the Elmsley count.
51:35 Not only can you count eight, seven, six, five cards as four,
51:40 but you can also count three cards as four.
51:42 You pull off the first one.
51:44 You steal it back as you pull off the second one.
51:46 Two on the count of two, then three, then four.
51:50 Now at this point, I usually act like I'm picking up more than one card here.
51:54 I say, "Look, I'll give you one,"
51:55 but I'm actually just picking up one of the three in my hand.
51:58 I put it on top of the pack for him.
52:00 There.
52:01 Now I give you one, which leaves me with how many?
52:03 Before he has a chance to answer and incriminate himself,
52:06 I show him that I only have one, but actually I have two.
52:09 You see, I snap them off my fingers and hold them together,
52:12 and I'll snap them a couple of times.
52:14 It's almost like I just have one card.
52:16 One, give me another one.
52:19 Two, good, and then you can grab that double by the edge, and one more.
52:24 Great.
52:25 Now I have, and they usually, three.
52:29 You can count them.
52:30 Now look, with the nonverbal cuing, they always put the cards in your--
52:34 put the cards in my hand, Phil.
52:36 They always put the cards in your hand, just like that.
52:39 Now when they count the cards,
52:40 this is the first time they've had a chance to get their mitts on the cards,
52:43 so Phil really wants to count the cards now.
52:45 Everybody's watching.
52:46 They want to see how many he ends up with.
52:48 Look what I do.
52:49 I palm off half the deck.
52:51 Just grab as many as you possibly can hold in your hand
52:54 and set the rest off to the side,
52:56 and you can sort of act like you have indigestion
52:58 or you're a very proud person or just try to hide those cards.
53:03 He counts four.
53:04 Everyone's surprised by that.
53:05 Gather the four in the left hand.
53:08 There's no secret move here.
53:09 All I do is plop all these cards on top as I wipe off one.
53:13 Wait a minute.
53:14 How could there be four?
53:15 I'll get rid of one.
53:16 Now I must have how many?
53:17 Well, they just count the cards.
53:18 They know there's three.
53:19 They always say three, and that's when you start.
53:21 Now don't just end the trick by saying, "Yes, that's right,
53:24 and that leaves me with half the deck."
53:27 It's an amazing trick.
53:28 No, no, you have to make it look magical like,
53:30 "Oh, the cards are coming out of nowhere."
53:32 You're simply producing a cornucopia of cards.
53:35 Where are they coming from?
53:36 And in fact, when you get down to your last three,
53:37 you can actually palm those as you pretend to set them all down.
53:40 The trick is over.
53:41 Everybody's reacting, and you can reach over
53:43 and pull out the last three cards from Phil's collar or his ear
53:46 or something like that.
53:48 And that is the faint, "Don't throw the cards, Phil."
53:50 And that's the famous three-card trick.
53:52 Thank you.
53:53 [applause]
53:55 Go see, go see, go see.
53:57 Ladies and gentlemen, I can't be held responsible for the death
53:59 and destruction that may be created by this very little creature.
54:02 [laughter]
54:04 No, sir, not referring to that.
54:06 I'm referring to this Rocky, Rocky.
54:08 Come on.
54:09 What were you doing up there?
54:11 Come here.
54:12 It's all right, it's all right.
54:14 He's a--
54:15 Rocky, look.
54:17 Look at all the people.
54:19 Pay attention now.
54:21 Pay attention.
54:22 Now, get it.
54:23 Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit.
54:24 Rocky, he does tricks.
54:26 Rocky, now sit, sit, sit.
54:28 And hup.
54:30 That was good.
54:31 That deserves a munchie.
54:32 He loves his stuff.
54:33 Oh, come back here.
54:35 Stay.
54:36 I'll get him.
54:37 It's all right.
54:38 He's a housebroken man.
54:40 What is this thing?
54:42 It's a boy.
54:43 [laughter]
54:44 Oh, Rocky, I'll have to hypnotize him.
54:46 Look deep into my eyes.
54:48 Deeper, deeper, deep sleep.
54:51 Look at that.
54:52 Ladies and gentlemen, the raccoon is out like a light.
54:54 What's this?
54:55 Past life regression?
54:56 He thinks he's Tonto.
54:57 Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi.
54:59 The Indian chief.
55:01 You don't like?
55:02 Vincent van Gogh, the famous Dutch painter.
55:06 He does them all.
55:07 Here's Davy Crockett, Abe Lincoln, Tom Selleck, Brooke Shields, an Italian opera star,
55:13 and of course my favorite, Greg Louganis, the Olympic diver.
55:18 Ooh.
55:19 [laughter]
55:20 He's all right, folks.
55:21 Just a little CPR.
55:23 [imitates CPR]
55:25 And he comes right back.
55:28 What is this thing?
55:29 It's a slinky in a fur coat.
55:31 You pick this up from your local magic shop.
55:33 And I have a lot of fun.
55:34 Let me give you some raccoon tips.
55:36 A lot of people have asked me for raccoon handling tips.
55:39 It's not just a production item.
55:40 You can build a whole act, and many have, around this little raccoon.
55:43 Get them from Magic Masters in Atlanta, Georgia.
55:45 They're the people who make them.
55:47 You put your thumb on top, your fingers underneath,
55:49 and when you press down, he looks up.
55:51 See, it's just a little spring inside.
55:52 It's slinky.
55:53 You blow on his face.
55:56 And he looks up, and you give him some love.
55:58 Hold on with your finger like a trigger from underneath on a squirt gun,
56:01 and he eats out of your hand.
56:03 Munchy, munchy, munchy.
56:05 He thinks it's rabbit food, but it's really chicken doo-doo.
56:08 [laughter]
56:12 I'm just kidding, man.
56:13 It's not.
56:14 Pay attention.
56:15 Now get up here.
56:16 Hold down with the fingers, and he eats four fingers,
56:17 making boogie up the body.
56:18 Boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie.
56:20 Four fingers.
56:22 Always use four.
56:24 Never use one.
56:25 Ooh, ooh.
56:26 [laughter]
56:28 He hates it.
56:29 But, you know, the most fun is to take Rocky on the airplane,
56:31 and you get up to 30,000 feet, and you say,
56:34 "Oh, flight attendant, can we have another one of these, please?
56:36 My raccoon loves this stuff."
56:38 You don't know what fun is until you've seen a flight attendant lock herself in the bathroom
56:41 at 30,000 feet.
56:42 But can he dance?
56:43 Can he boogie?
56:44 Take a deep breath.
56:46 And boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie.
56:49 I'm a little concerned with this, Rocky, but we'll ask the vet about that.
56:53 But, you know, the most fun I ever had with Rocky was in a restaurant in Washington, D.C.,
56:58 around the corner from the White House, the old Epic Grill.
57:00 I went there for power lunch one day,
57:02 and I bring out my raccoon halfway through the meal,
57:04 and I'm feeding him from my plate some salad and lettuce.
57:06 Everybody's watching my tape.
57:08 The place gets real quiet.
57:10 Some hush puppies and some croutons.
57:12 The waiter came over, and he said,
57:13 "Sir, you're not allowed to have a live animal here in this restaurant."
57:19 And I said, "What? No live animals? No problem."
57:25 Medium rare.
57:28 Most of you are sharing folks.
57:30 And I think you're very sick people for watching this.
57:49 [Singing]
58:02 Yeah!
58:03 [Singing]
58:27 Yeah!
58:28 [Singing]
58:56 Ta-da!
58:59 The end.
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