I use this in my show as a comic interlude. It usually gets a good laugh! I hope you’ll have fun with it.
Effect: You “hypnotize” a spectator who sits in a chair holding a cup of water atop her head. When she looks in the cup, the water has disappeared, without her knowing where it went! The audience knows and thinks it’s funny! What do you do? Read more »
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April 4, 2010 1:55 pm | 
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Set a cup of water on the table. Cover it with a sheet of newspaper. Claim that you can drink the water without touching the newspaper! Sounds impossible? Here’s how: Read more »
Gags, Magic Puzzles | jlefton | 1:42 pm | Comments (0)
A glass of water is on the table. “I am going to go out of the room”, you explain, “and I’ll bet the water will be gone before I walk back in.” Would you take this bet? Read more »
For Kids, Gags, Magic Puzzles | jlefton | February 12, 2010 10:21 pm | Comments (0)
This one is a favorite of mine. Two spectators each hold out any number of fingers on one of their hands. (E.g. one might put out 3 fingers and the other, 2.) A third spectator tells the magician, who is looking the other way, the total (in this example, 5). The magician immediately announces that spectator #1 is holding out 2 fingers, and #2 is holding out 3. Just lucky? No, because you play 2 more rounds and the magician is correct each time! How can she possibly know this? Read more »
For Kids, Math Tricks | jlefton | 10:12 pm | Comments (1)
It used to be that only Santa could do this. But now, so can you! Here’s how…
Uncategorized | jlefton | December 14, 2009 8:51 pm | Comments (0)
Santa needs your help! The 4 sides below–top, bottom, right, and left–each have 6 reindeer. Santa wants to move the 4 reindeer in the middle pen to the outer pens–and still have 6 reindeer on each side. Is this possible? Can you advise him how?
Magic Puzzles, Reading Tricks | jlefton | 7:37 pm | Comments (0)
Sounds impossible? Not for you! This one will take a little practice. Here is how:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLOGs94nftI[/youtube]
For Kids, Gags, General | jlefton | November 9, 2009 10:54 am | Comments (0)
Do you know the stunt where you whisk the tablecloth out from under the dishes? This is its smaller cousin. Can you yank a sheet of paper out from under a stack of quarters, without disturbing the coins?
[youtube width="319" height="258"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhmAZ0w1rw[/youtube]
For Kids, Gags, General | jlefton | November 8, 2009 9:47 pm | Comments (0)
A murder was committed in the haunted mansion. The specator’s job is to determine which of the 12 rooms it happened in. “I understand”, you explain to the spectator, “that you are an excellent detective. Is that true?” The spectator makes a series of random moves on the above board, and winds up in one final room. It proves to be the room the murder was committed in, matching your prediction! Would you like to present this trick? Read more »
For Kids, Reading Tricks | jlefton | October 1, 2009 7:33 pm | Comments (0)
I have a special paper here that when you look at it, you will see upside down. Would you like to see it? You show it to them and they see upside down! Read more »
Gags, Reading Tricks | jlefton | 6:49 pm | Comments (0)
