
I can hardly think of a Parlor/Stage trick that I like better than my friend Terry Lunceford's PRO VIPER II Snake Basket routine. It is simply a killer, visual, commercial piece of magic that comes with a hilarious comedy routine to boot! Totally remote control it uses the latest in high tech remote systems to give you perfect and total control of the trick.
Here is the basic routine (Remember the video supplied with your Viper has Terry doing his routine at the Magic Castle in Hollywood...and it IS great!): A spectator is asked to come up on stage. She is asked to select a card and SIGN the card. The card is mixed back into the deck and the deck is placed openly next to a small basket on a table center stage. You now engage in some comedy byplay which leads to a colorful custom made spring snake leaping from the basket with the SELECTED AND SIGNED CARD IN IT'S MOUTH!!! It REALLY is the signed card! Card can be removed and handed to your assistant. This is a very strong and entertaining routine that can be made to work with almost any audience type.
Please note: This item CAN NOT be discounted, because of agreements with the creater and manufacturer. Thank you.
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Brad's Gold Shells -- From the olden days of carnivals, city back alleys, to magic shops, the three shell game has fooled them all. We humbly introduce the set of shells that grip perfect and perform with an expert feel. The shells are made in brass then twice gold plated. Each set comes with three shells, a rubber green pea and a collector’s carrying case.
B'wave -- This is Dave's FAVORITE trick! A packet of four cards is shown. You tell the audeince that the cards are the four Queens, and that you have turned one of them face up as sort of a prediction. A spectator names one of the queens. The cards are spread, and the named queen is the ONLY CARD THAT IS FACE UP! Not only that, but it has a different colored back than the rest of the cards. If that is not enough, the other three cards are turned over, and they are TOTALY BLANK! Their named queen is the ONLY queen you have!
This is easy, and totaly amazing!
Card Through The Glass -- This is WAY COOL! A signed card is placed on a piece of plexi-glass. A second spectator then places his own signed business card on top of the playing card. Now a second piece of glass is placed on top of all, and everything is "rubber-banded" closed. You tell the audience to keep their eyes on the playing card, and not to blink. You spectator's jaws will hit the floor as the watch the card VISIBLY, and without ANY cover of ANY kind, MELT THROUGH THE GLASS!! This is a very eerie effect, and will blow 'em away! Highly recommended!
Card Thru the Window By John Kennedy -- John Kennedy's Card Thru Window is not inexpensive but you'll soon see why.
Imagine this: A card is freely chosen from an ordinary deck. You tear off a corner and hand it to a spectator as a receipt. The rest of the card is replaced in the deck and inserted back into the box. "Watch This." you say as you walk up to a window and hold the box behind the closed curtain for about two seconds.
As if it were your own private theater, you open the curtain and reveal a card stuck on the window. Its back is showing and a corner is missing. "What was your card?" you ask. You then flip it over and stick it back on the glass. Yes, it is indeed the selected card!
Now for the strange part: The spectator walks up to the window to match the corner, but all of a sudden realizes that the card is actually stuck on the OUTSIDE of the glass! He's wondering how this could be possible. After all, you just turned the card over a few moments ago. But it gets even stranger.
The big payoff: You take the corner from him and slap it against the window. It instantly and visibly sticks to the glass on the OUTSIDE of the window! That's right, both parts of the card are now stuck on the outside of the glass! It looks surreal because they're spaced slightly apart but obviously fit together perfectly.
If your audience hasn't gone through the roof by now, you must be working in a cemetery.
The one-of-a-kind breakthrough: John Kennedy has spent 20 years making this the most powerful and practical method ever. You can perform it in FULL DAYLIGHT! It's totally different from anything else. There's no difficult sleight-of-hand, no overly complicated preparation, and no bulky contraption.
John Kennedy's Card Thru Window comes with the simple props as well as a booklet and computer CD (PC/Mac) video of John's performance, explanation and handling. Roof repair not included.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Can it really be performed in full daylight?
Absolutely. Day or night, it doesn't matter.
Does . . .
Cigarette Up the Nose by Gary Kosnitzky -- Flat out this is the BEST version of this trick I have seen. Here what happens: You take a cigarette and VISIBLY push it up your nose. Get this: Your audience SEES the cork filter move slowly towards your nose. They SEE it go in. You open your move your hand to show it is empty! The Illusion is Perfect. Comes complete with the nifty gimmick and detailed instructions. “One of the greatest small illusions I have ever seen.” -Michael Skinner
Healed and Sealed -- It was the talk of the 2002 FFFF convention, performed by David Blaine in his national television special, "Vertigo" and now you, too will be able to literally devastate both magicians and laymen alike with Swedish magician Anders Moden's Healed and Sealed Soda.
The Effect:
An opened, emptied and crushed soda can slowly and visually heals itself, returning to it's original state-the hole in the top even magically reseals itself closed! To top off this mind-blowing routine you can even open the can with a pfzzzt! and pour the contents out into a glass!
You'll receive the only authorized, illustrated manuscript which details preparation, handling and performance, plus everything you need to know to get the most out of this amazing principle.
Only one normal can is used
Easy to do
"This is one of the most astonishing things I've witnessed in a long, long time!" -Matthew Field
"Spectacular effect. Absolutely ingenious. Best trick I have ever bought...handsdown." -Joshua Mossholder
Impossible Card In Bottle! -- A signed card instantly appears inside a sealed bottle! That’s how the routine plays. No fumbling extra steps or misused moments. This is as clean as they come – cleaner – it absolutely sparkles!
A reputation maker, instant classic, any venue any time, etc. Forget the clichés, this is the best thing since sliced cards! You’ll be struck back to birth when you see how clever and efficient this trick really is.
The instruction book is all-inclusive. Every nuance and subtlety is described in vivid detail. Even the freshest newbie will understand each step.
Alternative tricks, using the same gimmicks, are also taught. This is a serious box of magic. That’s right, BOX of magic! The shoebox size packaging barely holds all the materials. However, once you decide which effects you want to perform, the gimmicks can fit in a watch pocket!
This is the stuff miracles are made of, a clever concept and flawless execution.
Sharky -- EFFECT: Imagine...a card is selected from a red-backed Bicycle deck and signed by the spectator. The card is freely shown both front and back and lost in the deck. The magician then introduces his sidekick Sharky (a blue-backed Bicycle card with a sticker of a card shark on the back). Suddenly, the blue card changes to red and Sharky has vanished! While humming the theme from the movie Jaws, the magician starts searching through the deck for the missing blue card. When the blue-backed card is found with Sharky on the back it is turned over and seen to be the spectator's signed selection! But that's not all...the card is also shown to have a corner bitten out of it!
Great for Walk-Around Performances
Includes Bicycle Gaffs and Stickers
Psi-Con Ruse by Phil Goldstein -- Effect: A spectator is asked to freely shuffle a deck of cards. The mentalist displays a book on divination, explaining that he has been studying Cartomancy-the ancient system of telling fortunes with playing cards.
An envelope is then given to the participant to hold and the performer says, "Even though we've never met before, inside this envelope is a Cartomantic reading that I've prepared just for you. Let's see if the system works!"
The top five cards of the shuffled pack are taken and displayed by being inserted into the edge of the book. The spectator is told to choose any of the five cards. The selected card is, for example, the four of clubs. The four unchosen cards are shown to be all different. When the fortune message is removed from the envelope, it reads:
"You have a compassionate nature and strong leadership potential. Your sense of humor is admired by others. Your lucky card is the four of clubs!"
Includes detailed, 8-page booklet written by Phil Goldstein and fully-illustrated by Tony Dunn and the five specially-printed cards on Bicycle stock that make this effect possible.
Shinkansen by Phil Goldstein -- Effect: Four red-backed cards are displayed; they're counted and held by a spectator.
Another set of blue-backed cards is shown, and a second spectator simply thinks of any one. The packets are held by the spectators, who stand far apart from each other.
With the utmost fairness, the mentally chosen card vanishes from the blue packet and appears in the red!
Includes detailed, 16-page booklet written by Phil Goldstein and fully-illustrated by Tony Dunn and the seven specially-printed cards on Bicycle stock that make this effect possible.
I have never really liked the Cards Across Plot...until NOW! This is a very cool effect that you will learn quikly, and easily. I LOVE this trick!
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