Alphabet cards have lately been harder to find than honest politicians. Now, they are available again – but this time as casino quality playing cards! AlphaTized is a 54 card, poker sized deck with the twenty-six letters in a rich black and the twenty-six lower case letters printed in a soft-tone 80% (grey). One of …
A premiere Cinematic fooler from Lee Earle. _EF “We often hear the phrase, ‘Left on the cutting room floor’ to describe scenes or actors cut from a pre-release version of a movie. Here are almost a dozen and a half actors and actresses in film frames scattered across that cutting room floor and here (turning …
_EF The performer tears a few pages from a current copy of Time, Business Week, or Newsweek magazine, giving the pages to people in the audience. They pass them on to others, ensuring a random selection of helpers. The Mentalist, with two of the helpers, illustrates how our eyes are attracted by the clever placement …
_EF A Lie Detector in a Card Case Your participant shuffles and spreads the deck face down then slides out one card for himself. He divides the deck into two piles and buries his card in either half, then squares the packet. The half-deck is dropped back into the card case. One card at a …
_EF “For over a hundred years,” you tell your participants, “fingerprints have been a reliable method for making a 100% accurate identification. Now they’re called ‘biometrics’ and are used to cash checks, open doors, and even to protect data on cell phones and personal computers.” As you riffle through a shuffled deck, a participant is …
_EF The Mentalist shows two 11 x 14 inch jigsaw puzzles; one is fully assembled in a thin poster frame and the other is still boxed. He quips, “One of the reasons jigsaw puzzles are – well, puzzling – is that they often use a picture that provides one set of patterns, cut into completely …
_EF The Legend of Jack ‘Treetop’ Strauss Play a little Texas Hold’em poker and you’re bound to hear the phrase, “All you need is a chip and a chair.” It’s usually offered as encouragement to a player who just lost most of his bankroll, reminding him that he still has a small chance to win. …
_EF “The bumper sticker,” begins the performer as he shows a selection of them – all of which are cut in half, “is a source of 5-Star wisdom often using four-letter words. They’re a short form expression of attitude, philosophy, and humor. You can find them at truck stops, novelty shops, and bargain swaps.” He …
_EF The performer hands four authentic menus from different Chinese restaurants to a participant, informing, “We’re going to take a virtual tour among these dining establishments, sampling selections from each place until we’ve ordered a four-course meal: an appetizer, main dish, side dish, and dessert. Note that each restaurant has a wide variety of selections …
_EF Spread a shuffled deck face up on the table. Someone thinks of a random playing card – value, color, and suit – and writes those thoughts on the back of a business card you hand him (for example he writes 7, black, Spades). You square the deck and leave it face down on the …
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