Docc Hilford
3 CARD CANASTA
$27
Suggested Retail Price $29.95
THE BLURB:
In the early 1960s Chan Canasta was the master of apparent
mind control. A recently discovered video shows the mind
reader on Dutch TV performing a charming trick with two
decks and three cards. The problem was that it required a
skilled Classic Force, tons of audience management and it
worked only once out of nine times! Even with his amazing
talents, Canasta failed on the show.
Docc Hilford's 3 Card Canasta trick delivers more than the
original and it WORKS EVERY TIME!
EFFECT:
Two decks, a red and a blue, are used. Two women are chosen
to help. One woman chooses either deck, say the red one. She
selects 3 cards from the shuffled red deck (no force) and
instructs the mentalist in which pockets to individually
place them. The other woman holds the blue deck behind her
back, freely selects three cards and places them in similar
pockets as the mentalist. The second woman names a pocket,
say the upper pocket. The mentalist and the second woman
remove the cards from that pocket. The cards match! Both
cards are removed from the next pockets and they match!
Finally, the mentalist names the unknown cards in the last
pockets and upon removal, they match!
* All cards are freely chosen, no need for a Classic Force.
* The pocket's order is freely chosen by the spectators.
* The mentalist doesn't need to handle the cards.
* Any of the three cards can be left for the final
revelation.
* This is about as close to a self working piece as can be
imagined.
Comes with instructions and special gimmicks.
MY COMMENTS:
Just from the description of the routine, one can tell that
this is another very strong performance piece by the
incomporable Docc Hilford. It could easily be described as
Par-Optic Vision on steroids.
Obviously, this is a mental effect using playing cards, but
there are a few other considerations. First, you need to
have pockets and at least one of your participants needs
pockets. This isn't so problematic unless you need to have
other things in those pockets for other routines and,
frankly, it does depend on which other things you need in
those pockets. From the description, you can tell that
you'll need to reach into your pockets and pull out cards.
You don't want the pockets cluttered so it will be difficult
to remove the cards. However, this routine is strong enough
that, if you wish to perform this, you may want to review
your pocket management.
There are two more considerations to note. Although this is
easy to perform, there are some very basic card sleights
that you need to do. Hilford suggests what to use but you
can also certainly use alternatives. The other
consideration is that it is possible to use one of the two
decks for other routines, but the other one really can't be
used for other routines.
All these considerations are minor when you know that this
really is designed to be the showpiece of a parlor or stage
act. The package comes polybagged with a single,
double-sided sheet of instructions (that's all you need!),
plus one deck of Bicycle cards and the gimmicks that you
need. You must supply one deck of cards yourself.
In the early 1960s Chan Canasta was the master of apparent
mind control. A recently discovered video shows the mind
reader on Dutch TV performing a charming trick with two
decks and three cards. The problem was that it required a
skilled Classic Force, tons of audience management and it
worked only once out of nine times! Even with his amazing
talents, Canasta failed on the show.
Docc Hilford's 3 Card Canasta trick delivers more than the
original and it WORKS EVERY TIME!
EFFECT:
Two decks, a red and a blue, are used. Two women are chosen
to help. One woman chooses either deck, say the red one. She
selects 3 cards from the shuffled red deck (no force) and
instructs the mentalist in which pockets to individually
place them. The other woman holds the blue deck behind her
back, freely selects three cards and places them in similar
pockets as the mentalist. The second woman names a pocket,
say the upper pocket. The mentalist and the second woman
remove the cards from that pocket. The cards match! Both
cards are removed from the next pockets and they match!
Finally, the mentalist names the unknown cards in the last
pockets and upon removal, they match!
* All cards are freely chosen, no need for a Classic Force.
* The pocket's order is freely chosen by the spectators.
* The mentalist doesn't need to handle the cards.
* Any of the three cards can be left for the final
revelation.
* This is about as close to a self working piece as can be
imagined.
Comes with instructions and special gimmicks.
MY COMMENTS:
Just from the description of the routine, one can tell that
this is another very strong performance piece by the
incomporable Docc Hilford. It could easily be described as
Par-Optic Vision on steroids.
Obviously, this is a mental effect using playing cards, but
there are a few other considerations. First, you need to
have pockets and at least one of your participants needs
pockets. This isn't so problematic unless you need to have
other things in those pockets for other routines and,
frankly, it does depend on which other things you need in
those pockets. From the description, you can tell that
you'll need to reach into your pockets and pull out cards.
You don't want the pockets cluttered so it will be difficult
to remove the cards. However, this routine is strong enough
that, if you wish to perform this, you may want to review
your pocket management.
There are two more considerations to note. Although this is
easy to perform, there are some very basic card sleights
that you need to do. Hilford suggests what to use but you
can also certainly use alternatives. The other
consideration is that it is possible to use one of the two
decks for other routines, but the other one really can't be
used for other routines.
All these considerations are minor when you know that this
really is designed to be the showpiece of a parlor or stage
act. The package comes polybagged with a single,
double-sided sheet of instructions (that's all you need!),
plus one deck of Bicycle cards and the gimmicks that you
need. You must supply one deck of cards yourself.
