THE BLURB:
The performer shows a menu card from a restaurant listing
various foods. Anyone is invited to come forth and secretly
write the name of any food from the menu on a blank index
card and drop it face down on a plate.
NO FORCES OR RESTRICTIONS. The performer says the special of
the day at the restaurant is two for the price of one. To
get the special the performer has to order the same item.
Performer than secretly writes down his choice from the menu
on another index card and drops it on another plate. Once
this has been done the performer and participant exchange
plates and both show the audience the name of the food
written on the index cards. Amazingly, the performer and
participant both chose the same food! As a final Kicker the
performer shows that he PREDICTED the food the participant
would choose.
No carbons used or secret impression devices of any kind.
The person is only give one stiff card to write on. Baffling
beyond words. This effect fooled almost everyone who saw it
at Devin's Lecture.
Complete with menu card and the needed gimmick. Comes with
full directions and bonus effect where the performer shows
he predicted the food that would be chosen.
Here are what the pros are saying after seeing this:
"FOOD FOR THOUGHT, will not only give you nourishing FOOD
FOR THOUGHT, it will FOOL you-as it did me! It epitomizes
the Kismif principle: Keep it simple, make it fun."
- Jon Racherbaumer
"One of the effects I greatly enjoyed at the Las Vegas
Mindvention was Devin Knight's "FOOD FOR THOUGHT." Clever
stuff. Good entertainment."
- Larry Becker
MY COMMENTS:
A few may remember one of Devin Knight's earliest releases,
IMPOSSIBLE DEVINATION. Legions loved it and made it a
bestseller. Others didn't care at all for it. I fell into
the latter category. I was not impressed and didn't find it
very practical. And most of you know I am a fan of most of
Knight's material.
This new version uses the same principle, but there are
significant improvements. First, there is now a convincer
that makes the "gimmick" (it's hard to call it that) more
invisible. And the theme of food makes sense to having a
couple of paper plates to use. Those two changes make all
the difference. That also means that the effect now has a
built-in theme and that's certainly a consideration in your
purchasing decision, especially if that theme won't fit your
style.
Everything you need to perform this is included in the
package: the paper plates, the blank cards, the menu, and
order tickets. All of these items can be easily replaced.
The 10 pages of instructions include variations, tips, and
plenty of photos.
This is one of the effects that Knight included in his
recent lecture series and he also included it in his
Mindvention lecture. I must admit that I had a jaw-dropping
reaction to seeing an effect which I originally disliked
improved enough that I changed my opinion 180 degrees about
it and like it very much now. If the premise appeals to
you, then this is definitely an item that you'll want to
check out.
