Richard Bellars
CONFAB-SHOE-LATION
$36
Suggested Retail Item $40
THE BLURB
This is the effect that fooled the pants off Penn &
Teller!!!
Richard has taken the confabulation plot to new heights of
impossibility with their shoe reveal! Richard has been
performing Confab-Shoe-Lation in his stand-up act for well
over a year and then decided it would be the ideal effect to
fool Penn & Teller on national TV.
Richard is a real creative thinker and a full time worker so
you know his stuff is going to be practical to use in the
real world!
Effect
Imagine your spectators can name any 3 items and you have
predicted them correctly in a note that you have kept safe
in your shoe from the beginning of the show.
On this DVD Richard Bellars and Tom Swift (who is the
co-creator of the effect) take you step by step through
every aspect of the effect, including how to create the
gimmick with your own shoe.
Vegas Vacation
This is the routine Richard Bellars and Peter Nardi devised
for Richard's corporate shows. It's a great 3 phase routine
using an imaginary trip to Vegas as the premise. After your
spectators have played 3 popular casino games you reveal
your prediction from your shoe. The prediction takes the
form of a $1 bill with all the scores written on the back.
Please note construction is required and you will need to
gimmick your shoe to perform Confab-Shoe-Lation.
MY COMMENTS:
If you haven't seen Richard Bellars fool Penn & Teller on
the Penn & Teller Fool Us UK show, then go to YouTube, do a
search, and watch it. Do it now. It's also on Richard
Bellars' website. It is one impressive routine. Watch it
and then come back here. I'll wait.
Ok, now that you've watched the performance, you know that
this is a very strong routine. Due to copyright, the Penn &
Teller video is not on the instructional DVD, which runs
just a tad more than an hour, but you do need to see it
before you decide on purchasing this.
There are a few considerations. First, as mentioned above
in the blurb, you must alter a shoe. One could do it
themself, but it is suggested one takes it to a shoe
repairer. Also, the optimal shoe is a hard-soled, formal
type shoe. This shoe would be worn during performance only
(or just prior) and not recommended to use as a regular shoe
throughout the day, though you could, I suppose.
Second, powerful magnets are involved in the construction of
the shoe. I can't go into details, of course, but let's
just say one will have to be very careful with the stages
one walks on. This is another reason why the shoe should be
worn just prior to the performance.
Third, the most pressing consideration is the very concept
of having a prediction in a shoe. Taking off one's shoe
might be a little off-putting to some, a little too magic-y
for others, and a perfectly powerful effect to those this
interests. I don't think there's inherently anything wrong
this concept, but it does depend on one's individual style.
As with other similar effects, one might wonder whether this
is a one-man effect or not. The answer is yes and no. On
the DVD, Bellars explains different versions of doing it,
including solo and non-solo versions. After learning how
the prediction ends up in the shoe, you'll realize there are
many ways to do this.
All that taken into account, this is a very strong and
highly recommended effect for anyone that this interests.
The package comes with the DVD and the magnets necessary to
make the gimmick.
This is the effect that fooled the pants off Penn &
Teller!!!
Richard has taken the confabulation plot to new heights of
impossibility with their shoe reveal! Richard has been
performing Confab-Shoe-Lation in his stand-up act for well
over a year and then decided it would be the ideal effect to
fool Penn & Teller on national TV.
Richard is a real creative thinker and a full time worker so
you know his stuff is going to be practical to use in the
real world!
Effect
Imagine your spectators can name any 3 items and you have
predicted them correctly in a note that you have kept safe
in your shoe from the beginning of the show.
On this DVD Richard Bellars and Tom Swift (who is the
co-creator of the effect) take you step by step through
every aspect of the effect, including how to create the
gimmick with your own shoe.
Vegas Vacation
This is the routine Richard Bellars and Peter Nardi devised
for Richard's corporate shows. It's a great 3 phase routine
using an imaginary trip to Vegas as the premise. After your
spectators have played 3 popular casino games you reveal
your prediction from your shoe. The prediction takes the
form of a $1 bill with all the scores written on the back.
Please note construction is required and you will need to
gimmick your shoe to perform Confab-Shoe-Lation.
MY COMMENTS:
If you haven't seen Richard Bellars fool Penn & Teller on
the Penn & Teller Fool Us UK show, then go to YouTube, do a
search, and watch it. Do it now. It's also on Richard
Bellars' website. It is one impressive routine. Watch it
and then come back here. I'll wait.
Ok, now that you've watched the performance, you know that
this is a very strong routine. Due to copyright, the Penn &
Teller video is not on the instructional DVD, which runs
just a tad more than an hour, but you do need to see it
before you decide on purchasing this.
There are a few considerations. First, as mentioned above
in the blurb, you must alter a shoe. One could do it
themself, but it is suggested one takes it to a shoe
repairer. Also, the optimal shoe is a hard-soled, formal
type shoe. This shoe would be worn during performance only
(or just prior) and not recommended to use as a regular shoe
throughout the day, though you could, I suppose.
Second, powerful magnets are involved in the construction of
the shoe. I can't go into details, of course, but let's
just say one will have to be very careful with the stages
one walks on. This is another reason why the shoe should be
worn just prior to the performance.
Third, the most pressing consideration is the very concept
of having a prediction in a shoe. Taking off one's shoe
might be a little off-putting to some, a little too magic-y
for others, and a perfectly powerful effect to those this
interests. I don't think there's inherently anything wrong
this concept, but it does depend on one's individual style.
As with other similar effects, one might wonder whether this
is a one-man effect or not. The answer is yes and no. On
the DVD, Bellars explains different versions of doing it,
including solo and non-solo versions. After learning how
the prediction ends up in the shoe, you'll realize there are
many ways to do this.
All that taken into account, this is a very strong and
highly recommended effect for anyone that this interests.
The package comes with the DVD and the magnets necessary to
make the gimmick.
