Julian Moore
THE IMPOSSIBLE CHAIR TEST
$34.95
THE BLURB:
What is it?
A performance piece for seasoned performers and large
audiences.
What's the effect?
The performer is on stage and behind him are three chairs
set out in a row ready to be occupied.
The performer throws a pack of cards into the audience to
choose a random volunteer to help with the next effect.
Whoever catches it is asked to remove the deck from the case
and to check that it's a regular pack of cards before being
invited up on to the stage.
The volunteer is asked to choose three other assistants at
random from the audience who are now also invited up onto
the stage.
Once the three new assistants are up on stage they are asked
to choose one of the three chairs at random to sit on. This
is a completely free choice. The original volunteer is asked
to remain front of stage to help oversee the process, is
asked if he's happy with where these assistants are sitting,
and may direct them to change positions if he likes.
The performer fans the deck face down and each sitting
assistant is invited to pick a card randomly from the spread
with a perfectly free choice of any one of the 52 cards.
They are then asked to hold their chosen cards to their
chests without looking at them.
The sitting assistants are then asked if they would like to
swap chairs with each other and are allowed to do so.
They are also asked if they would like to actually swap
cards with each other, and may do that too if they so wish.
At this point no one, including the volunteers, has any idea
which card they originally chose or which card they've ended
up with.
Each sitting assistant is then asked to look at and remember
the card they've chosen (or ended up with) and to then stand
behind their chair, keeping their card fixed firmly in mind.
The cards themselves are then handed back to the original
volunteer for safekeeping. (He may decide to peek at them or
even show them to the audience. It doesn't matter.)
The performer re-caps what has happened. Three random
audience members have chosen to sit in three chairs at
random, have each picked a card randomly from a deck of 52
cards and have each been given the option to not only change
places with each other, but to also swap cards with each
other - options that they collectively may or may not have
acted upon.
To conclude, the performer now asks each assistant to name
their cards out loud in turn. As they do so, the performer
turns each chair in front of each assistant and the card
that each has named is duplicated using giant playing cards
on the back of each of the assistant's chairs. A miracle!
The four assistants return to the audience to great
applause.
ALSO INCLUDES NON-PLAYING CARD VERSIONS OF THIS EFFECT
USING YOUR OWN CHOICE OF THEMES
"If I used playing cards in my work I'd be all over this
like a rash!"
Paul Brook
"This is something I like. Very bold and very practical."
Paolo Cavalli
"What if you could have people think of things and then move
around in a few chairs (as they see fit) creating a random
order of both the people (and their thoughts)? What if you
could (easily) show that both the thoughts and the order
that which their accompanying "thinkers" would be standing?
Well, that's basically what Bev is offering here. The
presentation is offered in terms of thought-of playing
cards, but the structure screams out to be modified (like
the above). This has a "Berglas-ian Con" (or maybe a
Brown-ish one) about it that I really like. It made me smile
when I read the method.
Caveat: In order to head off the the bandits at the pass,
there are a few doo-dads you will either need to make or buy
(index cards or something you could get at a magic shop),
but the scam of a pay-off is great. If you abstain from
incorporating ruse, audacity and bluff, then stay home. But
this is by no means an intimidating method (but not a method
for "in the box" folks). To the rest of you, this will be
used to fool laypersons in the audience and the local magish
or two.
Highly recommended!"
Sean Waters
MY COMMENTS:
This 15-page downloadable PDF explains a very strong chair
routine and one which interested me a lot. The blurb
describes this routine fairly well. I know that one
turn-off to many reading the blurb is the use of playing
cards, but one can certainly use index cards instead. The
roots of this effect are definitely Barrie Richardson's, but
Moore has made this different due to the use of cards. The
method is essentially the same, but the handling is
substantially altered. Whether or not the use of cards
improves the effect is obviously one of preference. I
certainly like the idea.
There is a bit of one time set-up for this, but what you'll
be using will determine how much time it will take you and
what you will be doing. For playing cards, you will need to
obtain something, but you probably already have one in your
drawers. For index or business cards, you will have to make
the deck. But once these items are obtained or made, no
more work is necessary.
There is no question though that is a very effective routine
that is quite versatile and customizable. It can fit it any
theme that the working mentalist can use. As mentioned
already, one doesn't have to use playing cards and Moore
explains how to use pretty much whatever category you want.
Due to this versatility, and that it can "pack flat, play
big," this is certainly one of the better chair routines
that I've seen, one that I'm going to certainly be playing
with, and highly recommended, natch.
What is it?
A performance piece for seasoned performers and large
audiences.
What's the effect?
The performer is on stage and behind him are three chairs
set out in a row ready to be occupied.
The performer throws a pack of cards into the audience to
choose a random volunteer to help with the next effect.
Whoever catches it is asked to remove the deck from the case
and to check that it's a regular pack of cards before being
invited up on to the stage.
The volunteer is asked to choose three other assistants at
random from the audience who are now also invited up onto
the stage.
Once the three new assistants are up on stage they are asked
to choose one of the three chairs at random to sit on. This
is a completely free choice. The original volunteer is asked
to remain front of stage to help oversee the process, is
asked if he's happy with where these assistants are sitting,
and may direct them to change positions if he likes.
The performer fans the deck face down and each sitting
assistant is invited to pick a card randomly from the spread
with a perfectly free choice of any one of the 52 cards.
They are then asked to hold their chosen cards to their
chests without looking at them.
The sitting assistants are then asked if they would like to
swap chairs with each other and are allowed to do so.
They are also asked if they would like to actually swap
cards with each other, and may do that too if they so wish.
At this point no one, including the volunteers, has any idea
which card they originally chose or which card they've ended
up with.
Each sitting assistant is then asked to look at and remember
the card they've chosen (or ended up with) and to then stand
behind their chair, keeping their card fixed firmly in mind.
The cards themselves are then handed back to the original
volunteer for safekeeping. (He may decide to peek at them or
even show them to the audience. It doesn't matter.)
The performer re-caps what has happened. Three random
audience members have chosen to sit in three chairs at
random, have each picked a card randomly from a deck of 52
cards and have each been given the option to not only change
places with each other, but to also swap cards with each
other - options that they collectively may or may not have
acted upon.
To conclude, the performer now asks each assistant to name
their cards out loud in turn. As they do so, the performer
turns each chair in front of each assistant and the card
that each has named is duplicated using giant playing cards
on the back of each of the assistant's chairs. A miracle!
The four assistants return to the audience to great
applause.
ALSO INCLUDES NON-PLAYING CARD VERSIONS OF THIS EFFECT
USING YOUR OWN CHOICE OF THEMES
"If I used playing cards in my work I'd be all over this
like a rash!"
Paul Brook
"This is something I like. Very bold and very practical."
Paolo Cavalli
"What if you could have people think of things and then move
around in a few chairs (as they see fit) creating a random
order of both the people (and their thoughts)? What if you
could (easily) show that both the thoughts and the order
that which their accompanying "thinkers" would be standing?
Well, that's basically what Bev is offering here. The
presentation is offered in terms of thought-of playing
cards, but the structure screams out to be modified (like
the above). This has a "Berglas-ian Con" (or maybe a
Brown-ish one) about it that I really like. It made me smile
when I read the method.
Caveat: In order to head off the the bandits at the pass,
there are a few doo-dads you will either need to make or buy
(index cards or something you could get at a magic shop),
but the scam of a pay-off is great. If you abstain from
incorporating ruse, audacity and bluff, then stay home. But
this is by no means an intimidating method (but not a method
for "in the box" folks). To the rest of you, this will be
used to fool laypersons in the audience and the local magish
or two.
Highly recommended!"
Sean Waters
MY COMMENTS:
This 15-page downloadable PDF explains a very strong chair
routine and one which interested me a lot. The blurb
describes this routine fairly well. I know that one
turn-off to many reading the blurb is the use of playing
cards, but one can certainly use index cards instead. The
roots of this effect are definitely Barrie Richardson's, but
Moore has made this different due to the use of cards. The
method is essentially the same, but the handling is
substantially altered. Whether or not the use of cards
improves the effect is obviously one of preference. I
certainly like the idea.
There is a bit of one time set-up for this, but what you'll
be using will determine how much time it will take you and
what you will be doing. For playing cards, you will need to
obtain something, but you probably already have one in your
drawers. For index or business cards, you will have to make
the deck. But once these items are obtained or made, no
more work is necessary.
There is no question though that is a very effective routine
that is quite versatile and customizable. It can fit it any
theme that the working mentalist can use. As mentioned
already, one doesn't have to use playing cards and Moore
explains how to use pretty much whatever category you want.
Due to this versatility, and that it can "pack flat, play
big," this is certainly one of the better chair routines
that I've seen, one that I'm going to certainly be playing
with, and highly recommended, natch.
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