Stefan Olschewski
LOST LUGGAGE
$25
THE BLURB:
Imagine you are booked to do a 30 minute mentalism show and
all your luggage gets lost on the plane. It is Sunday and
all shops are closed. What would you do without your props,
without special wallets, magnets, glue, scissors, thumb tips
or nail writers - literally without anything? Necessity is
the mother of invention. Stefan once had to cope with such a
situation and this is what he came up with. A complete act
of high impact mentalism that is so practical you will use
it even if you can rely on your regular props.
"Wow, what inspired thinking. One is tempted to deliberately
lose his luggage just to give these routines a spin. Highly
recommended!"
- Ben Harris
"LOST LUGGAGE" can be performed in parlor situations as well
as on stage with nothing but the props you will find in your
hotel room or borrow from the venue you are performing in.
Check out these effects:
Sensitive Silverware
A great take on the open prediction. A random spectator is
asked to merely think of a piece of silverware and remove it
from a table on stage. Let's assume she decides on a spoon.
The mentalist removes a spoon from his coat pocket and shows
it openly to the whole audience BEFORE she takes the item
from the table. No force, no stooges, no sleights - this is
so bold and yet effective that you will love it!
Magical Chairs (Journey to Jerusalem)
This is the classic chair prediction on steroids. Fun to
watch and fun to perform. Four spectators are walking around
only three chairs while the performer recites passages from
the bible. Whenever he closes the book they are to sit down,
the one who doesn't get a chair is dismissed and one chair
removed. The winner is predicted on a piece of paper in an
envelope that was in full view from the beginning. No
special envelopes, no wallets, no switches, just pure
entertainment with an additional kicker in the end we will
not reveal yet.
Win-Win Situation
Ten or more volunteers are freely selected. One of them will
get a prize in the end. A spectator eliminates persons one
by one until there is only one left. He freely decides on
the winner of the game. The spectator himself opens an
ungimmicked envelope that has been in full view the entire
time. He removes a prediction and reads it aloud. On the
paper is a precise description of what has just happened
including a detailed description of what the winner looks
like, his clothes, his hair color, his shoes, everything! No
miscalling or arbitrary statements - a 100% spot-on
description of the freely selected person without any
gimmicks or stooges. This is personal - and very strong!
Wrap Up Prediction
This is an ultra clean end-of-show prediction effect that
wraps up the whole show. An envelope is seen dangling from
the ceiling on a string right from the beginning. You never
touch it. Between the various acts, people seal a signed
bill and a piece of a torn newspaper inside an unprepared
envelope. A random spectator finally removes the prediction
from the envelope and reads it aloud. You have not only
correctly predicted the text on the newspaper but also the
serial number on the signed and borrowed banknote!
You will not only learn how to perform these effects but
also get Stefan's complete patter involving psychological
subtleties, advice on how to structure a mentalism show and
more. Numerous illustrations make the instructions easy to
follow. With "LOST LUGGAGE" you will be able to perform a
professional mentalism show anytime and anywhere!
"LOST LUGGAGE" is available as a download PDF
for only $25 (19,50 EUR)!
MY COMMENTS:
Everyone should have an act that utilizes items that are
easily obtained from a supermarket or someone's home. This
way, if you lost your luggage, of if you're asked to perform
at a moment's notice at a gathering, you can put together a
set. That said, Stefan Olschewski presents his solution, an
act that he truly did put together because of the
circumstances that he found himself in.
On a popular forum, Olschewski admitted that this is mostly
mental magic. I disagree. The individual effects are quite
strong, but the issue is that they are all predictions.
There is the opinion that too many predictions, or an act
completely comprised of predictions, make the act look like
mental magic. Though I agree with that, and this is not
really the place or time to explain why I feel this way, I
will admit that there are those performers who are quite
comfortable with this.
That said, I found some of Olschewski's ideas quite
appealing. I'm not sure if some of the solutions he came up
for his plots are the best, but they work, and experienced
performers can certainly substitute methods and handling.
For instance, Magical Chairs, which I think is a terrific
idea for "impromptu" mentalism, doesn't need to use a Bible.
Another seminal work could be used.
The act itself is comprised of four routines. To be exact,
three of them are routines and the fourth is a "Wrap-Up
Prediction" ender similar to what Chuck Hickok does in his
act as described in his MENTALISM INC. The effects are
different, of course. Besides "Magical Chairs" which is the
second piece, the act opens with "Sensitive Silverware,"
continues with "Magical Chairs," and then "Win-Win
Situation" before the final piece. It's a pretty short act,
but then most club acts or after-dinner performances
shouldn't be more than 30 minutes anyway, so this is
definitely suitable for those venues as well as others.
What I like about this is that this is a complete and tested
act that's ready to go. For those that don't care for acts
comprised completely of predictions, you can always add one
or more pieces to your act. Most importantly, even if you
don't use this act in its entirety, it will get you thinking
about, or re-thinking, that act that you've developed to be
used in that "LOST LUGGAGE" situation.
Imagine you are booked to do a 30 minute mentalism show and
all your luggage gets lost on the plane. It is Sunday and
all shops are closed. What would you do without your props,
without special wallets, magnets, glue, scissors, thumb tips
or nail writers - literally without anything? Necessity is
the mother of invention. Stefan once had to cope with such a
situation and this is what he came up with. A complete act
of high impact mentalism that is so practical you will use
it even if you can rely on your regular props.
"Wow, what inspired thinking. One is tempted to deliberately
lose his luggage just to give these routines a spin. Highly
recommended!"
- Ben Harris
"LOST LUGGAGE" can be performed in parlor situations as well
as on stage with nothing but the props you will find in your
hotel room or borrow from the venue you are performing in.
Check out these effects:
Sensitive Silverware
A great take on the open prediction. A random spectator is
asked to merely think of a piece of silverware and remove it
from a table on stage. Let's assume she decides on a spoon.
The mentalist removes a spoon from his coat pocket and shows
it openly to the whole audience BEFORE she takes the item
from the table. No force, no stooges, no sleights - this is
so bold and yet effective that you will love it!
Magical Chairs (Journey to Jerusalem)
This is the classic chair prediction on steroids. Fun to
watch and fun to perform. Four spectators are walking around
only three chairs while the performer recites passages from
the bible. Whenever he closes the book they are to sit down,
the one who doesn't get a chair is dismissed and one chair
removed. The winner is predicted on a piece of paper in an
envelope that was in full view from the beginning. No
special envelopes, no wallets, no switches, just pure
entertainment with an additional kicker in the end we will
not reveal yet.
Win-Win Situation
Ten or more volunteers are freely selected. One of them will
get a prize in the end. A spectator eliminates persons one
by one until there is only one left. He freely decides on
the winner of the game. The spectator himself opens an
ungimmicked envelope that has been in full view the entire
time. He removes a prediction and reads it aloud. On the
paper is a precise description of what has just happened
including a detailed description of what the winner looks
like, his clothes, his hair color, his shoes, everything! No
miscalling or arbitrary statements - a 100% spot-on
description of the freely selected person without any
gimmicks or stooges. This is personal - and very strong!
Wrap Up Prediction
This is an ultra clean end-of-show prediction effect that
wraps up the whole show. An envelope is seen dangling from
the ceiling on a string right from the beginning. You never
touch it. Between the various acts, people seal a signed
bill and a piece of a torn newspaper inside an unprepared
envelope. A random spectator finally removes the prediction
from the envelope and reads it aloud. You have not only
correctly predicted the text on the newspaper but also the
serial number on the signed and borrowed banknote!
You will not only learn how to perform these effects but
also get Stefan's complete patter involving psychological
subtleties, advice on how to structure a mentalism show and
more. Numerous illustrations make the instructions easy to
follow. With "LOST LUGGAGE" you will be able to perform a
professional mentalism show anytime and anywhere!
"LOST LUGGAGE" is available as a download PDF
for only $25 (19,50 EUR)!
MY COMMENTS:
Everyone should have an act that utilizes items that are
easily obtained from a supermarket or someone's home. This
way, if you lost your luggage, of if you're asked to perform
at a moment's notice at a gathering, you can put together a
set. That said, Stefan Olschewski presents his solution, an
act that he truly did put together because of the
circumstances that he found himself in.
On a popular forum, Olschewski admitted that this is mostly
mental magic. I disagree. The individual effects are quite
strong, but the issue is that they are all predictions.
There is the opinion that too many predictions, or an act
completely comprised of predictions, make the act look like
mental magic. Though I agree with that, and this is not
really the place or time to explain why I feel this way, I
will admit that there are those performers who are quite
comfortable with this.
That said, I found some of Olschewski's ideas quite
appealing. I'm not sure if some of the solutions he came up
for his plots are the best, but they work, and experienced
performers can certainly substitute methods and handling.
For instance, Magical Chairs, which I think is a terrific
idea for "impromptu" mentalism, doesn't need to use a Bible.
Another seminal work could be used.
The act itself is comprised of four routines. To be exact,
three of them are routines and the fourth is a "Wrap-Up
Prediction" ender similar to what Chuck Hickok does in his
act as described in his MENTALISM INC. The effects are
different, of course. Besides "Magical Chairs" which is the
second piece, the act opens with "Sensitive Silverware,"
continues with "Magical Chairs," and then "Win-Win
Situation" before the final piece. It's a pretty short act,
but then most club acts or after-dinner performances
shouldn't be more than 30 minutes anyway, so this is
definitely suitable for those venues as well as others.
What I like about this is that this is a complete and tested
act that's ready to go. For those that don't care for acts
comprised completely of predictions, you can always add one
or more pieces to your act. Most importantly, even if you
don't use this act in its entirety, it will get you thinking
about, or re-thinking, that act that you've developed to be
used in that "LOST LUGGAGE" situation.
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