Tunnel of Darkness Performance Idea
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:03 am
Sometime when I do a trick I like to undersell it.
I learned a nice card trick called Three Card Surprise (World's Best Card Tricks by Bob Longe) that can be done with a regular deck. In the trick you match three cards to the audience members chosen cards using the one ahead principle. In the end your cards match their cards by both card and color. So if they "selected" a QH, 5D and AS, your cards are QD, 5H and AC. When I present the trick I tell the audience member that I will only match the color of their card. I tell them that it is not as easy as it sounds and the odds are 1 in 6 of getting it right. In the end when the see that more than the colors match, they are very surprised.
I was thinking that with TOD something similar can be accomplished.
For instance I would present the caged white die with the 1 face pointing up. Next I would put the cage into the tunnel and ask the audience member which number would they like the top face to be changed to. I would then slide the cage through and have it come out red with the 1 face still on top. You say well that did not work too well. Oh well let's try something else. And you leave them wondering. I think this would be good to perform on a magician who will be thinking in his mind how you are going to use some kind on gimmick in the tunnel to tumble the dice.
I learned a nice card trick called Three Card Surprise (World's Best Card Tricks by Bob Longe) that can be done with a regular deck. In the trick you match three cards to the audience members chosen cards using the one ahead principle. In the end your cards match their cards by both card and color. So if they "selected" a QH, 5D and AS, your cards are QD, 5H and AC. When I present the trick I tell the audience member that I will only match the color of their card. I tell them that it is not as easy as it sounds and the odds are 1 in 6 of getting it right. In the end when the see that more than the colors match, they are very surprised.
I was thinking that with TOD something similar can be accomplished.
For instance I would present the caged white die with the 1 face pointing up. Next I would put the cage into the tunnel and ask the audience member which number would they like the top face to be changed to. I would then slide the cage through and have it come out red with the 1 face still on top. You say well that did not work too well. Oh well let's try something else. And you leave them wondering. I think this would be good to perform on a magician who will be thinking in his mind how you are going to use some kind on gimmick in the tunnel to tumble the dice.
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