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Michael Ammar's

Fourth World Lecture Tour

Magic Paper

The no Pound, 6 Foot Card Trick

The Self Printing Business Card

Dining on Dollars

The Matched Cards

Fast Fold

Fist of Frost

Shadow Coins

MAGIC PAPER

EFFECT: Using an ordinary paper napkin and a packet

of sweetener, you let the spectators discover one of

magic's 'most carefully guarded secrets'. You begin by

laying out a single layer of a paper cocktail napkin, and

gently sprinkling an even layer of sweetener over the top

of it Carefully rub the sweetener into the napkin with

your fingers, before turning it over to repeat the process

on the other side. As you are doing this, your hands

appear to be completely empty. After finishing this

process, write the word "Money" across the paper

napkin, then crumble it into a tight ball. Curiosity grows,

as you caution the spectators to never discuss what is

taking place, and to never, ever try this at home (after all,

you are a trained professional, and can't be responsible

for their personal safety...). A cigarette lighter is removed

from your pocket, lit and briefly touched to the napkin,

which is tossed towards an ashtray. In a brilliant burst of

fire, the paper visibly transforms itself into a crumbled up

bill, which is then unfolded, revealed to be money and

placed into the magicians wallet)

An ink pen or magic marker is also in the left pocket,

and the lighter is in your right coat pocket

The presentation should be such that it seems you are

letting them in on something rarely seen, so as to arouse

interest and curiosity. 1 sometimes say this is one trick

that more magicians do backstage than on the stage

itself, so this is an unusual peek at one of the magicians

methods - as opposed to one of their effects. The whole

idea is to make the event seem more like a special treat

than just another trick.

The size of the napkin you use should correspond to the

size of the balled up flash paper, so either use a cocktail

napkin, or tear off a piece of napkin that would be about

the right size. Then borrow a packet of Sweet n Low,

Equal, or similar type of sugar substitute and begin to

spread it evenly along the top side of the napkin, before

carefully rubbing it in. Turn the napkin over and repeat.

However, I suggest that you don't use the entire contents

of the packet, so that anyone curious might be able to

examine the contents later. (Don't call attention to the

remaining portion, however.)

COMMENTS: I have had a great deal of fun with

various versions of this over the last 8 or 9 years, but in

the past I would always bring the flash paper out as if it

were some 'special' paper that only magicians had access

to. Recently, however, I've added the bit about creating

the paper out of a regular napkin and sweetener, and it

goes over great! As you'd expect, it is just within the

bonds of possibility, so people actually believe you are

doing exactly what you say you are doing. They never

suspect the switch, and in some cases, they try to repeat

the effect of creating the flashpaper for the next several

weeks! This sort of thing becomes a conversation piece

and mini-fire hazard every time that group goes out for a

few drinks, which can be an important step towards

becoming a permanent memory, and it requires a lot less

effort than many more complicated effects.

The left hand then goes into the pocket and removes the

pen, then write the word "Money" on the napkin. As

the left hand replaces the pen to the pocket, fingerpalm

the flash paper in the naturally curled hand. At the same

time, the right hand is crumbling the napkin into a tight

ball. The right hand then apparently places the crumbled

up napkin into the left hand, which seems to continue to

crumble the napkin into a tighter ball. Try to make it

appear as if the napkin is never fully dosed into the left

hand, so it seems to have never left their sight.

The right hand continues by pulling the ashtray closer to

you, before going to the right coat pocket to remove the

cigarette lighter. Striking the lighter, ignite the flash

paper as you drop it into the ash tray. Their curiosity is

such that they will be looking at the burst of fire with

wide-eyed bewilderment. For a moment, they'll be 'as

blinded as a deer caught in the headlights of a car'! But

when their vision returns, it will seem as if the sweetener

simply burned off the napkin as it transformed itself into

a rolled up bill. Poke the bill a couple of times to make

certain the flash is completely gone, before unrolling it,

and then placing it into your wallet.

PROCEDURES; This incredibly memorable effect

will probably be the least demanding in your repertoire.

You will, of course, need a piece of flash paper that is

large enough to cover a bill that is crumbled into a tight

ball. In crumbling the bill into a tight ball, try to do it in

such a way that the edges of the bill are rolled inward,

this will prevent the burning flash paper from catching the

bill on fire. Once the bill is in a tight ball, wrap the flash

paper around it, and place it into your left coat pocket.

Page 2

The 110 Pound, 6 Foot Card Trick

EFFECT: A deck of cards are visibly shifted into a

crooked deck, at which point someone selects any

card, and returns it to the center of the deck.

Following this, you produce, from the sole of your

shoe, the Ace of Spades, which is placed onto the

floor. The spectator stands on the Ace with his left

foot, and raises his right foot into the air. The

spectator then presses the deck against the top of

his head, effectively distancing the deck from the

Ace of Spades for the entire length of his body and

securing it by the entire weight of his body. Under

these impossible conditions, you cause the selected

card to magically appear underneath the spectators

foot, and the Ace of Spades - previously under-

neath their foot, appears upside down inside the

deck.

PROCEDURES; The crooked deck is placed

inside the card box as shown in Ill. 1, along with

one regular card. (The regular card is used to

create the impression that the deck you are using is

regular, before you magically transform the deck

into it's crooked state.) I usually use the 6 of

Spades, because this card looks particularly weird

once it is crooked. Place the matching crooked 6

of Spades on the bottom of the deck, and put the

regular Ace of Spades on top of the deck before

placing the cards into the box.

COMMENTS: One of my favorite performers of

all time is the great Irv Weiner, a.k.a. Mr. Fingers.

Irv performed the genesis of this effect during one

of his college performances of the late '70's. Stylis-

tically, Irv had a profound impact on me, as he

performed the type of magic I always wanted to

perform. Essentially, it seemed as if he used no

props, and yet he still drew standing ovations from

an auditorium full of people. Another aspect of his

style I admired was his warm, personable attitude

both on stage and off. In my eyes, he was not only

a great magician, but a great person as well.

I've changed key elements of the effect and presen-

tation; but I want to thank Irv for giving me permis-

sion to print the concept which was originally

conceived by him. All in all, it's a very commercial,

'packs small, plays big' kind of effect. I like the

addition of the crooked deck, but of course, it can

be done with a regular deck, just as Irv used.

The left hand removes the deck from your inside

coat pocket, and the cards are apparently removed

from the box as shown in Ill. 2 - 4. I begin by

producing the regular card in one of two ways,

depending on the situation, and what other effects

I've already shown the audience. Both begin by

classic palming the regular card in the right hand.

One way I might produce the card is to seemingly

produce it from the bottom of my shoe, or I might

back palm it, and produce it visibly at the finger-

tips. The main objective here is to show the card

as being 'normal', so that the assumption is the

rest of the cards are 'normal.'

"Whenever someone selects a card, let's say,

for example, the Six of Spades, and I produce

it magically, there is the temptation to assume

that I must be using a trick deck of cards."

This is said after I have apparently removed the

cards from the box, and placed the box into my

right coat pocket. After displaying the Six, I place

it onto the face of the deck, on top of the crooked

Six of Spades.

The crooked deck is simply held in the left hand as

you would hold a normal deck. I've found that in

any Parlour situation, where there is any distance

between yourself and the audience at all, there is

no problem in getting away with the notion that the

deck is anything but normal. As soon as the

regular Six is placed onto the face, it is once again

classic palmed in the right hand, as you say, "But

that isn't true, because the U.S. Playing Card

Company doesn't make crooked decks." The

right hand then goes into the right coat pocket to

remove the card box, leaving the regular Six

behind as you do so. The whole point of going

after the box, of course, is to allow you to ditch the

regular Six immediately after you've used it to

convey the idea that the rest of the deck is 'nor-

mal. ' As soon as you show the box, return it to

the right coat pocket.

"However, I do make crooked decks. All I

have to do is push, and the entire deck be-

comes crooked. Of course, the cards are

normal - they're just crooked. You sir, you

look like you are familiar with crooked decks,

would you mind coming up and confirming

that these cards are just as they appear to

be?" Ill. 5 and 6 shows the process of pushing

the deck into it's crooked position. Notice that the

Six of Spades will still be on the bottom, implying

that the card they just saw as normal, is now

crooked.

150 pound card trick, and that this card,

which I keep on the bottom of my foot, is

called the 150 pound card. No, it isn't your

card, it's the Ace of Spades. That wasn't

your card was it? No? Of course not, be-

cause it was on the bottom of my foot. But

now, I'd like you to stand on this card with

YOUR left foot. Now, slowly raise your right

foot. See, that now places 150 pounds of

pressure on the Ace of Spades. Hence, the

name of this card trick."

The actions which follow these words will be

pretty obvious. After controlling the selected card

to the bottom of the deck, simply top palm the Ace

of Spades into the right hand, and pretend to pluck

it from the bottom of your left foot. As you show

the Ace of Spades, get a break below the bottom

card, which will be the selection, and place the

Ace of Spades onto it for a moment, before

picking up the double, and placing the two cards

as one, face up on top of the deck. Ill. 7. Turn

the double over, and carefully place the selected

card on the floor, and have the spectator stand on

the card.

After bringing the person up, and having him

introduce himself, have the deck examined and

confirmed as being 'normal', in spite of their

crooked nature. "It doesn't matter which card

we use at this point, so look closely at the

cards, pull out any card you want, and show it

to the rest of the audience while I'm not

looking."

As soon as the card is selected and returned to the

deck, perform the Hofzinser Spread Control to

move the card to the bottom of the deck. "Fine.

Now, you may be wondering why I asked you

to help out with this particular effect. The

answer is simple, and it has to do with your

weight. How much, approximately, do you

weigh? 150 pounds! That's perfect! It just

so happens, that this card trick is called the

From this point, you will need to get the Ace of

Spades reversed in the center of the deck, which is

possible in a number of ways. Probably the

simplest way is to get a break below the Ace, and

undercut half of the card, and place them face up

on top of the Ace. Then openly reverse the cards

below the break, and you will have the Ace re-

versed in the center of the deck. To cover this

action, I usually say, "The other night I asked

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