Docc Hilford - Cards Cairo, Ultimate Magic eBooks Collection
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//-->A JourneyThrough the Past,Presentand FutureHeft:is apieceofapparentfortune-tellingthatiscosytodo andcompletelybaffles any audience!Effect: The1I:ICCSofthreeover-sizedC,ardsofC,airo9as tbeseil1\porta~tfeatures:••Everything is entirelyself containedNothing is switchedThe predictio n sareactuallysealedtothecar d sThe predicti onswerewrit tenbefore theshowThepr e d i ct i on NEVERlea ves the backofthecar dThere is absolu te l y NOFORCING-Eve r y choic eiscompletely freeThe spectatorcan examinea cardifsh ewishe sSoeasy, you'lldoit inyournextshow!cards areshowntotheaudience. YouC~plain that everyonewilllakeu mysticaljourney fromthepast,throughthe presentand intothefuture.Thetripbeganinthepastwhenyouwrote threepredictionsaboutHspectator andscaledthemunderplastic tothebacksor each card.+••AspectatorchoosesahICC-UPcard. Thecard isturnedaroundandthe pre-diction says,"YOUWILLCHOOSEll-USCARDFrRST!".Itevengoeson tosay somethingaboutthespectator'future.Everyonethinksit'sajoke, allthepredictionsmustsaythesamethingBut,when thesecond cardischosenthepredic-lionstatesUUlt."TI-llSCARDWILLBEPICKEDSECOND!"Thefinal card'spredictionprognos-ticates thatitwillbethe lastchoiceofthespectator!Allthreeprediction are100%correcl!•arS<1afroDoee~ilfordAn amazingjourney through time,wherethe past, presentandfuture arerevealed.Stagesize, easyto doandselfcontained.••Thepredictionsarecorrectabouttheorderthecardswerechosen,andtheadditionalinformation about thespectator'st'atcendsthejourneysomewhereinthenear future.If you'veeverwanted toadd a bitofmystical fortune-telling to your show,thistrick willhavepeoplebelieving YOllcanseeinto theirfuture!DaceCo.-10275 CollinsAve.#8 24 BolHarbour,FL33154-eoektoil@st is.netEF F ECT,Youareabouttotake youraudience on amentalexcursio n from thepast,throughthepresent1.1Ilintothefuture.dSelectavolunteer fromthe gathered crowd.Here. ayoungwoman will bethesubject.Three over-sizedplaying cards aredisplayed on atable leaningagainstglasses.TheyaretheThree ofClubs,theKing of Spades and the Six ofHearts.Eachcardisstandingface-outagainsta glass. You explainthatwhen the journeybeganseveraldaysago,youselectedthreeparticularcardstorthesubject.Youhavewrittenthreepredictions11separateplccesor paper andsealed itunder aplastic filmonthe backofcadicard.Thiswaythepredictionsorthepast cannotbe changed.Tell youraud iencethateveryoneis alreadyathirdoftheway throughthecerebraltrip. Now,in thepresent ,thesubject willmake particularchoicesregarding thecards.Thevoyagewillconcludein the future becauseeach card willrevealsomethingyettohappenfor thesubject.Pust,presentandfuture.'111ewomanisinstructedtolookoverthecurdsandopenly indicateone ofthem,She selectstheKing of Spades.Thecardishanded to herundshereadswhatis writtenonthebackofthecard."Youwillchcceet.hlecard,"itreads."And a King telle thatgoodhealthif>eureto behad."Theaudience ,aswellas thesubjectgelthe joke.Allthreecards must havethesamething writtenonthem.But,youcontinue with the demonstration. Thesubjectindicat esasecondchoice.This time she choosestheSixof Diamonds.Onthebackofthecurdis written,"Second.youwilleelect-thi~car·a... anaDlamond~meanetherelemore money11tteway."Thesubjectisbothsurprisedandhappyabouttheprediction,111Cfinalcard isturnedaround andread."Youwillpickthi~caraIaet,..,anatheThreeofCtubeehcwea newjoyoftjf~willbeycure.'anycardfit the position it wasselected.NOTES:There aresome subtle,yet strong point" inthepresentation.First,theplastic film isontheback of the card sotheerasable marker will,in fact,erase,Yousellit asabonus, awayto keepthemessage frombeing altered!ItalsomakescertainthatthepredictionpapercouldnotbeswitchedaroundtorIIdiffe ren tcard,Itis affixedto a particularcard.Although,inthe lightorreason itmakes littlesense, thisisastrongpoint in the mindsofUteaudience.The way the prediction iswordeddoes two very importantthings.Itbreakstipthestructure ofthe sentence sothe altering words don'tappearat thebeginning orendofUte sentence,a.d it makesitseemas if theaddedinformationispartof thenprediction!¥ou'llget creditfor writing a detailedprediction, whenactua lly theaddedinformationisNOTpartoftheprediction.Thelinking word«and"combinestheprediction ofthe choice with Utepredictionabout thesubjectsfuture.This isVERYstrongaswellasconvincing. Naming thecardinthepredictionsugges tstothesubject'ssubconsciousthat anycardcouldhuve beenchosenadthe predictionwas writtennbefore the three cardswere takenbo thelargedeck.Havin g thepredicti onwrittenonomaseparatepieceofpaperandsealedtoUtecard'sbacksaysthat the predictionswerewrittenfirstandthe cardgotten tomatchthepredictions!Thispsychologicalploysellsmthe trickmuchharderUHifThe verbineachmessage isdifferent also."Cheese", "eelect"and"pick"imply that eachstatement is uniqueand cannotbealtered,However,U1CYallmean, ofcourse,thesamething.Th waythecardsare named inthepredict ionisimportanttoo.eInoneprediction,onlythesuitisnamed.Inanother,only thevalueisrevealed.Inthethirdprediction both thesuitundvalue arenamed,Thereisalso abuilt intheatricalpacein this trick.TIle first prediction seemscomicalto theaudience. Theythink they'vefiguredoutthe method(ifitcanbecalledamethodat thispoint),Yet,whenthesecondprediction is read,thepace quickensuntilthe finale' :Cards of Cairo hasbuiltincomedy, drama andsuspense, plusan easytofollow plotas well aslarge(packab le) props.Whatmorecouldonedesireina quicktrick?A young,up-and-comin gperformer,Johnny Todd,suggests varyingthepositionofthekeywords,Hehastwocardsstartwith thekeyword"S econd",andonecard beginwiththe key word "Laet.": Ofcoursethischangehas noeffect onthe first cardchosen,but it creates astrangevariation inthesecondand finulchoices.For example,tilt:cards may nowread:"S econdyouwillpickthe .. ..' And "Leet;youwilleelect;the .. ."Johnnyfeelsthis reallyprovesthe predictionsarcalldifferentandcan'tbealtered.Clever.CARE:Because erasable inkcaneventua lly dye tile plasticfilm if leftontoolong,itisadvisable todeanoffthecanis afterc:.v~ryperformance, and re-write thewordsSecondandlastbeforeeachshow. Otherthan that thesecards shouldlastalifetime.TIle pencan be replacedwithanystandard erasabl epens.EnjoyJOaNN)' TODD'S'fir:Themessagesonthe backsof each postcardaredesigned to appearunique,howevertheyallsayessentially thesamething.Partof eachambiguous messageISwritten inpenmmentinkandsealed Widerthe plasticfilm.Two selectwordsoftheMETHOO:':'f....':":~" " :;:;'AA:);:illr;" ~:' :: ::~.'*" ':';::AAmessage arewritten in dryerasablemarkeron thefilm.By;::T:i.t¥&44~t.P.~:~:I"~;lli®WPerasingoneorbothofthegimmick wordsfrom the messa ge{f&.WM&J::{.,.@.":Mn}.:~f\Wt,withyourlhwnbasyoutum thecardsaround, the content.j~j~I~":~ECOND'#~1~~:isaltered..;1::,::'1\ttl!YOUWILLPIC K"'ql1~iOnthree piecesofpaper. witha felt-tippedpen,THISCAR D l"SlANDAKING1ELLS.::twrite:·'(BLANK), youwillchcceethiecard (BLANK)".Startanotherlinewith:"and,. ,(each ofthe messages!~:sssH1\TGOOD.-:'l:+Wil;:lii.t .mW~':":':1 1BEHAD·</~t%:i.Hand~~alltWith the plastic.5HEALT~~t1t.~above )." .Put.thepapers?n the backsofeachmatchingcardThe word'Secondandlostwill lit in Ole blanks:,:::::,:"x:x:::-:::'Y~'~"',>y~:~,attilt:beginningand endofthe first lineandbe writteninerasable marker.Inperformance,byerasingboth wordsyouhaveastatementthatreflectsthefirstchoice.Thiscard""lll!2lll!2:iS!2:iS!lll!2lll!2'"isclean ofaprepara tionandcanbeexaminedminutely.nyByerasingthe wordlastand leaving thewordSecond,the message reflectsthesecondchoice.'ntis cardcannotbesafelyhandledbythespectator,butbecausethe first oneWiJ:-;handledthere is nothingsuspiciousinyouholdingthe postcard forher to read.ErasethewordSecondund leavethewordfaston thefinalcurd. Thisindicatesthecardthatwould he chosen last.This card is ulsonotsafe toh,1I1dout.ThisishowtomakeAi.II.\
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