Im not bashing you, I just said why I dont do flashy tricks on a regular basis.
O btw, I would love to hear your patter for it.
No problem, I didn't mean bashing I just meant that you made "flashy tricksters" or whatever sound like a bad thing. Clearly these tricks don't really apply to your performance style, but to me they do so we're obviously going to disagree on these tricks.
Anyway, patter for Dan and Dave tricks.
- For the queens, I like to use a story similar to somewhere I read on the forums by Aaron Fisher. The plot is baically you're at the casino and the queens represent a sum of money. You talk about how you are losing money, and then bam, you hit the jackpot and all four queens are back.
- For Swiss made, I basically perform the Time Machine plot by Steve Freeman with the Ace of spades as the time machine. I would usually perform the origonal version of this, and then follow it up by saying, "Watch this time I'll do it face up so you can see what's exactly happening." Clipshift AOS back to the top after the change.
- For Sixty Nine, I talk about how the sixes have been having a pub crawl and have come out legless after 69 pints of Guiness (gotta get the 69 in there somewhere
) Basically, the drunk sixes are dizzy and begin to turn into the nines.
- For Fission for Aces, I talk about the way Nuclear Fission works and the splitting of atoms. Makes me sound like a physicist aswell as a magician lol.
-Autocatch, I don't really refer to it as a magic trick but more as a stunt. I may even get a spectator to "Have a go" to demonstrate how "hard" it is to catch a card in a spring between the two red queens, little do they know the actual trick in order to acheive this.
- For subway, I actually use the name in talking about the secret that subway make their sandwiches.
These are a few ways that I use patter in Dan and Dave's tricks. For some of them like Osh Negash B'gosh, I like to maintain that flourishy style about it. This also applies to a few other like encore and portal. Spectaors don't always need to be told a story in order to enjoy a trick, people are allowed to appreciate a trick for what it is, even if they know it is sleight of hand.
Furthermore to what has been said, I don't not perform a visual effect or sleight just because they may "burn my hands in future." I can deal with a bit of hand watching, you just have to be good enough at misdirection which I use a lot in my performances and routines.
The trilogy was one of the greatest magic and cardistry DVDs I ever bought, hand has given me a very good knowledge of sleights and other sources where I can look at more.
-Ben
