SOME PHILOSPHY AND TIPS
NEW CARDS - Jimmy always liked to use new cards. He felt that they were better to handle than cards that were all soiled. They were slicker and much more presentable. Tricks were actually easier to do with them.
HAND LOTION: For dry hands Jimmy would use "Cornhuskers" lotion. He would always carry a bottle around in his car. A little dab of this lotion and your hands are in perfect shape for card and coin handling.
"Chamberlins" is another good hand ointment that will give you that feather touch. Jimmy didn't use this as much as
"Cornhuskers".
PALMING: Jimmy would drop his hand to his side for a few moments to allow the blood to flow fully in each finger. He felt that the hand and finger would be easier to use.
VARIATION: Jimmy would do many tricks by using different methods.
Just when someone was getting an idea of the effect, Jimmy would
repeat it using an entirely different method. His theory was to
vary the presentation and the method, completely throwing everyone
off the correct method.
CARD ESCAPES FROM CASE UNDER THE TABLE
Effect: Jimmy would have someone shuffle a deck of cards and
then select a card. He would put the cards into the case and put
them under the table and have spectator hold them in their hand.
Jimmy would put his hands on the box and pull the selected card
from the box. The spectator could then look through the cards to
see that there were not any duplicate cards.
Method: Jimmy would force the selected card by means of either
the table force, the spread force or a peak force. Just prior to
performing the effect he would place a duplicate deck of cards in
his lap that would have the value of the selected card on top of
the deck, with the outside flap tucked into the case, just under
the proposed card. Jimmy would simply switch the decks in
the act of positioning the deck under the table as he handed it to
a spectator. He then would ask the spectator to concentrate on
his card. Jimmy then would reach over the spectator's hands and
pull out the duplicate of the selected card from under the flap.
CARD FROM MOUTH
Effect: This was a marvelous effec that Jimmy saved for special
audiences. He did this great effect on the Merv Griffin Show. He
would have the spectator select and write his name on the face of
a card. He would have the spectaor shuffle the deck. Jimmy would
place the deck inside of his mouth for a second. He would remove
the deck and suddenly on the tip of his lips and tongue would be
the selected card, folded into eight sections.
Method: Jimmy would have a card selected and signed on the face
by a spectator. Depending on the conditions, would determine how
Jimmy would steal the card from the deck. After bringing the card
to the top of the deck, Jimmy would sometimes have the spectator
shuffle and cut the cards three times. As he handed the deck to
the spectator, he would palm off the top card via the one hand top
palm.
In the pretense of watching the spectator shuffle cards, he
would fold the selected card in half, in half again and then in
half the other way. He would or adjust his chair and put the card
into a left finger palm position. He would then ask the spectator
for the cards. He would the put the deck into the left hand on
top the finger palmed card. He would hold the deck with e face on
the left thumb, folded card under the thumb.
Jimmy would then talk of how he will find the card in a
different manner. "Not with my hands, but with my teeth and mouth
and I will fold the card eight times." Even though it was really
on folded three times to yield eight sections.
He would then open his mouth to nonchalantly have you inspect
it. The immdediately place the deck and selected card into his
mouth. The deck would be face down, and the selected card on his
tongue. He would leave the selected card in his mouth and bring
the rest of the deck to the lips and riffle the cards on them.
Jimmy would then immediately remove the deck, pause about two
seconds and then project the folded card on his lips. He would
set the deck down and then unfold the selected card.
Jimmy would then say that the card would not be wet because his
saliva would dry immediately.
Since the deck now had a destroyed card gave Jimmy an excuse to
bring another deck from his pocket. This deck could be a set up
deck and he would go into a mind reading routine.
SET UP DECK ROUTINE
Effect: Jimmy would shuffle the deck a few times and then have
someone cut the deck on the table, complete the cut and have
someone select a card. He would then reveal the card by having
the spectator look at the side of Jimmy's face.
He would sometimes have a person take four, five and even more
cards, mix them and hand each one to other spaectators. Jimmy
would then reveal them one at a time.
Method: The set-up deck is the method. Jimmy liked the
following eight-kings arrangement. I showed Jimmy my Jack-ass
arrangement, which he did like and I used since I was 12 years
old. I learned my arrangement from John Mullholland's Book of
Magic. Either set up will work fine.
eight king three ten two seven nine five queen four ace six jack
or
Eight kings threatened to save ninety-five ladies for one sick
knave.
The order of suits is as follows: hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades.
The other set up which I preferred is:
jack ace eight five three king ten two six seven four nine queen
or
jackass ate live tree, king intend to fix seven for benign queen.
After the spectator would take a card he would cut the deck
above the selected card,and bring that portion to the bottom. He
would then glimpse the bottom card, which would prompt the chosen
card.
The glimpse was generally taken when Jimmy would hold the deck
by his left hand, perpendicular to the floor. In the act of
gesturing to look at his face, he would see the bottom card.
When a spectator would take a clump of cards, he had to make
sure that the cards were all in sequence together. The
misdirection of having the spectator shuffle the cards destroyed
the arrangement. After revealing the first card, he would simply
reveal each other card by knowing the value of the previous one
revealed.
Notes: This effect is great especially after you have been
working at a table for a while and you get up to leave. It is a
simple matter of switching decks by putting the deck into your
jacket side pocket, and then saying, "I have just one more think
to show you." At this point you bring out the set up deck. Jimmy
could tell which pack was the set up deck by feel. He would
remove all plastic wrapping and always have the top card tucked
over the card case flap.
CARD CAPTURED BETWEEN TO FACE UP ACES OR KINGS
Effect: Spectator selects card and Jimmy removes either two
aces or two kings. Spectator returns the card into the deck and
then Jimmy hands the spectator the aces, in this example. He asks
to have them returned face up in different positions in the pack
which is face down on the table. After squaring the pack, Jimmy
spreads it once again face down to show that the two cards are
together with one card face down sandwiched between them. It is
the selected card.
Method: The selected card is brought to the fifth position,face
down from the top of the deck, after the card is returned and
controlled to the top. You can overhand shuffle, or riffle
shuffle to accomplish this.
The spectator is now asked to place the cards face up together
in the deck, without any cards in between them. The cards are
spread from the left hand to the right, but the fifth card is
brought farther to the right and held under the cards being
spread, so that all of the reat of them are added to the first
four. Upon finding the first face up card it is pushed out a
little to reveal it. The deck is seperated at this point and the
second adjacent face up card is revealed. The right fingers
simply push the slected card under the first face up card, and the
right hand portion of the deck is added above the left hand
portion. The deck is squared and then spread on the table to show
that the two face up cards have captured the selected card.
Second part: The spectator is handed the two cards
and asked to put them face up into different parts of the deck.
The cards are gathered and squared and then spread from the left
hand to the right to show that the aces are in different portions
of the pack.
NEW CARDS - Jimmy always liked to use new cards. He felt that they were better to handle than cards that were all soiled. They were slicker and much more presentable. Tricks were actually easier to do with them.
HAND LOTION: For dry hands Jimmy would use "Cornhuskers" lotion. He would always carry a bottle around in his car. A little dab of this lotion and your hands are in perfect shape for card and coin handling.
"Chamberlins" is another good hand ointment that will give you that feather touch. Jimmy didn't use this as much as
"Cornhuskers".
PALMING: Jimmy would drop his hand to his side for a few moments to allow the blood to flow fully in each finger. He felt that the hand and finger would be easier to use.
VARIATION: Jimmy would do many tricks by using different methods.
Just when someone was getting an idea of the effect, Jimmy would
repeat it using an entirely different method. His theory was to
vary the presentation and the method, completely throwing everyone
off the correct method.
CARD ESCAPES FROM CASE UNDER THE TABLE
Effect: Jimmy would have someone shuffle a deck of cards and
then select a card. He would put the cards into the case and put
them under the table and have spectator hold them in their hand.
Jimmy would put his hands on the box and pull the selected card
from the box. The spectator could then look through the cards to
see that there were not any duplicate cards.
Method: Jimmy would force the selected card by means of either
the table force, the spread force or a peak force. Just prior to
performing the effect he would place a duplicate deck of cards in
his lap that would have the value of the selected card on top of
the deck, with the outside flap tucked into the case, just under
the proposed card. Jimmy would simply switch the decks in
the act of positioning the deck under the table as he handed it to
a spectator. He then would ask the spectator to concentrate on
his card. Jimmy then would reach over the spectator's hands and
pull out the duplicate of the selected card from under the flap.
CARD FROM MOUTH
Effect: This was a marvelous effec that Jimmy saved for special
audiences. He did this great effect on the Merv Griffin Show. He
would have the spectator select and write his name on the face of
a card. He would have the spectaor shuffle the deck. Jimmy would
place the deck inside of his mouth for a second. He would remove
the deck and suddenly on the tip of his lips and tongue would be
the selected card, folded into eight sections.
Method: Jimmy would have a card selected and signed on the face
by a spectator. Depending on the conditions, would determine how
Jimmy would steal the card from the deck. After bringing the card
to the top of the deck, Jimmy would sometimes have the spectator
shuffle and cut the cards three times. As he handed the deck to
the spectator, he would palm off the top card via the one hand top
palm.
In the pretense of watching the spectator shuffle cards, he
would fold the selected card in half, in half again and then in
half the other way. He would or adjust his chair and put the card
into a left finger palm position. He would then ask the spectator
for the cards. He would the put the deck into the left hand on
top the finger palmed card. He would hold the deck with e face on
the left thumb, folded card under the thumb.
Jimmy would then talk of how he will find the card in a
different manner. "Not with my hands, but with my teeth and mouth
and I will fold the card eight times." Even though it was really
on folded three times to yield eight sections.
He would then open his mouth to nonchalantly have you inspect
it. The immdediately place the deck and selected card into his
mouth. The deck would be face down, and the selected card on his
tongue. He would leave the selected card in his mouth and bring
the rest of the deck to the lips and riffle the cards on them.
Jimmy would then immediately remove the deck, pause about two
seconds and then project the folded card on his lips. He would
set the deck down and then unfold the selected card.
Jimmy would then say that the card would not be wet because his
saliva would dry immediately.
Since the deck now had a destroyed card gave Jimmy an excuse to
bring another deck from his pocket. This deck could be a set up
deck and he would go into a mind reading routine.
SET UP DECK ROUTINE
Effect: Jimmy would shuffle the deck a few times and then have
someone cut the deck on the table, complete the cut and have
someone select a card. He would then reveal the card by having
the spectator look at the side of Jimmy's face.
He would sometimes have a person take four, five and even more
cards, mix them and hand each one to other spaectators. Jimmy
would then reveal them one at a time.
Method: The set-up deck is the method. Jimmy liked the
following eight-kings arrangement. I showed Jimmy my Jack-ass
arrangement, which he did like and I used since I was 12 years
old. I learned my arrangement from John Mullholland's Book of
Magic. Either set up will work fine.
eight king three ten two seven nine five queen four ace six jack
or
Eight kings threatened to save ninety-five ladies for one sick
knave.
The order of suits is as follows: hearts, clubs, diamonds, spades.
The other set up which I preferred is:
jack ace eight five three king ten two six seven four nine queen
or
jackass ate live tree, king intend to fix seven for benign queen.
After the spectator would take a card he would cut the deck
above the selected card,and bring that portion to the bottom. He
would then glimpse the bottom card, which would prompt the chosen
card.
The glimpse was generally taken when Jimmy would hold the deck
by his left hand, perpendicular to the floor. In the act of
gesturing to look at his face, he would see the bottom card.
When a spectator would take a clump of cards, he had to make
sure that the cards were all in sequence together. The
misdirection of having the spectator shuffle the cards destroyed
the arrangement. After revealing the first card, he would simply
reveal each other card by knowing the value of the previous one
revealed.
Notes: This effect is great especially after you have been
working at a table for a while and you get up to leave. It is a
simple matter of switching decks by putting the deck into your
jacket side pocket, and then saying, "I have just one more think
to show you." At this point you bring out the set up deck. Jimmy
could tell which pack was the set up deck by feel. He would
remove all plastic wrapping and always have the top card tucked
over the card case flap.
CARD CAPTURED BETWEEN TO FACE UP ACES OR KINGS
Effect: Spectator selects card and Jimmy removes either two
aces or two kings. Spectator returns the card into the deck and
then Jimmy hands the spectator the aces, in this example. He asks
to have them returned face up in different positions in the pack
which is face down on the table. After squaring the pack, Jimmy
spreads it once again face down to show that the two cards are
together with one card face down sandwiched between them. It is
the selected card.
Method: The selected card is brought to the fifth position,face
down from the top of the deck, after the card is returned and
controlled to the top. You can overhand shuffle, or riffle
shuffle to accomplish this.
The spectator is now asked to place the cards face up together
in the deck, without any cards in between them. The cards are
spread from the left hand to the right, but the fifth card is
brought farther to the right and held under the cards being
spread, so that all of the reat of them are added to the first
four. Upon finding the first face up card it is pushed out a
little to reveal it. The deck is seperated at this point and the
second adjacent face up card is revealed. The right fingers
simply push the slected card under the first face up card, and the
right hand portion of the deck is added above the left hand
portion. The deck is squared and then spread on the table to show
that the two face up cards have captured the selected card.
Second part: The spectator is handed the two cards
and asked to put them face up into different parts of the deck.
The cards are gathered and squared and then spread from the left
hand to the right to show that the aces are in different portions
of the pack.
As the cards are moved with the left thumb, the fifth card
(the selected card) is pushed under the first four cards and
pulled farther under the right hand packet with the right middle
finger. The left hand maintains a steady stream of pushing the
cards into the right hand, above the selected card. Upon reaching
the first face up card, the card is pushed under the selected card
and the spread continues. Upon reaching the second face up card,
the deck is seperated and the card is pushed out somewhat to show
it. The balance of the deck is now placed under the cards in the
right hand. The two face up cards now have the selected card
sandwiched between them.
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