tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7454460510185519221..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Close-UpLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-63103509245254697572023-05-10T13:15:50.972-04:002023-05-10T13:15:50.972-04:00Years ago I went to a corporate event which was he...Years ago I went to a corporate event which was held at a dinner theatre. Before the dinner & the main show, a magician came around to every table & did magic. Nobody could figure out how he did any of it ... it was fascinating!Elizabeth Dearbornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-38818230002307489332023-05-10T12:32:59.781-04:002023-05-10T12:32:59.781-04:00For those at home who follow Penn & Teller Foo...For those at home who follow Penn & Teller <i>Fool Us</i>, the guest magician had his own narrow stand, part booth and part podium. The booth had a string of colored lights (like old-fashioned Christmas bulbs) suspended above the front. <i>But why?</i><br /><br />That was, I'm positive, the key to the magic. I don't recall the remaining particulars, but the trick was already done before the magician set foot on state.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-66388971535228288582023-05-10T12:24:31.734-04:002023-05-10T12:24:31.734-04:00I think this is the first time as an adult I reali...I think this is the first time as an adult I realized how much I missed growing up without television. I was eventually able to bring the name Harry Lorayne to mind, although for the memory practice rather than cards. Just the titles of his books seem magical.<br /><br />I like figuring out tricks, but I enjoy either outcome, deducing the method or being fooled. I felt immense satisfaction grasping how a trick was done when Penn & Teller missed it. (I've derived a rule: Anything unusually odd, out of place, or gratuitous is probably the key to the trick.) Card sleights are the most difficult for me to get, and now I know why.<br /><br />A client assigned a guy to work with me on one of my consulting visits. After hours, when I would normally have dinner and return to the hotel, he told me he was a member of a magic club and invited me to attend. The centerpiece of the evening's show was supposed to be a demonstration of hypnosis, but it went flat when the subject couldn't go under. The best part came from my host himself. His speciality was cards and he had a simple little trick that blew me away. He patiently repeated it as often as I requested, rolling three cards in his hand, which seemingly made the cards do impossible arrangements. No matter how slowly he repeated it, I couldn't see it. Perhaps the cards were gimmicked, I don't know, but it was fun.<br /><br />John Carney… there's an appropriate aptonym.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com