Steve Friedberg
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Posted: Sep 18, 2004 10:25 pm
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So, I'm doing some card work at a benefit today, when a most disagreeable fellow comes up. I go into Daley's Last Trick and he walks away...only to come back as I start to do a Card to Wallet with a kid spectator (my premise was that if he could find his card in three choices from the deck, I'd give him $10...which gave me the cover for bringing out the wallet). He says loudly, "the card's on top of the deck! the card's on top!"
With $10 already riding on it, I say, "sir, I'll bet you $5 it's not." He replies, "I don't have it, but the card's on top! I'll bet you $100!," and starts to walk away again.
I replied, "I'm glad you don't have it, 'cause I think you'd lose," and turn over the top card. He moves on...and the trick continued. The kid didn't get the money, but did get a signed deck to keep as a souvenir, which was my intention all along.
I laughed about it with several folks who saw the whole thing; on balance, I think I handled it pretty well. I played along with him, working him into the patter without dismissing him out of hand. We'll see how the next one goes.
Cheers,
Steve
"A trick does not fool the eyes, but fools the brain." -- John Mulholland
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daffydoug
Eternal Order
Look mom! I've got
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Posted: Sep 21, 2004 12:46 am
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Sounds like you handled this one real smooth!
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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Steve Friedberg
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Posted: Sep 21, 2004 02:08 am
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Doug:
It does me no good to get into it with him...the crowd is with me, anyway, and I lose them if I try to assert my superiority over him. Besides, last time I checked....magic is supposed to be fun.
Cheers,
Steve
"A trick does not fool the eyes, but fools the brain." -- John Mulholland
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Avrakdavra
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The Pine Tree State, USA
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Posted: Sep 21, 2004 01:07 pm
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Skillfully done...did you find yourself responding spontaneously, or did you stop for a moment and consider your tactics?
B. Stephen Freedberg
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Steve Friedberg
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Posted: Sep 22, 2004 12:47 am
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I definitely thought it through for a moment; impromptu reactions invariably get you in trouble.
(Nice name, btw.)
Cheers,
Steve
"A trick does not fool the eyes, but fools the brain." -- John Mulholland
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Avrakdavra
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The Pine Tree State, USA
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Posted: Sep 22, 2004 12:43 pm
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Yeah, ditto.
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Rodentia
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Southern California
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Posted: Feb 2, 2022 05:30 am
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I've only ever been heckled once, was in front of a big crowd eating fire and someone yelled that "they'd seen it before" when I repeated a move as a transition to something else..I ignored them and kept going, working to the rest of the crowd and all went fine..Recently someone in an audience figured out a punch line before I got to it, I laughed and told him he stole my joke and it was unfair, I made it all in fun and he and everyone laughed..
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Good to here.