Magic Tricks

I performed this effect along with my regular close-up repertoire in a formal setting at the world famous Magic Castle a couple of weeks ago.

I introduced the prop as a low-tech, portable dry erase marker board with a handy little handle to reach for it from a shirt pocket for those last minute shopping items or to write the number of a young lady I might meet in a bar.

I told my audiences that I had an invisible midget hidden assistant beneath the table that handled all of the dirty work for me. I performed the "X" routine, did the marker reappearance and closed with the Name Game which blew them all away.

At the conclusion of the effect, I dropped the marker and paddle on the table for examination. One of my spectators signed the paddle and asked me to do it again with her personal signature. Need I say more? I took her up on the challenge and repeated many of the same visual antics which only served to finish them all off.

One of the regular professionals told me that he never would have ever believed in his life that a magician could get so much mileage and entertainment out of a mere "paddle" effect which forced him to reconsider his preconceived notions about the subject matter.