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STICKS & STONES NUMBER 3

A leaflet for the left hand

BLUE ISSUE

This issue isn't True Blue. You'll find nothing dangerously Dionysian

here. However, you may find out the true color of your nose,

stockings, or whatever.

A trend may be starting. As the so-called sexual revolution

continues its spin, fewer people remain shocked or offended by Blue

material. The crude and lewd have become staple items. Porn is

everywhere and we've all seen the movies, books, magazines, and

live shows. The full moon in lover's lane has Enovid written across

it. Teenagers yawn at stuff that jailed Ralph Ginzburg. Lenny Bruce

and Harry Reems are folk heroes. Porn's lingo is media

meter...tongues wag... heads move to & fro... the incessant tsk-tsk

of society is syncopated to the shake-shake of you-know-what! And

the beat goes on...

Magicdom is not immune. Chaos magazine (Canada) was ahead of

its time. Young Judy Carter--magic lady with her celery stalk--is in

our time. Frances Marshall, one of magicdom's true sweethearts,

has published Bar Room Balloons and admits it's "slightly X-rated."

Not true. Urinating water dogs aren't Blue. Kids won't be offended.

They will laugh instead. Just imagine... a few years ago Magic Inc.

received some indignant letters concerning "Boy Meets Girl"--a

marketed packet trick which used sex symbol cards.

The new book titled The Shiels Effect by Niacail O'Siaghail is

actually X-rated on its cover. Its contents, however, aren't really

Blue. Besides pubic hair has gone public. Who cares if it's in

context? One needs an eyeful to say a mouthful. One needs to know

before he can "no"...

Vulgarisms have started to sneak into our prose. Magic In The

Morris Manor and Bob Little's Blue Ribbon Lecture use the term

"asshole". Gospel magicians may recoil, but all this is mild stuff.

Perhaps the magic marketplace is ready for raunchier stuff? Maybe

not. Think about it. Magic has always been an upright art, a good

clean hobby. LePaul called it "an idealistic fantasy" and it's always

been free from smut. Poking a silk into a tube shouldn't be

suggestive. Making a rope rigid shouldn't be inadvertent symbolism.

The finger-chopper shouldn't have Freudian overtones...

Magic has always had a seductive quality. Women are intrigued.

Men say, "I'd hate to play cards with you!" Women say (or think),

"What other tricks do you know?" Tyros can read Sex and the Single

Magician or heed Bob Little's advice: "Try a little flirting and see the

effect... caress objects..." The back room and bar room move into

the drawing room.

David A. Wright submits a card item to Pabular (June-1975, Vol. 1-

No. 10) called "Elmsley Out-Sexed". He took Elmsley's Four-Card

Trick and created a different approach: cuteness coupled with

sexual innuendo "aimed at attractive young ladies in the audience

for obvious reasons." Perhaps it's time to revamp all the classics,

adding bawdy patter and saucier plots?

The following routine was developed after studying Wright's dubious

effect. My purposes were satirical; however, when I performed this

version for magicians, they wanted copies for their files. Some

wanted to buy the effect, assuming it was a dealer item. One

magician uses it regularly in his close-up work. (He works at a

famous Chicago night spot.)

Wright Wronged

REQUISITES

(1) Four red-backed blank cards; (2) One blue-backed blank card;

(3) A sheet of adhesive letters such as Letraset.

On the back of a red-backed blank print C-L-I-M-A-X. On its face

print SEX. On the face of the blue-backer print QUEER. Set these

cards in the following order from face to back: blank-SEX card-

QUEER card-blank-blank.

WORKING

1) Place the cards face-down in your left hand. Execute an Elmsley

Count. Thumb off the uppermost two cards into your right hand,

flash their blank faces, and duck them underneath the cards in your

left hand. Patter: "Have you ever had your mind read ? Well, these

are mind-reading cards... That's why they're red. (Groan) When I

say that most people give me a blank look... which is why these

cards are blank..."

2) Flip the cards face-up and Elmsley Count them to show all

blanks. Patter: "I want you to make your mind blank as well...

(Most laymen will say, "This should be easy...)... Think of any

number between five and seven!"

3) Explain that one of the blank cards will print his thought; that he

should concentrate. Here you deal the cards face-up onto the table,

holding the last two as one. The face of this double-card will have

SEX printed on it. Grasp this double-card with your right hand,

holding it from above and by the ends. Drop it onto the tabled

blanks. Pick up all the cards and place them face-up in your left

hand. Allow the appearance of the SEX card to sink in as you say,

"Ah yes...you are concentrating on SIX...er...I mean...SEX! At least

I'm close..."

4) Transfer the bottom blank card to the top (face) as you add:

"Keep concentrating on SEX...which I'll place somewhere--if you

pardon the expression—into the spread . Now some like SEX face-

up. Others like it face-down. In this case we'll keep it face-up."

5) Give the cards another Elmsley Count. The SEX card will show up

during the count. Say, "But if you try too hard, SEX becomes

elusive. The harder you try, the harder it becomes..." Give the

cards another Elmsley Count and they'll appear to be blank. The

SEX card has apparently disappeared.

6) Say, "Now here's the QUEER part..." Execute another Elmsley

Count and the QUEER card will appear. Place the last card (a blank)

on the bottom, leaving the QUEER card on top (face). Look at the

audience and say, "What's the matter? Hasn't anyone heard of a

SEX CHANGE?"

7) Smile and say, "Now here's anyone's favorite part!" Here execute

a four-card turnover, using the Buckle or Push-off techniques, thus

disclosing the apparent back of the QUEER card which has C-L-I-M-

A-X printed on it. Finish the patter line with: "...the climax!"

8) Repeat the four-card turnover and deal the QUEER card face-up

onto the table. At this point you can place the remaining cards in

your pocket. If you wish to "prove" anything, then hold the cards

face-up in your left hand. Your right thumb and fingers hold the

right longitudinal side of the packet. Your left thumb peels off the

face card. Next your right thumb does a 2-card push-off as your left

thumb easily peels off both cards as one. Your right hand places the

remaining card under the rest. Turn the cards face-down and repeat

the above actions. You have apparently shown both sides of all

three cards (?). The whole action should be done quickly and

casually.

For the kicker, say: "If you didn't like the SEX part or the QUEER

part or the ever-popular CLIMAX, will you settle for a BLUE JOB ?"

Here you turn over the tabled QUEER card to disclose its BLUE back.

As you quickly scoop up the cards, three things are happening:

(1) The older fellows are chuckling and nudging each other.

(2) The attractive, young girls are coldly silent, assuming that

you're a simple-minded ass.

(3) The young studs, remaining aloof, will be thinking that you're

too old to be doing this kind of thing.

If there's a lampshade nearby, place it on your head. Blow up your

Whoopee Cushion and sit on it yourself. If this doesn't save the day,

explain why semen is white and urine is yellow. ( Answer :

So______can tell whether they're coming or going!

- Jon Racherbaumer, August 20, 1975

Closet Cupid

Can you imagine Gay Libbers protesting the title "The Straight

Gambler"? One might expect anything these days, including the

following modification of a routine credited to Paul Rosini. An

Eastern publisher recently republished this quickie; however, the

obvious use of Tilt somehow eluded those involved in the "repeat".

This version, by the way, was submitted by a well-known cardman

who'll remain nameless.

EFFECT - The King leaves the Queen, finding someone more to his

taste!

WORKING

1) Get customers around the bar to pay attention by shouting: "I

have something queer to show you guys... You may get a bang out

of it!"

2) Thumb through the deck, cutting the JH to the top. Openly cull

the King and Queen of Hearts and drop them face-up on the bar.

3) Place the QH face-up on top of the deck, then flip it face-down.

Place the KH face-down on top of all. Push over the uppermost two

cards and secretly advance the 3rd card (JH) as well. Flip over the

KH as you jokingly remark: "Notice that the King is on top of the

Queen."

4) With the KH face-up on top, your right hand re-squares the deck

from above and by the ends. While doing this get the uppermost

three cards into Tilt position. ( Note : Lower the talon; don't raise the

3-card packet.)

5) Your right fingers remove the face-up KH as you say, "The King

grew tired of the same position... so he sought rear entry into...his

castle..." Here you apparently insert the KH, still face-up, into the

center of the deck. In reality it goes below the top two cards

because of Tilt.

6) Push the KH flush from the back end, but get a break below it.

Flip the top card (QH) face-up, saying: "This flipped the Queen...

who decided to investigate..."

7) As you seem to turn the QH back face-down, execute a Triple

Turnover. Then do a Double Lift and insert both cards (as one) into

the front end of the deck; however, prior to this insertion your left

hand turns palm downwards (or flips the deck) so it's face-up .

Patter: "The Queen goes through the front door of the castle to

catch the King when he sneaks out!"

8) After the card(s) are pushed flush, turn the deck face-down and

say, "Once the Queen entered the castle, what she saw made her

leave quickly... in a twinkling...jiffy...whatever... and she ended on

the roof..." Here you turn the top card face-up to disclose the QH on

top.

9) Look at your audience (Hopefully high) and say, "Perhaps you're

wondering what made her leave in such a hurry?!" Spread the cards

between your hands to disclose the KH face-up in the center.

Patter: "You see...the Queen found the King flat on his back...face-

to-face with some Jack..." Here your right hand lifts its cards to

reveal the JH above the KH. Finish by adding, "... proving that the

King was really a Queen !"

Marginalia: As mentioned earlier, this version is a variation of a Paul

Rosini story--a variation of a Vernon variation, based on an Ellis

Stanyon idea. The use of Tilt, of course, eliminates the unnatural

cutting action after the Queen is already placed in the center of the

deck. Daley often noted who performed a given effect, but seldom

who originated the same effect...

Ding-a-ling Dong

Back in August of 1972 Genii magazine ran the following ad:

The Magic Ding Dong - This is an "X"-rated magic trick for ADULTS

only. You must be over 21 in order to purchase this item. If you are

easily offended then this is NOT for you! We are living in an era

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