Gordon Bean - Joker Joker

GORDON BEAN'S

TALES FROMTHE LABORATORY oodopeningeffectsarehardto find - evenmoresowhen they'reself-working and leavean examinable deck.llrr,

dcvious method of Gordon's Joker,.loker willbringa smieto yourlip,,, anditsd rect,inexplicable effectwillproduce agaspfromyouraud0n((,. Youstartyourperformance youmustfirstremove bysaying thelok('r,, lrornthedeck.Aftertaking outthefirstone,youdecide to leta spo( l,rl(x lindthenextone-withthecards facedown.Despite having nlrllrlrl, ( h.lnces to stoporrnoveon,andwithouta singlefalsemoveonyorrr1r,rrt, llx]spectator stops ona card.ltsturned over, andisrevealed lo lx,llrr, joker.Nootherjokersarein thedeck,whichmaybeimrrrtilr, sccond rlr,ly oxdrnrned. Aisoincluded is Gordon! TheLosAngeles tl)('no,l Open,perhaps balfling version of theOpenPredictron everreleased. Aftera r,rrrllr,r,, bccnannounced ,r asa predction, andwiththedeckin herown1r,rrrrl,,, slx'(tator deals faceupuntilshewishes cards to stop.(AsinJo(c{/o(rr, slt'rnay goin(l always change hermindatthelastmoment andkeep )Al llralnointshedeals l a card facedown. 1,ri thendeals therestofthecarrls up Iheopeny predicted carddoesnotshowandthespectator hor\{'ll rprr,,xls thedeckto checkthatthe cardsheleftfacedownis llrr, ,urrrxrnc edone.Theperformer never touches thecards fromfirstto lasl AlfanSfaight,authorol Ihe JamuFile,saidthiswas:"Wondertd! As cleanasit canget."

JOKER, JOKER EFFECI:Themagrcian takesout the first joker from a deck by openly looking throughthe facesof ihe cards.Batches of cardsare removedas manytlmesas desired unt I a spectatorsensesthe nrc<e.reof -he secondioker which will alwaysappearr ght on cue.

Keepingits undersde hidden.stickthe a coupleof inchesinto the double-joker front of the deck,aboutfivecardsfrom the bottom (Fiq.2).

JOK E RJOK . ER and put them backface up on top of the deck(Fig.4).

Method: Youaresuppliedwlth a card with backson both sidesand a card with jokerson both sides.lf the double backedcard is placed,wrthout being perfectlysquared,under the doublejokercard,andthe handis turnedover and the two cardsfurther spread,the illusionis createdof two lokersloosey held back-to-back. Srdl wrh lhe double-bacl er on rop n the of the deckandthe double-joker middle with the "Guarantee"side facingthe sarneway as the restof the faces.Runthroughthe cardsuntil you cometo the Guarantee loker (Fig.1). Take it out and turn the rest of the cardsfacedown.

Oncestopped.pushthe doublebacker or tl'e decl so rhat its not obscu'ing (Fig.6). Spreadoff and tablethe face-upcards the double-joker "BeforeI reachit, stop me any time you think the atherjoker is on tap of the deck."

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Rlffle down w th your thumb, untrl you'restoppedby the spectator. At that point,turn overallthe cardsaboveyour thumb(Fig.3)

givingthe spectatoran opportunityto stopyou at the cardnow on top of the deck. "Th i< ; < t ha G t n r a n t a c '

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It guaranteesthat yau'll be able to find the otherjoker"

lf shewantsto keepgoing,continuethrs procedureuntil stopped.(Alwaysgrve ampleI ne ro chdngel'er the spectalor wrl mind.5ince the double-backer alwaysbe on top, the strengthof this method is the absolutefreedom of where and when she can stop you. An evenrnoreflexlbleprocedureis to spreadthe cardsand askthe spectator ro toucl^the barI o'one of lher, a'le wh ch the cards above the touched one are f ipped over and spreadand tabledas before.This s verycasualand deceptive, but you mustmakesurethat the spectatorunderstandsshe is to toucha card,not withdrawone.)

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Graspboth cardswith your right hand simultaneously slidingthe double-loker (F]9.7).andstripthemout of the deck, to the right and the double-backer to keepingthenspread. the left (Fig.9) to apparently showthat the face-downcardthe spectatorhas stoppedon is the secondjoker.

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( he forte of the double-backer is an ddaptationof a PaulCLrry deato p aco a double-backer as a key card.Since ts used as a force here, it becomes possiblehavethe spectatorchangeher mindmanytimes.

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down by a spectator.When taking backthe deck,the perforrner spreadsrt face down, using a simplesleightto l.eeplhe originalrelettior oul o's ghr as the reverse sideoI the do,blefater (the cardopenlypredicted) comes nto view as the apparentselection.In Roughand Smoothe4Ed l\,4arlo added a rougheddeckto this dea,so that the orig nal seection is kept out of sight with no sleightof hand requrred. The presentversiondropsthe rougheddeck and adds lhe Joket loker lorce of the double-backed card-potentialy a] owing the entireeffectto take place

With your eft hand,turnthe remainder "And with the lakersout of the de(k, n f t LF dp . l fr.p f l n l { a < h n r r , 1 [6 1 we're now readyta do some magic." ll'e'esro lrd(eo- ll-eol herjoter. After givinganotherquickflashof both Onceyou'vedoneihis,turn yourhand apparentjokers,placethe two cardsin over(Fig.8), your pocketand commenceyour next routine.

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STARTWITH the doube-backedcard on top of the deck,and the doublefacedcard about three cardsfrom the bottom.Makesureyour deckdoesnot contan the two cardsthat matchthe double-facer. Announce the upper s de ot the double-facer as your Open Predction. Forexample: "l don't know how, but somehowI know that the cardyou're about ta stop on is Ihe Sevenof Diamonds. Rememberthe lower side of the ,l^

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Spreadout tl'e ,a ds ard have rhe spectatortouchthe backof one. Turn over a I the cards above it as before,lher .p'eadlheseoff in barcl'er, droppingthem onto the table as you show that they don't containthe Seven of Diamonds.Say that the spectator maystopnow or maychangehermrnd and touchanothercard.

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lf shewantsto touchanothercard,turn Youwill be metwith skeptrcism. Spread overthe cardsabovethe new selection, the face-downdeckto show the card and, spreading and droppingthem as left reversed is the Sevenof D amonds. before,comment on the absenceof To clean up, turn over all the cards the Sevenof Diamonds: abovethe double-facer, then turn over "lt's a good thing for me that you all the cardsunderit. kept going." The deck will now be face up. and if lf enough cards remain,this option you wish to repeatthe effect,cut the may be repeateda third time, but you cdrdsso the doubleJacer is onre again want to guard aganst the spectator nearthe faceof the deck,and usethe tryinglo lri(k you by poirtingat a card other side of that card as your new verynearthe bottom. OpenPrediction.

(Don'rlorget to emphdszethe 'face once one card hasbeen eft facedown down" part, or she might turn the and the rest have been dealtface up, over) I appearto go throughsome mental double-backer gymnastlcsbefore announclngthe lmmediatelyfollow this by instructing color,the surt,and fina ly the valueof her to tur'l lhe rest of the cardsshe the cardleft face down. holdsfaceup, dealingthesesinglyonto to make this mentalfeat the rest. (Make sure you instructthe Supposedly spectatorto dealthe cardsinto a pile, more difficult,I ask that the deck be not an overlappingrow lf the back squaredand turnedfacedown. stays in sight, of the double-backer someonemight be tempted to reach This puts the deck in positionfor the spectatorto spreadit out and show out and turn rt over.) werecorrect. that my calculations Observethat the Open Predictionstill The nicepart aboutthis presentation is hasn'tshownup. that attentionnow turns{rom the cards Havethe spectatorturn overthe cards to the slip of paper.(Magiciansmay on the tableand spreadthem.TheOpen even jump to the conclusionthat it Predictionwill appearreversedin the bearsthe notationof a stackeddeck.) deck.Withdrawit beforeanyoneelse hasa chanceto, and hold it up so all At this point, I appearto relentto the audiencebcuriosity,taking back the maysee. deck and handingthe spectatorthe A presentationl've been having fun "
Oncethe spectatorhas stoppedon a card for good, drop it st ll face down onto the face-upcardson the table.

lf you're moderately adventurous, its possibleto have the entire effect iake placein the handsof the spectator.

lmmediately turn overthe cardsin your hand and pushoff a group of face-up cardsthat endswith the double-faced card (the lower face of which you've remembered to makethiseasy).

In thiscase,the double-facer shouldbe secondfrom the bottom.(lf it were on the very bottom, it might corne into view inadvertently.)

After making your Open Prediction, Dropthisgroupon the double-backedhavethe spectatorcut and turn over a cardyou'vejust put down. small batch of top of the deck, then Dropadditionalbatchesof face-upcards until you have no more. The Open Prediction in this casethe Sevenof Diamonds-willnot show.As you pick up the deck,squareit, and turning it over,say: "l haveno idea how that works, but it alwaysdoes."

instructher to dealtheseface-upcards onto the tableone at a time. The Open Predictionwill not show. and you now give the spectatorthe opportunityto stop or to keep going. Whenshedecides to stop,instructherto dealthe double-backer facedown onto th p f:r a - r r n

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As the speclatorturns over batchesof cardsand dealsthem onto the table,I consultthe paper.