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Saw this on the beeb this morning and was very impressed. Any would be magicians on here could let us know how this is done.
 
Looks like my paperboy tries this, he's just not managed the end bit yet :LOL:
 
jakeblu said:
Saw this on the beeb this morning and was very impressed. Any would be magicians on here could let us know how this is done.
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I'm betting 2 papers and slight of hand.
Failing that fairy dust left over from Christmas?


Still clever though :thumbs:
 
Cobra said:
I'm betting 2 papers and slight of hand.
Failing that fairy dust left over from Christmas?


Still clever though (y)
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Yeah, your probably right, just before he unravels the paper he brings a piece to the front, which is I assume is the whole one, but his sleight of hand is excellent, I simply cannot see how he disposes of the torn pieces. The look of surprise on Alexanders face is priceless, although of course he may actually have been part of the trick but having watched him for years on pointless I never believed him to be that good an actor :)
 
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jakeblu said:
Yeah, your probably right, just before he unravels the paper he brings a piece to the front, which is I assume is the whole one,
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That was my thinking too

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but having watched him for years on pointless I never believed him to be that good an actor :)
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OUCH :D
 
I really like that one. Cheered up my day :)
 
I've seen that trick close up (same distance as AA in that clip) and I'm fufufufufardled if I could spot how it was done!
 
Nod said:
I've seen that trick close up (same distance as AA in that clip) and I'm fufufufufardled if I could spot how it was done!
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Whomever carried out the illusion would have been a bit crap if you had. :-)
 
Indeed!
 
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that there's a second newspaper already pre-folded to the size and dimensions of the smallest torn piece and then concealed inside the original paper (probably secured with low-tack adhesive).
See how the newspaper he produces at the end has creases exactly where those folds would be despite him not folding the original paper in order to tear it.

I suspect that it's concealed just inside the back cover, somewhere in the rough area of that blue "What a Save!" ad.
When he opens the paper at the beginning, he never actually opens the back page and if you watch his hands when he's tearing the paper, he always holds on to that section quite firmly and tears slower and more carefully than elsewhere.

As Steve already pointed out, watch carefully when he shows off the torn pieces of paper and moves them to the front of the stack.
The first two come from the bottom and he waves them around to show them quite clearly.
He digs into the middle of the stack for the third and final piece and moves it straight to the front of the pile just before shaking it out.
That is probably the pre-folded second paper.

As for making the torn pieces of the original paper disappear - I suspect that there's a concealed pouch inside the second paper that they all slip into when it's shaken out in a particular way.
In fact, just gluing the bottom of two pages together would automatically create a sort of pouch for them to slide into.
But that's the bit where the very clever sleight of hand comes in to play.

Or of course, it could really be magic! ;)

Very well done though and I quite enjoyed watching it.
 
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I have been watching Dynamo, Magician Impossible and think he is brilliant! :)
 
I would love to tell you how it is done but alas I am not able to
 
I don't fancy being kicked out the magic knitting circle
 
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viv1969 said:
Oooh sneaky thinking :cautious::sneaky:
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I've always wondered with the magic circle, if they wont tell anybody outside how tricks are done, how do new people get to join and then ask how a trick is done so they can then be a magician?

And if they somehow know how to do the tricks before they join the magic circle, why bother joining anyway? And how did they learn how to do the tricks if no one told them because they couldnt because they were in the magic circle? If you see what I mean.
 
DorsetDude said:
because they couldnt because they were in the magic circle? If you see what I mean.
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Is that what's known as the circle of confusion?
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DorsetDude said:
I've always wondered with the magic circle, if they wont tell anybody outside how tricks are done, how do new people get to join and then ask how a trick is done so they can then be a magician?

And if they somehow know how to do the tricks before they join the magic circle, why bother joining anyway? And how did they learn how to do the tricks if no one told them because they couldnt because they were in the magic circle? If you see what I mean.
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It's always seemed a bit "Izzy whizzy, let's get busy" to me. :D
 
It's a good trick when performed well but it is as old as the hills (I learnt it as a kid from a book).

Google "torn and restored".
 
viv1969 said:
It's always seemed a bit "Izzy whizzy, let's get busy" to me. :D
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Nod said:
Where's the NSFW prefix that should be used for ALL nude shots?
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Two words :p

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Edit make that four words :D
 
DorsetDude said:
Or, he is being disingenious, and is in the magic circle but still doesn't know how its done.
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I had a book that explained this trick when I was 9. There's a really good close up magician round here and I have to be careful not to take shots at the point that would show how they do the trick.
 
Must be one paper inside the other, but not sure how he goes about concealing all the torn pieces. Wouldn't get that lot up your sleeve!
 
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