Even serious illusionists can benefit from a little light-heartedness, and many of my best performances owe their success in part to the jocular nature that surrounded them.
These jokes can serve as a great base for your arsenal as you begin to expand your performance outside the realm of magic. Jack’s mom has three kids, Penny, Nickel, and… M: Nope! There are 12 6-cent stamps in a dozen! Here’s a no-brainer, though. The volunteer will often fall for the trick in believing I think they already lost and the game is over, so they respond by saying “I thought you said I couldn’t say sixteen” and therefore lose the game. This trick is great for bars, restaurants, and hangouts with family and friends. M: Exactly! Gotcha, you owe me a drink now! V1: No, I said sixty, you said I couldn’t say six-teen. V1: Sixty! (They usually pronounce this clearly so it doesn’t sound like 16)
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Want to take my bet? (I have used this stunt to get free drinks and desserts at a restaurant in the past.) I bet I can make you say the number 16, that’s the number after 15 and before 17. I’ve heard people come up with $1.20, begin multiplying 12 x 12, and try other wacky methods to solve this problem, but the correct solution really is as simple as it gets. Unfortunately for them, they are not oversimplifying it the answer is, of course, 100 cents or one dollar.
Many of my audiences have found this question to be incredibly hard to answer, and the reason is because they think that they are oversimplifying what must be a more difficult problem than 1×100. If you need to buy 100 eggs and each egg costs one cent, how much money do you need to buy 100 eggs? M: Okay, I’ve got an easy one for you now. I’m going to say some letters to you, and I just need you to pronounce them to me. This joke works around 90% of the time, and can definitely add humor to a magic-based performance. Another student in the city of Philadelphia responded to the same question by exclaiming “pop tarts!” Both times the audience laughed uncontrollably.
When I was performing on a school tour in Wester Virginia years ago, one student, after saying “roast” five times fast, yelled “beef!” when I asked what he put in the toaster. This joke always got huge laughs from the audience, and even brought forth a new unexpected answers over the years. M: Quickly, what do you put in the toaster? Okay, this one goes to my second volunteer. M: No, cows drink water, they produce milk. M: Before we begin, you’re going to have to say the word “silk” five times fast. If the practicing magician would prefer, however, these jokes can be performed with just one volunteer and interspersed throughout the performance.įrom here on, the magician will be referred to as M and the volunteers as V. Although the best performers will brainstorm and perform their own original jokes, I think that the list below is a great place to start when demonstrating your talents in magic to a crowd.Īll of the following jokes were used in my show segment entitled “Are you Smarter than… a Kindergartener,” a play on words in reference to the show “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.” In the segment I would invite two volunteers up to the stage and inform them that they would be competing in a battle of wits. If used properly, jokes can make the show more engaging, dynamic, and memorable.īecause I so strongly believe that a good magician can enhance their show through comedy, I will share some of my favorite gags that I have used over the years at my performances. One aspect of a great performance that I think is often overlooked, however, is the use of comedy to break up the amazement of the magician’s stunts. Although the centerpiece of a good magic show should obviously be its illusions, the best magicians are not only proficient at magic tricks, but are also great overall entertainers this is why many of my shows include lights, music, and other performers.
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