There is usually one in every crowd that just has to be thespoiler in exposing your magic trick. You know, the guy, and Isay guy, not girl, for a reason, as in all my experiences, Ihave yet to have a girl behave in what I am about to describe.
So there you are, about to demonstrate this unbelievable magictrick to this one person or maybe even to a crowd of anxiousonlookers. You start doing your patter talk, maybe explainingthere are mysterious powers all around us, and you are about todemonstrate these powers to them by say for example, doing themagic trick Floating Bill routine. So you ask somebody to lendyou a dollar bill so you can prove to your now eager audience,doubtful, but eager audience in what you mean.
So you set the stage and the mood for the magic trick that youare about to perform, you are all set, you got everybody in thepalm of your hands, well, except for this one yahoo, yes I callthem yahoo’s, just has a nice ring to it. I have other namesalso, but let’s keep this “G?rated. Ok, you’ve got the dollarbill, everything is set...and there you go...the dollar bill isslowly rising from your hand, everybody’s eyes just got a littlebigger as they are really not doubtful, they are now beginningto believe in the mysterious powers you spoke of earlier. Youare now the star of the show, the dollar bill is now moving onyour command, up and down, everybody is in disbelief, wow, thisis awesome....and then...bam, here comes yahoo, who goes andgives the dollar bill a swat with his hand trying to expose themagic trick secret, trying to steal the show, be the spoiler,just to prove that there is no such thing in magic!! What doyou do? Well, you grab him by the head....oh, wait a minute, “G?rated, yes, what you do is very important at this point to keepyour reputation intact and to keep the people that you did haveenjoying the magic trick to want you to do more even though theymay have doubts in what you were just doing.
Best thing to do....is laugh, no matter how embarrassed orexposed you may feel that the magic trick secret maybe out ofthe bag, you play along as if nothing happened. You say “How canI do that?? Just do it. Explain to them, “oh, it seems likesome devilish powers have come? and point to the yahoo, “itseems someone doesn’t want to witness this amazing feat ofmagic? and apologize to everyone, putting the onus on theyahoo. Believe me, everyone will be disappointed and upset atthis yahoo for spoiling the magic trick show.
And then...you walk away...yep, walk away..you do not want totry and perform any other magic tricks with the yahoo in yourpresence as you will not feel comfortable with your routines asyou know the yahoo will try and tell everybody he knows how youdid this or did that just to take the spotlight away from you.This is the best thing you can do and believe me, people thatwere there will come to you to want to see your magic tricks andthese are the people you want!!! The people that want tobelieve in magic!!!!
Dion Semeniuk is the owner of the popular online magic shop, This is Magic! To receive 4 free magic trick videos and learn more about performing magic tricks, visit http://www.thisismagic.com