Dustings #114

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Tobias Dostal is absolutely in the upper echelon of magic creators, in my opinion. His trick, Card Around The World, was one of my favorite contributions to the Jerx Holiday Part last year. (Don’t bother looking for it now, it was only up for a limited time.)

But, is there anything that can be done about the way we roll out tricks in the magic community? Because I’m already sick of his new effect, and I haven’t even performed it once.

Do I need 28 emails about this trick? Because that’s what I got. And every dull magic reviewer on youtube had to give their two cents too. The trick is unavoidable.

I realize this is probably good marketing. But, for me, it takes a little bit of the excitement out of it when the product becomes so ubiquitous. And I don’t love the fact that someone googling melted ring magic trick would be brought straight to videos on youtube showing not only that it’s a trick anyone can buy, but the workings of the trick too.

Oh well. I guess there’s nothing that can be done about that. I just like bitching about it because I have a platform to bitch about stuff.

Does anyone want to try and justify this trick?

It’s not Craig’s trick. He’s just demo’ing it. (It’s extra confusing because Craig has a trick called EDCeipt and this is called EDC Receipt.)

Just to be clear, here’s what happens in the trick:

One spectator thinks of a celebrity.

Another spectator picks a card.

Craig says he’s going to find that card by using “Sleight of Receipt.”

Two more cards are selected.

The receipt is placed in the deck and it “finds” the two most recently selected cards.

Then it’s noted that the first letter of the items on the receipt spell out the first card that was selected.

Oh, and if you scan a QR code on the receipt, it brings you to Gordon Ramsay’s website. Which was the celebrity thought of earlier on. Remember that?

What are we doing, folks? This is not a trick. It’s just a pointless combination of a bunch of shit. It’s only a “trick” to the extent that a bowl full of diarrhea is a “meal.”

We can do better, guys.

I have bad news for you…. It’s not 1980 anymore. Having a specially printed fake receipt is not enough to build a trick around. Making a fake receipt is something any dolt with a 4th grade education and a 15-year-old ink-jet printer could accomplish. You’re not fooling anyone.

Now that I think of it… here’s what I’d do if I bought that Liquify trick mentioned above.

I’d buy a bunch of inexpensive white rings so I could give them away.

Then, when I crossed paths with an attractive woman, I’d make this face:

Then I’d say, “I have something for you.”

And I’d undo my pants, and I’d reach into my boxer-briefs with the white gimmick on and make it look I was playing with the load she had just induced.

Then I’d solidify my spunk into a ring for her and give it to her as the ultimate in romantic gesture.