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The Blurb
This routine is a GREAT opener both in live or virtual shows. Jim Steinmeyer opened his virtual lecture with this routine and all the cards were mailed to each spectator and the ending was great! It is a great ice-breaker in real life shows as well!
No sleights, no moves and nothing hard to do!! The instructions are written as a virtual show, but this routine has also been performed LIVE and the set of 4 cards are given to each member of the audience as they enter the showroom, living room, parlor, Staples Center…you get the idea.
You hand everyone in the audience a small set of cards, or mail them in virtual shows, each with different words on them. (for example, stand up, wow, jump up, applaud etc…) Each person shuffles their packet as much, or as little, as they want. Each spectator eliminates a card after spelling the word (and every word is different), then shuffles the cards again. Cards are eliminated one at a time until there is only ONE CARD LEFT! Then, as the big finale, everyone is instructed to do whatever is written on their last card and BOOM – the ENTIRE audience is left doing the exact same thing for example everyone Jumps Up at the same time, or everyone Applauds!)
From Jim Steinmeyer: “This amazing routine, a liberal variation of my routine, ‘The Irresistible Force’ from Devilish Impuzzibilities, was created with Alex Ramon for his own virtual shows. It also works perfectly well with a live audience, of course. But the description here will demonstrate the procedure through electronic media.”
It it SO FAIR and everyone shuffles differently yet, in the end, everyone has the SAME WORD! It is a great interactive routine for virtual shows and if you have enough cards for your audience, an AWESOME routine for real life.
The cards are customizable so you can make more and predict ANY outcome!
You’ll get 15 sets of the 4 Ovations cards
VERY EASY to DO and a REALLY STRONG routine!
Jheff's Guide
WHAT IT IS:
Effect with Props
HOW ACCURATE OR COMPLETE THE BLURB IS:
It’s accurate enough.
SET-UP AND RE-SET:
The four cards can be in any order so there really is no set-up or re-set. However, you may need to replace cards if you pass them out to the audience and don’t collect them.
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED THAT YOU NEED OR NEED TO KNOW:
You only get fifteen sets and no links to templates so you can get these printed yourself. If fifteen is a good number for you, and you don’t mind retrieving the cards after the show, then you’ll be fine. Otherwise, you’ll want to design and reproduce the cards yourself for continued use.
SUITABLE VENUES:
Close-up, Parlour, Stage, Internet
JHEFF’S JUDGMENT:
If you’re a fan of Larry Becker’s “Will the Cards Match” or Jim Steinmeyer’s “Nine Card Problem” or his “The Irresistible Force” (as well as many other variations in his IMPUZZIBILITIES series), then you will certainly enjoy this. Having everyone involved certainly makes a good case for the effort to customize this to your needs, and though designed to be an opener, by customizing this with different words, one can put it just about anywhere in your set.