Maxello Magic

Singled out by the legendary Paul Harris for inclusion on his True Astonishment DVD set, SMOKE RINGS is a truly incredible impromptu miracle!

If I only had one playing card with which to do magic, this is the routine that I'd do, bar none. - David Forrest (from the introduction of this manuscript)

SMOKE RINGS is a completely impromptu, 100% examinable linking card effect which requires no preparation whatsoever. Only one card is used, nothing else. No additional gimmcks are required, your hands are clearly empty. This is anywhere, anytime magic with nothing more than a single playing card.

Any card is borrowed or freely chosen by a spectator and signed. With both hands unmistakably empty, two impromptu rings are torn from the card. Without any overt actions or suspicious cover, the two rings are magically linked together, one ring hanging from the other. Such is their linked condition that one ring must actually be torn in order to free the other - one ring is unmistakably displayed as being torn.To finish, the torn ring is completely restored and everything is handed out for examination. There is nothing to find. The rings may be kept by the spectator as a souvenir. Believe it!

After many years of secrecy, SMOKE RINGS can now be yours!

Pages 16 - Black & White, Photo-Illustrated, Saddle Stitched

Because the box is transparent, both signatures can be seen on the disc. The spectator places the box onto the chosen card and makes a magical gesture. He then opens the box and drops out the disc. Strange as it may seem, the name of the playing card is now printed in a different color underneath the signature on one side of the disc! Everything can be immediately examined!

• There is no switching of the disc or box!
• The disc is clearly seen white on both sides with only the signatures on it!
• No writing gimmick is used!
• Can be repeated with a different card!
• You can make your own prediction with any symbol or card value you want!
• No chemical inks used!

Let the Infra-Red Box mysteriously light up by using Rocco's D-Lite. "D-Lite" not included.

Mentalist states that the two most talked about things among strangers are the weather and sports. They go hand in hand as the weather often affects sports. You then show a CD prediction and place it in a player. You state this contains a prediction that will hopefully match a weather forecast the spectators will form at random.

You ask the first person to name one of his favorite sports. Let's say he says: BASEBALL. This is written on a board so the audience can see it. You then call attention to 3 closed paper bags on the table. You tell the second person each bag contains a different type of weather gear and you'd like him to choose one to hold. Hopefully he will choose the right gear for the pending weather forecast. All this is done before the random weather forecast is made.

The mentalist then introduces cards containing various weather elements (including comedy weather, such as raining cats & dogs), temps, wind speeds, etc. The spectators then select elements to form a random weather forecast.

Let's say they select Rain, Lightning, Hail, and 25MPH winds. Each of these are written on the board for the audience to see. The performer then tells one of the spectators to push the play button. The CD plays and an official sounding NWS Weather Alert is heard. The voice warns of a pending rain storm, with lightning and 25MPH winds. The exact forecast the spectators formed at random. But wait, there is a REAL KICKER coming up. The weather alert also warns that this storm could cause BASEBALL size Hail! Yes, hail the size of the sports ball the person freely named when he came on stage. This kicker ending will floor any audience. But the best is yet to come. The mentalist points out that one of the spectators choose a bag BEFORE the forecast was formed.

The other two bags are opened first. One is seen to contain gloves and a ski mask. That doesn't fit the forecast. The other bag is shown to have suntan lotion and sunglasses. That doesn't match the forecast either. Finally the person holding the bag opens it. Inside he finds a heavy duty raincoat suitable for rain and hail storms.

• Any 3 People, No Stooges.
• No Pre-show Work.
• One of the people freely calls out a sport.
• No chance of failure.
• No Switch of CDs.
• No Sleights.

Comes complete with a professional produced CD, weather cards, bags to hold them, paper bags, raincoat and Devin Knight's professional comedy routine. The fact that the named sport also predicts the size of the hail is an unusual twist that your audience will never forget.