[Misjief]

William-

Welcome! I hope we get a chance to chat in the future!

I love horror magic but I am really new to magic and I find it a really hard subject to find material on. I have one book called "freak show" - But I don't remember the author. Jim something - He had a tv show and guest stared on x files a couple of times. I am a hypnotist and in the book he gave one of the funniest gags I ever heard of. I hate to reveal this, but I am going to because it is so damn funny.

The author was doing a stage show in a bar and as he was working for his dinner and travel money he really needed it to go well. He is already desperate when he gets a complete jackass for his only volunteer. Not good. Most of my teachers & coaches recommend packing it in, or giving a lecture. Of course most of the EXPERTS also recommend getting paid FIRST. Anyways HE tries all the true methods and since the guy is only interested in ruining the show nothing is working. Finally he leans over and says to the guy "Listen, I really need your co-operation on this. Work with me on it and after the show $50 is yours".

Suddenly the guy does a complete 180, and becomes the perfect subject. The guy packs the bar and does an extended show with his single 'perfect' volunteer. Finally after he has had his eaten his dinner around the show and passed his hat (and collected his bonus from the bar) he says he is going to do one more induction and bring the subject out of it. He tells the jackass that he is going to come out of his trance and tell everyone the he absolutely was not hypnotized. He was faking it the whole time and that the hypnotist promised to pay him fifty bucks. PURE & EVIL GENIUS!! ROFL

-misj-