To: balloon@fooledya.com Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:51:25 -0700 Subject: balloon magic-- so far From: bennetts6@juno.com (Michael S. Bennett) Thanks for the great response to my first real posting! I'll be sure to pass along everything I get so we can all benefit! Here's a digest of what I was asked or received: What tricks do you know: the wilting flower (more a manipulation than a magic trick) the "needled balloon" (using invisible tape to keep the balloon from popping) the "Pencil penetration" (using a paper tube and two pencils: inflate the 260, and make a basic animal. grab a piece of opaque paper and wrap it around the body section of the animal. As you wrap it around the body, twist the body in the middle. Noting where the center twist is, carefully push a sharpened pencil through the paper so it passes through the gap made by the center twist. Pull out the pencil, and untwist the center as you unwrap the body. Ladies and germs... the amazing penciled balloon.) Ralph Dewey has some nice stuff in his books (Clown notebook, Gospel routines, etc.) . And I have a couple of commercially sold tricks like the coin through the balloon, and the super needled balloon. As for what I received: Smart Doggie from Len Lichtman <LLichtman@aol.com> You take a shopping bag and make a flap about 2 inches from the bottom of the bag with the bottom of another shopping bag. You then make a balloon Poodle and put it under the flap in the bag. You can then show the bag empty. You then blow up another balloon (Preferably the same color as the Poodle) and pretend to tie the end but don't, as you put the balloon into the shopping bag you slowly let the air out (use only one hand and pretend that you are tsting an animal in the bag (secretly lift the flap exposing the Poodle (not to the audience yet) you then have a card selected and returned and hopefully you can control it to the top of the deck, as you drop the cards into the bag you hold onto the top (the selected card) and then you mix the cards up in the bag, as you do yoy put the selected card in between the Poodles front legs , continue shaking the bag and reach in and bring out the Poodle with the selected card. I hope that this is understandable and that I didn't over explain it and that you can use it. Balloons to Candy trick: from Teri Poppins <winnerscircl@earthlink.net> You show your audience the interior of a bag to reveal that it is indeed empty & you put an inflated balloon into a bag, you crumple up the bag & pop the balloon during your crumpling and out spills a bunch of candy. This is very straight forward & it has been a complete & total success with children and adults! If you do not have this already, let me know & I will type up a complete set of instructions. <Please do!> Balloon Through the body Trick: from Uncle Curt <unclecurt@alcnet.com> He didn't tell me how to do it, but I sure if we ask nicely... :0) Mike Bennett <bennetts6@juno.com> _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]