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It was time for another IBM Ring #117 Annual Installation of Officer’s Banquet show, and ticket sales were going very well. A good show was lined up, and I was MC once again.
One of our scheduled performers, and Ring #117 members, Al Scott, was on the bill and he was scheduled to close the show with his homemade version of the “Girl Without A Middle.”
His assistant was his wife.
When it came time for Al to perform, again, everything seemed fine. Al though had a tendency to patter quite a bit, and also he spoke slowly with a lot of posturing and gestures. No doubt he looked the part of an old time stage magician, complete in tails and tuxedo, but again he tended to drag his patter along.
He performed several effects in advance of his grand show finale, which was the Girl Without A Middle. Finally time came and the illusion was rolled on stage. His wife made her appearance and stood by quietly while Al went through several minutes of explanation about the illusion.
Eventually his wife entered the cabinet and the cabinet was closed. After several more minutes of patter and explanation, the illusion was open to display that Al’s wife no longer had a middle.
Meanwhile I was standing backstage timing the illusion. By now Al’s poor wife had been in the cabinet, in an extremely uncomfortable position, for close to 5 minutes.
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