Quinlan’s Inside Magic Innovation in Patter Awards

Tom Beckstrom of Muncie – Winner!

Thank you to all who participated in the Quinlan’s Inside Magic Open Call for Innovative Patter Contest.The judges had a great time reading through many of the scripts and we have decided to do this again next year.

Our first prize in both innovation and creativity goes to Thomas Beckstrom of Muncie, Indiana. He will receive the first place certificate and a gift card redeemable at Wal-Mart. We thank Wal-Mart for their sponsorship and support throughout the judging.

Trick: Professor’s Nightmare

New Name: Doctor’s Nightmare

Innovator: Thomas Beckstrom

Props:
Standard three ropes from Professor’s Nightmare and a bottle of Purell
Anti-Biotic Hand Cleanser (available at all Wal-Marts for less than you
would pay for a bottle of the competitor’s brand anywhere else).

You begin:

Well, it is Cold and Flu season once again.It seems like every year, someone in Taiwan sneezes and we all eventually get sick.

But that’s not exactly accurate.In fact, let me show you what I know about the prevention of the Common Cold and Asian Flu.

Show three sized ropes as you say:

We all know how important it is to wash our hands after we cover our mouth when we sneeze.

But do you know why?

It is because when we sneeze, we are blowing sticky pieces of bacteria out of our nose and mouth and on to our hands.Imagine these three pieces of white, soft rope are really streams of snot that could come out of the noses of three people.

A baby may have a little stream ? although, he probably wouldn’t know how to cover his mouth when he sneezes.

A
teenaged girl might have a medium length of mucous — although, being
concerned about appearances, she probably wouldn?t admit it.

And
finally, this long length of snot came from the enormous and chapped
nostrils of a full-grown man…
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Great Idea But Fired – Trade Show Magician Canned

 

 

Terry DeVos – Trade Show Magician

There was an interesting debate on one of our sister sites, Insight Majik, that seemed interesting enough to be brought here to the big time.  Insight Majik is a smaller webpage started by a half-brother (and we joke, half-sister, of Tom Hardy). 

 

We would give you the url but the hits Tommy would take could sink his Commodore 64-based server.  The article is written by Terry DeVos of Illinois.  As far as we know, he is not one of the more famous Trade Show magicians in the Midwest.  The comments that follow are from readers and were posted on the Insight Majik board and copied to this board with permission. 

 

Great Idea But Fired

by, Terry DeVos – Professional Magician

 

Anybody out there who thinks that being innovative is good needs to read my story.  I lost my job as a tradeshow magician thanks to the prejudice and intolerance that fills our society like sewer water fills my basement during a bad rain. 

 

I was hired for the recent Food Distributors Expo (“FDE”) over at the Amphitheater for a five-day run.  My job, as always, was to get people over to my client’s booth so the salespeople could “convert them” or get a sale from them.  I was doing some of my best stuff ? Invisible Deck, Mindwave Deck, Mental Photography Deck, Glorpy (some call it Hyrum the Hilarious Hank ? but I don’t), and a Tear-Apart Dove Vanish.  Only thing was, because it was a food expo, I couldn’t have a real dove so I had to used a big beanie baby that looked like an eagle.  It wasn’t a big deal. 

 

Anyway, I noticed that a lot of the people walking by were Christian.  They had jewelry on with crosses and tee-shirts with Christian sayings and references like “John 3:16.”  So I figured I’d bring more of them in to see the show by being innovative.

 

I had a little picture of Jesus on a business card I got from a missionary friend.  I cut it out of the card so it was just his picture.  It didn’t wink or do anything weird or distasteful, just a picture of him looking up and…
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