Re: Fri. 5/9 'Will it Float?' Sorcery

On May 15, 12:38=A0am, Crash Bandicoot <NoS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Crash Bandicoot wrote:
> > Donz5 wrote:
> >> On May 15, 12:04 am, Crash Bandicoot <NoS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> wrote:
> >>> randwill wrote:
> >>>> "Sofia" <sofia.barl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>news:577c5877-c05c-43a0-9201-587a5c6acc39@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>http://www.crackle.com/c/Penn_Says/Penn_Says_-_Letterman_and_the_Glas.=
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> >>>> Penn talks about it in his forum for rants over at Crackle.
> >>>> *****************************
> >>>> Thanks for this. =A0That the trick is normally done with an
audience
> >>>> member
> >>>> makes a lot more sense.
> >>>> The other point about the "moment the magic happens" also crossed
my
> >>>> mind.
> >>>> I had thought the fact that we never saw that the glasses were gone
> >>>> from
> >>>> their first location (the pocket) before appearing on Teller's face
> >>>> was the
> >>>> tricks other big weakness (besides the duplicate suspicion). If
Penn
> >>>> had
> >>>> remembered to do the tapping of the pocket - the glasses have
> >>>> vanished! -
> >>>> prior to the revelation, that would have helped a lot.
> >>> I disagree entirely. I don't think missing the moment the glasses
> >>> "vanished" removes *any* suspicion whatsoever. The answer was to do
th=
e
> >>> trick as they do it in their live show; with a random audience
member =
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> >>> NOT a member of the staff. As the home audience, we have no way of
> >>> knowing whether the trick was pre-arranged with Paul or not. Patting
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> >>> jacket has *nothing* to do with eliminating that shadow of a doubt.
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> >> Speak for yourself; "as the home audience," I had no doubt that there
> >> had been no pre-arrangement with Paul.
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> > You are the minority then.
>
> And before you go off with your usual "Grand High Exhalted Mystic Ruler
> of Alt.Fan.Letterman Don't Speak For Me" bull**** (Which I didn't do
> anyway, because I know you are not typical of anything or anyone),
> answer a simple yes or no question without any of your hoity toity
> lawyer-speak.

I'll try to, as soon as you get that silly chip off your shoulder.

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> Which is more believable to a home viewer who has no connection to the
> taping?

I have no idea; I can speak only for myself. And you can speak only
for yourself. You are not "we."

> A magician performing a trick involving the personal belongings of a
> randomly selected audience member? Or the same trick performed with an
> article borrowed from the band leader?

See above.
>
> You really are a bag of wind sometimes, dude.

There's that chip again.