World of Magic Shop, Products by Larry Becker for sale
Baffling BS
Larry Becker and Lee Earle
Effect
"The bumper sticker," begins the performer as he shows a selection of them - all of which are cut in half, "is a source of 5-Star wisdom often using four-letter words. They're a short form expression of attitude, philosophy, and humor. You can find them at truck stops, novelty shops, and bargain swaps."
He shows the halves of two different bumper stickers saying, "If you cut them in half and mismatch them, the results can be interesting." (The audience will laugh at a couple of the combinations, we designed them for that purpose.)
Placing a business envelope in full view, he continues, "There are halves of two different bumper suckers in here (they can be seen through the address window) that usually combine with others to get an amusing reaction."
"One of you will choose another half from these," the performer continues, spreading the stack of severed stickers face up for a nearby participant. "As you can see, there are more than two dozen random possibilities. Which one would you like."
After the helper freely chooses one of the halves the Mentalist instructs, "That was an intentional choice, influenced perhaps by color or subject matter. Next, you will select one unseen."
He turns the stack of half-stickers face down and reminds, "Because it's selected blindly, and randomly, it will be a surprise for both of us"
"I'll keep you in suspense a moment longer," remarks the performer, as he withdraws one of the sticker-halves from the envelope (with its back toward the audience) to align with the unseen sticker-half.
"This combination doesn't work," the performer informs, tucking it back in the envelope and pulling out the other one inside. "Hopefully this combination will be better." He aligns it with the randomly selected half, smiles, and tucks the pair partially in his breast pocket, still (and always) fully visible to the audience.
"Let's try the half sticker you picked earlier," suggests the Mentalist, reaching for the participant's piece. He aligns it with the remaining half from the envelope and his eyebrows go up. "Well, this is weird," remarks the entertainer. He turns them around: they are opposite ends of the same bumper sticker!
"But I promised you something funny," reminds the Mentalist, removing the pair of half-stickers from his breast pocket. "And this is funny!" He holds them up for everyone to see; the second pair is also a perfect match!
You get everything you need to perform this outstanding routine, bumper stickers, an ungimmicked window envelope, a 'special something' and instructions. The 'bumper stickers' are printed on glossy card stock and pre-cut into halves. There is a simple, one-time setup task that takes ten minutes or less and you're good to go for years to come.
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The Becker Coin Purses are among the finest utility devices ever created for magicians and mentalists. This versatile set of miracle workers is custom crafted in fully lined fine leather, each purse featuring invisible stitching, completely covered brass springs, and a new slightly larger size. All of the entertaining routines described in Larry Becker's epic book, Stunners, are included to put them at your fingertips. You receive not only printed instructions but a comprehensive DVD as well, teaching every subtle handling learned from years of real-world performing. Here's a bird's eye view of just a few of the exciting and entertaining routines: Reveal the serial number on a borrowed bill in lightning quick fashion!
Predict the name of the wild animal being thought of during an imaginary audience safari!
Present a mystifying, surprise filled mini-version of TV's popular "Survivor" show!
Delight your audience with laugh-filled "Just Chance" routine with a killer climax - and no sting!
Offer a gutsy instant pseudo psychometry routine that almost works itself.
And to top it off, the Becker Coin Purses are perfect for walk-around, close-up, and stage. Working professionals will appreciate the fine quality and simplicity of performance; part time pros will delight in how easy they are to use. You get five identical, high quality coin purses (each one 31/2 inches square) that will serve you well for many years.
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Caller I.D.
by Larry Becker and Lee Earle
A breathtaking NEW CONCEPT from the minds of Larry Becker and Lee Earle.
A different type of telephone book routine.
Two years in development and worth the wait!
What would make the perfect telephone routine?
Since the vast majority of your mentalism presentations are for corporations or at the very least for people who work - everyone is familiar with business cards. And, everyone has seen multi-page business card organizers in office supply stores. Chances are you have one on your desk right now! It's the perfect solution for keeping all of your contacts in one neat, organized area. Now, it's the perfect solution for the perfect telephone routine that kills audiences and eliminates any and all suspicion. In a nut shell, Caller I.D. sets you apart from anything else out there! Don't be like every other mentalist who pulls out a phone book from the hotel room. Been there, done that! They've all seen that one. Toss out a collection of business cards and use anyone's phone? Now that's different! Want to be unique? Get Caller I.D.
Caller I.D. comes with a quality Day-runner-style zippered binder, the pages to hold more than six dozen professionally designed and printed business cards, pen, calculator,full DVD instructions and awesome 'secret something' that makes it possible.
You supply the pad and audience - they supply the standing oavation!
NOTE: Because Caller I.D. uses U.S. phone technology; this product is not recommended for use outside of the U.S. and Canada.
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Cruise Control
by Becker and Earle
Effect
A participant is given four different full color travel brochures, each highlighting worldwide selections of exciting vacation cruises.
After looking them over, the spectator then gives three of them to other people in the audience. The four participants combine their thoughts to create an imaginary dream cruise, including all prices for their choice of ocean liner and destination, hotel stay over, shore trips, and guided activities. They also freely select the month in which they will travel, how much spending money (by grabbing a random handful of travelers cheques) they ll take with them, and even their seating preference for shipboard meals. All their vacation expenditures are openly recorded on an envelope the performer holds (for large audiences, you can use any size pad at all - the envelope is simply more convenient when working for small to medium size audiences).
Then all the expenses are visibly totalled and that figure is also clearly written on the envelope or pad. When the enclosed, typewritten letter is removed and read aloud (as participants visually read along), it even confirms their choice when they embark, seating reservations, and ? printed in large, bold type ? the total cost of the dream cruise. Following a hurricane of applause, the performer notes there is a P.S. in the letter. When the post script is read aloud, suggesting an amount of mad money to take on the cruise. Remember the travelers cheques? They are now counted aloud for the first time and their total exactly matches the amount suggested in the letter! And the applause becomes a typhoon!
Cruise Control comes complete with full color brochures which are custom designed and professionally printed on durable stock intended to last for many performances, plus fifty colorful "Travelers Cheques" in $20, $50, $100, and $500 denominations which are so authentic looking you may be tempted to spend them!
All brochures, options, and prices are absolutely different from one another. No impressions. No carbon paper. No double or secret writing. No switches. No pre-show work. No stooges or assistants. And you get everything you need except for the beaches and sunny skies.
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The Century's 100 Classic Films
Flip through The Century's 100 Classic Films to show that every page is different - each two-page spread lists details of a classic film and an image of its lobby poster. Your helpers slide bookmarks between pages to select three completely different films.
Opening the book to those pages, they secretly select a title, an actor, and an actress that they combine to make a unique fantasy flick. An envelope that's been in plain sight is opened and the contents shown & read aloud - just like at the Academy Awards.
It is a 100% accurate prediction of the random choices made! Can be repeated and the fantasy flick will be entirely different.
As a kicker, your helper can freely select from among the thousands of production crew listed for all the films and you can reveal every detail of that name too!
On This Day...
Ask a participant for his day and month of birth. When he reads aloud from that day's entry in On This Day everyone hears the unique events that took place on that date.
Another helper and a new birth date obviously yield entirely different historical information. Then you ask a third person merely to think of his birthday. Instantly you void your impressions, writing the key phrases or sketching your thoughts. He reads aloud the entry for that day of the year - totally verifying your notations!
These books are packed with photos - all different - and employ multiple methods to fool the wise guys. Plus, hidden cues are incorporated into the back cover graphics for trouble-free shows.
Book Dimensions
The Century's 100 Classic Films cover:
Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/8" (13cm x 19cm)
On This Day... cover:
Approx. 5 7/8" x 6 7/8" (15cm x 17cm)
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This brand new 3-book Final Flashback set achieves the supreme benchmark against which all future book tests will be measured.
In Book #1, the time-tested Flashback principle has been upgraded to make it as invisible as a ghost in the night. Yet it's still the fastest and easiest one-word revelation ever. Within moments, you're doing miracles.
Use Book #2 and knock them for a loop. They can silently read full paragraphs on their selected pages yet you will infallibly reveal the details of the images they form in their minds! And you haven't asked a question, seen or heard a page number!
Continue with a statement (just like Mother used to make), "Find a challenging word, the longer the better, anywhere on the page." With no pumping, letter hints, or phony miscalls, you can reveal that word (and much more) using a brand new principle and strategy that you'll love.
For your sizzling finale, Larry Becker's standing ovation, drop-dead climax is now yours to use as well. Give them a page number, column, and location in Book #3, a brand new, easy-to-use, large print, Webster's Dictionary. When they turn to that spot, there's the word that had existed only in their minds!
Every book has a different page count, a unique size & layout, and a gorgeous, full-color, real world cover.
Final Flashback delivers the top features of the world's greatest book tests, wrapped up in one three-volume library, plus routines, tips, and instructions as only Larry Becker and Lee Earle can provide.
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This brand new 3-book Final Flashback set achieves the supreme benchmark against which all future book tests will be measured.
In Book #1, the time-tested Flashback principle has been upgraded to make it as invisible as a ghost in the night. Yet it's still the fastest and easiest one-word revelation ever. Within moments, you're doing miracles.
Use Book #2 and knock them for a loop. They can silently read full paragraphs on their selected pages yet you will infallibly reveal the details of the images they form in their minds! And you haven't asked a question, seen or heard a page number!
Continue with a statement (just like Mother used to make), "Find a challenging word, the longer the better, anywhere on the page." With no pumping, letter hints, or phony miscalls, you can reveal that word (and much more) using a brand new principle and strategy that you'll love.
For your sizzling finale, Larry Becker's standing ovation, drop-dead climax is now yours to use as well. Give them a page number, column, and location in Book #3, a brand new, easy-to-use, large print, Webster's Dictionary. When they turn to that spot, there's the word that had existed only in their minds!
Every book has a different page count, a unique size & layout, and a gorgeous, full-color, real world cover.
Final Flashback delivers the top features of the world's greatest book tests, wrapped up in one three-volume library, plus routines, tips, and instructions as only Larry Becker and Lee Earle can provide.
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Greater Magic Volume 16 - Larry Becker
"If this disc can help prove that mentalism can be fast and entertaining, as well as baffling. I'll consider the effor well worth it."
- Larry Becker
Imagine colorful mentalism that moves at a steady pace-and you've met the style of Larry Becker. Forget about detailed sleights...Larry concentrates on simple yet mind-staggering effects that any magician can work into his act. Larry has carefully crafted a new genre in ESP...Mental Magic. We predict you'll like it.
Psychic Surprises included:
Russian Roulette Making Time PK 2000 Date-ecation Spirited Trickery The Mark Psy quick Grin and Bear ItPerformance Only
Some effects never before released
Running Time Approximately 1hr 2min
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Influence U (International Edition)
by Larry Becker and Lee Earle
Breakthrough Close-Up Mentalism
Effect
Imagine sitting at a restaurant table with a group of people, saying, "Before you decide it's impossible for words alone to influence your choices, consider why corporations spend 26 billion dollars a year in product and brand advertising."
"A friend in the ad business, John Shrell, agreed to share a few insider tips to show how it works," you continue, "With the condition that he be allowed to verify my success. So when we finish, we'll have to make a phone call to satisfy him. He owes me lunch at (a local fine restaurant) if I show him I've learned enough. Here's his toll-free number." You write it on a paper napkin of a packet of Sweet'n'Low and toss it on the table in full view.
Nearby items are quickly grouped in the center of the table - a salt shaker, a spoon, a glass, a packet of Equal, a napkin - the normal things found on most restaurant tables. Then you continue, "All but one item will be eliminated in the fairest way possible."
Here's how it's done," you explain, "Everyone will take turns pulling two items slightly away from the others. One of them will be eliminated and the other will be returned to the center. But first, I'll attempt to influence your decision by using marketing terms. Just keep in mind, the final choice will always be yours."
As each pair of items is selected, you describe them with advertising hyperbole and 'buzz words', "You are deciding between a clean, shiny spoon and a sensible, conventional pepper shaker," or "You're evaluating the fragile shaker full of sweet, delicious sugar and a sturdy cup for a man-sized serving of robust coffee."
One by one the participants around the table cull the assortment of items until only one remains, for example, the napkin. "I'm surprised," you admit, "how dependable certain words are for influencing choices."
"But don't take my word for it," you continue, "Let's call John to verify." Offer your cell phone to the person holding the number you wrote earlier. "Go ahead, make the call. Let John know he owes me lunch." A voice mail message answers the call on John's line; he apologizes for being unavailable to take the call, and asks the caller to leave a 30-second message - especially if the caller is holding the thought of a napkin!
Influence U is small enough for your shirt pocket and always ready to go. All you need is a cell phone (required), a restaurant, coffee shop, or diner - and someone you want to blow away.
No forces
No gimmicks
No sleights
No electronics (well, your ungimmicked cell phone)
No memorization
No set-up
No assistants or stooges
No special conditions.
No matter which item they choose, John names if specifically!
This is not a P.A.T.E.O. force. We'd be ashamed to sell something like that for this price. Influence U (International Edition) is not any other kind of force, either. Period. It's a free selection. John Shrell will name ALMOST ANYTHING normally found on a table at the diner.
For a single person (or when not actually at a restaurant) you could just as easily say, "Imagine you've just sat down at a booth in a coffee shop. Let your eyes roam over the things on the table - does the glass have dried water spots on it? Are the fork's tines bent? Is the menu appetizing? Look at other things; the salt shaker, the teaspoon, the napkin... Now, imagine me reaching into your imagination and removing one of the things you've visualized. Which one did I take?"
Remember, your 'back story' is that you are going to influence their choice, to an item you already have a wager on.
Note: Performance involves making an International Call to the U.S. You will be responsible for any access charges or fees incurred. All responses are in English only!
Comes complete with everything you need to pull off this amazing feat of mentalism!
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Influence U 2 by (USA, Canada Only)
Larry Becker and Lee Earle
An anytime - anywhere - any card miracle!
Effect
Spread a shuffled deck face up on the table.
Someone thinks of a random playing card - value, color, and suit - and writes those thoughts on the back of a business card you hand him (for example he writes 7, black, Spades). You square the deck and leave it face down on the table.
Next, he is asked to dial the toll-free number printed on the card (any phone can be used) to connect with a friend - a corporate executive, who moonlights as a numerologist.
When he reaches her voicemail (she always seems to be out of the office) after the standard "Leave your name and number," she adds, "The destiny card and lucky number for today are: the 7 of Spades and 35!"
That's when you ask your participant to deal down to the 35th card - it's the 7 of Spades!
Just in case you might wonder:
There is only one toll-free number on the business card. No switch of business or playing cards. Your participant writes down his series of choices for value, color, and suit. No sleights, forces, moves, confederates, stooges - this is clean! A free selection - it works with all 52 playing cards. Always available, 24/7/365 No special deck is required, but included in this package is our original Demon Deck - a $35.00 value - at no extra charge!Comes complete with a supply of professionally designed full-color business cards, illustrated instructions, and The Demon Deck.
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