Comments on: Patter for magicians: 1945 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1673473 jimh Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1673473 Gold, Jerry, GOLD! Gold, Jerry, GOLD!

]]> By: AnonymousCoward http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672908 AnonymousCoward Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672908 Heya, In case anyone is interested, the full book is available for free download from the National Library of Australia at the following links* book information http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26001138?versionId=31330857 direct pdf download (~6mb) http://trove.nla.gov.au/goto?i=x&w=26001138&d=http%3A%2F%2Fhandle.slv.vic.gov.au%2F10381%2F151635 I had many a chuckle from the full text. * Please note that I downloaded fine from within Australia, unaware if there is a geo-lock on the site or anything like that...  Heya,

In case anyone is interested, the full book is available for free download from the National Library of Australia at the following links*

book information
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26001138?versionId=31330857

direct pdf download (~6mb)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/goto?i=x&w=26001138&d=http%3A%2F%2Fhandle.slv.vic.gov.au%2F10381%2F151635

I had many a chuckle from the full text.

* Please note that I downloaded fine from within Australia, unaware if there is a geo-lock on the site or anything like that… 

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672768 Just_Ok Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672768 Yes, mime patter is so Yes, mime patter is so

]]> By: Michael http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672544 Michael Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672544 Maybe many years ago. His appearance at the Essential Magic Conference in 2011 did suggest that he's become a cantankerous old fart. Maybe many years ago. His appearance at the Essential Magic Conference in 2011 did suggest that he’s become a cantankerous old fart.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672530 pjcamp Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672530 Ok, now I'm dreaming of a Magician's Woodstock where they all get up on stage and do different tricks with the exact same patter. I think I'd pay money to see that. Ok, now I’m dreaming of a Magician’s Woodstock where they all get up on stage and do different tricks with the exact same patter.

I think I’d pay money to see that.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672503 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672503 <blockquote>Lovely man</blockquote>His Wikipedia bio doesn't support that assertion.

Lovely man

His Wikipedia bio doesn’t support that assertion.

]]> By: PeaceLove http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672474 PeaceLove Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672474 Paul Daniels: Big time English comedy magician & TV star. Lovely man with a lot of old school cornball gags only he can pull off. Paul Daniels: Big time English comedy magician & TV star. Lovely man with a lot of old school cornball gags only he can pull off.

]]> By: Norm Tedford http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672445 Norm Tedford Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672445 Who's Paul Daniels? Who’s Paul Daniels?

]]> By: Nonentity http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672437 Nonentity Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672437 I've actually gotten a fair bit of laughs with the "no, the clean one" line... and the momentary confusion it <i>always</i> causes in the target is great for throwing off someone who is carefully watching for misdirections. Of course, I wouldn't want to use it as anything more than a throwaway sidetrack to the actual patter, with a small close-up group... or as part of an imitation '40s-style heckling-magician-comedy routine. I’ve actually gotten a fair bit of laughs with the “no, the clean one” line… and the momentary confusion it always causes in the target is great for throwing off someone who is carefully watching for misdirections.

Of course, I wouldn’t want to use it as anything more than a throwaway sidetrack to the actual patter, with a small close-up group… or as part of an imitation ’40s-style heckling-magician-comedy routine.

]]> By: Oskar http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672416 Oskar Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672416 I have no idea what you're talking about, this stuff is gold! I have no idea what you’re talking about, this stuff is gold!

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672348 tristan eldritch Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672348 Paul Daniels' Bible. Paul Daniels’ Bible.

]]> By: PeaceLove http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/patter-for-magicians-1945.html#comment-1672343 PeaceLove Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216978#comment-1672343 "Please hold out your hand, son. No, the clean one." [Pause for laffs] "Oh, that <i>was</i> the clean one!" [Big laffs] Sadly, many magicians still use those kinds of crappy lines to this day. I note many of the one-liners above have now been lifted wholesale and applied to rock guitarists, jazz musicians, poets, mimes or other members of maligned entertainment categories. “Please hold out your hand, son. No, the clean one.” [Pause for laffs] “Oh, that was the clean one!” [Big laffs]

Sadly, many magicians still use those kinds of crappy lines to this day.

I note many of the one-liners above have now been lifted wholesale and applied to rock guitarists, jazz musicians, poets, mimes or other members of maligned entertainment categories.

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