"It's so quiet you could hear a career drop." Magic 4 Dummies

Dropped deck of cards: Hmm, there much be a hole in my hand.

Single dropped card: 1) Was this your card? 2) Stupid gravity. 3) MAN DOWN!!!!! *Dives after the card*

Trick gone wrong: 1) It doesn't look half bad from my side. 2) Now, see, this is what magicians call "Misdirection". While I'm in here messing up this trick, my assistant is sneaking an elephant into the next room. Go ahead, check! *Runs away*

When nobody laughs at a joke: 1) I'll have a funeral for that joke tomorrow at noon. 2) What is this: an audience or an oil painting/jury?

Random jokes: 1) This trick is performed in front of a live audience. You'll have to wait until they get here. 2) My fingers never leave my hand.

Heckler stoppers: 1) You are really great, man! You should be on a stage! There's one leaving in 10 minutes. 2) You have a striking face. How many times were you struck there? 3) You've got lovely hair - coming out of your nostrils!

I like this one. Pretty funny. But i heard this one on this forum,

If you drop cards: "Hmm, i guess that they dont feel like performing today"

-magicman135

Heh, that one's prety funny too. Here's some more:

Random Jokes: 1) How many people have never seen me before? Okay, now how many people are seeing me for the first time? 2) So, where are you from? "New Jersey." Im sorry? "New Jersey." No, I heard you, I'm just sorry. 3) This trick can be done by any 10 year old with 15 years of practice. 4) One time I accidentally cut off a boy's ear. I said sorry, but I don't think he heard me.

When hecklers are acting up: 1) Yeah, I remember when I had my first beer... 2) Don't put me down! We're made from the same mold. Well, actually, you're a lot moldier that I am. 3) You're a saint...a Saint Bernard.

Magic is entertainment, and so is comedy. Even if you messed up a trick, you can still be the focus of entertainment by makeing them laugh. Take this suggestion for example...

You dropped a deck of cards onto the floor attempting some sleight of hand. Now think of your greatest effect that you have showed the audiance earlier... For example the hummingbird effect, here is what you say...

"He can make a card float in mid air but he can't handle a deck of playing cards."


This is kind of a steal off of what david copperfield said when he almost tripped down the stage stairs...

"He can make the statue of liberty disapear but he cant walk down a flight of stairs."



Have fun with it...

That's why I love this forum.....you guys offer some of the best advice, without flaming, and it's good advice......so glad to be a Penguin.....

Some of the lines I've used, some are new, so here's my offering......

Any effect dropped: (best Donald Trump voice, point) You're Fired!

if you drop a sponge ball kick it into the audience(carefully) and yell GOAL!!!!!!

i usually just find a way of moving into another trick without it looking like two tricks etc. Such as a card finding routine in an ACR

if I drop some cards, I usually say " Didn't want those ones anyway" in a huffy kinda silly manner

When screwing up a trick: I was wondering why nobody bought this trick from me.

Haha, some of these lines are so funny. You guys are my heroes Im only 16 and i do alot of magic for my family (none for friends or strangers) and i still need to practice alot. These lines will definitely come in handy.

im only 14 but this one goes down quite well if your doing an elastic band routine or a heckler is bothering you :

Me:OK, has anyone lost a load of £20 notes/20$ bills wrapped in a rubber band?
Heckler/Speccy:Yeah!!! I did.
Me:Well then, here you go, i found the rubber band

(terrible i know but it works well )

2 things if you drop a bunch of cards...
look at the time and say ooh shoot its xx o'clock i forgot thats their naptime
or
WOAH its getting windy out here it blew those cards rite outta my hands

I just tend to use the line "Oh [edited], I [edited] that up. Next trick".

Or just "And give the deck a flick, and your card not only jumps to the top, but its also changed into a completely different card".

here are some
it worked in the magic store
im curious to see how i get out of this myself
when i get this trick right it wont be a trick it will be a miracle
Wait come back
did i show you (last trick you did)?

All of these are from magic for dummies(which is a really good book)