Watch It In Action
The BIG Prediction Writer by Robert Malissa
A classic mentalism idea, made lightyears better!
The Effect
Anyone or a series of people call out digits from 0 to 9. You write them down on a white board with a red or black dry erase marker in the order they shout them out. Clipped to the back of the board, in plain sight the entire time is a manilla envelope.
You detach the envelope, spin the white board around to verify the numbers you wrote are correct, and then reach into the envelope, and pull out a single 6" x 4" index card. You turn the card around and written in large numbers in black crayon is the correct number, a 1 in 10,000 prediction! If you had real powers, this is what it would look like.
This is a new system for predicting the answer to any question answered by your audience. It is best for small words, names, or numbers. The routines are only limited by your imagination.
Key points:
- No stooges
- Nothing electrical to worry about
- The prediction can be seen from a distance as the numbers fill the index card.
- The prediction is written in black crayon on the card in the envelope
- The dry erase markers used can be either red or black.
- Easy to do with a little practice
- Has been used hundreds of times in real performances.
- Leaves the audience stunned!
- Everything you need, no arts and crafts involved!
- 9" x 12" dry erase white board (fiber board, not cardboard interior)
- 2 dry erase markers, one red, one black
- 2 gimmicks
- 1 ea. manila envelope
- Approx. 20, 6 x 4 index cards to get you started, (you consume one each performance).
- 1 spring clip for the envelope
Robert Malissa runs "The Great Philadelphia Comedy Magic Walking Tour". He needed an audience participation trick for everyone to do while visiting a large plaza. He asks the whole audience a trivia question and those that are correct move 1 giant step forward. He asks two more questions and those that know the answers move forward. The number of people in each row is counted and that is the basis for a 4 digit number that is written on the board, which matches the prediction in the envelope which has been in plain sight the entire time.
This is a worker routine that has been honed over hundreds of performances.
"In the past, other gimmicks have been marketed that accomplish the same idea, but I know of none this practical or easy to use that can produce such a bold prediction."
- David Regal
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