Boston's Penetration by Michael Kras
Effect: While at Boston Pizza, the bill arrives with a bunch of complimentary mints enclosed. The magician casually removes a mint, and visually PLUCKS the mint right through the wrapper! The wrapper is still sealed shut (the wrapper is in a "bag of chips" fashion) and the whole wrapper is still filled with air! Of course, when a spectator opens the wrapper himself, he finds absolutely nothing within.
Set-Up: This is where the scam comes in. Since this effect can only be done when you're lucky, I feel the best thing to do with it is to offer it here at the Café fore free.
You will need to be at a Boston Pizza restaurant (This is absolutely crucial) and before your friend arrives (or when you have a moment to yourself) ask a waitress if you could have a handful of mints. Boston Pizza has there own mints that are similar to Mentos, and are individually air-sealed in a Chips-style bag. Here's the scam:
Boston Pizza is giving away cheap product... on occasion, you will actually find a wrapper that is sealed and full of air with NO MINT inside whatsoever! This is the sad, yet lucky truth, and I decided to take advantage of this for a killer effect.
Anyway, ask the waitress for a handful of mints. If you are lucky, one of the mints will just be an Air Pocket. If not, then Hey! You've got mints!
So, if you do find a faulty mint, pocket it, and remove a mint from another wrapper and place it in the same pocket next to the empty wrapper. You're ready!
ROUTINE: After dinner, your waitress will naturally bring you the bill with a few mints inside. When this arrives, casually dip your hand into your pocket and come out with both the wrapper and the whole mint in Finger Palm. Immediately grab the bill and open the folder, hiding the contents. Reach in with the dirty hand and bring the Finger-Palmed empty wrapper into view. To the spectator, it looks as though you simply reached in and removed a mint.
Move the bill to the side, holding the wrapper at your fingertips. Explain that you can remove the mint from its wrapper without harming the wrapper at all. Naturally, the spectators will believe this to be an impossible feat. But by golly, you do it!
Transfer the wrapper onto the other empty outstretched palm, and casually tap against it with your fingertips. As you do so, bring the Finger-Palmed mint into view. It will look to the spectators as though you have just visually plucked the mint straight through the side of the wrapper!
Immediately give the wrapper to the spectators, who will find that it is still sealed shut and full of air as well! Allow them to open it and expose the nothing inside. Pop the mint into your mouth if you haven't already done so.
This all came to meone night at Boston Pizza when my mint was the only mint that was just an empty wrapper. I asked the waitress for a few more mints and she gave me not one, not two, but THREE empty wrappers from a huge jar! Nowadays they are not so common but I suggest you be on the lookout for them.
Another way to perform this is to act as though you open the wrapper and dump out the mint, and re-seal the wrapper magically.
Hope you enjoyed! Any thoughts? Comments? Questions?
Michael Kras
Effect: While at Boston Pizza, the bill arrives with a bunch of complimentary mints enclosed. The magician casually removes a mint, and visually PLUCKS the mint right through the wrapper! The wrapper is still sealed shut (the wrapper is in a "bag of chips" fashion) and the whole wrapper is still filled with air! Of course, when a spectator opens the wrapper himself, he finds absolutely nothing within.
Set-Up: This is where the scam comes in. Since this effect can only be done when you're lucky, I feel the best thing to do with it is to offer it here at the Café fore free.
You will need to be at a Boston Pizza restaurant (This is absolutely crucial) and before your friend arrives (or when you have a moment to yourself) ask a waitress if you could have a handful of mints. Boston Pizza has there own mints that are similar to Mentos, and are individually air-sealed in a Chips-style bag. Here's the scam:
Boston Pizza is giving away cheap product... on occasion, you will actually find a wrapper that is sealed and full of air with NO MINT inside whatsoever! This is the sad, yet lucky truth, and I decided to take advantage of this for a killer effect.
Anyway, ask the waitress for a handful of mints. If you are lucky, one of the mints will just be an Air Pocket. If not, then Hey! You've got mints!
So, if you do find a faulty mint, pocket it, and remove a mint from another wrapper and place it in the same pocket next to the empty wrapper. You're ready!
ROUTINE: After dinner, your waitress will naturally bring you the bill with a few mints inside. When this arrives, casually dip your hand into your pocket and come out with both the wrapper and the whole mint in Finger Palm. Immediately grab the bill and open the folder, hiding the contents. Reach in with the dirty hand and bring the Finger-Palmed empty wrapper into view. To the spectator, it looks as though you simply reached in and removed a mint.
Move the bill to the side, holding the wrapper at your fingertips. Explain that you can remove the mint from its wrapper without harming the wrapper at all. Naturally, the spectators will believe this to be an impossible feat. But by golly, you do it!
Transfer the wrapper onto the other empty outstretched palm, and casually tap against it with your fingertips. As you do so, bring the Finger-Palmed mint into view. It will look to the spectators as though you have just visually plucked the mint straight through the side of the wrapper!
Immediately give the wrapper to the spectators, who will find that it is still sealed shut and full of air as well! Allow them to open it and expose the nothing inside. Pop the mint into your mouth if you haven't already done so.
This all came to meone night at Boston Pizza when my mint was the only mint that was just an empty wrapper. I asked the waitress for a few more mints and she gave me not one, not two, but THREE empty wrappers from a huge jar! Nowadays they are not so common but I suggest you be on the lookout for them.
Another way to perform this is to act as though you open the wrapper and dump out the mint, and re-seal the wrapper magically.
Hope you enjoyed! Any thoughts? Comments? Questions?
Michael Kras
