Great Trick - I have Tip for Practice
It is hard to add much to what the 5 Star reviewers are saying. I agree, its a great trick for all the reasons noted. The instructions are great. Woody tells you how and why this works but I thought I might offer a tip. In the early part of the instructional video Woody presents the effect several times. Once to you and once to an audience. Grab a pen and an index card and make note of the scripting. Once you have that, you will be able to practice the effect until you have it. By all means watch the entire video! He gives you tips making the script easier to remember because he will tell you 'why' this works. That is helpful. For learning purposes I divided the script in 3 sections allowing me to learn one section at a time. It has taken me a deck of cards (Wal-Mart $1.29) to learn all of this but it isn't difficult and practicing as I have described it is pretty easy. That's good because I am performing this one tomorrow at a wedding! Yes, I will have my 'cheater' Index Card with me. It will be inside my case as I stand behind a table and have clear view of what I am supposed to do. This is NOT a professional way to perform this but by then I shouldn't need my Index Card, but it is a great effect for a wedding which happens to be TOMORROW! I am going to give it a shot. So, just to describe time spent learning, I went through the video yesterday, took notes and practiced. 3 hours total. Then, I went through my notes until I can do it from memory which took about another 1.5 hours on day 2. I think I've got it! Following my notes from his performance I have not had a single 'fail'. Not bad from video to performance but making note of the scripted commentary I found very helpful. Perhaps you will too.
