oh come on dude... see the bigger picture .. Nick Knowles went to
great pains to tell us that there were no camera tricks a few times
during the show....
I believe that ...
he also told us that they were revealing the truth about how all these
tricks were done .. (e.g. the precursor to the 'shoe on the train'
trick) .. do you really, really think a guy of John Lennahans prowess
with a deck of cards would have him resort to photomessaging ......and
how would you guarantee connection to the mobile in time for the train
I can assure you, reception is NOT a problem in the London area on most
networks. It's HEVILY covered by masts. Also it looked like a delay was
edited out, the train wasn't JUST arriving.
to arrive???
I don't believe that ... (although it is presented as a plausible method)
This is exactly how the card one was done, you can even see the stooge
pocketing the 10H in the video replay, it's not that JL 'stooped' to
anything, they just constructed a trick which could be revealed without
giving away any bonifide secrets, (like the P&T's card prediction where the
card was displayed on the giant billboard behind the subject in Times
Square, remember...?)
Nick Knowles also said that the person on whom the shoe gag was
performed was picked at random ... err.. from three,... who cut the
deck to take part in the trick?? the winner having *cut* to the bottom
of what was left of the deck i.e. she took the bottom card, an ace ...
trying just a little too hard here to be showing *randomness* methinks.
so the question is I suppose .. do you believe Nick knowles when he
said that woman who's shoe was vanished was a total stranger....
or a stooge ?
Well, I see it a bit differently, here's a *possible* method....
The woman was selected at random, but selected BEFORE the camera action...
As far as I know, there is a shoe store in Waterloo Station, along with a
whole load of other shops, say they picked her out in the shop when she
bought her shoes and decided to wear them there and then, and got an
identical pair (they match perfectly cuz they are both new and she will
never know the difference)... Then the high card is forced on her, (notice
how JH held tightly onto the deck when she tried to cut, then casualy said,
"Oh, OK, take the whole deck if you like".
He then led her to a position in the station where several platform numbers
were visible to her and did a psychological force of platform 12 based on
the numbers she could see looking down the platform - this would work well
if she could see up to platform 9 - her inclination would be to pick 12 as
it's psychologicaly linked to 9, (perhaps having a few or all other
platforms covered in case of a miss-hap, although this would cost a lot on
shoes!). Took her there, vanished the shoe and presto! (This could all
have been made easier if they aquired lots of pairs of an inexpensive shoe,
and had them placed on "Special Offer" in pride of place at the shoe store
entrance).
Although my explanation is not perfect, it shows, I hope, that there are
methods other than stooges for this effect and Nick Knowles COULD have been
telling the truth. (I hate it when background info on an effect is a lie,
and I doubt that JL would stoop to THIS!)
As for the card one, I would have just forced the card, (possibly using a
rough/smooth deck), disapeared the card with a devil's hank, and had the
forced card put on the train window... No need for a stooge in the station,
and no need for picture messaging phones =OP
Zipp.. << knows what he thinks!!