Now, these may not be your choices, as they are personal
to me, but here are some of my favorites:
Cary Grant. To me, this guy was as good as it got. When
I think about the golden age of Hollywood, this guy just
screamed, “cool.”
Dorothy Parker. The great American author, poet and
critic. She wrote the poem:
I like a martini
Two at the very most
After three I’m under the table
After four I’m under my host
Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain – great
American author and humorist.
Albert Einstein who created the Special Theory of Relativity
that states that time moves slower when spent with your
relatives.
Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Hendrix, Marylyn Monroe, and
here we have Dean Martin. It is, after all, a party. Somebody’s got to bring the booze.
Next, pick up the other deck of all force pairs and
display them to the audience so that they can see the
faces of the cards, but your spectator on stage cannot.
Now, our helper gets a chance to freely pick a barbeque
guest for herself. Who will she pick? Will it be Cary Grant,
Mark Twain, Katherine Hepburn? Who? She has a free
selection of any one of these.
Saying this, transfer a couple of pairs from the face of
the deck to the back showing all pictures of you. Then,
eventually fan all of the pairs out so that the audience
sees nothing but pictures of you. This is a very funny
moment so don’t rush it. (Fig. 4)
After you’ve gone through the celebrity cards, stop at
the last one before exposing the rough and smoothed
pair with your face on it.
Close your eyes. I’m going to quickly show the audience the
one barbecue buddy that I would pick for you.
Expose the double card that shows your face and hold
the rough and smoothed pair up as one to the audience. (Fig. 3) After everyone gets a chance to register
that the face on the card is yours, set it down briefly on
top of the stack and peal off the top of the roughed pair
(in my case, the “Homer” card) and set it off to the side
so that only the back is showing. Often times I’ll slightly
adjust whatever I’m going to be leaning the single card
up against with my right hand as justification to place
the double card on the deck before peeling off the top
one.
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Turn the fan down and ask the spectator to place her
finger on the back of one of the cards. (Fig. 5) When
she does, clearly and fairly cut that card to the top of
the pack. Peel off the top card of the stack (one of the
Homer cards), and have her hold it against her chest
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