Bruce Johnson

Charlie The Juggling Clown

Creating Happy Memories that Last a Lifetime

 

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Charlie’s Marked Cards

Charlies_Marked_Fish

Children's 50/50 Forcing Decks

Frosty

I_Knew_You_Would

Instant_Wild_Card

Instant_Wild_Fish

The Ledger of Life

Odd Card Out

Tap,_Tap,_Tap

 

 

Charlie’s Marked Cards

As described in Creativity For Entertainers Volume Three.

Face of SixBack of Sixturn overBack of NineFace of Nine

    You show six cards of the same poker suit, the ace through six. You demonstrate they have their value marked on the back. When you turn the last card around so the number on the back looks like a nine, the face changes to a nine. 

Uses a sleight that is easy to perform but deceptive enough to create a sense of wonder for audience members of all ages.

Instantly reset making this ideal for strolling entertainment.

You are the only one to touch the cards so it is infection control compliant making it ideal for caring clowns. 

Pointer cards make it easy to keep the cards properly aligned.

$15.00

Charlie's Marked Fish

Fish Card with Six FishFish Back Marked SixTurn overFish Back Marked NineFish Card with Nine Fish


The same effect as Charlie's Marked Cards but with large Numbers Go Fish Cards.

This size card is actually easier to manipulate.

Audiences of all ages can relate to these cards.

You can incorporate jokes about fish into your presentation.

The change in the face of the card is immediately obvious.

Uses a sleight of hand move that is easy for you to perform but deceptive enough to create a sense of wonder in all audience members.

Instantly resets so it is ideal for strolling entertainment.

You are the only one who touches the cards so this effect is infection control compliant making it ideal for caring clowns.

$15.00

 

Children's 50/50 Forcing Decks

    Bob Keeshan said, "children aren't less intelligent than adults, they just have less experience."  Tricks with poker decks often aren't effective with young children because they have no experience with them.  These forcing decks, made from card games for children, allow you to do routines with cards young children can relate to, and they open up additional patter possibilities.  A forcing deck makes an audience volunteer pick the card you want them to.  Since you control which card will be chosen, you can prepare an amazing prediction in advance.  (A routine I like to do at birthday parties is prepare a greeting card for the birthday child with the name of the selected card written inside.  I have them pick a card, and fail to find the right one.  Then I have them open their greeting card revealing the prediction.  This gives them a magical souvenir of the party.) 

Decks currently in stock are regular size Go Fish decks, with colorful sea creatures.   

$5.00 for regular decks  

 

(Many more revelations and tips for using 50/50 Forcing Decks can be found in Creativity For Entertainers Volume 3: Creative Routines by Bruce "Charlie" Johnson.  For details see Books.)

Frosty

You display four cards each depicting a snowman.  Suddenly each picture has started to melt.  Then the snowmen melt a little further.  Next they vanish completely.  At the end the snowmen return.

Frosty OneFrosty 2Frosty 3Frosty 4

A plot everyone can relate to.

Features charming original artwork by Bruce "Charlie" Johnson

Automatically resets making it ideal for strolling entertainment.

Infection control compliant for caring clowns.

Uses a sleight that is easy enough anyone can perform it, but that is deceptive enough to cause wonder in all ages.

$15.00

I Knew You Would

As described in Creativity For Entertainers Volume Three.

I Knew Back

You display that you have four poker cards of the same value but each a different suit.  When a card is selected, a prediction magically appears proving that you knew which card would be selected.

The appearance of the prediction is a humorous surprise.

Easy to perform so you can concentrate on interacting with audience members.

Should not be repeated with the same audience.

Pointer cards make it easy to keep cards properly aligned for maximum audience impact.

$10.00

 

Instant Wild Card

As described in Creativity For Entertainers Volume Three.

 Instant Wild Card Aces   Instant Wild Card Kings

You show four matching face cards, e.g. King of Hearts.  Three of them are dealt face down onto the table to your right, and the last one is handed to an audience volunteer on your right.  You show four more matching cards, e.g. Ace of Spades.  Three of them are dealt face down onto the table on your left, and the last one is given to a second audience volunteer on your left.  The audience volunteers exchange cards.  They use their new card to tap the face of the face down pile in front of them.  They turn over the cards to show that the rest of the cards have also switched places.  All the Kings are now on your left and all of the Aces are on your right.

Easy enough for you to perform, but strong enough to create a sense of wonder.

The cards in each packet vary, but they all have a face card of one color and a pip card of the opposite color for maximum contrast making the effect easy for the audience to see and understand.

A plot that can be understood by all ages.

Two audience members appear to perform the magic.

$15.00 

Instant Wild Fish

The same effect as Instant Wild Card described above except using large colorful fish cards.

Instant Wild Fish Sevens    Instant Wild Fish Twelves

Cards are the same style as used for Charlie's Marked Cards so the two effects will go together well.

Every packet has four cards with twelve red fish and four cards with seven green fish making it easy for the audience to see and understand what happens.

$15.00

The Ledger of Life

As described in Creativity For Entertainers Volume Three.

Created by Bruce Johnson, Produced by Laflin Magic

"We are wonderfully pleased to be able to release Bruce Johnson's gospel message illusion, The Ledger of Life. It is a superb blend of simple effect and powerful lesson."  - Duane Laflin

What Happens? A "spiritual bank" book is shown (The Ledger of Life). Listed on it's pages are sins and the price due for them. Death.

The sins are listed in bold letters and so it the price. Death.

Then, as the story of Jesus Christ is told, the pages in the book change. Suddenly, over the sins and their price are the letters "PAID IN FULL BY CHRIST'S BLOOD". These letters are in bright red!

Finally, all the pages in the book turn blank. The blood of Christ not only paid for the sin, but also took their record away. The believer stands justified (just-as-if-I'd never sinned) before God!

$15.00

Odd Card Out

As described in Creativity For Entertainers Volume Three.

Odd Card Out Backs

    You have four cards, all of the same value, for example, four jacks.  No matter which card is chosen, that card has a different colored back then the others. 

It becomes more amazing when repeated with the same audience.

Instantly resets making it ideal for strolling entertainment.

Concludes with all the cards being examined by audience members.

$5.00

 

Tap, Tap, Tap

As described in Creativity For Entertainers Volume Three.

Tap Tap Tap

You display a packet of four cards.  When you tap them to square up the packet, the backs start to slide off.  Tap them again and the backs slide off further.  Tap them a final time and the backs have vanished.

Excellent close up effect that creates a sense of amazement and humor.

Does not reset instantly but the use of pointer cards and a numerical sequence makes it easy to align the cards properly in the right order with a minimum of thought eliminating mistakes.

Limited to stock on hand, and then it will no longer be available.

$15.00

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                        Charlie's Creative Comedy

                         1602 Locust Way 

                        Lynnwood WA 98036-9017 USA

 

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