Introduction to the Shell Game Bits 

Pop Haydn - Just rewatched this. There’s going to be a lot of work just to get half as good as you. Just makes me smile.

OTHMARIUS MAGIC

Its rubber

I wasn't Pop then.

@@PopHaydn ah I see!

Did you have a hard time following the pea? I designed the color of the pea for use on a pool table. I think it has plenty of contrast, even on video.

@@PopHaydn no but just think would look better on black as people may not see well it poor eye sight

@@lunalovegoodwitch It might seem that way, but in my opinion black is the worst possible background. It looks suspicious, it swallows up all the light, and it diminishes everything in size and importance. A white pea works on black, but the contrast is so high, I think it looks much better on green and is more comfortable to the eye. The pea is the important thing, the shells secondary. Same with cups and balls. Cups and shells should not be as light or bright as the balls or pea, but lighter than the background. A variation in contrast is better than harsh unnatural contrast. A white pea works well on a green background. Just my opinion, of course, but I have been doing this game for more than sixty years. I created the green color of the Perfect Pea with the intention of finding something that looked good on almost any surface. White does not look good on newspaper, for example.

@@PopHaydn no it doesn't make things smaller other wise magic wouldn't be real. U are so strange Powell each to there own . I use clock all the time and yet the audiences still like my magic they even say my stuff looked good on a black mat after I've performed

@@PopHaydn ps you haven't invented the colour of the pea it was mother nature that invented

meh...who cares. it's not like the visitors are taken to Las Vegas with a gun to their head and forced to gamble their money away. let them lose their money. they obviously don't value it.

@@PopHaydn exactly

its been already exposed and you can use it as street scam

I think it is awesome that he shows how its done, because it makes it even harder because even knowing how this is done, without years and years of practice, it isn't going to be done by amateurs anyway.

Pop Haydn what are you talking about? Techniques are secrets. Magicians have invested thousands of hours practicing these techniques.

Pop Haydn I saw your castle act and thought it was great. This expose should bar you from castle performances in my opinion.

@@PopHaydn Could not disagree more. If it was a demonstration, why wouldn't you educate your castle audience during the presentation and reveal all the moves. They are their to be entertained with something mysterious i.e. close-up magic. A swindle is just a magic trick used for a different purposes but its still close-up magic. That's my 2 cents anyway.

@@PopHaydn The shell game can, and is shown as magic all of the time. Vanishes, appearances, transpositions, it's all there and can be very magical. If you choose to openly expose it that's on you but to say it isn't magic is at the very least arguable. What illusions are being spoiled? Everything I just mentioned. Might as well tell people how to do it as you perform it then. After all...you wouldn't be spoiling anything.

@@PopHaydn then tell people how it's done before you perform it next time. But you won't because the secret matters and you know it.