#shorts Oil And Water Josh is here again with another trick from Talk About Tricks. I'm sure you get the idea now, but you can buy the book here: www.vanishingincmagic.com/mag...
Nice. I use a couple of moves from Classic Sampler by Mike Skinner for my version, which is presented as a memory game: remember the order of these four red picture cards, it doesn't matter whether left-to-right or right-to-left, because there's only four of them. Got it? Okay then we'll use eight cards in total but there's no need to remember these four black cards, they're just to separate out the reds. I then lay the reds on the table and clearly show every black card being inserted between them, alternating the colours. I then pick up the eight cards and clearly show me spreading the top four to place onto the participant's face-up palm, doing the same with the bottom four for myself. We both then sandwich our packets and I ask them to remember which two reds they're holding. Which one of us is holding all the reds depends on the participant. Sometimes I like to act confused, like they just played the trick on me - because no-one likes a smartass, right? - but other times I ask them to bet, and it's me holding all the reds (I never take their money). It's a quick version more reminiscent of the in-the-hands two-card monte than the original Oil and Water, but it always gets strong reactions.
I've been showing it for several years, after I saw it in an old DVD set. I end it by dividing the entire deck. One of the best regular deck finishers.
I never understood the oil and water trick. I have a sense of "so what?" but your performance is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it and giving me something to aspire to.
