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    The document provides a detailed technical description and refinement of a classic billet reading effect called 'Two Papers and a Spectator'. The effect involves using switches and palming of folded pieces of paper called billets to accurately reveal names and locations written by a spectator without seeing the writings.

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    The document provides a detailed technical description and refinement of a classic billet reading effect called 'Two Papers and a Spectator'. The effect involves using switches and palming of folded pieces of paper called billets to accurately reveal names and locations written by a spectator without seeing the writings.

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    The document provides a detailed technical description and refinement of a classic billet reading effect called 'Two Papers and a Spectator'. The effect involves using switches and palming of folded pieces of paper called billets to accurately reveal names and locations written by a spectator without seeing the writings.

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    2 Papers and A Spectator

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    izzusionboyx
    The document provides a detailed technical description and refinement of a classic billet reading effect called 'Two Papers and a Spectator'. The effect involves using switches and palming of folded pieces of paper called billets to accurately reveal names and locations written by a spectator without seeing the writings.

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    of 3

    TWO PAPERS

    and a

    SPECTATOR
    A technical refinement of the Annemann classic

    A free eBook By Ben Salinas

    FIRST...SOME HISTORY
    In1944 Max Holden published Practical Mental Effects, a collection of Ted Annemanns greatest effects from the pages of The Jinx. On page 43 is Two Papers and a Spectator, a very nice billet reading effect. The original was done using a thumbtip and some, I feel, sketchy handling. I have never liked - a stack of pre-folded billets in the RIGHT pocket (index cards cut in half)

    Remove stack Pre-fold 1 Paper and hand it to the spectator TURN YOUR BACK (fold a dummy and set it behind the stack of papers (between the hand and the stack) She writes a NAME on the billet Take the NAME billet on top of the RH stack, press the creases flat, FLIPAWAY SWITCH for the DUMMY billet onto the table Place the switched-in DUMMY billet to your left. 1 paper to the spectator She writes a PLACE on the billet, you TURN YOUR BACK READ the NAME billet & REFOLD Finger Palm the NAME billet in LH Place the stack of papers in your right pocket Take the PLACE billet in your RH and EB SWITCH it for the NAME billet as you reach for an object to place it under Place the NAME billet to your right

    Position Check: The DUMMY billet is on the table to the left (spectator thinks it is the NAME billet) The NAME billet is on the table to the right (spectator thinks it is the PLACE billet) The PLACE billet is finger palmed in your RH RH retrieves the papers from your pocket, use the UMBRELLA MOVE to open the billet against the stack before you remove the papers from your pocket.

    Read and remember the PLACE, then pretend to write a prediction on the PLACE billet. I use my finger to scratch along the paper as if I am writing, not letting the tip of the pen touch the paper. Act as if you have changed your mind; pretend to scratch out what you wrote. Refold the PLACE billet and move it to the back of the stack. Write the PLACE prediction on a fresh billet. Fold it up and drop on the table between the tabled NAME billet (to the right) and you. LH finger palms the PLACE billet. RH pockets the papers She opens your billet, you grab her (NAME) billet and do the UNFOLDING SWITCH. RH picks up the DUMMY billet and ANNEMANN SWITCH it for the NAME billet as you bring the billet to your forehead to concentrate on it. Reveal the NAME you memorized earlier. Open out the NAME billet to check if you were correct. I like to open it on top of the folded DUMMY billet, so I can reveal her writing in a clean way while the DUMMY is hidden beneath. FLIPAWAY SWITCH T.A. Waters Mind, Myth and Magic pp 159-160 The billet to be switched is placed on the stack of papers

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