re: I'm still trying to figure out the David Blaine frog trick

For some of the tricks he has a piece of lead on the end of his finger and when they say the name they were thinking he'll say something right after to stall for a second and at the same time he's writing the name.

His card tricks are on-point though. The ones he did to Froot Loops and the Dallas Cowboys and out in Compton and in New Orleans were sick.

I haven't seen any David Blaine magic in about a decade but remember being impressed by most of it. I also remember the South Park episode when his magic was much more advanced that Jesus' (everyone see this water here, now look away for just a bit, look everyone, it's wine!).

I recall David Blaine saying that he got a children's magic book when he was a kid and started doing magic for his parents and their friends. Some of the adults naturally knew the 'trick' instantly and he became interested in learning tricks that they couldn't figure out. That interest apparently continued over time and now his tricks can be mind blowing.

I remember getting a Disney magic book when I was about 10 years old and doing tricks for adults also. My interest only lasted for about a month though and I moved on to other things.

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The Blaine twist was getting the person to name a frog as the animal but he did that through some leading comments.

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Yep. He said to name an animal that fits in he palm of your hand. That automatically limits the pool of animals. There are maybe 5 or 6 animals that 99% of the population would name if asked to name an animal that fits in the palm of our hand.

With a few subtle phrases, he could probably entice an unsuspecting person to name a frog 9/10 times.

Was in a bar one time and a dude was walking round doin tricks
He came up to our group did some card tricks and shite and when done he had my tag watch latched on his wrist

It was a tite rubber stap
He was quick as shite

He has to drink a lot of water before swallowing frogs. The real trick is getting them to say frog! Instead of fish or turtle. He must mention frogs in conversation before hand to get them to go there first.

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That bullshite. We used to go to brunch downtown and there was a magician occasionally at the brunch and he would do the write your name on a card trick to random people in the restaurant. He even used my dad as a volunteer one time. You think he secretly got my dad in on the trick and then my dad kept the secret his whole life?

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He likely got names from the restaurant staff.

Magnets.