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The guy on MTV SpringBreak

ok, here are some examples of what the guy is doing.

Q1) Assume whatever posture you desire. Now you are to think of a name of one of your friends. Think it, don't say it.
A1) The magic guy proceeds to tell you the first letter in the name (correctly) and the last letter in the name (correctly) and then sounds the name out (correctly)

Q2) Two people objects are seated, facing forward, three feet apart from eachother. In one seat we have a girl, in the other seat we have a guy. The magic guy stands in the middle.
A2) The magic guy states to the seated guy, "I am going to poke the girl with my finger. You will feel 5x the poke in the same spot as I poke the girl. (they're both seated, eyes closed.) With his right index finger, he pokes the girl in the side of her gluteus maximus. The seated guy leaps off his chair in the same direction and grips his right buttock. This is where the girl was poked.

Q3) The magic guy has a seated guy in front of him. He places the seated guy's hand face down on the table in front of him. Seated guy keeps eyes closed.
A3) The magic guy says "When I raise my hand, you will raise your hand. When I lower my hand, you will lower your hand." And the magic guy does several raising and lowering, all matched by the seated guy. Some of the magic guys raisings/lowerings are varied in the wait time with still matching results.

I think I was most likely duped by the card tricks. Afterall, they're tricks. :D

Now, it looks like he's just pulling people off the beach to do this. Ii sincerely doubt he talked to these people in advance. I don't think it was some "faith-healer" type greasy stuff.

I firmly believe something weird was going on here.
 
Uh, Rid, uh, did you ever go see a magician? Y'see, that's the kind of stuff they do. But no one over four years old thinks it's anything other than some clever trickery.
 
Whenever I watch a -really- good magician -- one of the major acts, say -- I can't help but feel a sense of wonder, even though intellectually I -know- it's all smoke and mirrors and misdirection.

I think the best remark is what I call Feist's Declaration (from Raymond Feist's Riftwar series; specifically, Prince of the Blood):

There is no magic.

The statement comes from when one of the protagonists must speak on behalf of the world's pre-eminent wizards, who has given him that phrase. Telling it to a wandering, itinerant magician, the magician is convinced, and explains to the protagonist:

"Juggling is just a trick -- but it looks like magic to someone who doesn't know how to do it. Magic is just learning to juggle with no hands at all."

Now, admittedly, this can be misinterpreted or twisted -- but to me, it's always served as a bit of an affirmation. There's nothing so mysterious that it cannot be explained.

--Toasty
 
This the guy?
John Pyka (appearing as "Big Daddy Cool") is a professional entertainer who has about twenty years of performing experience under his too-hip belt. As "Big Daddy Cool" (affectionately known online as "BDC"), John has performed stand-up magic for numerous corporate clients and in comedy clubs throughout the northeastern United States and has been seen on MTV's "Spring Break" and A&E's "An Evening at the Improv". John is currently the star of "Jump, Jive, and Swing", a 1940s review that combines music, dance, drama, magic, and even comic books! Recently, John has completed work on a book called "Just Like Magic", and plans to create a companion video later this year.
http://www.online-visions.com/other/0209bdc.html
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Gee... Must not be the same guy, this one says he's an entertainer. MTV must've found a REAL magician and replaced this guy with him. That's what I like about MTV - always going for authenticity and the real thing, rather than superficial flummery and flash.
 
Unfortunately, Mr. Pyka had to cut his show short after several sinning-but-repenting-for-it Christian Spring Breakers happened to walk past and pray for him, causing him to lose his demonic powers.
 
Big Daddy Cool sounds like a black guy. And a fat one at that.

The guy on MTV looked British or Aussie, about 28yrs old. Very white/caucasian skin. Dark hair.

I'd really like to know how name guessing fits under "standard magic".
 
Riddick said:
Big Daddy Cool sounds like a black guy. And a fat one at that.

The guy on MTV looked British or Aussie, about 28yrs old. Very white/caucasian skin. Dark hair.

I'd really like to know how name guessing fits under "standard magic".
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Hmmm....Big Daddy Cool sounds to me like a white guy who works in a swing dance show. Oh wait! It is!
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