I’m working on some patter for a new magic trick, and I was hoping the TM could help me with a punchline.
The deal is that I’m working with an “invisible” deck of cards. As I shuffle and play with my nonexistant cards, I talk about how I’ve always loved magic, and especially card tricks, but that when I was little my mother wouldn’t let us have cards in the house. “Oh, it wasn’t a religous thing,” I say. . .
My line was “She just thought it would take away from my time in the sweatshop”, or “It’s just that I kept kicking her ass at cribbage.”
. . . but that when I was little my mother wouldn’t let us have cards in the house. "Oh, it wasn’t a religious thing, it was just that Dad kept running the balances up at the local strip club . . . (badabing) . . . but no, really, I meant playing cards, of course . . . "
Hoping this isn’t a kid’s magic show . . .
Dr. Watson
“Magic? Didn’t he drown in a big tank of water?”
You don’t really need a punch line. After you say, ‘‘Oh, it wasn’t a religious thing,’’ pause for a moment. Look your audience in the eye. Giggle nervously and look away. Then, with your eyes tightly shut, clench your teeth and mutter: ‘‘I’ll be good, Mommy. Shut up!’’ Then continue your magic trick as if nothing unusual has happened.
…but the only game she had ever heard of was strip poker… and trust me when I say our 102 year old grandmother running around naked isn’t a pretty sight.
When your noodling around with your “invisiable” deck of cards, pretend notice somthing in the deck, then say “Whoops, forgot to take out the jokers” and pull them out and toss them aside.