Steve Fearson – Stop the Presses
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Steve Fearson – Stop the Presses
Effect： The magician borrows a newspaper from a nearby spectator， and then proceeds to rip the paper into pieces. He now jots down a prediction on a piece of paper and hands it to the same spectator to hold for later). He has a volunteer come forward and blindfolds them. They then take the paper and are asked to shuffle pieces off until they feel like stopping. When they stop， the magician hands them a sharpie and asks them to make a dot on the paper. The magician now takes the stack of papers and asks them to remove the blindfold. The spectator now reads the word that they randomly placed the dot on， followed by the rest of the sentence this is found to match the prediction perfectly.
What’s black and white and red all over?” A newspaper of course.
Now here’s one you haven’t heard before.
What’s black and white and will blow you away?
The answer is STOP THE PRESSES， the new mental masterpiece from Dustin Baker.
It’s a newspaper prediction effect that’s as easy as 1， 2， 3.
There are numerous different methods available that can enable you to perform a prediction effect. The problem is， most of them use gimmicks or require some type of setup.
Stop the Presses is different.
Stop the Presses is 100% impromptu.
The only thing required to perform it is an ordinary magic marker and an unprepared newspaper.
The newspaper can be borrowed. The marker could be borrowed. You can purchase a newspaper on the spot and perform the effect. Or use any newspaper you find laying around. Anywhere!
The prediction can contain one word， or an entire sentence surrounding the word! It’s up to you.
100% IMPROMPTU
100% ACCURATE
100% AMAZING
Imagine being able to perform a knockout mentalism effect with any unprepared newspaper. This is what great magic is all about.
This effect can be performed anywhere. It is a stunning effect that plays well to audiences of any size. It is the ideal effect for a television performance and is just as effective in an intimate setting. Do it on the street， do it in a living room， do it on stage. Do it ANYWHERE!
Stop the Presses is available right now as a downloadable video and is mac and windows compatible. File size is approximatly 30 megabytes.
