How to Make Money Disappear and Appear

Justin Kredible: Let's find here what, watch right in here, nothing up to sleeves. What's going on? I'm Justin Kredible, welcome to Turning Tricks. This is the series where we teach you how to be a magician. Now, in this episode that we go through, there's going to be a lot of tricks that have a magic moment, it's very complicated and it's important to go back and watch it again and again and make that moment natural. We've got a lot of work to do, so grab five or six bills, a coin and a napkin; we're going to turn some tricks. Give me that back. Alright, so the trick you just saw me perform in the intro is called Ka Ching, and it is one of my favorites because you do exactly what a magician should be able to do, make a wad of cash appear from his finger tips. Here's what you need. A wad of cash, okay, in this case we've got twenties, tens and fives because it looks good, but, if times aren't great for you right now a wad of ones will do. And you also need to be wearing a jacket or a long-sleeve shirt and I'll explain why later. Here's the preparation, you got to prepare the cash in, kind of, a specific way so that you can make it appear. Now here's the deal, you stack the bills up and you're going to roll it into a tight little tube but before you roll in to tube so the final product is kind of nice and neat, you're going to want to bevel the bills a little bit, kind of, skew the stack like so. You start at this end and we start rolling, alright, you're going to rollup as tight as you can, kind of twist it in this way, by the time you get to the ends, all the ends of the bill will have lined up nice and neat. Alright, now people always think magicians use their sleeves in magic, and in this trick that's exactly what happens. Here's what you do. I take the wad of bills and then use my left elbow, kind of, the crick of my elbow here and I'm going to put the bills there and I'm going to take some of the fabric of my jacket and just fold it right over, hides it quite nicely, alright. That's where the bills are kept. Now what's great is that you can still hold your arms and your hands in a natural position, this is natural; you know, hey I'm talking. You don't want to open your arm bolder way because then you risk that wad of bills just flapping out. Here's the motion, I show my right hand empty, I pull up my sleeves, I do the same thing. I show my left hand empty, I pull up my sleeve. However, as I pull up the sleeve, I also grab that wad of bills in my right hand. The misdirection is perfect because this repetition of pulling up the sleeves, them seeing the hands empty, totally disguises it. Alright, let's do that again. Right hand empty, sleeve, left hand empty, sleeve and now I've got this wad of bills in my hand. I bring my hands together, and I am just, kind of, rub them and I slowly just unroll that wad of bills so it looks like this cash is just flowing out of my hands. That's Ka Ching. So, as you're working on mastering Ka Ching, couple of points to remember, when you're rolling up the wad of bills, bevel them a little bit so they're not necessarily straight so that when you roll it up like this, you've got a very neat little package. Alright, another point to remember is to make the sleeve pulling up motion identical the first time, as it is with the second time, and then take your time with this. Make the money appear slowly, kind of, make it work it out so it's a huge wad and this trick as well, it's great to practice in front of the mirror so you can see what they're seeing, it's a miracle enjoy Ka Ching. Okay, I'm going to show you guys a quick one, this uses a napkin and a coin, alright, watch. Coin goes right into the napkin, right in the middle and it's there, okay. I'm doing this really slow, we're just going to wrap the napkin around the coin and check this out. If we do this right, we can actually get the particles and molecules of the napkin to separate long enough to let that coin pass right through, without leaving a hole. I love this trick, it's called Hanky Panky, it's one of my favorites, one of the first ones I ever learnt, and it just uses a coin and a cloth napkin. So get that, let's do it. Okay, so in order to do Hanky Panky like I said you just need a coin and a napkin; it was actually the first trick I learnt in this series of magic classes I took when I was about 13 years old with some buddies. We were in seventh grade, and I grew up at St. Louis. The one magic shop down town St. Louis was half magic shop, half a dog book store. So it was an embarrassing series of magic lessons, I had to bring my mom or dad, parent had to be with you at all time so we were, kind of, seeing and learning magic with the craziest stuff around us. So that's why I finally call this trick Hanky Panky. Here's how to do it. I'm going to use a half dollar just to, kind of, teach you because it's easier to see. But then you can use a quarter, works just as well. You want to make sure you've a cloth napkin; a paper napkin is not going to work well and you'll see why. Check this out. We take the coin, and put it under the handkerchief, alright, what happens here is the first magic move. While you're, kind of, centering the coin, what I do is from behind I re-grip the coin just for a split second in my left hand, and I, with my right thumb under the handkerchief, I grab a little flap of fabric, just enough to, kind of, be twice as much as that coin. You see, I just grab a little flap of fabric and I re-grip and they are not going to see it. It all, kind of, happens under the motion of trying to center the coin. Basically, I'm like, okay, let's get the coin right in the center, re-grip pinch. That's the first move. And then what I do is, I lift up the napkin and I show the people that the coin is still there. What this does is that it sets you up to do the second magic move that'll basically accomplish the rest of the trick for you. So, after the re-grip I lift it up, and I say, see it's still there. Now, instead of just bringing that right back down, like I would do, what I do is I flip everything over the front and because of that little flap of fabric and me pinching it there, what happens is, I say look the coin is still there, and then I flip everything around the front. So now the coin is really just right there, it's already out of the handkerchief okay. And you can seal that fact by pinching it, okay. So from the front, it looks as if the coin is still right under the handkerchief, right centered in the middle like you say it is, okay. Then you'll clip the coin with your left hand, index finger and the thumb, and with your right hand, you just twist the handkerchief around, and then it's just acting from this point. You slowly just, kind of, work the coin. Talk some talk about expanding the molecules and working that coin right through, and try to make it as magical as possible, that's a cool little magical moment. You get the coin all the way out, let it fall on the table, and then you open up the handkerchief, show there are no holes, that's an impressive trick, Hanky Panky. Right hand holds the coin, as I'm centering it, I pinch it for a moment, and my right thumb repositions a little piece of fabric behind the coin. Then I show the audience that the coin is still there, and then here's where the move happens, I flip everything back over the front. So now that little flap of fabric is concealing the coin, it's already on the other side. We keep this held tight, you don't let go of that pinch, I'll show my hand empty, I grab it with my left and I twist the handkerchief around and then what I do is I slowly -- and I make this a magical moment, with that coin penetrate right through the center of the handkerchief. Alright, so a couple of tips to remember in your process of mastering the Hanky Panky illusion, first off, when you do that re-gripping motion, don't freak out about it, people don't suspect anything odd, it's perfectly covered by this misdirection, so make that smooth. Secondly, when you do this flip-over, a lot of times I'll teach and people will be like -- they'll be like, Oh wasn't that obvious? It's not obvious, it really looks like this natural motion, so be cool with it. And lastly, after you do the twist here and you're making that coin come through the handkerchief, really just make that magical moment slow, so they can get a good picture of that coin melting through the handkerchief in their minds, they will see there's no hole. That's Hanky Panky, good luck with it. Alright, I don't think if you guys knew this, but, every table has this Sweet Spot and it's like a spot where the wood is not as dense here, it's easier to show you with a coin, check this out. I'm going to go under the table and just let's see, you kind of hear it. Yeah, there it is, check this out, watch. I actually make the coin, go right through the table, pretty cool huh? This trick, I love because it's going to introduce you to a very important building block principle in magic called the Lapping principle. Alright, let me explain what I mean, the basic principle of Lapping is to get something from the top of the table to your lap, without the people knowing. And it can be used to vanish objects, make one object turn into another object, and in this trick, it gives the illusion that the coin is passing somehow through the table. So here's how we do it, here's a good way to practice it. Basically, drag -- take the coin, drag it off the edge of the table and actually pick it up, drag it off, pick it up, get used to what that feels like, okay, your thumb will come behind to catch it, I'm just picking the coin up off the edge of the table, totally natural motion. Now, you want to practice doing the identical motion, but instead of picking it up, just dropping it into your lap. And you don't want to flinch at this moment, you really want to make this moment smooth. Now, just to let you know, when practicing this, I put a napkin here which helps to catch the coin and keep it right where I want it, alright. So this is the basic principle of the Lapping, you want to rehearse this over and over again so that when you drag it and drop it right off the edge of the table, it really looks natural, okay. It's not as hard as it looks; you just want to rehearse it and rehearse it, and mimic that when you actually do that. This is the motion that you're simulating, it's just picking the coin up off the edge of the table. Here's where I do the Lapping, it just falls right into the lap, okay. The motion is basically the same, you just don't pick the coin up, everything is the same action. We just don't pick it up. So, when I'm doing this trick, I'm talking about this Sweet Spot, all this baloney about the Sweet Spot and I say let me show you, I'm going to take the coin, I drag it off the edge of the table, pretend I have it here, but it falls on my lap, okay. Then my hand, I show it empty, I come under; when I come under, I take the coin from my lap and under the table, now this is -- what's great about this trick is you have this audio misdirection, holding my hand like it has a coin here, I tap. Under the table I'm matching my actions. Further misdirection that I still have that coin in my hand, really feeling around for the Sweet Spot and then, Oh there, there I have it. And what I do is, I basically under the table take that coin, and just flap it flat. So it has this great illusion of -- and let that sink in for a second, kind of, rubbing it with my finger, bringing the coin out. It's the Sweet Spot, it's pretty sweet. So, the Sweet Spot, awesome trick and we introduce you here to the Lapping principle which is a very important building block of magic that we're going to come back to very often in this series. And when you're doing the Lapping principle, you want to make that motion, where you drag and drop it off the edge of the table as similar, when you do the magic move, to when you're actually just lifting it off the table. Alright, and with this remember, let that audio work in your favor. Really play up the theatrics of it, so when it finally goes through the table, it's a magical moment, enjoy the Sweet Spot. Awesome tricks right? Let's go over the tricks that we learnt in this episode, we started with Ka Ching, and I'm telling you there's nothing like getting people's attention with a wad of cash. And Hanky Panky, I love that trick, where its greatness is it uses all ordinary objects, and lastly, the Sweet Spot, a great way to introduce you to the Lapping principle, you'll be using that a lot. Now, as you learn and master these tricks, I encourage you to go back and revisit the episode for a fresh perspective. Once you master the how to, it's really great to master the new art sets. You want to see one of my favorite money magic tricks? Doug, can I borrow a Dollar? Okay cool, I'll give it back. I actually learnt this trick first off the back of a box of cereal. It's kind of basic but it's also my favorite, it's called the Dollar trick, watch this. We fold it in half, then half, and half again, I blow on it, check it out when I unfold it, the Dollar bill has transformed upside down. Female Speaker: Oh, that's smooth. Justin Kredible: Don't act like you're impressed, okay. I can do this better, after years of practice and self-denial, here's the improved version, check it out. We fold it into half, and half, and half again, I'll give it the magic blow, and instead of making the Dollar bill turn up upside down, we've actually taken a step further, and it turns itself inside out, crazy right? Much better, that's for you, I appreciate it. Remember, never reveal the secret; never repeat a trick and practice. I'm Justin Kredible, I've turned my secrets over to you, it is now up to you to start turning tricks. The more episodes of Turning Tricks you watch, the more magic you'll learn, and the more magic you'll learn, the more entertaining you'll be. And the more entertaining you are, the more people like you, which is nice.