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Johnny Thompson’s Nemo 1500 (Original) by Paul Stone, Ken Brooke
(c. 1976) (Submit Review) (Submit Update)Invented and featured regularly by Johnny Thompson c. 1976.
Effect: The performer removes his wallet from his pocket, states that within the wallet is a single playing card and a One Hundred Dollar Bill. (You can use whatever denomination you want according to your budget, but the bigger the better.) The performer then picks up a pack of cards, showing them to be thoroughly mixed and states – “If I were to fan the cards and ask you to select one, you might think I had something to do with it, so, instead YOU take the cards in your own hands – cut the cards – where you cut – is where you start.”
The spectator then starts to count the cards onto the table face up and is asked to stop at any time he wishes. The spectator deals the cards and stops at his own choice. The magician states that “You may go on if you so wish – are you sure that is where you want to stop??? The card is placed into the spectator’s hand. The cards are pushed to one side. The magician then asks the spectator to pick up the wallet. He does so and is then asked to remove the face down card -it matches exactly the card he freely chose in his own hands from the pack!
The magician then says “If you are still not convinced that I knew the card you would stop at, please turn over the wallet!” The spectator does so and on the reverse side of the wallet, engraved in gold letters is the very name of the chosen card!
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Approx. Price: $95.00 (2009) ***
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Tim Flynn –
Not as advertised
I purchased this product at the Innovention in 2012.
I had the pleasure of watching Johnny Thompson perform this effect live and in person. It is and was amazing. The handling by Johnny was superb and a real fooler. So… I purchased the effect for $150.00.
The instructions say there is a dvd coming soon. That was written in 2005. It is 2013 as I write and no dvd is forth coming, however, my issue is that the instructions and most of the selling hype is that this is a signature effect used by Johnny Thompson for about 30 years. Well, the set you get is not the same as the one Mr. Thompson uses. I believe that Johnny uses something called a five star wallet. In Mr. Thompson’s performance, he allows the spectator to cut the deck and begin dealing the cards immediately. The instructions I have for this do not allow for that type of handling. I can only assume that I have four wallets and a different deck of playing cards than Mr. Thompson employs. While I will still use this effect as it is sold, I do not believe it to be the same trick that Mr. Johnny Thompson uses.