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ROUGE ET CETERA
As the title indicates, t hi s manuscript contains
f our card routines based on red/black t heme s . There
i s also a fif th trick which isn't based on a color
theme. You can readily appreciate the logic behind
its inclusion here. As to t he content of the ms:
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Then the spectator exchanges his card with either of I NFRA RED
t h e face-down cards. When this ha s been done, the spec- The smal l-packet t rick wh er e reds and blacks mixed
tator exchanges his card with the other face-down card . t oge t he r my s t e r i ously separate was published by Walter
Gibson i n #91. Subsequently i t became known as
Finally, the spectator exchanges his card with the Oil & Water. I have ne ve r seen magicians perform this
face-up card . After doing this, he turns all cards face- trick f or l a yme n s o I cannot say how ot he r s have fared
up. with it . I ' ve t ried various rout ines mys e l f and was
never able to extract a nyt hi ng of magical value from
The magician turns around. Without asking a question, the premise .
he names the chosen card .
Consequently, an effort was made to re -structure
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the entire premise to fit my own manner of working. I This is the basic premise. You can change it to a
wanted a routine that started with the colors actually patter line where you sign a pact with the devil. You
mixed, required no displacement moves or extra cards, get your wish if you are able to pick two reds and two
and was not tediously long. An amusing patter line blacks. If you get four of one color, you lose your
was also deemed desirable. soul, your house and your car.
The following trick was the one evolved to fit these Another possibility has to do with a tie-in to poker
conditions. From start to finish it takes 90 seconds, hands. Four cards of one color produce the lowest hand,
and that includes a final "impossible" phase. It suits while any other combination produces a winning hand. All
my own way of working, so I tend to get a lot out of it. you have to do is get a hand better than the worthless
You may not find it suitable to your style, or you may hand to win. Naturally you lose.
find parts of it okay and parts not to your liking.
Either way you can alter the routine to your own style. The actual "shah's daughter" patter will only be out-
lined here. This should provide a fair idea of the direc-
tion of the presentation. Interested readers can embel-
The Premise lish the tale to suit personal taste.
Finding a logical patter line for oil & water is
like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You know
it's there but you have to work hard to find it. Here The Routine
is one approach. Required are four reds and four blacks from any
deck. You will be called upon to do a double lift, a
I explain that some years ago when I was in the mid- 4-as-4 count and the Jordan count. Each move is done
east, a Shah invited me to his palace. There he suggest- just once. Each phase is different, so you are not
ed a little game. Informing me that he had two daughters, performing the same counts over and over. Also, be-
one of them lovely, he said that in order to win her cause the requirements are simple, the routine can be
hand, all I had to do was pick out two red cards and learned in one evening.
two black cards from a packet of reds and blacks. As
soon as I succeeded, I would win the hand of this beau- The routine is divided into phases in this des-
tiful creature. cription, but when I perform it, there is no point
at which I stop to indicate the finish of a phase.
Naturally apprehensive, I asked, "And what if I The routine is worked right thru from start to finish
lose?" He laughed and said, "Then you win the hand of in less than two minutes.
my other daughter."
The trick begins at this point. The magician's fail- 1. The Shah's Gambit
ure to get two reds and two blacks makes him increasing- 1. Remove 4 reds and 4 blacks from the deck. As you
ly frantic as the routine progresses. do, tell the story of the Shah's proposition. Place
the four blacks face-down in the LH. Place the reds
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15. The LH places its packet on the table. The pac- table. It will be red. Deal the next card face-up on
ket i s face-down. The audience assumes this packet top of it and downjogged for about half its length .
contains 4 cards. Really there are only 3 cards in It will be black . Deal the next card, showing a red.
this packet. Deal the next, a black, but use it to scoop up the
other three cards . Thus , the last black goes in back
1 6. Square up the RH cards. Flip the packet face- and under the packet and scoops up the other three
up. You are a t the point in the routine where the cards .
p atter is, "The Shah asked me if I wanted these four
cards. Knowing they contained 2 reds and 2 blacks, I 22. The scooped-up cards are placed face-down on
immediately complied." top of the LH packet. At this point the order of the
cards from top to face is: B-R-B-three Reds-two Blacks.
17. With the packet face-up, count 4-as-4 to show
four blacks. The last black card goes onto the back of
the face-up packet. 3 . Unmixers
23 . "I asked- begged, actually- for another chance
18. Flip the packet face-down . As you square it, with the same four cards. The Shah obliged with a
the RH, gripping the packet from above, allows two smile."
cards to be released at the face of the packet. The
left little finger immediately enters the break and 24. The RH grasps the packet from above and lifts
maintains this break over the bottom two cards . o ff all the cards above the break . The LH places the
balance of the cards face-down on the table.
2. Second Chance 25. " I See, ' the Shah said, I All the same color. You
19. "Seeing my disappointment- not to mention fea r- l o s e again. '" With the packet in the RH you now perform
at losing, the Shah gave me another chance. Pointing a J o r d a n count. The packet i s face-down. You are show-
to the four cards remaining on the table, he asked if ing four cards all the same color, but of course it i s
perhaps I would like to choose those instead." Here the backs you are showing. This is done as a gag, but
you point to the tabled packet of apparently four it sets you up for a clean display of four separate
cards. reds a moment later.
20. "I said no, reasoning that if the four cards in 26 . " I know the backs are the same," I said . "But
his hand were black, the others had to be all red." we 're betting on the faces." Turn the packet face-up
Pick up the tabled packet and place it on top of the and hold i t in LH dealing position . Thumb off the face
packet in the LH. card and take i t in the RH. Thumb off the next and
take i t onto the face of the RH c a r d . Do the same with
21."'A pity,' the Shah said. 'You would have the third red.
won eas ily.'" This leads y ou to a novel angle in
routines of this type; the colors are going to be
shown not to have unmixed. It is done very simply.
Deal the top card of the packet face-up onto the
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27. The LH holds the 4th red . Ther e are two cards 5, t h e n all o n 4. It is d one qui c k ly and looks as if
squared and concealed behind it . The a udience thus t he c olors are hopeles sly mixed .
clearly sees the four reds. The instant unmix is
unexpected and should bring a reaction from the audi- 31 . Pl a c e t he pack et in the s pectator's hands .
ence . Direct him to deal o ff the t o p four . "The Sh a h gav e
me the c a r d s . I kne w he couldn't tamper with t hem.
Visions o f hi s lovely daught er d anced in my h ead"
4 .The Impossible Phase (Cert ain ly the r e a d e r c a n thin k up better p a t t e r , b u t
28 . " Look ," I pleaded, " On e more c h a n c e . Let me y o u s houl d g e t t he dri ft)
hold t h e cards . " As you say th is, the RH p laces its
cards o n t o the face of the LH cards. Square up all 32. The spe ctator turns over the f our card s i n h is
c ards, flip them fa ce-down and drop them onto the h a n d and fi n d s they a re a l l red . Sc eptic s wi l l g r ab fo r
tabled packet. the tabled c ard s and turn them o v er to d iscover the y
are the f o u r blac k s.
29. Pick up the packet and place it in LH dealing
position. Then deal t h e eight cards i n t o two face-down
rows as follows:
ROUGE ET Na IR
1 2 3 4 The "Rouge Et Noir" vari ations d es c ribed here are
all taken from a 1968 manu s cript, copies of which were
8 765 sent at the time t o Roy Wal t o n , Jack Avi s and others.
Some changes were made in the interim. First, in t h e
That is, you deal from left to right i n the top row, original notes I credited Daley with the basic premise .
then from right to left i n t h e n e x t row . I t is important La t e r I came acro s s the basic e ffect in an old maga zine .
when you deal the cards to flash the 3rd card so the I think it wa s Stanyon's, but on re-check i ng I c a nno t
audience sees i t is a r e d. As y o u deal the top r ow, fi n d the write-up.
t i me the deal so you say, " We' l l put the reds here "
j u s t as you flash the f a c e of t he r e d card at position 3 . In any event, the trick was a scribed to another
magician. Rath er than c on f u s e the issue with specula-
Simi larly ,when you d e al t h e bottom row, flash the tion, I'll leave the matter of prope r credit to whoever
face of the last card (p o s i t i o n 8) j u s t as you say "And claims to h ave fo und t h e earliest reference.
the b l a c k s here."
The material in t his section i s offered a s p ossible
30. Now pic k up the card at 8 and place i t on top new avenues i n h andling the Rouge Et Noir premi s e. I f
of the card at 1. Place these cards on top of the card this s eems t oo lo f t y a claim, thes e ide as may b e
at 1 , then t hese on top of the card at 1. Co n t i n u e this t houg ht o f as mere v ariations on a theme.
way, placing all cards on 6, then t h e s e on 3 , these on
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New Noir 6. If the tabled packet contains two reds and two
Required are four reds and 3 blacks, arranged so b lacks, cut one red card to the top of the packet . The
the colors alternate. There will be a red card on top order of the other cards does not matter .
and bottom of the packet after it is stacked.
8. By way of a check, you should have two blacks on 15. Pi c k up the other heap. With the cards f a c e -
top, two reds on the bottom , and a R-B-R-B block in d own, reverse count them. Then Jordan count t o show
the c e nter o f the packet at this point. f our reds.
4. We'll first take the case where the first f ive 3 . Say, "I'll use two indicators, but in order to
cards were d ivided 4 and 1. P ick up the heap containing k e e p this strictly according to chance, I won't let you
the single black card a nd place i t in LH dealing pos i - s e e the faces." Deal the top card of the packet to the
tion. Say , "I think these are a ll black." l e f t and the next card about 7" to the right. Both
c a r d s are face-down.
5. Buckle the bottom card of this packet. Pick u p
the other packet wi th the RH, saying, "And these shou l d 4 . "If you think a card is red, put it on top of one
be all red . " ind i c a t o r. If you think it's black, put it on top of
the other indicator."
6. Slide the RH packet into the buckle break. Then
deal off the top five cards to show al l black. Fan t he 5. Double cut the top card to the bottom of the
balance of the packet to show all red. p ack e t . Then say, "Let's see if the colors are well
mixe d . "
7. If the b lacks a r e spl it 3 and 2 , p ick up the p a c-
ketcontaini ng the t wo blacks . Pla c e this p ack e t int o the 6. Deal the top card face-up onto the table . Deal
LH. Double buckle . Pick up t he other packet with t h e RH the next card face-up onto it , the next onto that . Then
and s lide i t into the buckle b r e ak. F i nish as above . turn the 4th card face-up . Use it as a scoop to scoop
up the other three cards. This means that the 4th card
(a black) goes under as it scoops up the pac -
k e t.
Cheaters
Yet another approach. I n this c a s e the i nd i c a tor 7 . Place the packet face-down on top of the cards in
cards p lay a n acti ve rol e in the tri ck- that i s, they t h e LH. Then double cut the top card to the bottom as
figure i n the method as we ll as the effect . y o u remark , "I'll mix them a bit more so you won't know
wh i c h cards are which. "
1 . Start with 5 red s and 5 bla c k s arranged so tha t
the colors alt e r n a t e. Th e r e i s a black card on top o f 8. Fan over the t op four cards and take them with the
the packet, a red card at the b ottom . RH. Then give the remaining cards in the LH to the spec-
t a t o r . He doesn ' t know it but all four cards are black.
2. Display the cards exactly as described in Rouge I,
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J;lhase Two
7. You have two cards remaining in the RH. 14. The RH ta.kes the top ca.rd the tabled packet
these on top at the LH cards, then put this packet on and inserts it into the pa.cket i n the LH at a position
the table to one side. sec o n d from the top.
8. Pick up the four cards just dealt onto the tab- lS.Turn the packet count and show
le, turn them face-up and count to show all t h a t you still have four blacks .
blacks again.
1 6 . "Still too many blacks." The RH lifts off the
9. Note throughout that the face of the X' d c a r d top card of the packet and places it on top of t he deck.
never shows. Drop the packet you're holding ant the Th e n the RH takes the top card of the tabled packet and
table. ins e r t s it face-down second from the top of the packet
i n the LH.
Phase Three
10. Say you'll make things a little harder. Pick up 17. Turn the LH packet face-up and count 4-as-4 to
the other packet and drop it on top of the one just show all blacks.
placed on the table.
11. Now openly remove a card from the bottom of this Phase Five
packet and place it face-down on the table . Then remove 1 8 . "Maybe you would have better luck," the magician
a card from the top a nd place it face-down on the tabled says . Remove the top card with the RH and place it on t op
card. Remove another card from the bottom and another of the deck.
from the top, placing or dropping each on top of the
tabled cards. 1 9 . Hand the spectator t h e three cards in the LH.
Then spread the two remaining tabled cards and give him
12. The cards in hand are placed aside. Pick up t h e a c h o i c e . This has to be a magician's choice since you
tabled cards, r e v e r s e the order of the cards a s you say , mus t h a v e him pick the black card . The easiest dodge is
"We 'll just mix the colors a bit more," turn the pac ket the one suggested by George Blake : " Pl e a c e p i c k a card
face-up and count 4 as 4 to show all blacks again . f o r me . " If he picks the black card, hand it to him
a n d have him insert it in the packet. If he picks the
r e d card, say , "Fine , that this leaves the other card
Phase Four fo r you." Now he picks up the tabled card and places it
13. "We have too many blacks as it is. To make i t i n his packet.
harder we'll get rid of one of them." With the packet
square and face-down in the LH, the RH takes the top 20.He mixes his four cards and then deals them face-
card, fingers at the front, thumb at the back, and up i n t o a tabled heap. He is usually flabbergasted to
places this card on top of the deck. d i s c o v e r that they are all blacks.
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l?hase Six
21. Take the him, turn it s e n d i n g them on their way. On the last card, the X'd
down and place it in LH dealing position. car d not seen until the end , all the Cary Nations are
d one away with b y the ultimate tmbiber F here y o u turn
22. Say, "Still too many blacks. 1t Now the RH grasps o v e r the last card and show a picture of. W,C. Fields .
the packet from above. As it pretends to lift off the Ha n d l i n g is exactly as given above.
top card as before, it really lifts off the top three
cards and deposits them on top of the deck. There was also a version using a story about a
h o u s e of ill fame, somewhat along the lines of "Song
23. Pick up the remaining tabled card and place it At Twilight" in Transpo Tricks.
under the card in the LH. Act as if you are about to
turn the packet face-up and count to show 4 blacks, but
then change your mind and say, "Let's get rid of one
more black."
TYPE CASTING
24. The RH takes the top card of the packet and In a book advertised as offering four tricks, it
drops it on top of the deck. Pause, act puzzled, and wo u l d appear pointless to include a fifth. This is
say, "Now there aren't enough ." e s p e c i a l l y true if the book is supposed to deal with
c o l o r tricks and the final routine does not, because
25 . Snap the single red card face-up and toss it on- t h e r e then exists a situation where a trick is included
to the table. The remaining blacks have vanished. in a book where it doesn't belong .
(Aha, you will say, why did he draw an X on that "Type Casting" started out as a red/black trick but
card at t he beginning of the trick if he never intended the handling was streamlined & appears here as a face-
to use the X. The answer is this . I have a picture of up/ f a c e - d o wn trick. When originally devised, I did not
Satan, drawn with r e d ink , that measures about an i nch know exactly why it worked, only that it should. Perhaps
square. This was pasted to the face of one card, and s o me o n e out there can provide a proof.
this i s the card referred to as the X' d card in the pre-
vious text . S ince the face of this card is never seen Although independently developed, the routine is
until the finish, it forms a surprising conclusion, and c l e a r l y related to a Hummer cut-and-turn over premise
also affords an e xplanation as to why this red card r e - t h a t appeared i n his face-up/face-down booklet. In
mained and the blacks v a ni s h e d ) t h e present trick , the spectator turns over blocks of
cards rather than pairs.
In 1 96 8 I had special cards made up for a routine
called "The Curse Of Dr i n k . " Four of the cards had en- 1. Patter to the effect that all personality types
gravings of Victorian-type drunks. The other four cards a r e stored in computer memories. Naturally each type is
showed Cary Nation , the of Prohibition . The g i v e n a different number . Stare at the spectator, then
idea was that the "Nation" cards refomed the drunks, s a y , "I think you're either a 5-4 type or a 6-3 type.
Le t me say definitely that you're a 5-4 type."
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