- [Magician] You have
a favorite bookstore?
- [Audience Member] Barnes and Noble.
- Barnes and Noble, there you go,
you can't go wrong with that.
You go into the bookstore,
there are about 30 different aisles.
Okay, your choice, what aisle number?
- Two.
- Okay, wow you're really getting
deep into the story there.
Alright, so aisle number two.
Aisle number two.
We're gonna get some people
involved here in the show.
I want you to turn around,
take this scrap piece of paper,
just toss it over your head.
Whoever catches it, is gonna
answer the next question.
Now be careful, the lady in
the last show got it back
by five rows.
Okay, so here we go.
Ready throw it on three.
One, two, three, and right there, yes!
I love how she's trying to
avoid catching the paper.
(audience laughing)
Like I don't see it, if I don't
look at it, it won't matter.
Mam, what's your name?
- [Debbie] Debbie.
- Good memory, Debby.
Now Debby, we're in aisle
two, Barnes and Noble, okay?
What type of books are
in this aisle, any genre?
- [Debbie] Fiction.
- Fiction.
But let's be more specific.
We've got all kinds of
fiction, what type have we got?
Romance, we got adventure, we got...
(audience members yelling)
What are going?
- [Debbie] Romance.
- Romance!
You like romance books?
(speaks quietly)
Who doesn't?
Alright!
(audience laughing)
Perfect, yeah most of
them now involve vampires,
but that's okay.
(audience laughing)
Alright so, we're in the aisle,
romance, you open up a book,
look at the edge of the
book, you see the title,
when you use your imagination,
you see the title?
- Yes I do.
- Very good, you see it's a romance there.
You flip open the book,
what page are you open to?
- 16.
- Wow
- Really.
- You don't really get far
into bookstores or books.
(audience laughing)
Alright, aisle two, page
16, Barnes and Noble.
Take a look at the page,
do you see words printed on the page?
- Yes.
- Yes, concentrate, visualize
that there are actually words
on the page,
and tell the audience
any word that you can see
on that page.
Go ahead, tell the word.
- Shark.
- Shark.
Are you sure?
- Yes.
- Shark.
Shark in a romance book.
(audience laughing)
Shark, romance, Barnes and Noble.
I have a little thank you
that's been sitting here the entire time.
Alright, it's been sitting right there
since you came up here.
Inside, you'll see there
is one big piece of paper.
You're welcome to take that out of there.
You're welcome to look, there's
no other big piece of paper
or anything in there, right?
Go ahead and open up...
now wait a second.
Would you be amazed if I
knew what he was thinking.
Now we didn't set this up, right?
- No!
- We didn't talk.
Go ahead and open up the paper.
I thought you would pick the word,
(audience cheering)
shark!
(audience clapping)
And that is magic!
(audience cheering)
Not bad!
