- As a matter of fact the
demonstration is in such lectures
as usually made by having
a section of moving picture
in which you take a number
of phenomena and running
the thing backwards and
then see all the laughter.
The laughter just means
this ain't gonna happen in
the real world, but actually
that's kind of a weak
way to put something which
is so obvious and deep
as the difference between
the past and the future.
(gentle guitar tune)
We remember the past, we
don't remember the future.
We have a different kind
of awareness about what
might happen than we have of
what most likely has happened.
The past and future look
completely different
psychologically and so
forth and the question of
memory, of apparent freedom
of will in the sense
that we feel we can do
something to affect the future
but none of us, or very few
of us believe that there's
anything you can do to affect the past.
- Time is a funny thing.
People say you can give
someone time, you can take
someone's time, you have
time, you don't have time,
but realistically we all
have the same amount of time.
And all you can do is share that time.
The thought of time in a
magic effect has come up
time and time again.
We often play with the
idea of time travel,
but realistically we all
know that time travel
isn't possible. Not yet, anyways.
But what would it feel like
if you did give someone time?
What would it feel like
if you gave someone just
even a couple of seconds
more of their life?
Welcome back to Channel
guys, my name's Chris Ramsay
and today I'm gonna teach
you guys how to time
travel with a deck of cards.
This effect known as the
time machine by Roy Walton.
This effect was developed
by Roy Walton but
later changed up a bit.
One of the rare effects where the slight
complements the effect.
The card control that you're
going to learn today is
a bit knacky and it's a
bit weird and normally not
something you would go
and do if you choose to do
a double lift or to
replace the double lift or
anything like that.
But in this effect,
particularly it kind of aids the
effect because the deck
of cards is going to act
sort of like a small,
quote unquote, time machine
that you can wind up.
I've played around with
this idea a lot, it's a very
fun effect to perform.
It's something you can
do on the fly that you
don't need any set up for
and that can be done with
any borrowed deck.
Should be mentioned as
well that Gabi Pareras has
an amazing routine that
he puts together with the
time machine plot and what more
could you give someone than time.
I mean, it's the most
precious thing we have
and so he does this effect and at the end,
he turns it back just one second and says,
"You are going to have one
extra second in your life."
When you're on your
deathbed surrounded by all
your friends and family
and loved ones and you're
ready to go, you're gonna
realize on your last breath,
you have one extra second.
You're gonna say to yourself,
"Huh, god damn it, Chris Ramsey."
And this is sort of my
take on this effect and my
handling for the effect.
So grab yourself a deck of
cards and let's learn how
to time travel.
Alright, for this effect,
I'm gonna be using the
James Coffee playing cards.
This feel really nice,
they're fun cards to use,
they last a long time.
I'll leave a link below if
you guys are interested.
Alright, so first things
first, you're going to
have to know a few things.
First you're gonna have to
know how to do a double lift
and you're also gonna
have to know how to do a
different kind of double
lift, a center double
and the center double that
I use is a bit different,
knackier than normally, so
normally a center double
is you riffle down, your
index hits that break,
your middle finger then gets
ready to grab two cards,
so your thumb here is going
to sort of riffle off two
cards onto your middle finger, like this.
One, two.
Alright, once it catches
that, your middle finger
normally pivots to the side,
and then you can take the
cards out like that and that's two cards.
It's like this, and that's
normally how you do a
center double, however today,
I'm gonna teach you how
to swivel out the center double, a little
bit more knacky but
definitely worth learning,
so they say stop whenever
then want, the index
contacts this part, your
middle finger goes here,
one, two.
So same thing.
Now, as I rotate it, my middle
finger, on the dealer's hand
is going to contact that
corner, as this hand goes
this way and basically swivels it out,
so what it looks like
is kind of like that.
So now it makes it sort
of protrude to the front
and again, that's a double.
Let's try that again.
They say stop, one two.
You're here, and you sort
of swivel it out in front.
Now, it's gonna take a bit of practice.
One, two, you're here.
Remember, middle finger is here.
Your middle finger is gonna
be that fulcrum point.
That point of pivot for
the cards to go around.
Looks simple, but it
will take some practice,
so one two, alright,
we'll use this card here,
and the cards generally
stick together really well
when doing that, so this is a lot of fun.
As you're here, this hand
is gonna come over top,
you're going to pinch
the corner here with your
middle finger and thumb
and now your index is going
to be the fulcrum point on this part.
So, what you're gonna do
is your thumb's gonna slide
this way and your middle finger
is gonna slide that way, okay?
That card is now going into palm.
Here's where it gets complicated.
The index is gonna swivel
this card like this.
Your other index, underneath,
is gonna be the other
fulcrum point, okay?
They say stop, one, two.
Swivel it out, now here,
you're going to pinch that top,
and your index is going to
just swivel that top card
as this one goes down to palm, basically.
And your index on the other
side is contacting the
card that is there.
They think this is their card
but their card is actually
here being palmed out.
You're going to leave
your index there because
it creates a nice pivot point.
See, if my index is contacting,
it allows it with the
pressure to be rotated like
that, which is kind of nice.
This card, pinch at the
top, middle finger here,
thumb here, index is used
to sort of swivel this out,
thumb goes this way, middle
finger goes in, so that
you're palming out this
card, index is on the bottom,
and just like that,
now you're in this sort of lateral palm,
and from the front is very nice,
because you can even open up your fingers.
It's kind of like a
natural position to be in
and once you're here,
well, you're gonna have
to replace this card
and the justification for
replacing that is to swivel
this, which is for me, kind
of like winding up a clock
on a time machine.
Here, I go to replace,
notice my thumb is here the
entire time, 'cause I can
slide it right under and
as I'm here, my middle
finger's here, it's going to
reach over here and
give that one more turn
before I push it in.
They see the card, you're
here and again, the idea
is I want to rotate this card, right?
So, do to that I have to come
on this side of the deck.
That's when I'm dropping the cards,
so I'm here and then I'm
rotating all in one motion
so that becomes completely invisible and
even from the front,
just the right amount of blocking,
so again this can be
performed from the front,
so you're here, as this is here,
notice I'm in palm.
My thumb is down which is fine,
which is a nice little visual retention.
I'm gonna replace it under my thumb
and my middle finger and
then I can show everything
super clean as I push that in, okay?
Now, essentially, you've
sort of wound up the clock
and by the way, there's this little...
I like to use my necklace
for this, you don't have to,
you can use your thumb,
but it kind of looks like
you're winding up a little trinket.
So, you can riffle there
and keep pressure here,
you're gonna get a cool little sound,
so you can (flip, flip).
Before the effect starts,
wind it up, go for the
double, they see the card.
As I'm here, it gets
pushed in, now the card is
controlled on top.
So, ask them to remember a card.
Before you start this, you
can say, "Listen you're
gonna have to remember two cards,
I really want you to pay attention."
Or, you can do this with two spectators.
Now, you're going to
double lift off the top,
whatever double lift
you're comfortable with,
showing this card, asking
them to remember this.
Then you're gonna take
that card and place in into
the middle, but not all the way.
Now, normally with the
time machine, this goes in
and just out to reveal the card.
I like to turn it the other way or
seemingly the other way.
I'll tell them I'm gonna
turn it the opposite way
because we've wound up this
clock and now I just take
my middle finger, and with
the same pivot point on
my index, go here and
now the index go here,
and now I can take it
out and reveal it was the
first card and the other
one is still on top.
Show them a card, you say
I'm gonna wind this up,
just like a clock.
You get somewhere in the
middle and we'll take
the next card down, which
is the ace of hearts.
And we're gonna leave the
ace of hearts somewhere
in the middle, but I'm
actually gonna turn back time.
Just a little bit, just
before your six of spades was
put in the middle and the ace
of hearts was still on top.
And that, is the time machine.
Alright guys, so that was my
version of the time machine.
I hope you guys enjoyed
that and I hope you guys
practice this a lot.
It will take some practice
for it to look naturally.
The replacement, obviously,
is a bit knacky and you
don't want any cards
protruding or any weird
unnecessary finger movement,
so to get to that point
it will take some time,
but I have faith in you.
You can do it, so thanks again.
Make sure to like this video if you did.
Subscribe if you're new here and
check out the links below.
I dropped also one of Roy
Walton's books you guys
can check out which has
a ton of more card magic
effects that are highly
practical and beautiful and
I highly recommend it.
We'll see you on the next video.
Oh, by the way, I'm going
to New York next week.
I'm spending a week there.
I can't tell you for what
just yet, I don't think
we're allowed to announce
it, but really really
exciting nonetheless, gonna
be linking up with other
YouTubers and we'll see what comes of it,
but guys thanks so much
for tuning in and we'll
see you on the next video.
Peace.
