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The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoax Photo Database, the Hoax Forum, and the Hoaxipedia.
The Museum of Hoaxes is dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes. (Click here for opening hours, etc.) On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy. The site is also home to the Hoax Photo Database, the Hoax Forum, and the Hoaxipedia.
RUDE ROVERThe Christmas dog with no class! He sings and toots Jingle Bells.
INFLATABLE TREEWho needs the hassle of a real Christmas tree?
FARTING SANTAGo ahead and pull his finger!
Quick Change Artists
Status: Magic Trick
A lot of sites have been linking to this video of a pair of quick-change artists performing on NBC's America's Got Talent. The video is fun to watch if you haven't seen them performing before. The pair are magicians David & Dania, who were recently profiled in this Slate.com article. Apparently the duo have become the most popular act during NBA half-time shows. So how is the trick done? Slate.com reports that:
the trick dates back to the 19th century, and the first English-language manual to describe the art was published in 1911. Back then, magicians connected the various layers via hook-and-eye fasteners; today, the literature describes no fewer than 15 different methods of pulling off the trick, using such devices as Velcro, magnets, and "fish bone pull fasteners."
In other words, it relies on special clothing and a lot of practice. If you watch the video closely, the moment when she has the hoop around her and changes from a green into a purple dress is the one time you can almost see the costume change occurring. I have no idea how she pulls off the trick at the end in which she changes clothes as glitter falls around her.
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
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Still. But some people even watching them on video do want to watch it live also. And some people are just discovering them for the first time.
Posted by Andrew. on Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 05:26 PMHey JoffaBoyInOz that was the absolutely the dumbest thing I have ever heard. No magicians sells their souls to a non-existant being.
Posted by Andrew. on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:11 PM
The people who think it is the supernatural things that are helping them, GET REAL!!!
Posted by Andrew on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:30 AM
Andrew, you can recognize a facetious comment when you see one, right? Case in point, my signature. I'm not really a witchy, flying in the air. *grin*
That being said, the act is amazing and I enjoyed it.
Posted by Skywitchy in in Stockbridge, WI on Sun Oct 19, 2008 at 05:02 AMPosted by Andrew. on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 01:11 PM
The people who think it is the supernatural things that are helping them, GET REAL!!!
Posted by Andrew on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:30 AM
Andrew, you can recognize a facetious comment when you see one, right? Case in point, my signature. I'm not really a witchy, flying in the air. *grin*
That being said, the act is amazing and I enjoyed it.
Well yeah. But I don't know if he's one of those mentally insane people who takes religion way too far.
Posted by A on Sun Oct 19, 2008 at 06:02 AMrubber bands sewn in the clothes makes them close up like those free plastic shower caps lots of practice and showmanship pulls it off for these two.....
Posted by Bill on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 12:22 PMRubber bands? Like they use that. That's not even how the clothes work.
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