(Hank) Moorehouse 1934 – 2011 - The Society of American Magicians

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say, “Well, it’s obviously not the Giant Tasmanian Purple People
Eater – I’ll just get back to that later.” Set this balloon aside
and go back to the magic show.
Step 4 – Legs: The legs are made from a single goldenrod
260Q (or orange if you don’t have this color). Inflate it fully,
leaving about one inch uninflated. “I am going to make the
Giant Tasmanian Purple People Eater…first time, every time!”
By this point, the kids think you are nuts, but they are
laughing with you about the color of the balloon not being
purple. Make a half-inch bubble followed by three threeinch
bubbles (Photo 11), and attach the three bubbles into a
triangle (Photo 12). Squeeze the balloon slightly to get the
air down into the uninflated portion and repeat the same
four bubbles at the other end. The result will be as shown
in Photo 13.
Look at this creation and then suggest what it could be. “It’s
a phone – can you hear me now? It’s an antenna for a bug. It’s
a giant smile for a big smiley face. (Hold it up in front of your
face and smile!) Well, it’s obviously not the Giant Tasmanian
Purple People Eater – I’ll just get back to that later.” Set this
balloon aside and go back to your magic show.
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Step 5 – Arms: Fully inflate the black 260Q, except for one
inch. To make a simple hand on each end, twist a two-inch
bubble followed by a five-inch fold twist (Photo 14). As
with the legs in Step 4, squeeze the air in the remainder
of the balloon down into the uninflated end, then repeat
making a two-inch bubble and a five-inch fold twist. It will
look like Photo 15.
“It’s alien antennae…take me to your leader! (Say this in a
funny alien voice.) It’s a wiener dog without a head! It’s…
it’s…” Immediately go to the next step and bring the
creation together.
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Step 6 – Putting It Together: As you are staring at the
arms, you need to get excited and say, “Wait, it is the Giant
Tasmanian Purple People Eater…or at least part of it! Watch!
(Put the arms down and grab the body from Step 1.) If I take
the Old Man’s Cane and attach the new flexi-shaft golf club…”
As you say this, you need to make another three-bubble
push through using the two white bubbles and a new black
bubble. Twist a one-inch bubble at the top of the twelveinch
black bubble and then a three-inch bubble (Photo 16);
lay the two white bubbles on this black bubble and roll it
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