Tossed Out Humanity by Lee Hathaway and Paul Martin
What happens when you take one of mentalism’s most beloved plots and smash it together with the world’s most popular adult party game? You get ten minutes of comedy mentalism that absolutely destroys a live audience.
Tossed Out Humanity is the brainchild of two of the UK’s busiest working performers. Lee Hathaway, winner of Penn and Teller: Fool Us Series 1, and Paul Martin of Pro Magic Academy have spent their careers figuring out what actually lands with real people in real rooms. This routine is the direct result of that experience.
The concept is brilliantly simple. Three question cards from a Cards Against Humanity set are peeked at by spectators. Three answer cards are peeked at by spectators. You then proceed to read their minds and match them up, producing the kind of unexpected, laugh-out-loud combinations that make audiences lose their minds in the best possible way.
The genius of this routine is the philosophy behind it: a card trick that does not feel like a card trick is far more entertaining than one that does. Tossed Out Humanity looks like a party game gone hilariously wrong. The magic is hidden inside the comedy, and by the time the audience realises what just happened, they are already on their feet.
The package includes everything you need to turn any standard Cards Against Humanity set into a full ten-minute comedy mentalism routine. A cleverly engineered gimmick handles the deck management cleanly, removing the need for any awkward switches mid-performance. And if you want to go further, you can create your own custom cards and gags to give the routine a completely personal feel that no one else on the circuit is doing.
This is the kind of material that only comes from performers who have tested it hundreds of times in front of live audiences. Commercially structured, consistently funny, and built to hit hard from the first card to the final reveal.
What’s included:
A cleverly engineered gimmick that eliminates any need for deck switches
Full instructions to perform the routine using any standard Cards Against Humanity set
Everything you need to customise the routine with your own cards and jokes
Difficulty: Intermediate
Best for: Stage, parlour, corporate events, comedy magic, adult audiences
Can it be examined?
Everything can be examined at the end.
Is it durable?
Yes. It will last for a long time even with regular use.
Does it require sleight of hand?
It requires some sleight of hand to perform.
Is everything ready to use out of the box?
Yes. Everything is ready for you to perform the effect out of the box.
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