100th Monkey by Chris Philpott

A powerful new plot involving the entire audience…

The performer holds up a card with a word written on it – the audience concentrates on it and a volunteer reads their minds!

“In 1952, in the jungles of the island of Koshima, in Japan, scientists made one of the strangest discoveries of all time…”

The performer holds up a large card so everyone in the audience can see it – everyone except a volunteer on stage with her eyes closed. The card has a word printed on it – perhaps it reads Canada. As the audience concentrates on the word, the volunteer is asked to think of a country…

Her choice matches the card shown to the audience!

The effect can be repeated with one or more volunteers and a variety of choices: from rock bands to six-digit numbers…

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