Whacked Book Test
by Mark Elsdon
Effect:
The performer introduces a book, “Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure”, which he says he has enjoyed reading recently. After briefly explaining the concept of ‘Googlewhacking’, he passes the book to a member of the audience, who looks through the book and eventually decides on one of the ‘Googlewhacks’. After some typically funny byplay and a couple of false starts, the performer gets serious and tries a proper test. He detects subtle inflections in the participant is allowed to keep the book as a gift and a souvenir.
So what exactly is ‘Whacked!’? It is a 10 minute mind-reading routine which revolves around Dave Gorman’s best-selling book “Googlewhack Adventure”. If you’ve no idea what that is, you can bring yourself up to speed by heading over to http://www.davegorman.com/googlewhack