Tony Curtis' put out this very funny effect in the late 1980's.  A few years later, Emerson & West bought the rights, slapped their name on the original Curtis instruction sheet, and began selling it as part of thier E&W packet magic line-up.   In the early 2000's, Royal Magic obtained the rights and re-issued the effect.  But the Royal version was much lower quality than those put out by Curtis and E&W.  

This is one of the Emerson & West sets  -- the photo cards are more vibrantly printed than the more recent Royal Magic issue of the effect, and the photo cards are also laminated which makes them extra durable -- in essence, these cards will last forever!     

The effect (for those who do not know it yet) is this:

A small packet of glamour photos is shown, featuring good looking women in bikinis.  The cards are mixed and then given to a male spectator, facedown, so he can randomly choose his mystery date.  After he eliminates all but one card, using a very cute "she loves me, she loves me not" counting process, he finds that his chosen card is not a hot girl, but an old wrinkled crone!

These E&W issue sets from the early 1990s are hard to find now.  This set is in like new condition, and the instruction sheet is in good condition.  (It appears to be a photocopy, but this is how E&W issued this effect, as mentioned above -- they supplied the cards with a photocopy of the original instructions)

  Not a routine for every audience, but this is a good one to have in your table hopping arsenal for when you come up on a table full of rowdy young men.

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