Quentin Reynolds – Confabulating Confabulation

A killer handling for a classic effect with a new kicker ending.

Alan Shaxon’s Confabulation is a classic of mentalism with many versions that run from boring to miraculous. This is perhaps the best method, presentation and has very subtle kicker endings that increase the impact.

Although you can use any presentation you like Quentin’s goes like this: Before the routine starts, he talks about his grandmother who writes him all the time and always puts money in the envelope with the letter. He casually asks two people what they think his grandmother’s name is and if they can guess how much money she sent him the last time she wrote him. He also mentions that on a recent trip he got a rash.

The routine then begins with a spectator naming where Quentin’s rash is, a second spectator names what he did