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-Bar magic is performed in bars, either seated in front of the bar as a customer, or behind the bar as a "magic bartender." It may also include restaurant magic if a given bar has separate tables for customers.
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-Bar magic is often impromptu, making use of objects commonly found at bars (like glasses, straws, lemons, olives, knives, napkins, cocktail swords/parasols, dice, etc.), or objects brought there by customers (like matches, cigarettes, business cards, car keys, etc.).
-Bar magic is usually direct and hard-hitting, often with an emphasis on humor. The effects are simple in plot so that customers who may have had a few drinks can still follow the action.
-Because of the environment, bar magicians must posses excellent audience management technique, and must be able to roll with the punches as the unexpected often occurs.
-There is also a related category known as "Bar Bets" where the performer makes a seemingly impossible bet, and then proves that it is possible. Examples are too numerous to list, from tying a cigarette into a knot to puzzles with toothpicks, match sticks, or a few coins.
-There is a further sub-category of "Bar Stunts" which are feats or gags to surprise or amuse the crowd. A very few examples are napkin folds, the popular tying a cherry stem into a knot with your tongue, or the "ghost" that scuttles along the bar, made from a lemon covered with a napkin.
-Noted practitioners include [[Eddie Fechter]], [[Doc Eason]], [[J. C. Wagner]], [[Allen Okawa]], [[Whit Hayden]], and [[Eric Mead]].
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