Description
This wonderful effect was invented by Edwin Hooper and released by Jack Hughes c. 1953. This version was released by Supreme Magic under license from Jack Hughes c. 1968.
It is a really well made prop when Supreme used to make good quality wooden props and this still looks amazing all these years later. The house, frame, and stand are wood with thick and varnished High-Gloss Jumbo cards.
The routine is perfect for younger children – when I used to do children’s magic this would have been precisely the sort of effect I would perform:
- It has a simple recognizable plot.
- There is lots of interaction with the children.
- The props are large, bright and colorful.
- There is a clear ending for the children to clap.
What a wonderful effect for the young ones 🙂
Effect: Off the market for some years we are delighted that, by arrangement with Jack Hughes, we are once again able to make this splendid childrens’ effect possible. It’s Edwin’s “THREE LITTLE PIGS” A trick we are certain will TOP THE BILL in your Children’s Program. DON’T HESITATE, but secure this original bewildering effect right away. It has proved a WINNER in EDWIN’S own Act over many years.
The Magician fully displays four cards size 7 in. x 10 in., beautifully silk-screened in several brilliant colors, three of which depict one of the “Three Little Pigs” and the fourth “The Big Bad Wolf.”
The patter, which closely follows the original fairy story, describes how the Wolf blew down the “House of Straw” and the “House of Sticks” and took the two little pigs from them as his prisoners. The Wolf Card is now placed on a Stand and likewise two of the pigs, one on each side of the Wolf.
The artistically decorated “House of Bricks” is introduced and the front is slid up to show it empty, giving a clear view through and out of the back window. The front is closed and the last little pig slid into the house; the back of the card is shown to be visible through the rear window.
The Wolf becomes hungry and threatens to eat the pigs for his dinner but they manage to dodge him and he cannot find them. The children are, however, invited to “find the Big Bad Wolf.” To their shouts the performer slowly turns round each of the three cords on the stand but they all proved to be Little Pigs. The front of the “House of Bricks” is slid open and there is the Wolf stewing in a cauldron of boiling water! This is the bare effect but the excellent routine and patter specially written by Edwin make this a most exciting trick for the children for they are invited to join the little pigs as they sing “Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” and to blow with the Wolf as he huffs and puffs in on effort to blow the house down
New Improved Outfit! Extra colors! Varnished cards to prevent soiling – they con be wiped over with a damp cloth! Round cornered! A TESTED trick you’ll enjoy presenting. Well made and finished. Complete ready to work.
Routine with Patter:
“I’m going to tell you a story. It’s the story of the Three Little Pigs. Do you know what they were called? Well, their mummy called them, EENY, MEENY and MINEY, because you see she didn’t want any MO! Well, of course, that’s a very old joke. In fact, it’s so old it’s gone rotten! But this is a very old story, and it starts like this. ‘Once upon a time there were three little pigs.’ I’ve got their pictures over here. You can see that they are brothers – they all look very much alike to me, but they are really very smart-looking indeed.
Would you like to see them? (Children shout “Yes”.) Did you say no? (The children shout “Yes”.) Alright then, I won’t show them to you! Oh, you do want to see them. Alright, well I’ll let you have a look at them. Here they are, just three bigheads! PIGheads, I mean! Each of the three pigs built a house. I’m going to show you the last house that one of the pigs built. It’s really a very nice one, it’s a house of bricks. I’ve got it covered up here but I’ll let you have a peep. There it is! It’s a funny sort of a house, the front opens up just like this, and you can look through and out of the back window.
That horrible thing that you can see through the window is my nose! I’ve got another picture over there. It’s a picture of a very nasty creature indeed! Do you know who it is? It’s the Big Bad Wolf. He looks very fierce indeed, doesn’t he? And very hungry! He makes me feel quite nervous! I’ll tell you what I’ll do, I’ll turn him over and I’ll put him over there in the middle of that wall. You can all keep one eye on him, one eye on the little pigs, one eye on the house and the other eye on me. Isn’t that right? Well, never mind, you can watch me closely anyway!
Each of the little pigs built a house. The first little pig was really very naughty and very lazy. His house wasn’t very well-built was it? Do you know what it was built of? That’s it, it was built of straw. That wasn’t much good. Along came the Big Bad Wolf, and when he saw the house, he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house to pieces, and he took the little pig prisoner. Yes, he did! He came up to the house and he knocked on the door and he said, “Open the door and let me come in”. And do you know what the little pig said? He said, “Not on the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!” And then the little pig sang a funny little song. He sang,
“Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,
the Big Bad Wolf, the Big Bad Wolf;
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,
Tra-la-la-la-la!”
Do you think you can join in and sing that? Let’s sing it really loud shall we? That’s very nice indeed. But it wasn’t much good was it? For the Big Bad Wolf huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down, and he took the little pig prisoner! I’ll put him over there on one side of him like that. This next little pig, he built a house too. Do you know what he built his house of? That’s right, he built his house of sticks. That wasn’t much good was it? Along came the Big Bad Wolf and when he saw the little pig inside his house of sticks, he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house to pieces and he took that little pig prisoner! Yes, he did! He came up to the house and he knocked on the door and he said, “Open the door and let me come in”. And do you know what the little pig said? He said, “Not on the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!” And then the little pig sang a funny little song. He sang,
“Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,
the Big Bad Wolf, the Big Bad Wolf;
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,
Tra-la-la-la-la!”
Do you think you can join in and sing that again! Let’s sing it really loud shall we? That’s very nice indeed. But it wasn’t much good was it? For the Big Bad Wolf huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down, and he took the little pig prisoner! Do you know what he was going to do with them? He was going to eat them up for his Sunday dinner. Now the last little pig, that’s this one here, was much more clever. He worked jolly hard indeed and he built a lovely house – You all know of course what he built his house of. That’s it, he built his house of bricks! We’ve seen his house of bricks, haven’t we? It’s really very smart indeed. I’ll take hold of the pig and I’ll put him down inside like that. You’ve seen the front of the picture, and here’s a look at the back of the picture which you can see through the window.
But back over here the Big Bad Wolf was beginning to feel very hungry indeed, He started to chase the two little pigs around to try to eat them. But they were much too slippery for him, and he just couldn’t catch them at all! Look, I’ll move them like this and that. Where’s the Big Bad Wolf? Oh, he’s still here in the center! I’ll do it again! I’ll move them like this. Where’s the Big Bad Wolf? Why, he’s still in the center!
All this made the Big Bad Wolf very angry indeed and he rushed up to the house of bricks. “Open the door and let me come in”, he said. “Not on the hair on my chinny-chin-chin”, said the little pig. “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow the house in!” And do you know, he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed. Do you think you can huff and puff with the Big Bad Wolf? Come on. One, two, three – he huffed and he puffed. That’s it. Let’s blow really hard. He blew so hard he blew himself away altogether. And here? No, that’s not the big bad wolf, that’s a little pig. He must have jumped right out through the roof. But if he jumped out, who has gone in? Well I never, look at that! – Inside there’s the Big Bad Wolf, stewing in a cauldron of water!
All the little pigs were so happy they all joined hands and they all sang and danced around him. Do you know what they sang and danced? That’s it,
“Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,
the Big Bad Wolf, the Big Bad Wolf;
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,
Tra-la-la-la-la!”
Well, you sang that very nicely indeed. Give yourselves a nice big clap.
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