The Thoughtful Joker

Performer removes the joker from the deck and places it on the table. He then has the cards divided into two even heaps. A spectator is asked to remove any card from one heap, remember it, and place it on the other heap. A second spectator is asked to remove a card from the second heap, remember it, and place it on the first heap. The two packets of cards are then placed together and cut several times by a spectator.

Magician picks up the Joker and says that it catches mental impressions from the audience. He then takes the deck of cards and tells the spectators who selected cards to watch as he fans the cards and to name to themselves their cards as they appear in the fan. Performer fans the cards, a few at a time, until the whole deck has been fanned. He now picks up the Joker again and names the two selected cards, supposedly getting the impressions from the Joker.