pickpocket entertainment

Pickpocket Demonstrations

Gene excels in pickpocket entertainment. He became one of the most prominent magicians in the Midwest by perfecting the art of pickpocketing. Not content to be just another pickpocket magician, Gene perfected the art of watch trading by transferring watches from wrist-to-wrist throughout his entire show while collecting an array of pens, wallets and an occasional necktie. His signature trick is to remove a watch from one person and place it on the wrist of another without either suspecting the switch.

Gene confesses:
" I took the watches of 22 people in a single show without their knowledge!"

Following his magic show, Gene can perform a pickpocket demonstration. Using a volunteer from the audience (no planted shills!), Gene is able to remove personal items such as watch, wallet, keys, tie, comb, etc., illustrating how quickly a professional pickpocket can distract and collect valuables. While the volunteer is unaware of the items disappearing, the audience is not. This results in some hilarious moments as the flabbergasted "victim" realizes that even forewarned they couldn't catch "America's Most Wanted (and friendliest) Pickpocket" in action!

At the end of the pickpocket demonstration, Gene delivers Pickpocket Prevention and Identity Theft Protection Tips to inform the audience about how they can protect themselves from thieves.