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Household Magician
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About
Household Magician is an advice animal image macro series featuring an image of a bearded stage magician and captions undertaking mundane household tasks that are deemed surprisingly difficult to accomplish without trial and error. Each act is typically introduced with the phrase “for my next trick” or “for my next amazing act,” emulating the manner in which magicians transition between acts during live performances.
Origin
The original stock photo of the bearded magician was taken by Australian photographer David Freund[1] and uploaded to iStockPhoto[2] on April 20th, 2010. Years later on July 6th, 2013, Redditor unenlightenedfool submitted the first Household Magician image macro to the /r/AdviceAnimals[4] subreddit with the caption “For my next amazing act / I will put this air mattress back into its original package,” describing the cumbersome process of repackaging an inflatable mattress after it has been used.
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![c89.jpg FOR MY NEXT AMAZING ACT I WILL PUT THIS AIR MATTRESS BACK INTO ITS ORIGINAL PACKAGE ivememe.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/573/190/c89.jpg)
The post received more than 17,000 upvotes, 2,300 points overall and 260 comments within 48 hours. Redditor unenlightenedfool provided the blank template for the image macro series in a comment on the post, which accrued more than 400 upvotes, making it the top comment on the thread.
Spread
Shortly thereafter, several users began submitting their own Household Magician image macros to /r/AdviceAnimals[5] as well as within the comments of the original image.[6] Later that evening, Tumblr humor blog Tastefully Offensive[11] shared a compilation of six Household Magician instances, which gained more than 6,000 notes in 48 hours. On July 7th, the air mattress instance was reposted to 9gag[8], where it gained more than 1,100 Facebook likes, as well as on Flickr[9], while another instance was shared on FunSubstance[10] later that day. On July 8th, additional compilations were posted on humor sites FunnyChap[12] and Caveman Circus.[13]
Notable Examples
Within two days, more than 80 Household Magician images have been submitted to the /r/AdviceAnimals subreddit.[7]
![cad.jpg FOR MY NEXT AMAZING ACT I WILLUSE THE ENTIRE TUBE OF CHAPSTICK BEFORE LOSING IT made on imgu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/573/222/cad.jpg)
![3b7.jpg FOR MY NEXT AMAZING ACT IWILL PERFECTLY TIME THE MICROWAVE TO COOK THIS POPCORN WITH THE TOUCH OF JUST ONE BUTTON](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/573/201/3b7.jpg)
![ee3.jpg FOR MY NEXT TRICIK IWILL DOTHE LAUNDRY,AND NOT LOSE A SINGLE'SOCK livememe.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/573/230/ee3.jpg)
![e5f.png FOR MY NEKT AMAZING TRICK I'LL GET/UP WITHOUT USING THE SNOOZE BUTTON made on imgu](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/573/235/e5f.png)
![e1a.jpg FOR MY NEXT AMAZING ACT WILL FLIP THIS OMELETTE WITHOUT IT TURNING INTO SCRAMBLED EGGS.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/573/223/e1a.jpg)
![779.jpg FOR MY NEXT AMAZING ACT WILL GET ALL OF THE TOOTHPASTE OUT OF THIS TUBE ivememe.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/573/234/779.jpg)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] David Freund Photography – Home
[2] iStockPhoto – Magician Performing Tricks
[3] Papers & Pencils – Overview of Pathfinder’s Skills: Sense Motive To Spellcraft
[4] Reddit – /r/AdviceAnimals: Household Magician
[5] Reddit – /r/AdviceAnimals: Household Magician
[6] Reddit – Comment thread: Where can I find more of these?
[7] Reddit – Search results for "household magician" in /r/AdviceAnimals
[8] 9gag – Amazing Household Magician
[9] Flickr – Amazing Household Magician
[10] FunSubstance – Household magician
[11] Tastefully Offensive – Household Magician [via]
[12] FunnyChap – Household Magician
[13] Caveman Circus – Ladies And Gentlemen, Introducing The Household Magician!
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Top Comments
Beta_Carotene
Jul 08, 2013 at 06:20PM EDT
Myndnix
Jul 08, 2013 at 04:00PM EDT