Did trigger finger ruin my magic? Not a lot… thanks to my doctor’s bag of tricks..
By Angela Wintle for MailOnline
Paul Daniels is renowned for his sleight of hand, whether dealing a pack of cards or (appearing to) saw his wife and assistant, ‘the lovely Debbie McGee’, in half.
But a year ago, while the veteran magician was performing a card move for a packed audience, he realised things weren’t going according to plan. The old dexterity was missing.
‘The ring finger of my right hand had locked into a bent position,’ he says.
‘I improvised my way out of it by pressing the finger against my body and clicking it back into shape, before continuing the trick.
‘One of the reasons my magic tricks don’t go wrong is because I never tell the audience what I’m going to do, so I can swing round and change direction. But it was a close-run thing!’