This is a great lecture with excellent material. While the material is varied for both close up and
stand up, and I was particularly interested in stand up material, and there is a lot to love here.
My favorite pieces:
- Hold It Buster: a classic Harlan routine that I've learned before,
but never took the time to really properly learn or perform. Dan provides a little more guidance,
including a pneumonic that may making learning the patter a bit easier. I might actually give this
one a try, it's super fun. The arts and crafts involved in making up the gimmicks are super easy.
- Win/Win: I'm still trying to wrap my brain around how this one works, but there's so much
to unpack here, and just as much to love. This is such of a funky trick with deviously creative
thinking.
- Right Brain/Left Brain: this feels like it might have been included as a
throwaway, but I think it's the star piece of the lecture. This is a wild trick with an incredible
principle, and it's classic Dan Harlan thinking. I LOVE this trick.
The only negative of
this lecture (but it's not enough to knock it down from a five star review) is that the gimmick of
having Dan interview himself got old really quick, and I just wish they'd have had someone else
actually interview Dan for a real interview. But it wasn't awful, and the real heart of the lecture
is material Dan was presenting earlier, so I'm more than satisfied with this purchase.
Great lecture, excellent material here!
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