I picked this pre-release up as part of the Penguin Platinum Club.
I was up until 2 a.m.
watching the dvd and made up two of the tricks ( Tripple Shot and Sweet Nothing ) and performed
them for friends his morning at the Starbucks we have in a Grocery Store.
The DVD is
beautifully filmed/produced. Real thought went into this. Greg demos the tricks for Dan Hauss in
studio and then there are multiple LIVE performances for people at the coffee shop. Watching Greg
perforrm for REAL people are golden lessons.
These aren't just cute/back of the cerial box
tricks. Some have killer mentalism attributes. Stain Alive can be used for cold readings/personality
tests.
Tripple Shot is about the cleanest/organic Mind Control you could do.
A
few tricks are not limited to just coffee houses. A couple require switches and ditches, but Greg
developed such motivated actions, you will become better at what you do by learning just a few of
these.
Greg, as usual is VERY funny and dots the I's crosses the T's on each piece to make
them workers.
I'll just post the trick list/short descriptions and I'll link demos if
it was also a download.
1) Coffee Break: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2890
2)
Stain Alive: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2886
3) Tall Order:
http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2940
4) Venti Diagram: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2950
5) Quarter Cup: It's coin in a bottle, but with a coffee cup. No coin gaffs or gaffing the
cup.
6) Tripple Shot: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2947
7) Sugar Substitute:
http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2945
8) Flick Stick: A stir stick is slib through a cup
sleeve and the audience member pulls the stick through the top, or bottom while greg holds the
sleeve. Greg shows another way and while they hold the stick, Greg passes the sleeve right through.
They examine the sleeve and it hasn't been torn and is still glued shut.
9) About Face:
Greg Holds the cup, with the Starbucks Sleeve around the cup, clearly showing the Starbucks Mermaid.
He holds a napkin up to it and...the image vanishes. He takes the sleeve off and the image is on the
inside. He puts back the sleeve and does it again, but this time the sleeve vanishes and is found on
the inside of the cup!
10) Sleeveless in Seattle: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/3123
11) Sweet Nothing: One the STRONGEST on the DVD. Pure magic theater. After some brilliant
auditory subterfuge,Greg tears open a sugar packet and pours the sugar into his fist. He drop the
packet pieces onto the audience members hand and when he opens his hand....the sugar is gone.
Greg then takes straw ( pseudo magic wand ) and tears off the paper and pours out the sugar from
the straw into their hand. They really reacted strong to this on the DVD and when I performed it.
12) My Cup Runneth Over: A trick in 3 acts ( no prep ). Greg removes a straw from its paper
sleeve and tears off a piece and puts it on top of the cup as he demonstrates static electricity.
The straw acts as a wand and the paper animates. THEN he uses the straw to cause the sleeve of the
cup to raise up. THEN the straw causes the cup to eerily move back towards the edge of the table.