Magic Tricks

Gregory Wilson is one of my favorites, and I own a lot of his DVDs. Taken on its own, LIVE 2 is five stars, as it's full of tricks and Greg being Greg. However, if you've seen LIVE 1, you're not getting a whole lot of new stuff here. The majority of the tricks were in LIVE 1, and even some of the same stories.

Here's what's *new* in LIVE 2:

- smoke trick with an invisible cigarette
- some tricks with a bottle cap/beer bottle
- a brilliant mentalist trick with an iPhone calculator
- lime in a bottle (done with a coin, but he explains the lime trick)
- various methods for false shuffles/double lifts
- blank deck routine with a signed card
- basic method for calling coin flips
- flash pen coin vanish
- a simple "finger through spectator's shirt" trick/gag (no explanation, but it's obvious)

Aside from those, there are some tricks that were not in LIVE 1, but are from his other DVDs (mostly old stuff, but there's a different trick from Coffee House Conjuring).

I consider LIVE 1 a *must own*, so I definitely recommend that first. Is this one worth the money? I have no regrets, as I love Greg, and this is still entertaining and hilarious despite the repeats. I will definitely be using the Calculator routine (easy to do, but brilliant). But if you're not a huge fan, I'd skip it and stick with LIVE 1.