I was wondering what everyone's favorite routine is... I was having trouble making my own,any suggestions are welcome!


Effects I know:
heat to card
marlo's triumph
card in hand (i own a lot of ellusionist.com stuff)
marlo's 6 card trick
marlo's oh I forgot
spec cuts to the aces
paramount
marlo's out of sight out of mind
quick coincidence
henry's fabulous 4 ace trick
the gun trick
marlo's ace of spades trick

thanks!

It has got to be Cups and Balls
Mario

Greetings and Salutations,

I second Mario's selection.

The cups and balls has everything: misdirection, sleight of hand, appearances, dissapearances, solid through solid, transpostions; you can play it surrounded, close-up, or on virtually any size stage; with patter, a story, or silent to music.

For a "routined" effect, the cups and balls are hard to beat.

That's my $.02 (USD) worth. YMMV.

Joe in KC

Live a great adventure, have a magical life!

I'll give a third to the cups and balls. It's the effect that embodies all that is magic for me.


Mark

I'd have to go with cups and balls too. I love the three card monte also.

I like the sponge balls, they always get a great reaction from spectators and lots of participation. But I am working on linking rings and they are quickly catching up and possibly passing the ole' sponge balls in the favorite category. I just recently started trying them out and I can now let the spectator hit my ring and they "link" the ring themselves-awesome responses.

Anyway, Linking rings and sponge balls.

The Endless Chain ( Fast & Loose ) is a classic. Another card effect that gets good audience reaction for me is Maximum Risk that's in Darwin Ortiz's new book Scams & Fantasies.

What other classics are there? like those really classic ones...cups and balls, sponge balls, cut and restored rope, equal unequal rope..what else??
Those that really pleases the crowd...

My favorite has to be out of this world I get the best reactions because of how "imposible" it is

I like I.T tricks.

I love the linking rings!

Here then there and spec. cuts to the aces And cups and balls.

Reformation (or a variation there of!), cups and balls and an escape if it turns into a ring show!

I change on this one a lot. But today I would have to say Borrowed Bill in the Lemon.

Scott Chesney

The Ambitious!

Ambitious is a good routine with near-limitless possibilities, but in terms of variety, it, ahem, doesn't do that well. The misdirection can also be a little flimsy, depending on your audience and skill. I would have to agree with the majority here on the cups and balls.

Have to agree to that