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carldourish New user 88 Posts |
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Mobius303 Inner circle Lakewood, Ohio 1309 Posts |
Thanks for sharing Paul Gertner's Steel Cups and Balls routine. It is one of my favorites.
That was aired on World's Greatest Magic. Michael Ammar's Routine was also aired on one of these specials as well. Later, Mobius |
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
One of the best. that's for sure.
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Rick11 Loyal user 298 Posts |
That was absolutely fantastic!
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flimnar Special user Salt Lake 577 Posts |
I've heard about this routine, but never seen it before. Thanks for pointing it out! Wow!
Flimnar
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
I saw paul do this routine and "triple die lemma" among other things at the last A1 convention. I had no idea who he was but he was very entertianing. very polished and professional. a class act all the way.
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johnnymystic Inner circle North Adams Ma. 1576 Posts |
Man I've only seen that once when it first aired...THAT WAS COOL!!!
Thanks Carl! johnny
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John Bowlin Special user Maryland 827 Posts |
Wow...awesome routine!
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Bill Wells Elite user Lexington, VA 457 Posts |
Many years ago at an early FFFF, there was a teenager who had either hitch hiked or ridden the bus up to the Forks Hotel from Pittsburgh. No one had ever seen him before. In those days, most everyone performed and this young man proceeded to actually do the cups and balls with steel ball bearings ... needless to say he blew everyone away and stole the show. It was, of course, a very young Paul Gertner and an impact on a crowd of the top close up workers that will never be forgotten.
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RevJohn Inner circle Oregon City Oregon, Oregon 2473 Posts |
Wondeful. Hadn't seen this in a long time. Gotta love it!
Thanks for sharing. RevJohn |
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Paul Gertner is one of the nicest guys in the business, in addition to being a heck of a cups and balls worker. I have made contact with him at a couple of conventions.
He has every right to be full of himself, but he isn't. He is always open-minded about new information, even if it is "old" new information. Case in point. We got to talking about the cups and balls at the Cleveland convention a couple of years ago. I asked him how old he thought the 3 ball display on the top of the cup was. He guessed at a couple of recent dates. I gave him a copy of the Hocus Pocus Jr. manuscript I had done, which shows it as far back as 1634. He was genuinely pleased to learn something new. This is an important lesson for all of us. When we are too good to discover something new, even if it is centuries old, we have reached a low point, not a high point. I discover something new every day. Sometimes it is where I left my glasses.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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carldourish New user 88 Posts |
Your more than welcome people. Here's another street performer doing cup & balls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OBh80Dqg6E Carl |
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Christopher Moro Special user 793 Posts |
It's amazing, it looks like Paul Gertner was using copper cups! I had forgotten about that since I haven't seen that clip in a long time. How he didn't dent the hell out of them, I'll never know.
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Dave V Inner circle Las Vegas, NV 4824 Posts |
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On 2006-11-09 15:57, carldourish wrote: Wow, for a few minutes there I thought I was watching Gazzo!
No trees were killed in the making of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts |
Talked to Gazzo, he told me they have cloned him eleven times now...
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
Paul was very easy on those cups. He now has a set of van Dokkum brass jumbos, which he likes a lot. They have a nice bell-like ring to them.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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Christopher Moro Special user 793 Posts |
Being that easy on copper cups for all those years serves as a good example for cup care.
Van Dokkum's are quite large, I wonder if Paul has larger final loads for them. |
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
I was there when he bought the cups. As he packed them away he said, "Well, I guess I'll have to find a bigger ball bearing." I'm sure he has taken care of it.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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Christopher Moro Special user 793 Posts |
Must be impressive.
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Ron Giesecke Special user Redding, Ca. 947 Posts |
Paul gertner definitely went his own way. I love his approach, despite the fact that, even had I thought of it, I wouldn't do it that way. It's so classily indigeonous to his style.
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