He All,
I was wondering is the trick "Everbodys Lazy" from Ortiz? if so what book.

Thanks in advance,

DeeJay

It's Simon Aronson's, published in Simply Simon.

Ahh thanks for that Larry.

If you want, you could also check zen master by ortiz.. another variation for this..

Ahh ok have been playing around with Zen master for a bit now. thanks All

Great thread! Enjoyed it!

Sorry, but apart that Zen Master and Everybody's Lazy both are using a MD the effects are completely different! Zen Master is great, Everybody's Lazy is a gem... Jan

Closer than just a MD, in that cards are selected and found at named numbers also, which is the same effect.

Everybody's Lazy is a gem, that's for sure and all of Simons work should be studied, as should Darwin's in my opinion.

I perform a combination of both,meaning I perform most of Zen Master, but with a few changes in the handling and end the effect as Simon does, but the spectator can name any number, from one to fifty two.

Not saying the way Simon handles it is bad, if fact as a whole EL is a brilliant routine and all I did was talor the effect itself to suit me, using EL and ZM for the most part.

Both Simon and Darwin's effects are stellar and some will like one better than the other, so I recomend both be studied as they both have a lot going for them.

Steve, what I love so much about EL is the enormous (built in) potential for very strong entertainment. It's very funny and at the same time so impossible... When I use Simon's (of course modified) patter/presentation presenting it in German people can't stop laughing about this "logical nonsense". Jan

Yep

The spectator involvment in EL has a festive feel to it, while at the same time seeming impossible, which gives it the best of both worlds.

Any one interested in this type of effect, should get Simply Simon, as there are several routines in the book on the Lazy effect, which is like a small course on the subject.

Steve

I agree with the sentiments on this thread. "Everybody's Lazy" is a very entertaining effect.

"Everybody's Lazy", "4-Stop Intersection" and other MD effects can also be seen on Simon's "Sessions with Simon" DVD set--particularly Disk 3 (which is devoted to MD information and effects). It was this disk and Simon's "Twice as Hard" effect from his "Try the Impossible" book that got me to finally bite the bullet and put in the work necessary to begin learning MD effects.

Mike