Here's a really fun routine to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmMstGmFE-A


~Eddie

Loved it!

These are two friends of mine from San Antonio. They do such a nice job!

Did not like the first part because I could not see nor hear. The second part was pretty good and I was glad that it was done without patter. I have been waiting to see a routine done without patter and this was it, and it has given me a whole new look at C&Bs.

I would like to see this routine done by one person, up-closer, and just a tad bit slower. Want a better view on their moves especially on how they tilted, rolled, and spinned the cups into the air.

This routine reminds me of a Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder song Ebony and Ivory, and thought it would be cool to see a White dude and Black dude performing this routine with B&W balls.

This reminds me of what the late Matt Corin and I used to do. We could do many card sleights with my right hand and he with his left... Instead of synchronized it was like a connected pair off Siamese twins.

For Madkiki:

The routine starts off to Dueling Banjos. Michael challenges Doug to various simple cups and balls moves with plastic cups. Then they decide to work together.

FINALLY! The male answer to synchronized swimming!

Yea indeed, only infinitely more entertaining.

WOW!!!! It was like NSYNC meets magic! Very cool and you can tell a lot of hard work and long rehearsing went into it!

-Bryan

Very cool. Once they start working in tandem, the routine is so elegant and entertaining. I really liked the triple climax the final loads present.

That was a BLAST to watch!

Thanks for posting. I have seen Doug Gorman in the Linking Ring over the years (there is something to be said for having a distinictive look) and was intrigued by the write up. Glad to have seen it.

One word..... AMAZING!

I just stumbled on this on youtube and thought I would search here first before posting it. Loved it!

Bri,

I see that you found it!

They performed this routine for the closeup contest at the IBM/SAM joint convention this past summer.

It's amazing, but there is a problem in relation with watching it in video, which is the loss of misdirection's power. Sure it would be a greater show in direct-view (as anyone, though just now I am interested in the power of the magic on video, or the power of videos with a magic performance, in the artistic sense).

It is great to see such an original presentation. Thanks for posting!

I just now stumbled onto this thread. Very entertaining. I loved the originality. And, the transpo of the red and black balls at the end was totally unexpected and was the icing on the cake.

The transposition of the ties at the end was a very subtle but nice touch!