I thought that Galea was very entertaining. It's not about the quality of the card handling; I think too many here get hung up on that. It's about his patter and manner of delivery. I've seen others do that routine but with no life at all in the delivery. Galea was animated, spoke very fast but clearly, inflections up and down quite a bit. Basically he delivered the patter as it is supposed to be delivered.

Not to say he's a great magician - without seeing anything else he does I can't say anything about his abilities otherwise - but for that particular bit he did very well IMO.

Jim

I believe Farguahar and Galea both did an excellent job and I found their material entertaining. Shawn chose a perfect effect to open with that would help a close up artist relax on national t.v and on stage. Shawn has the chops to full the H E Double Hockey Stix out of anyone..He also has the brains to pick the best material in the right situation. Galea did a fantastic job as well. Thank God! He had the guts to give his own twist on a great card trick. I really enjoyed it.

I didn't see Shawn's performance. Was that on the same site? If so I missed it.

Thanks!

Jim

Hi J-Mac,
Shawns performance was not on that site but, it was on Ellens show a few months ago. I am sure if you can catch it on Youtube.

Thanks Danny! I'll find it and take a look.

Jim

Now THIS explains what Galea was doing on Ellen:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017......=14&cs=1
Something to push through the system.