I just shove my bag in my case and live with the wrinkles. Maybe the wrinkles help hide the "work" or maybe I'm just the laziest person on this thread. On the other hand, every silk I use is delicately rolled over a tube, each size has it's own tube then a sheath is slid over same and Velcroed shut.

Is Velcroed even a word?

Lynetta just announced on Facebook, she has some extra bags for a quick sale.

I use the basic Malini/Thompson routine as taught to me by Denny Haney. When on stage, or parlor, I often close with a shot glass production. I use Hobson's bag for all the reasons Randi mentioned. She's entirely right; the reasons some people love it, are the same reasons others hate it. Works good for me and my audiences though.

Denny Haney uses a cardboard insert in his bag. I store mine inside-out, in a file folder. I wedge the folder between props in the prop case. This helps keep my bag wrinkle free. When I setup for a performance, the bag is placed in a cup in my prop case, folded in half.

I like how my dad does his

In my opinion, there is no BEST egg bag routine.....each performer has added their own bits of business to this classic of magic.

Johnny Thompson...a master?....YES...

Jeff Hobson....a master?.....YES...

Martin Lewis....a master?....YES...

But I must say that the SLEEPER egg bag routine I have ever seen.....(and I love Johnny, Jeff's and Martin's bits...i must say).....was by Tom Mullica at the Tom Foolery in Buckhead....hard to describe.....you just had to be there.....

FWIW....Tom's routine was published in Kaufman's book, Showtime at the Tom-Foolery.......and I highly recommend it.

Posted: Feb 17, 2012 9:25am
Also, as an afterthought to my post, above, Tom Mullica is just one of the many many phenomenal magicians booked to appear at Abbott's 75th Get-Together in Colon this coming August...if you've never met Tom.....trust me....its worth the trip.

I use a Malini egg bag and I also use the Hobson version - as was mentioned above, the Hobson bag is a revised and/or updated version of the Malini bag and is very effective. I also store mine with a cardboard insert and keep it in a file folder or a plastic bag.

I cannot say as I have a favorite performance or performer of the egg bag because I like all the ones mentioned above and in fact have used all of them (except the Whiskey Egg Bag and the Chicken Egg Bag) over the years. My egg bag performance always changed from show to show, just depending on which one I felt like doing. They are all big hits though.

If any of you have not seen the egg bag performed by Alan Munroe, look for it on YouTube - that was a great ending moment and is the reaction that Alan mentions above. Also, check out the book Eggs, Bags and Gags by Pete Biro - an excellent resource full of funny bits and routines for the egg bag.

To add to what Rainboguy said about the Abbott Get-Together: With or without Tom Mullica (A very talented, funny and favorite performer of mine!), if you have never been to a Get-Together, it is very much worth the drive.