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20Robert04 Regular user Midland, MI 152 Posts |
Hey guys/gals
I'm looking into getting into restaurant work. I was wondering if some of the seasoned pros could give me some constructive criticism on these routines: 1.Miser's dream, Coin Bite hundy 500 I would shake hands with the patrons pulling coins after I shake their hands, placing them into a bucket. I then pull out a coin bite and go into that. Ending with Hundy 500. 2.Here then there, Red hot mamma, T&R after here then there I use their selected card to go into RHM. I use the indiffrent card at the end of that to go into a T&R. 3. Produce Silk, Bill Malone's, strength test, make the silk disapear. I also plan on using Sponge bunnies, sponge balls, and other smaller card effects i.e. ID, Card Wallet, Rising Card. Any criticism is accepted; thanks in advance. Paul |
Close.Up.Dave Inner circle Behind you! 2956 Posts |
The Slydini Silks is really not a good routine for restaurants. Depending on when you perform it, people will have greasy hands which will ruin the silks.
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Texas Worker New user Kerrville Texas 55 Posts |
Remember you have about 2 to 5 minutes a table in most cases.
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twistedace Inner circle philadelphia 3772 Posts |
Also, I wouldn't do coin bite just for the fact that if children are around you're a role model and shouldn't be placing such small objects into your mouth. Sponge stuff, ID, Card Wallet and Red Hot Momma are very good.
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20Robert04 Regular user Midland, MI 152 Posts |
Thanks guys.
Is there anything else that you think I could replace coin bite with? Dave2lift I was planning on doing this right off the bat, before any food or anything arrived. Thanks again for the help |
Roger Boucher Regular user 114 Posts |
You could replace Coin Bite with Crazy Mans Handcuffs, or a few elastic tricks, I find that they get huge reactions.
I am starting to get into levitating some small objects, but there is a signed coin to sugar packet if you want to keep the coin thing( "how sweet it is" is the one I use). There is a Sankey routine that involves credit cards and it looks and sounds as though you snap their card in half. Hope that helps Roger |
20Robert04 Regular user Midland, MI 152 Posts |
Thanks eyesawthat
I have a coin in sugar packet trick that I might use, in that. Paul |
Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
The part of "Coin Bite" that the patrons might find offensive (besides the geeky banality of the effect itself) is not the biting part, but the "spitting it back on" part. In general, avoid all tricks that involve open spitting in any direction in a restaurant.
Miser's dream sounds like a good idea, but there's the problem of what do you do with the bucket during the rest of your effects? Especially a bucket full of money. Kids and drunks will reach in for samples, there is never room on the table, it'll be in the way on the floor. Finally, by the time you've done that, and Hundy 500, you can pretty much forget anyone tipping you. (if that's an issue) You won't seem to need the money. Less is more in these circumstances. I open with coins, but I rarely produce more than three. Also, you'll find that if you produce something and then don't use it for the next effect, you're probably wasting pocket space. The only way to have a flexible repertoire in a strolling situation is to know many effects with the same props. You just don't have the space for single-effect props. So unless you're also doing coins across, coins through the table, copper/silver transposition, spellbound, and/or karate coin, it's probably a waste of time to do the Miser's dream. The card sets you mentioned seem to flow, though. The reccomendations to try elastrix are good. Rising card is one of the few single effect decks that are worth carrying. ID is possibly another one. You see, these are rules with exceptions.
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dogwood86 Regular user Vancouver 124 Posts |
Great advice mr. Kam. I have thought about using Jim Pace's mini miser's dream from his book(s)A material,Handbook, and his video for that matter, but wasn't sure how to handle the situation when I was done producing the coins..."now I'll just put these away...and continue".
anyways, thanks for the post Mr. Kam, it's nice to have some insight from pros like yourself. Moes |
20Robert04 Regular user Midland, MI 152 Posts |
Curtis, thank you along with everyone else for your imput.
I think I have found away around the specs, grabbing the container full of coins. After I do either coin bite, or coin in sugar, I just show the the container empty. I have devised a gimmick that allows me to show the container empty after being full. They see all the way to the bottom of it and everything. Also I have changed from using a bucket to using a traveling mug, which takes less space, and looks better. Thank you again. Paul |
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