What is your best Cups and Balls Routine you have seen, I am not really looking for any other routines, nor how to do it. I just like to know which one you have seen.


My Favorite is have 3 balls(or that is how it appears) and 4 cups. Put 3 balls in a cup, then have it on the 3 previouly empty cup. Then have it back to the empty cup. Keep on doing it back and forth. I think I have figured it out, but can't do the quickness.

Pretty good.

It's not about quickness, unless that was the intent of the performer. I don't know of many routines involving a fourth cup. Do you recall who the performer was?

My favorites:

cellini
charlie frye

Cellini and Aldo Colombini

How about Rene Lavand with the little balls and the teacup? There is a clip on Meir Yedid's site

Also, for comedy, Steven Bargatze with the Balls in Net http://www.magicofsteven.com - click on videos.

Scott Compton

I really enjoy watching Ammar's routine, especially the old footage from the 70's I believe it was.

David Williamson's two cup routine. The Johnny Paul routine with the sponge balls. Ricky Jay's stage routine from "52 Assistants".

Of course I should have mentioned Tommy Wonder's wonderful routine.

Charlie Frye's routine Frank?

Vernon, and Jeff Thomas are my fav's for now. Although I have yet to see Tommy Wonder, and I really want to.

Yes, I like that routine.
it has some nice lines. it's quite magical since it's a combo set.
his timing for the loads was nice as well.

I thought it was well done. plus, I'm a charlie fan lately.

You might try the search function; this topic has been discussed before here on the Café.

For example you would find:
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......;forum=6

Read this thread first, if you still have questions then add to the thread rather than start a new one.


Then you could always read:

http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......orum=115

or even

http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......;forum=8

closely related to your question, and about a two cup routine is:
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......orum=111

and of course the one cup/bowl (non chop cup) routine:

http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......orum=115

Tim Ellis' Runaround Sue is the best/most entertaining I've seen...

I love charlie frye..hes really good...creative ideas...and of course tommy wonder

for the streets gazzos has great surprises

celliis routine is based on vernons and is terrific in all venues because he loads cup to pocket versus load to cup

and of theres my chop cup routine...i like it, hey so what it s mine...i can plug my stuff...even if its njo that good....

why are people so sensitive

:)
kozzie, henry. tedb

I like Vernon........and I guess by extrapolation Michael Ammar. Ross Bertram has a fantastic routine with the live chicks at the end.

Here is where I make enemeies. I actually don't like Tommy Wonders routine for the following reason. Actually it is the reason most people like it. When he loads the bag, he actually gives up the gaff. It TELLS them how we do the trick. This is only my personal preference, not by any means a popular one mind you. But to me when we do the large loads it is a mystery that can be answered by a gaffed cup or any number of explaniations. Putting the bag under there simply tells them how it is done.

Again I feel Tommy gets huge reactions with it and he is masterfull so I have no critisism, only a feeling that I wouldn't do it that way.

Danny

I certainly admire the Wonder, Cellini, and Frye rountines, but my all time favorite is Ricky Jay's routine on the "52 assistants" show. Fabulous magic and a history lesson on the cups at the same time!

Best regards,
Glenn Godsey

Scott Compton is right about Stephen Bargatze. He does several great routines. The link listed above is incorrect.

Click here for Stephen: http://www.magicofstephen.com/

The gentleman is such a class act, he never corrected me even though I called him Steven for an entire conversation. Only later did I find his name is Stephen.

Scott... I'm giving you a hard time, but I did make the same mistake when first looking for Stephen's web site.

He is one funny guy.

David

I really enjoy watching David Williamson's The Gold Cups, a very economic routine which uses only 2 cups.

Book: Williamson's Wonders, Kaufman & Greenberg 1989, page 86
DVD: Sleight of Dave

Hello there!

I'm the one creatin Steve's website so I just want to know what did you look and write to find him so I can improve the site and people can find it easier,

Best regards,

NUNO
http://www.magicofstephen.com

I only looked at two of the videos on that site, and I thought his material was fantastic, great lines and character mixed in with good magic-- can't lose with that.

The best was Patrick Page's. Simple and to the point - gets to the final loads, quickly.

The best finale was Dan Fleshman's 5 ball finale. Pure poetry in motion!

I look forward to seeing Gazzo's routine, this fall, at the Motor City Close-Up convention.