On 2014-01-30 14:20, FlightRisk wrote:
I can't remember which of these is the thread I saw the best help on, but just google with this string:

site:themagiccafe.com color monte

or instead of just "color monte" use "color monte move". You can spend the weekend going through all the posts.

On 2014-02-13 07:54, mystre71 wrote:
Years ago there was a sleight published in the Trapdoor, that would work well in place of the Annemann/Crist Alignment Move. I think it was by Billy McDonald or maybe it was Bob, can't remember. But it's not necessary. It's not about the "moves" or the cards ( I know some think by using regular cards it somehow improving the routine. It doesn't ), it's all about the story....

The only thing that would make this routine better, is if it came in jumbo cards.

On 2014-02-13 17:17, seraph127 wrote:

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On 2014-02-13 07:54, mystre71 wrote:
Years ago there was a sleight published in the Trapdoor, that would work well in place of the Annemann/Crist Alignment Move. I think it was by Billy McDonald or maybe it was Bob, can't remember. But it's not necessary. It's not about the "moves" or the cards ( I know some think by using regular cards it somehow improving the routine. It doesn't ), it's all about the story....

The only thing that would make this routine better, is if it came in jumbo cards.

To some extent, it is about the moves. As I explained earlier, Marlo had come up with a move sequence ("Quick 3-Way" Ibidem #15), and Bill Elliott submitted "3 Card Monkey Business" to the next issue as away of building a trick on the sequence. As for the cards, perhaps we could split the difference: "Three cards from any reasonably clean deck could be use, though addition of a specially prepared card adds considerably to the final punch."

On 2014-02-13 20:30, Poof-Daddy wrote:
It has amazed me for many years that one of the best (at least my favorite) packet effects which works great as-is gets so much attention as to how to make it "better". Nothing wrong with striving for better methods, I personally think on this one - "If it ain't broke, why fix it?"

On Mar 2, 2014, MattyWhipple wrote:
I love to lead off a table-hopping routine with the Color Monte. I tend to go with the standard routine and handling. I use almost the same patter, but make it a story about being in NYC. I try to move quickly and make it flourish-y. I think it helps add to the character of a NYC Monte dealer, while also showing my audience that I am not kidding around. I know what I'm doing, and you definitely want to see more of it...

Here's my version that I just shot tonight at my desk (I'm a whiskey or two deep, mind you):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lv6t884......a_player

On Mar 2, 2014, landmark wrote:

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On Mar 2, 2014, MattyWhipple wrote:
I love to lead off a table-hopping routine with the Color Monte. I tend to go with the standard routine and handling. I use almost the same patter, but make it a story about being in NYC. I try to move quickly and make it flourish-y. I think it helps add to the character of a NYC Monte dealer, while also showing my audience that I am not kidding around. I know what I'm doing, and you definitely want to see more of it...

Here's my version that I just shot tonight at my desk (I'm a whiskey or two deep, mind you):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lv6t884......a_player

No insult to you, Matty, your patter and mechanics are fine, but that A/C move just makes no sense to me. If you've got no more cards left in your right hand on the double show, how can you be showing the top card? We would have to believe you still have two cards in your left hand, but there is nothing in that move that simulates that, to my mind. The trick moves along, granted, but I'm just not convinced that the discrepancy gets by.

On Jan 1, 2014, arthur stead wrote:

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On 2013-11-26 11:00, Webbej wrote:
Does anyone have any issues with the move that shows the middle card? It just seems so odd to me with the injog. Perhaps with the patter and routining, it just flows? Just wondering what others think.

Thanks!

I seem to recall that John Pyka in his book, Theatrical Magic, had a technique which "smoothed out" that moment you're concerned about.

On Mar 2, 2014, landmark wrote:

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On Mar 2, 2014, MattyWhipple wrote:
I love to lead off a table-hopping routine with the Color Monte. I tend to go with the standard routine and handling. I use almost the same patter, but make it a story about being in NYC. I try to move quickly and make it flourish-y. I think it helps add to the character of a NYC Monte dealer, while also showing my audience that I am not kidding around. I know what I'm doing, and you definitely want to see more of it...

Here's my version that I just shot tonight at my desk (I'm a whiskey or two deep, mind you):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lv6t884......a_player

No insult to you, Matty, your patter and mechanics are fine, but that A/C move just makes no sense to me. If you've got no more cards left in your right hand on the double show, how can you be showing the top card? We would have to believe you still have two cards in your left hand, but there is nothing in that move that simulates that, to my mind. The trick moves along, granted, but I'm just not convinced that the discrepancy gets by.

On Jan 1, 2014, arthur stead wrote:

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On 2013-11-26 11:00, Webbej wrote:
Does anyone have any issues with the move that shows the middle card? It just seems so odd to me with the injog. Perhaps with the patter and routining, it just flows? Just wondering what others think.

Thanks!

I seem to recall that John Pyka in his book, Theatrical Magic, had a technique which "smoothed out" that moment you're concerned about.