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Magic-Daniel Inner circle Denmark 1328 Posts 
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Is not many clips there are on youtube of Michael Skinner in his prime. Here is one though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ebutknI8UU. His wonderful impromptu performce of the Cups and Balls on television.
Wonderful, wonderful performace! |
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Tilman Regular user 182 Posts
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Yes, this is truly wonderful! Also, I have never seen the phase starting at 1:16 before and really like it.
Amongst the related videos, you should also get a link to a living room performance of his 3 ring routine. Wow. |
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tomsk192 Inner circle 3894 Posts
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Thanks for linking to that
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Magic-Daniel Inner circle Denmark 1328 Posts
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On 2013-09-09 06:57, Tilman wrote: I have already seen that clip. Michael Skinner is probably my biggest hero in magic, so I hunt down every clip of him I possible can
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afinemesh Inner circle Senseless gibberish that amounts to 2621 Posts
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Brilliant! Really well done!
"I've always been mental, I'm sure of it" Boris Pocus
"Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny". . .Bruce Springsteen |
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Rook Special user I went to the Magic Cafe and all I got were these lousy 834 Posts
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Nice! Time to dust off my cups and a balls again!
-Tom
Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
-Roald Dahl |
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RobFromNZ New user New Zealand 99 Posts
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I always enjoy watching these videos when an audience is enjoying the magic. We might be expecting the final loads, but it's nice to hear spectators surprise and enjoyment.
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whbuch New user 14 Posts
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Wow was that fantastic. Love how this routine doesn't even rely on any stacking phases and still blows others away.
My wife and I like to go to antique shops and we see cups like that all the time - gonna try and find a matching set. |
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Jiceh Special user France 742 Posts
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Really nice
Great interpretation of Vernon's routine! The rythm is perfect |
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Jon Blakeney Special user Australia 657 Posts
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Thanks for sharing the link,this is the youngest I have seen him , just the sound of his voice says MAGICIAN and Gentleman
'What the eye's see the heart must believe"
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BeThePlunk Special user West of Boston, East of Eden 887 Posts
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Yes, thanks. A real inspiration. Really caught me, as I only saw one final load. Phew!
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BeThePlunk Special user West of Boston, East of Eden 887 Posts
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Then again, maybe not so impromptu, since he was carrying four loads that neatly fit the cups he "found" on the table. Still brilliant and something to aspire to. I don't mean to quibble, afterall, everything we do depends on the audience believing something "that just isn't so" (as Michael Ammar has put it).
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Pete Biro 1933 - 2018 18558 Posts
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I once did an impromptu routine in a Chinese restaurant using tea cups, wadded up chop stick wrappers for balls and a LEMON FINAL load I took out of the kitchen.
STAY TOONED... @ www.pete-biro.com
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Michael Landes New user 76 Posts
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On 2013-09-11 15:38, Jiceh wrote: Have no idea why you call this a version of "Vernon's routine". It isn't. The opening, which may be the reason, is Conus from the eighteenth century. The routine much more closely relates to Charlie's routine, and most likely Mike used that as his basis. |
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JordanB Special user dallas, tx 626 Posts
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I think he's talking about the fake explanation and loading sequence.
Thanks for posting the clip! |
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Michael Landes New user 76 Posts
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On 2013-09-12 18:48, JordanB wrote: Interesting! Perhaps. But does that originate in the 20th century either. let alone with the "Vernon routine"? |
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JordanB Special user dallas, tx 626 Posts
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I haven't done extensive research on pre-20th century cup and balls moves, but my opinion is that the only original piece of Vernon's routine is the loading sequence with the fake explanation. Bob White researched some history on Vernon's routine as well when filming his cups and ball DVD and came to the same conclusion.
Most of the Vernon routine is in print in many other places. I think he learned the opening from the Charles Bertram routine in the C. Lang Neil book, which is also in print in a pre-20th century text. It's said that Pop Krieger had an influence on Vernon's routine but I haven't been able to find a detailed description of Krieger's routine....so it's possible that it might have come from there. But based on what I know about the Professor's magic the loading sequence with the fake explanation seems like the type of magic that he liked to create. |
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Michael Landes New user 76 Posts
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On 2013-09-13 11:58, JordanB wrote: It is my understanding that the importance of the his final load sequence is that it popularized loading from the pocket and he got that from Malini. |
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JordanB Special user dallas, tx 626 Posts
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I would argue that Malini popularized loading from the pockets rather than Vernon. Regardless the Professors gambit for loading the cups remains his most valuable and possibly only original contribution to the routine , other than the way he put the various sequences together.
I think the loading sequence is one of the most brilliantly thought out ploys in close up magic. |
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Leo H Inner circle 1339 Posts
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Vernon's tip over sequence at the beginning of his routine may have been Pop Krieger's. Yes, Malini started the ball rolling with the final loads from the pockets, but without a doubt it was Vernon that spread it like wildfire through lectures and the DVBOM. When Vernon performed the cups and balls at Billy Rose's nightclub in Manhattan in the 1930s, no other magicians in that area were performing this. Things were that slow with the cups and balls at that time.
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