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Good morning clarrus
Also here is my opinion. If you really like CTB performances, I say get all the versions that are available. That way you are not doing one type of performance and can really mix is up alot. One guy will say he did it like this, another will say but he did it like this for me etc.
THAT should be a real reputation builder, being able to do one trick so many different ways it will HAVE to look impromptu after the 5 different versions. Also these days EVERYONE drinks bottled water so even if you supply one, it shouldn't raise too many questions because it's a huge industry.
Well said. Why people do not seem to grasp this and would prefer to limit themselves to one creators ideas is simply foolish to me.
I just found this thread and read the entire thing, as painfull as that was. By the way I am the JPK that wrote to Andy about his effect.
For those that are concerned, I am not a professional magician. I am a hobbiest and student of magic for over 30 years. I like to unleash a bit of strange on friends, family, co-workers, and clients. As such, I can pick and choose when I introduce them to the state of Astonishment. This freedom allows me to choose what and how I'm going to do something. There are many CIB's on the market and plenty of other effects that I use ideas from to entertain someone at any given time. I am so happy that all of these differant creator have chossen to share thier ideas with us. I've taken the ideas that work for me from each of them and use them when I can.
To stick on topic, Sealed and Stuck offers some nice ideas. Andy obviously wanted to add some kickers to the effect that other effects do not offer. He felt it was important to offer an effect that not only appears to pass a coin into a bottle, but to be abe to hand that bottle out and sit back and watch. It's a great couple of moments to observe. First they look for a hole in the bottle. After they realize the lack of water dripping kind of removes that, they suspect the cap. When they unscrew it and feel the seal break, you get the second knock down. Then when they realize that a quarter doesn't even fit through the opening you get the K.O. A very nice effect.
Does this need to be done to have a great reaction? Of course not. Hell, I was getting very good reactions performing Infusion ( remember that?) and that wasn't even a closed bottle. In fact, most of the time you just use a glass.
In fact, when I wrote to Andy about Sealed and Stuck I even mentioned some of the stuff on the DVD might be overkill. I even refered to it as a magician fooler. There are certain people that I do effects for who are not magicians but hate being fooled and try to back engineer everything. For those that enjoy being amazed there is no need to go this far. I enjoy performing for the skeptical as watching and listening to them try to work it out helps me improve on what I'm doing. .
Like I said there are some nice ideas on Sealed and Stuck. Certainly some things you will not find on other CIB's Of course there is some overlap as well. Even with the overlap , it's nice to see how differant creators think things through.
Just my 2 cent's from a manager of a small chain of auto parts distributors, that happens to do some magic from time to time.
JPK
