We do not know really whether that painting up there is indeed the cups and balls, but we do know the cups and balls are done throughout the world and has been done, as far as we know forever. And, this is our version of it that you uses three plastic cups and uses three in our case, aluminum foil ball. Simple props, simple moves, stand like this. Watch carefully, takes the ball, place in his hands, vanishes it and it appears underneath the cup.
Second ball, place in his hand and it appears once again underneath, the cup. It is very simple plot, takes the ball, place in his hand, place underneath the cup and then it appears underneath the cup. Magic!
Okay, three cups, three balls. You take the center ball, place underneath the center cup each of the side balls, put them away and underneath the center cup there is a three-ball, party. Three balls underneath the cups. And, then little magic move, there is one more under the center cup, one more under either side and of course, a potato for the finish. See your potato drawn up there at all?
Now, that is the way that would have been done 4000 years ago, we hoped that it would amuser and amazed them, but it would not shock them at all. We want it in the 20th century that is something a little bit more American, a little bit different. We decided to break a few rules of magic, most of which go back, probably much more than 4000 years.
First rule of magic is you never do the same trick twice. We are going to do the same trick twice. Second rule of magic is you never let the audience see your secret preparation; we can not let anyone know what is here in Brecht pocket. The third rule of magic is you never tell with audience how a trick is done. I would not tell you exactly how this trick is being done. And the fourth rule of magic, I guess the pharaoh never thought of, but you never, ever do the cups and balls with clear plastic cups.
First the cups and balls, again this time in our version, with the first ball, placed in your hand, we already stuck in the first cup. With the second ball, simultaneously squeeze it, beneath the cup, pretend to place in our hands and show it. With the third and final ball pretend to put in our hands pretend that showing the cup, place in the cup and secretly squeeze it and reveal it.
Now, we are all set, except for the second half three cups al loaded, three balls on top, the center ball placed in this center cup, each of the side balls we put away or leave any more. We have three balls on each side the cups. These three balls came over here and this is not juggling, this is called the misdirection for looking over here tossing the final ball under, there is one more I need to side that force for a finish a very Egyptian potato.
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