https://www.magicana.com/video/johnny-thompson-egg-bag-0

Next up, a complete 180 in terms of presentation, the perfect routine to watch after Denny Haney. A more storied approach, emphasizing the impossible and dripping with artistry, from how Johnny holds the bag and the egg, to how he sets up visual mental pictures for the spectators. In other words, the physical staging. The Harry Riser move of balancing the egg on the bag and making it vanish from that isolation being a highlight for me.

This presentation of Johnny Thompson, via Charlie Miller, via Max Malini is very adaptable, readily personalized to who you are and offers a built in hook for you to grab the audience. Once we get to the MALINI section I can can get into this kind of presentation in more detail and guide you into using it more as a starting point than a straight copy.

This is Johnny Thompson, a master of his craft, friend of the legends and a legend himself. There are two Johnny Thompson routines, this one with two spectators, and his Great Tomsoni routine, both are great and worth study for different reasons.

You can see more of Johnny and Charlie Miller discussing egg bag on the Greater Magic Video Library DVD series.

This is a younger Johnny performing on the Canadian series MAGIC PALACE and the video lives on the incredible Magicana.com site. Magicana os one of my favourite places to go watch past masters, for many reasons. David Ben and Julie Eng do a wonderful job curating the content and keeping magic and magic history alive.

Watch my introduction, then pause and hit the link in the description,

https://www.magicana.com/video/johnny-thompson-egg-bag-0

then come back to me to discuss in more details. Soak it up, it’s a great ride.