EGG BAG - THE BAGS
There’s way more choice than you may realize when it comes to the perfect egg bag. Within this playlist we take a deep dive look at the bags out there, analyze the pro’s and cons and hopefully nudge you toward the perfect bag, and the perfect egg bag, is the egg bag that works best for you and more importantly, your routine. Knowledge is power!
1. AN INTRODUCTION
2. THE 'HOFFMAN' BAG
3. THE SACHS VARIATIONS
4. THE ALBINI BAG
5. THE MALINI BAG
6. TARBELL/STERLING/MARDO
7. NOVELTY BAGS
8. UNGIMMICKED BAGS
9. SELECTING THE RIGHT BAG
10. NOTES ON FABRIC
Along the way will be a few surprises and interesting features, history and moves that you may not have heard of before.
Let’s go!
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1 - THE EGG BAGS - INTRODUCTION
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2 - THE EGG BAGS - THE CLASSIC 'HOFFMAN' BAG
Let’s look at the bags. This video deals with one of the earliest original designs for the Egg Bag. It pre-dates Prof. Hoffman, and no one knows the originator. However for the sake of keeping track, I’ll refer to it as the Hoffman Bag as I read about it first in Modern Magic.
Each bag has pro’...
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3 - THE EGG BAGS - SACHS
As we delve into variations on Egg Bags, we come across variations of subtle and not so subtle proportions. There's a lot to be said for this bag. I call it the 'Sachs Bag', for historic reasons.
Check it out, does it appeal to you?
This video includes a fabulous lost move that makes the bag lo...
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4 - THE EGG BAGS - THE ALBINI BAG
Known by many - and disputed by some - as the father of the modern egg bag routine, Albini was a controversial figure. But one thing is for sure, he inspired two of the most famous 'egg baggers' of all time, Horace Goldin and Arnold DeBiere.
Albini's version of the bag was a well kept secret bac...
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5 - THE EGG BAGS - THE MALINI BAG
Malini was NOT a student of Albini, in fact they had a famous altercation once about who did the better egg bag routine (magicians!!).
Malini's egg bag presentation was completely different and has been widely copied, including being the basis for the Charlie Miller and Johnny Thompson routines....
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6 - THE EGG BAGS - MARDO-TARBELL-STERLING
The 'red headed stepchild' (apologies to red heads everywhere) of the egg bag scene. This is the runner up, the also ran, the egg bag most people seem to pass over and yet... and yet...
it's worth checking out...
In this analysis, I look at the Tarbell/Sterling/Mardo bag, and discuss the pros a...
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7 - SELECTING THE RIGHT BAG
Some thoughts on what bag is right for you...
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8 - THE EGG BAGS - FABRIC
The fabric is very, very, VERY important to your egg bag.
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9 - THE ERVIN ADDITION
Dr. E.G. Ervin was a very clever man. Any perusal of his writings will confirm that. This little 'weapon' of his was part of a small article detailing a few different ideas. It was not clearly explained and I had to re-read many times to grasp what he was saying.
If you apply this idea to your...
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10 - THE POCKET BAG
Kind of going back to the roots of the egg bag, this presentational idea is very very commercial application, something to think about!
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11 - JUSTIFYING THE BAG
Justifying The Bag:
One of the most important discussions in the whole course.
Here we talk creativity. What IS the egg bag? Can it be a normal object? How have the magi of the past handled this question (some ideas are just fantastic) and how will you approach this for YOUR presentation?
A...
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12 THREE INCREDIBLE EGG BAGS
Just when I thought I'd seen every kind of bag, three more just came into my possession that are simply wonderful.
The P&L, The Rickard Bag and the Busby Bag.
Each opens a world of new possibilities, seriously they offer new handlings we haven't seen yet.
How new? I mentioned these bags to ma...
