Stand and Deliver
McCree, Shaun
RSVPMagic
(Based on 1 review)
DVD 1 CONTENTS
Paper Money
Shaun's personal handling of the Pat Page/Fred Kaps classic which he's used for over twenty years as a
tableside opener, designed to look like incredible sleight of hand, but easy as can be.
Everywhere & Aces
Setting out to find cards which indicate the suit, colour, value and identity of a freely selected card, all
four cards appear identical - and then become the four aces, the selection being in the magician's pocket -
Shaun's approach to a couple of classic routines by Hofsinzer & Marlo which have become blended over
years of performances into a real worker.
Daley Rainbow
Dr Daley's Cavorting Aces given the Technicolor treatment, with an astonishing colour changing
deck climax - the perfect follow up effect to Everywhere & Aces.
Expert Away from the Card Table
Another multiphase strolling routine perfect for those times when you're asked if you can cheat at cards
and there's no table for your poker deal demonstration - features a one palm handling of Travellers..... and
even Erdnase lends a hand!
Phase 1 - Switching the Hand
Phase 2 - Controlling the Cards
Phase 3 - Palming the Cards
Norrin Radd (Coins Across)
The coins across routine Shaun has been closing his strolling set with for years - no laying down of
coins, no hand to hand transfers and angle proof - true professional material.
DVD 2 - CONTENTS
The Fix
Designed for strolling conditions, this is a complete multiphase routine which combines plots by
Hartman, Hofzinser, Elmsley and Schwartz to create a memorable self-resetting routine where a signed card
transports itself from a spectators hands into the magician's hands a quarter at a time!
Chopped or Diced
An ungaffed chop cup style routine with a dice cup & dice, with a jumbo die and pool ball climax
- easy and fun to perform.
Rainbow Poker
Created by Shaun as a schoolboy and used by him ever since, this is a powerful, usable packet trick - a
packet of Jokers become printed one at a time into a royal flush - with a Technicolor back climax and room
for a sponsor's logo - and all examinable at the conclusion too!
Global Aftershock
Coins of different size and value travel one at a time under a card, then vanish to reappear in the hand in
a flash - starts and ends clean and uses a familiar gimmick in an unfamiliar way.....
Devil's Card
When the Open Prediction plot meets a spooky tale of a gambler vs. the devil this is the result - a signed
card vanishes from a folded paper to be found by the spectator under very clean conditions - perfect for
parlour or board room style performances.
Odd One In
Trade show performers will love this one - a jumbo monte routine in the vein of Sidewalk Shuffle or Joe
Riding's Irish 3 Card Trick - but with a stunning odd back climax - ideal for featuring the sponsor's
logo....
Biddle Grip Elmsley
Developed by Shaun more than thirty years ago as a way of avoiding grip changes between Elmsley and
Hamman counts, this powerful tool is revealed here for the first time.
Disc One Running Time: Approximately 90min - worldwide playback
Disc Two Running Time: Approximately 90min - worldwide playback
Reviews
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I usually enjoy watching a working professional pull back the curtain and share his working material with the community. Unfortunately, this DVD set is the perfect example of one of the unfortunate things that can happen with a collection like this: The ideas maybe somewhat original, but they aren’t exceptionally good. This product consists of two discs of Shaun McCree running through his routines at a gig for several different tables, and while there are some good ideas spread out over these two discs, it’s buried beneath the not so great material.
That said, I really liked his Chop Cup routine, with an ungaffed cup, and dice instead of a ball. It’s a great break from the card material, and I think there’s a lot more here that could be played with.
The card material is somewhat decent. Many of the plots have already been explored dozens of times before, and the ‘new plots’ aren’t that clear.
This is another one where you may like it, or may not, so I’ll (once again) go down the middle and give it two and a half stars.
That said, I really liked his Chop Cup routine, with an ungaffed cup, and dice instead of a ball. It’s a great break from the card material, and I think there’s a lot more here that could be played with.
The card material is somewhat decent. Many of the plots have already been explored dozens of times before, and the ‘new plots’ aren’t that clear.
This is another one where you may like it, or may not, so I’ll (once again) go down the middle and give it two and a half stars.