The Ultimate Workers - Routines From The Professional Repertoire Of Michael Close - Volume 4

On this series of DVDs, Michael performs and explains most of the routines from the Workers series. These are routines which were designed to be done under real world conditions and in real world locations. Places like restaurants, hospitality suites, cocktail parties and in stand-up shows. Besides the performances, Michael also gives you the work on each of the tricks. Not just the methods but the theory behind each one. Now is your chance to see these magical masterpieces performed by the originator. Shot in front of a wildly enthusiastic audience, using three cameras, every performing nuance has been captured. Following the performance, Michael sits down with friends Michael Ammar and Eric Mead and thoroughly explains every effect. Some of this information has never appeared in print and is being released for the first time. If you’re looking for material which will completely baffle and entertain the most discriminating audience, look no further.

The Ultimate Workers - Routines From The Professional Repertoire Of Michael Close - Volume 4

2 hrs 30 min!
DVD Volume 4 combines two previously released videos:Michael Close's Too Close Volume 4 and a portion of Very Very Close Volume 3.

• The Big Surprise - The perfect way to open and close your show. A funny and seamless handling of the classic Card in Box effect. The assisting spectator discovers that the Big Surprise Canister really does contain a big surprise.
• A Visit from Rocco - A charming presentation for a great Larry West trick. Using giant bills, the magician gives Rocco and the audience a lesson in arithmetic.
• Rocco Returns - Rocco's back, with a lesson in Find the Lady. This routine for Ton Onosaka's Lucky Lady provides valuable information concerning the motivated handling of props.
• Ring Fright - Michael synthesizes ideas from Gaetan Bloom and Terri Rogers to produce a remarkable two object transposition. And because no pulls are used, no harm can come to the spectator's finger ring.
• Take a Letter - A weird effect using common stationery items. Never have so many magical principles been used in the cause of such a strange routine.
• Butte Ox? Two Butte Ox! - Michael's handling for the classic Johnny Paul Cheek to Cheek effect. Hilarious and a lesson in intelligent, motivated card handling. And the Unbelievably Useful Comedy Prop comes into its own. This routine is a mainstay of Michael's stand-up act.
• Bonus routine!- Michael performs (but does not explain) Stupid Travelers. Never has masterful card technique and maniacal behavior been combined in such a silly way. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll phone the authorities.
• Rubik's Dollar Bill - A penetration effect using a dollar bill, a playing card, and a toothpick. This is the first time all the work has been explained on video!
• The Growing Toothpick - Thirty seconds of eye-candy, as a toothpick triples in length.
• Origami Bill Production - A simple and flashy way to give the spectators an origami souvenir. A borrowed bill instantly folds itself into an origami figure. Attach the bill to your business card and you've got the perfect give-away.
• The Frog Prince - Hailed by the cognoscenti as one of the new "classics" of close-up magic, and one of the most astounding and memorable card routines ever created. A freely selected card transposes with a card which has been folded into an origami frog. An absolute reputation maker.