Ambitious Classics – DVD - WGM (World`s Greatest Magic series)
A small packet Ambitious Card routine circulated in the underground among the cardmen cognoscenti before it finally saw print and was dubbed the Ambitious Classic.
The plotis simple enough: several cards, usually and Ace through Five, each rise to the top of the small packet one at a time until there’s only one card left, which is usually discovered to have magically changed into a completely different card, much to the delight of spectators.
On this DVD, you’ll find five mastercard magicians each with their own interpretation of this modern classic ofcard magic.
- Larry Jennings leads off with his routine whichhas served as the jumping-off point for many variations that have followed.
- James Swain is next with his interpretationof the Jennings routine but adding an eye-popping climax.
- Derek Dingle turns the routine into ahumorous experiment in spectator perceptionwhile
- Michael Ammar boils the routine down to itsmost basic components, complete with a Super Practice Session to make all ofthe moves that much easier to learn.
- Bruce Cervon adds his four-card version whereit seems all of the magic is happening under the most fair of circumstances.
Larry Jennings felt that the Ambitious Classic was one of the most entertaining routines that he performed for laymen. It was his "go-to" routine when someone asked him to do a card trick. Learn any of the versions of this marvelous card trick presented here and you’ll always have an any-deck miracle at the ready.
- Ambitious Classic - Larry Jennings
- The Ambitious Classic Revisited - James Swain
- Too Many Cards - Derek Dingle
- Ambitious Classic - Michael Ammar
- A Matter of Psychology - Bruce Cervon
RunningTimeApproximately: 53mins
