QA Teach In Series

THE BLURB:
Q & A Teach-In
Volume 1: Question And Answer

Introduction

Learn the basic premise of the Question & Answer
presentation plus classic methods for building your killer
routine.

One Ahead

Explore the ins and outs of this old standby method and
discover how to make it fresh and entertaining for your
audiences.

Pre-Show

More professional tips on the psychology of pre-show
information gathering and some utility props that make your
life easier.

Multipliers

Discover the secrets of leveraging your information to amaze
them by revealing things that they never write down!

Presentation

A working pro's tips and techniques for helping make your
routine more effective by connecting emotionally to your
audience.

Performance

Solid advance for how to get the most out of this dynamic
presentation for all audiences, large and small.

Running Time Approximately 1hr 9min

Volume 2: Superscript

SuperScript is the ideal solution for performing a Question
and Answer routine based on a believable premise: graphology
and handwriting analysis.

You'll need no clipboards or impression devices nor will you
be required to do any 'pre-show' work. The method is clean,
can be performed close-up or on the largest stage, and
leaves a souvenir brochure in the hands of everyone whose
question is answered.

Previously, SuperScript has been available only as a
premium-priced package of specially printed brochures and a
VHS instructional video. With today's ubiquity of desktop
computers, those custom folders are as close as your inkjet
printer and are easily personalized for your own purposes.

This Teach-In includes every second of the original
SuperScript video, reemastered and chaptered for DVD, plus
access to the necessary files in .pdf format for you to
produce your own supplies, as you need them, using 8.5 x
11-inch, ink-jet cover weight paper (index card stock).

Running Time Approximately 45min

Volume 3: EZ-Q & A

EZ-Q&A's weave of multiple methods is both brilliant in
concept and absolutely mind-boggling in impact. First
introduced by Bruce Bernstein, this killer idea has been
honed to a sharp edge, fine tuned, and polished to
perfection by Mentalism's Maestro, Lee Earle.

It's perfect for banquet audiences because everything is so
delightfully simple. Pencils and little white cards
(reproduced from the free .pdf file on your ink-jet printer)
are distributed among the audience who are asked to jot down
a word, make a sketch, or write a thought. An innocent
audience helper gathers all the cards and holds them until
your routine begins.

You place the packet on his upturned hand, he takes a card,
views the hidden information, and you amazingly reveal every
detail - plus, you can instantly return that card to the
person in the audience from whom it came! Repeat with up to
5 cards, each revelation more impossible than the one before
it, with a fabulous drawing duplication finish!

This DVD includes (as background) Lee Earle's highly
acclaimed Q&A Lecture at the 2005 MindVention (amateur
video), an excerpt on Q & A from the DVD "The Sunshine
Boys", plus new details, handlings, and secrets from his
personal repertoire.

Running Time Approximately 1hr 10min

MY COMMENTS:
This three part series is an excellent introduction to the
Q&A routine, one of mentalism's most powerful
demonstrations. However, though it contains much
information and history, it is by no means comprehensive
and I really don't think that it was intended to be anyhow.
There are several excellent Q&A handlings and presentations
that are not mentioned here, such as Richard Osterlind's
brilliant routines.

Vol.1 features the previously released Q&A Teach-In video,
now available on DVD and, as said, it's an excellent
overview of Q&A's history and methodologies. Vol. 2
features the controversial Superscript routine, which is
actually more of a psychometry routine. This is Lee's
version of Cicardi's Psi-Graphico, which can be
found in Magick and is still sold separately from Ray
Piatt, I believe. Vol. 3 features the only new
material and that is an amateur video of Lee's
presentation at Mindvention 2005. Other than that,
it presents material from other works and it all
centers around a killer idea from Bruce Bernstein,
originally published in Syzygy.

Q&A, as Lee points out, is one of the two strongest
routines a mentalist can do. With this series, you
get two solid routines, plus some history and
background. And all of this costs far less than
you'd get paid for just one typical mentalism show,
so this is certainly an incredible investment of
knowledge. If you already have this material,
I can't recommend this as the lecture Lee gave at
Mindvention 2005, though it is very enjoyable, is
not enough to warrant purchasing the newer versions.
However, if you don't own the majority of this
material, or you don't already have a Q&A act
that you love performing, then the material here
may serve you very well.