Syzygys Best

THE BLURB:
This DVD compilation, highlights the very best of SYZYGY -
The Journal of Contemporary Mentalism. Lee Earle has
selected the very best of the effects that have appeared in
the publication over the years, and put them on three very
special DVD's. These DVD's have effects by some of the most
accomplished mentalists in the business.

Volume One
Contents include:

- Deep Sea Digits by George St. James: AN impressive
demonstration of "super recall" that is easy to accomplish
with no memorization
- Destiny's Destination by Richard Mark: A triple prediction
with loads of laugh potential that leaves 'em scratching
their heads!
- Running the Numbers by Chris Hurlburt: Your audience picks
out the winning numbers on a genuine Lotto ticket!
- Guessin' Gumballs by Jack Bean: Can anyone guess the exact
number of gumballs in a huge transparent jar? You bet!
- Himelrick Maneuver by David Himelrick: Use the power of
imagination to draw an image that exists only in someone's
mind!
- Keys Royale by Lee Earle: Intuition finds the one key
among seven that opens the ungimmicked Lock - no key
switches!

Volume Two
Contents include:

- Bold & Beautiful by Ted Karmilovich: Predictions actually
written before your performance name randomly selected
celebrities, cities, and objects.
- I.Q. Chart by Earl Keyser: A participant thinks of a word
one letter at a time and the performer quickly learns the
very same word.
- Whenever-Anywhere by Ty Kralin: From any book, random
words are read aloud and one is secretly chosen and yet the
performer spells the word.
- Dream Design by John Riggs: An image from a woman's recent
dream is one of dozens pre-drawn on index cards - and the
card bears her name!
- Quintuple by Dave Arch: Using verbal control, the mind
reader influences random choices to guarantee the outcome -
even miles away!
- Picture Show by Leo Boudreau: People visualize 'postcard
scenes' and with no forces, questions, or fishing, the
performer describes each one.

Volume Three
Contents include:

- Deli Delight by Andy Leviss: Performer has a sandwich in a
lunch bag. A participant describes his favorite sandwich.
They are the same!
- Option Call by Paul Green: Deal cards in to a person's
hands, add or remove cards as directed, until one card is
left - it's the one you predicted
- Par for the Course by Danny Archer: A spectator fills in a
scorecard for an imaginary round of golf and adds up the
strokes - they are exactly what you foretold.
- Dowsing Duplicates by T.J. Osborn: Take 6 business cards,
tear them in half, spread the pieces face down. Unerringly,
audience finds matching halves.
- Compelling Key by John Riggs: Using a padlock as a
pendulum, you locate the only one of 7 hidden keys that
opens the ungimmicked lock.
- Midway Dream by E. Raymond Carlyle: Participants play
make-believe carnival games to win plush animals when they
duplicate your predicted scores!

MY COMMENTS:
For about twice the price you can buy the complete five
volumes of Syzygy that contains ten times the amount of
routines contained within these DVDs. And I do recommend
that you purchase the book before you get these DVDs.
However, if you want a sampling of the very best of this
series, then this would be a good purchase. Also, with
these DVDs, not only do you get a selection of the best
effects from the first volumes, but you get Lee Earle's
incomparable ideas and refinements which make these
wonderful effects even better. (P.S. If I had to recommend
just one volume, it would be Volume Two.)

NOTE: These comments are based on the earlier video
release.