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Reaction Ad-Libs Starring Gary Darwin (DVD) The ULTIMATE Course in Situational One-Liners for Magicians, MCs, Jugglers, Ventriloquists, Comedians and Public Speakers... Not for Politicians!
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6 of 6 magicians found the following review helpful:
Uuummm....ok?
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on February 15th, 2009
This dvd is garbage - period.
These quote, unquote "reaction ad-libs" are of the lamest 1950's variety. None of them are applicable in modern society and only a roomfull of geriatrics would even laugh at it - as long as their hearing aids are turned up that is. Thankfully, I never had to buy this. A friend bought it, brought it over, and then proceeded to steal about an hour of my life away while watching Gary Darwin dish out some of the dumbest ad-libs that only Milton Berle could love. Avoid this, unless of course you've built a time machine and are planning to take your act to the Jersey shore in 1960. While your at it, stop by my house about 6 months ago and stop me from watching this piece of trash so that I won't have to remember it. Did this review help you?
terrible!
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on February 26th, 2008
this is just a bunch of old guys sitting around telling OLD OLD OLD jokes. some famous people show
up, but save your money and search google for bad vaudeville jokes.
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this is one of the few non magic dvds that i have found useful. it helps the magician find his/her
way out of difficult situations or with difficult spectators. this is a situation that we have all
found ourselves in and it helped me handle such situations
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Do you have an uncle who thinks he's funny, but all he does is repeat tired old lines you've heard a
million times? You smile politely, but it's unfunny and uncomfortable?
The title of this disc is misleading. "Adlib" means "made up spontaneously", but this DVD is instead a lame collection of a few tired old one-liners. You are getting a home-made video taken at some convention. Darwin suggests an onstage situation, offers a few lame comments (sometimes just one) and then asks the audience to throw in more. The problem is, about half the time, they've got nothing, and neither does he. Worse yet, there were a couple guys in his audience whose idea of humor is nasty and demeaning. If you want your audience to hate you, there are some great lines here. Darwin goes on at length to worship Don Rickles, a sour, demeaning 82 year old "comic" sometimes known as the "Master of Venom". If you think insulting your audience is funny, you might actually like this disc. Honestly, there are three laughs on this whole DVD. Everything else is "take my wife, please" kind of lame non-spontaneous non-humor. Long sections are devoted to worshiping Rickles and other off-topic filler. Darwin can be heard, but the audience responses are often inaudible. Production values are shoddy and unprofessional. It's awful. -- Alternative: the same day I bought this disc, I bought Gregory Wilson's Pyrotechnic Pasteboards. Greg is full of genuinely funny adlibs, both in his performance and tutorials, and he is a masterful teacher. I got way more material from his live shows than I got from "Reaction Adlibs". Did this review help you?
I expected more
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on March 8th, 2008
It´s not a baaaad DVD, but I really expected more. The gags are like jokes, I thought Gary would
tell how to deal with "problems" and difficult situations at the show, not just say a joke every
time. It was really under my expectations. But, if you are the type of magician who say jokes EVERY
time, buy it.
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on January 29th, 2008
a typical "in your face" style of reactions and quotes. there are a few good one liners in there,
which you could adapt and use for your own show, but there is a lot of poor material with it.
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not for everyone
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on November 6th, 2007
this isnt a heckler stopper miracle cure, but these are suggestions straight from the mouths of
todays top pros. gary darwin isnt the only one on this dvd, its got lance burton, jonny thompson,
dixie dooley, the amazing jonathan, jay noblezada, and the list goes on. unfortunately its hard to
understand some suggestions from the audience. its all very tongue in cheek and if thats not your
style then this may not be for you.
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............um
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on November 22nd, 2006
it wasnt that good. i tried a couple of the one-liners and i got laughed at... dont by this
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ehhh
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on November 3rd, 2006
ok, i love gary darwin. if you have seen his thumbtip dvd, you will know he is very funny. but
this dvd is lame. the lines they use are kinda corny. when the other magicians in the audience
speak you can't hear them sometimes... there should have been a mic in the crowd... i was very
disappointed when i saw this....not to mention waiting 4 months for the dvd to show up
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I could see where some would complain about the DVD, because he solicits input from the very
experienced crowd (some of the biggest names in magic are in the crowd), but then you can't hear all
of their comments. However, there is good stuff in the DVD.
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