I picked this pre-release up as part of the Penguin Platinum Club.

I was up until 2 a.m. watching the dvd and made up two of the tricks ( Tripple Shot and Sweet Nothing ) and performed them for friends his morning at the Starbucks we have in a Grocery Store.

The DVD is beautifully filmed/produced. Real thought went into this. Greg demos the tricks for Dan Hauss in studio and then there are multiple LIVE performances for people at the coffee shop. Watching Greg perforrm for REAL people are golden lessons.

These aren't just cute/back of the cerial box tricks. Some have killer mentalism attributes. Stain Alive can be used for cold readings/personality tests.

Tripple Shot is about the cleanest/organic Mind Control you could do.

A few tricks are not limited to just coffee houses. A couple require switches and ditches, but Greg developed such motivated actions, you will become better at what you do by learning just a few of these.

Greg, as usual is VERY funny and dots the I's crosses the T's on each piece to make them workers.


I'll just post the trick list/short descriptions and I'll link demos if it was also a download.

1) Coffee Break: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2890

2) Stain Alive: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2886

3) Tall Order: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2940

4) Venti Diagram: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2950

5) Quarter Cup: It's coin in a bottle, but with a coffee cup. No coin gaffs or gaffing the cup.

6) Tripple Shot: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2947

7) Sugar Substitute: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2945

8) Flick Stick: A stir stick is slib through a cup sleeve and the audience member pulls the stick through the top, or bottom while greg holds the sleeve. Greg shows another way and while they hold the stick, Greg passes the sleeve right through. They examine the sleeve and it hasn't been torn and is still glued shut.

9) About Face: Greg Holds the cup, with the Starbucks Sleeve around the cup, clearly showing the Starbucks Mermaid. He holds a napkin up to it and...the image vanishes. He takes the sleeve off and the image is on the inside. He puts back the sleeve and does it again, but this time the sleeve vanishes and is found on the inside of the cup!

10) Sleeveless in Seattle: http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/3123

11) Sweet Nothing: One the STRONGEST on the DVD. Pure magic theater. After some brilliant auditory subterfuge,Greg tears open a sugar packet and pours the sugar into his fist. He drop the packet pieces onto the audience members hand and when he opens his hand....the sugar is gone.

Greg then takes straw ( pseudo magic wand ) and tears off the paper and pours out the sugar from the straw into their hand. They really reacted strong to this on the DVD and when I performed it.

12) My Cup Runneth Over: A trick in 3 acts ( no prep ). Greg removes a straw from its paper sleeve and tears off a piece and puts it on top of the cup as he demonstrates static electricity. The straw acts as a wand and the paper animates. THEN he uses the straw to cause the sleeve of the cup to raise up. THEN the straw causes the cup to eerily move back towards the edge of the table.

OK, so I am trying not to be biased against this DVD just because I hate the taste of coffee. I will say this, if you spend time in a coffee shop, this DVD is for you. Quite a few different efects with 99% of them being impromptu. All in all a good purchase for someone who frequents the coffee joints.

For once,i will just be quick and to the point:this is FANTASTIC!
buy it!
sure some things are just ideas,but others are fully developed routines
GREGORY WILSON IS BACK!!!!!!

I'm also a Platinum member and basically agree with Zombie's review; however, considering that the DVD is mostly (7 out of 12) a compilation of previous releases, it should be advertised as such.This is why I feel only 4 stars are justfied. On a positive note, the 7 previous releases would cost nearly $70 USD if purchased separately, so the DVD is a tremendous value for those Greg Wilson fans who don't already have any of the material.

I dont have much to say about the individual illusions other than Gregory Wilson does an excellent job of explaining how to make the illusions look great. There is already a review that tells what comes on the dvd. this is a great deal to get all the coffee house illusions on here plus some.

Plain and simple if you are looking for some simple illusions that you can use to amaze your friends at Starbucks next time you are there with some friends or you just want to impress some people while you are at Starbucks this is a great DVD for that. I for one am planning to use some of these illusions to impress my girlfriend before i pop the question. Great work as always Gregory

Every single effect on this dvd is practical, fun, awesome, and easy to do. I'm a huge fan of Gregory's. Not only is he very creative but he has one of the best personalities I've seen when it comes to magicians or people in general. I've seen his stage show and I've met him once; I buy most of his dvds just to study how he interacts with people. This dvd is one of the best purchases I've made. Golden impromptu material on here. Buy it!