1 review for The Miser’s Cocktail Shaker by Joe Porper, R. Paul Wilson
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Andy Martin –
This clever and beautiful prop was created by Joe Porper and R. Paul Wilson in 2004, and as with most of Joe’s items it is made perfectly with some ingenious ideas.
I’ve always liked the idea of the Miser’s dream but most coin ladder’s and similar devices that try to make the work simple do a great job of display and sound but don’t do too much to remove the skill and sleight of hand element. Also they are large and require a stage to perform on. Some people really like Bob Solari’s Miser Miracle but the downside is you don’t actually get to see lots of coins 🙁
Joe Porper and R. Paul Wilson have done a really good job here to provide the props to perform an entertaining routine with almost no sleight of hand in a relatively close-up situation. You have to be able to pull off a vanish and appearance of a coin which does take some practice, but if you put in 30 minutes a day for a week you’d be golden.
The cocktail shaker itself is a work of art and really is well constructed with a clever way to deliver nine coins with or without any sleights. The dropper is another innovative design that works very smoothly. The coin wand is perfect for the task, and even the rattle gimmick is very clever. I did not use it in the video because it was one more thing for me to practice and I was pushing my limits in the time I had already
My video performance had me practicing for about 2 hours total – so I could certainly do more, but it is starting to get fairly smooth – another week I think it would look even better 🙂