I don’t know how many of you care which sort of routine I’d actually do myself, but if there was one from everything else this month, even given all the great stuff from Daniels, Regal, Carney, etc., this routine from Mark Jenest would be it. I’d probably modify it a little, and I might drop the fingercuffs gag, but the props and overall presentational premise I’d certainly leave as it. If you’re at a bar, the inherent relationship between the “sobriety test” approach and the fact that the props are all endemic to the bar environment allow for a much more impromptu feel than most of the others. Heck, even if the bar you’re at doesn’t have a jigger handy, you can just pretend to go to the counter and return with the necessary props, and most people won’t be any of the wiser. It would be like somebody handed you a dollar bill at a lemonade stand.
If there’s any downside, it’s that the production of two wine corks isn’t quite the miracle that producing fruit is, so perhaps it can’t really close a set the way the others could, but in my mind, that’s not necessarily a problem, so long as you have something stronger to follow up with. (And again, if you’re at a bar, they’ve got lemons, yes…?)
And finally, I promise, this is the last variation on the one-cup theme for the month. I swear.
Well, there’s a Benson Bowl variant coming up, but that’s it. I promise. Seriously. It’s all 3 cup routines from here.
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