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Paul Harris and Bro Gilbert: Paul Harris Presents Wishbone Review

Forty gimmicks, 1 video download, 23 minutes of instruction and $35 bucks. Is it gem or is it rubble? Stay tuned to find out.

Effect

Two coffee stir sticks are placed together to make a "wishbone" and each is initialed by a spectator. The sticks are broken by the magician leaving the two ends of the stick to be placed in the spectator's hands. Inside of their hands, the two initialed pieces fuse together.

Method

A self-contained gimmick does all the work for you. Two methods are taught. One is much simpler. The other isn't "hard," but it's certainly more involved. In both cases, however, the method is doable for sure, especially the PH Happy Easy Handling. In order to do the effect, you only need to carry around the gimmick.

Each performance destroys one gimmick. You are supplied with 40, and refills are available. At the time of posting this review, there is no information, yet, about where to buy refills or how much they will be.

Ad Copy Integrity

The ad copy is SOLID. It 100% accurately describes the effect with no fudge-o wording or bull fudgie video edits, etc. What you see/read is what you get.

Product Quality

Let's take a look at the usual suspects:

Gimmick Quality

The gimmicks look great and work just fine. It's a very simple and organic looking "thing" that perfectly does its job.

Video Quality

The video is a download and a streaming video hosted at Murphy's Magic. You receive a password to access the video. If you download it, there are no chapter marks, so you have to watch it straight through and cannot navigate to a certain section. However, if you watch it as a streaming video directly at Murphy's, then you can click on the various chapters. It's well produced, well mic'd and relatively well lit — there were a couple of minor lighting issues here and there, but nothing to detract from the teaching and learning experience.

Teaching Quality

The video is about 23 minutes and covers everything in just the right amount of detail. Very Goldilocks. You'll learn two different handling methods; you'll see a live performance, and learn a very visual bonus effect that can be done with a regular coffee stir stick, anytime, anywhere. The effect is that you break the stick with your mind. You hold it at your finger tips and then suddenly it just snaps. It's very simple to do and is very visual.

Final Thoughts

Overall, this is a solid top notch product. Keep a few of these in your pocket, and you're ready to perform anytime. It's certainly more organic to perform it at a coffee shop that has wooden stir sticks, but it's not necessary at all. If you have the Wishbone gimmick with you, you have everything you need to perform this. Considering the fact that you get 40 gimmicks for $35 bucks, it costs you 88 cents to perform this effect. If you like the effect and can see yourself doing it, then this is a no-brainer. It has serious potential for a moment of strange and beautiful with your spectator.

Final Verdict:
5 Stars with a Stone Status of GEM!