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Benson Bowl
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Benson Bowl Routine is a variation of the Cups and Balls using a single brass bowl, a wooden wand, and three sponge balls developed by Roy Benson.
Bruce Elliot's published the effect in Phoenix #156 in 1948. It was made famous by Don Alan and Frank Garcia used this routine in his close-up act for years.
It was Benson's interpretation of Rezvani's Tomato Trick.
The Benson Bowl routine can be found in several books:
- Bruce Elliott's Classic Secrets of Magic
- Don Alan's routine in Jon Racherbaumer's In a Class by Himself: the Legacy of Don Alan
- Roy Benson by Starlight by Levent and Todd Karr