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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 "The Cushions of the Princess," which became known as The 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