They said, "Sam what's your address?" He said, "I live at 13, 29 west8 street" They said, "Do you gamble?" He said, "Everyday at the 654 club right down the block" He said, "You're close, I’m 39" They said, "Do you live here at the club?" He said, "Oh no, I live in a classy part of town, I live in Lake Tahoe" They said "we guess your age to be about 38" They said Sam you are kind of a young guy. He says, "Thank you! Nobody is that nice for crying out loud" you remind us of that magician Bill Malone. This is our first time here, but we are coming here again. So now they are really starting to like this guy Sam. They said, "Sam that’s great, here is another 2 dollar tip for you." Sam took a little walk, he walked down one, two, three blocks, and said we are all out of 20s we had to give you 4 10s Sam looked at his watch and said, "Well it's still kinda early but I’ll see what I can do", so the cards were cut. The only trouble is all they have is a 40 dollar check. All of a sudden the kings ran into some bad luck, and they owe the girls some money. They said, "Sam you really are a heck of a guy, here is another 2 dollar tip for you." where did you get them?" He said, "O the 654 club right down the block." They said, "Oh my God, Sam they are beautiful. "Well its still kinda early but I’ll see what i can do" So the cards were cut once more.Sam took another walk 1… 2.He even took a left down prince street, and said the best we could do is 4 guys but they are all named jack. would you find us some card players? Sam looked at his watch and said They only trouble is they don’t have enough card players. All of a sudden they get kinda bored and they feel like having a game of cards. So now they are sitting there with the girls, if you know what i mean, and i think you do, sir. They said, "Sam you are a heck of a guy, here is a 2 dollar tip for you - a 2 dollar tip." They said, "Sam they are beautiful… where did you get them?" He said, "The 654 club right down the block." Sam took a little walk, he walked down one, two, three blocks, and said that the best we could do is a couple of brunettes and a couple of redheads. Sam looked at his watch and said, "Well it's kinda early but I’ll see what I can do", so the cards were cut. Now they were sitting there for a while and were getting kinda bored so they called Sam over, they said, "Excuse us Sam, this is our first time here and we are kinda lonely, would you do us a favour, would you find us some women to help make the time go by?" One day Sam the bellhop was sitting in his restaurant, and it was kind of slow that night, but all of a sudden out of no where, the two big doors opened up wide, and in to the restaurant walked four gentlemen dressed like kings. So this is the story of Sam the bellhop and the 654 club. ![]() I'm going to tell you a story about a guy named Sam who used to own his own little restaurant right down the street from the 654 club. He only started adding the more sophisticated sleights to the routine as a way of practicing false cuts and shuffles and the routine evolved for him naturally over time. Also, it's interesting to note that when he first started doing it, he did it like Everhart. There's a lot of presentational tips you can pick up from Malone. Again, it's not the moves, it's the story and the personality of the performer that makes this strong. ![]() Malone made it popular again, but it's important to understand why. Just search for Sam The Bellhop and you can get it for $25.00. There's a download you can buy from that has clips of Malone teaching the routine, but it also comes with a written script. Frank Everhart, who made the routine famous and inspired guys like Malone, didn't do it like Malone does it. It's not the fancy cuts that makes this routine effective. Years ago when I first saw it, the guy doing it was only using simple cuts. But that's not part of the script and what Malone does with the routine isn't necessary to make it an effective presentation. The only thing that may change, like in Malone's case, is the cuts he uses. But watching the video several times, it should start to fall into place. In a situation like this, this is where learning from a DVD doesn't help because it may be easier to learn the story from an actual script you can read. ![]() Once you have the set up of the cards, that basically becomes your script. The script doesn't change because that would require the set up of the cards changing.
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