Just Add Merlot

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Here’s a simple but effective comedy idea. How do you make a highly skilled but somewhat standard hoop spinning act more engaging — not to mention funny? Simply perform it while trying to fetch and drink a glass of red wine! Here’s Annabel Carberry in A Glass of Red.



By the way, I did indeed try this at home and was actually able to do about half the act. I’ll let you guess which half.

Thanks to Karen Gersch for the link!
Click here for another comedy hoop spinning act.

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