Routined Magic is filled with wonderful, thoughtfully constructed routines. Material includes: THE GLASS MYSTERY (a one cup and ball routine using a highball glass wrapped in newspaper), THE HOMING BALL (cardboard cone and ball routine), THE SHAKER PENETRATION (using a borrowed coin, a handkerchief and two highball glasses), MARDO’S EGG BAG ROUTINE, STRANGE DR. HOFFMAN (a remarkable offbeat effect in which a dime placed on the mouth of a bottle becomes animated and seemingly answers the performer’s questions – nearly self-working, no threads, etc.), MARDO’S CUPS AND BALLS ROUTINE, A THIMBLE ROUTINE, THE PERFECT RICE BOWLS