Inspired by Greg Arce’s stage routine, ‘Awe-Sum Total,’ which in turn was inspired by Larry Becker’s ‘Sum Total.’ Scott has taken Greg’s original (with his permission) and adapted it for close-up table hopping without losing the impact of the original.
Five, five-digit numbers are displayed to the audience as a prediction. These numbers remain in full view throughout the routine and are not switched. The audience generates a random six-digit number in the hundreds of thousands, no forcing. The five prediction numbers are added together by an audience member using the calculator on his phone. The total matches the randomly generated number.