Agreed, for the most part. I thought the guest line-up was what made Sponge a fun DvD.
Jay has a good street presence about him, but like you - I wasn't amazed by his handling of the sponges, up to the point of seeing several windows (to the experienced eye anyway), which was kind of odd for a training DvD. Steve DaCri's toolbox was also a good DvD for sure; and would definately be better for someone with 0 sponge experience.
Even though they are both similar, and even carbon copy on some techniques - they really are different in presentation. I think looking at them as 2 chapters of the same lesson may be a better option and still sugguest any would be sponge magicians buy both
