Comedy Magic in Magic & Conjuring: page 3

The crazy card routines of one of the funniest magicians in the world. Very usable material including 23 hilarious card tricks, different from anything you ever tried before, totally unexpected, totally uninhibited in a very nice way, and totally entertaining. Illustrated by Roy Kissell.

1st edition 1960, 28 pages; digital edition 2012, 32 pages.

Table of Contents

9. "Hum-Bug" Prediction
11. Card In The Turban
12. Lost And Found
13. C-Thru Card
14. Spotz
15. Op-Trick-Al Illusion
16. Hocus-Focus
17. 2 Or 3 From 5 & 10
18. Cardician Blendo
20. Komical Cards
20. A "Marxed" Card
20. The "Blushing" King
21. It's A "Scorcher" ...

Here's something you will put to immediate use, and continue to use it for fun and/or money. Presented by any two people, without any special scenery, costumes, props or conditions. Read the ebook, and you are ready to start. Great for clubs, lodges, fun nights, schools, Scouts, Senior Citizens, P.T.A., you name it. Very funny act with lots of built in laughs. (You can show a friend how to do it in minutes, so you don't need a regular assistant. Great for married couples.)

This is a compilation of three sources

• Abba Dabba, The Mystic by S. W. Reilly
• Lines for Mentalists by Val Andrews ...

This U. F. Grant publication was revised, enlarged and illustrated by Gene Gloye. This is the kind of material - assorted comedy bits and pieces, that you can add to any group of tricks to build up your show, add laughs, fill in for time.

Chapters cover:

• Cards
• Comedy Props
• Using Volunteer Assistants
• Mental Magic Gags
• Gag Bits of Business
• Stunts with an Assistant or Plant
• Patter
• More Stunts
• For the Master of Ceremonies
• For Magicians
• Politicking With Magic.

Sixty different items of funny business as only Karrell Fox can deliver them. Two complete routines with patter, using rabbits, seven funny magic props, seven Foxy Foolers, twelve Kornceptions with cards, 25 KornyKwickies for laffs, and nine Fox Favorites, including a Pitch Act. 56 pages, with many hilarious illustrations.

1st edition 1954, 47 pages; 1st digital edition 2015, PDF 52 pages.

The only ebook of it's kind! A great collection of comedy blackouts for magicians and others, to add variety and spice to shows. A "Blackout" is a quick bit of stage business, usually verbal, that ends in a snappy punch line on which (if possible) the lights go out.

These are all audience tested, guaranteed laughs. Valuable for use between other acts on any kind of show. Adds comedy, bulk and novelty to any programs, provides necessary time for the next act to get ready, etc. For school work or adults.

• INTRODUCTION
• Wants to get on show (two men)
• Never ending rope stunt (one man)
• Dressing...

'Clean' and 'politically correct' jokes for and about everything to do with magic and magicians.

Are you one of the many magicians that have a cupboard and boxes full of unused magic tricks? Why? Maybe it's because you don't have patter/jokes for any of them? Here's your solution.

This ebook solves all your problems with over 300 jokes specifically for magicians and common magic topics and tricks, including; Applause, Assistants, Balloons, Balls, Books, Bullet catching, Cards, Chinese, Cigarettes, Coins, Cups, Disappearance, Dissection, Doves, Eggs and Egg Bag, Escapism, Fire, General,...

Tricks you will want to do for the fun involved. Bob Olson and Bob Pearce wrote this ebook to put a lot of laughs in your magic. Nicely done, loads of illustrations.

• Introduction
• EPILOGUE to the INTRODUCTION
• DRUNK TEST
• The Tatooed Sailor
• Abominable Abacus
• NEATNESS COUNTS
• SIK KARD REPEAT
• POPEYED PAPER DOLL
• ENGLISH COIN VANISH
• Meetachick's CARD TRICK
• GOOFY GOLFER
• "I don’t do card tricks...”
• COWARDLY BULLET CATCH
• Poloridiot
• premature DOVE PRODUCTION
• THE SCENTED CIGARETTE
• MYSTERY of the RED MOTH
• POCKET TRICK
• SOCK 20th Century
• MISER’S PRODUCTION
• PERSUASIVE WAND
• HOLY...

This is zany and wild interpretation of magic. Harry George is a man who plays only for laughs. All the ideas in his ebook end up in a laugh! Over two dozen tricks of all kinds in the very amusing ebook, delightfully but zanily illustrated by Tom Rietze. For fun in your magic, or magic in your fun, get this.

• Fourword
• About The Author
• Introduction
• It's A Ringer
• Raisins Of Rath
• Cannoned
• Copper And Silver
• Short Treatise On Misdirection
• The Fair Sex
• Only For Magicians
• Pull In Case Of Emergency
• Indexed
• Real Lifesaver Of A Trick
• To Get Off To A Running Start
• Cheater's Proof
• Hot Finish ...

This comedy routine on 'Holes' is right out of Billy McComb's commercial material. You are furnished with the designs for a pattern so you can quickly make up the props (all in paper) for stage or close-up use. You will have ten minutes of laughs from a pros act. You will find many uses for this excellent material. It can be as up-to-date as today's newspaper with current comedy talk.

PDF 8 pages

The world has changed - radically! Being an entertainer and telling jokes has gone from 'having fun' with the audience to complaints about every possible issue. Political Correctness now rules. Whatever your view on the issue, the new reality is that all entertainers now need to be more aware than ever before not to offend an audience member. Hence the need for one-liner jokes that are non-political, non-religious, non-sexual, and just about non-everything.

As much as is humanly possible, jokes from past books and new ones have been combined in the ebook that will 'hopefully' not offend anyone....

A short piece of interactive fun suitable for any audience.

"Hi Timothy, Made up the gimmick, no problem and works like a dream!!! Many thanks for the idea!!" - Terry Hickman USA

"I love it. I'm sure it serves you well. I'm going to have to make one. I'll be using it. Thanks again!" - Jon Stetson America's Master Mentalist

Timothy Hyde has taken an old verbal gag and added a visual prop making it suitable for most audience types from children to corporate. The addition of the visual element means it grabs the attention of the audience, it focuses them on the performer and gets a...

Laughs galore! Comedy bits, blackouts, funny lines, complete presentations and humorous bits of business for mentalists, magicians and psychic entertainers.

When first published, this was the first and only comprehensive book on the subject. Comedy bits, effects and full routines by Bob Nelson, Karrell Fox, George Johnstone, Alan Millan, The Amazing Maurice, North Bigbee, Sid Lorraine, George McAthy, Robert Tripp and Ben Franklin IV.

Top-notch material for every occasion, including a complete two-person comedy act by Bob Nelson and a complete comedy Talking Skull routine by George McAthy.

PLUS: A BONUS OF...

More comedy bits, more skits, more blackouts, more funny lines, more complete presentations and more humorous bits of business.

Volume 1 of Comedy Mentalism was such a success that Nelson did "what comes naturally," and assembled a whole stable of comedy writers (many new to this series) and proudly offers Volume 2 of Comedy Mentalism.

This is funny stuff! Contains comedy bits and new humorous situations for every occasion. Bits for MC's, amateur shows and every possible professional entertainment occasion.

NEW COMEDY AND EFFECTS by Bob Nelson, "Senator" Crandall, Tommy Windsor, Lois Lytle, Dorny, Bob Heidinger, Dr. Faust (David Hoy), Syd Bergson, Karrell Fox, Gerald...

A collection of skits for minstrel or vaudeville acts.

• Introduction
• Eating the Goldfish
• A Powerful Blow
• Buttoning Up the Vest
• The Human Fire Department
• The Missing Finger
• An Up-to-Date Shell Game
• One Among the Many
• At Both Ends of a Rope
• A Unique Plank Carrier
• The Bologna Phone
• The Onion Detector
• Hl-KI, the Wonder Horse
• Safety First
• Mind Reading de Luxe
• The Lie Detector
• Keep Back the Squirrels
• A Comedy Chalk Talk
• A Proved Salary
• The Chameleon Socks
• The Busy Waiter 75 Such Is Life
• The Chinese Paddles
• The Traveling Coins
• A Hypnotic Vanishing
• An Unexpected...

• Introduction
• Preparations For A Chalk Talk
• The Lazy Man’s Chalk Talk
• Evolution Pictures
• Roman Art
• Upside Down Stunt
• Holiday Suggestions
• The Circle, The Triangle, And The Square
• Easy Human Figure Drawing For Chalk Talks
• Chalk Talk Phases Of The World War
• A Novelty Telephone Stunt
• Coloring A Picture
• A Youthful Chalk Talker

1st edition 1926, 101 pages; digital edition 2017, 75 pages.

Here is something different for the club or platform magician - a new act that will get you more bookings. Now you, too, can perform an immensely entertaining carnival pitch act that uses effects you most likely already own.

Contains comedy magic, patter and routines enough for three changes of program. The act is based on a premise of the performer playing the role of a sideshow barker, complete with spiel. Lots of the author's time and money went into this book, which was three years in preparation as the material was polished and refined in actual performance.

If you've ever wanted...

You apparently teach four card tricks to a member of the audience, but the explanation leave the spectators more and more bewildered ... with a strong climax.

Here's a routine that has withstood the acid test of time. Jack Shepherd's great comedy routine performance to the paying public has been very valuable to the originator. It can be as valuable to you too! You get a member of the audience to help and offer to teach him how to do four card tricks. False explanations of the various effects as performed lead up to a brilliant climax where the spectator reaches into his own pocket and removes...

A mentalism effect with drama, humor ... and death! What's not to like?

Four people are asked to write the name of a living celebrity on a piece of paper, while another person writes the name of a dead celebrity on theirs. The papers are folded and put inside five unmarked tablet bottles which are then placed into a bag and mixed up. The performer brings out the bottles one by one, holding each against his forehead dramatically. He can instantly locate the dead celeb.

This is a simple but hugely effective mentalism routine with lots of laughs. You get the full routine with original one-liners,...

Here's a fun trick that has everyone laughing and a cool twist at the end provides the magic. It's self-working and perfect for either close-up or stage.

The effect: A prediction in a bag is placed on the table - the top of a pineapple is sticking out of the top. A selection of cards is shown - each has the name of a fruit on its face. A spectator freely selects any card - they select: 'Orange'. Oh no, that's not going to work! But then a great twist means the magician manages to save face. Forget those effects that cost you $40 bucks and you never use - get Pineapple Crush and add some...

Excerpt from the foreword:

Magicseen is the funniest magic magazine around. It often features articles on comedy performers and provides comedy material in the form of verbal and visual gags for its readers to use in their acts. Over the last 10 years there was quite a lot of comedy material in the pages of Magicseen, and so the folks at Magicseen decided to collect together into one eook the big articles on comedy performers who were featured over the last decade. Inside this 100 page ebook you will find collected together the articles featured on top names such as John Archer, Paul Daniels, Paul Zenon, Mel Mellers, Graham P....

This is the book that has inspired most of the "zany" acts that have wowed them at magic conventions and other shows. Funny, funny stuff - but so easy for you to do, with these excellent instructions.

Topper Martyn is a lifetime magician, known all over Europe and here in the U.S. for his great ideas. In this ebook, he covers the preparation of your clothing for the act, the wild laugh-provoking dropping of stuff all over the stage, his collapsing table, crazy linking rings that are out of control, the mike cord that gets into the magic, various flashes and noises, the various tricks used...

This is a compilation of five publications:

1. Comedy Magic by Percy Abbott
2. Comedy Tricks And Gags by Davey Jones
3. Just For Laughs by Don 'Whizzer the Clown' Bridwell
4. Comedy Book-From Here To Obscurity by Val Andrews
5. Comedy Stunts by Augustus 'Gus' Rapp

PDF 98 pages...

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