Magic & Conjuring: page 396

At some time or other most of us have amused ourselves by casting shadows on the wall with our hands. Hand shadows are an ever-popular diversion, especially with the young. The number and variety of objects that it is possible for you to form, simply by moving your hands and fingers around in different positions, is practically limitless, subject only to your patience and ingenuity.

But figuring out the exact finger positioning is not a simple matter; some shapes are quite difficult to obtain. The author of this delightful picture book of hand shadows spent long hours working out the figures...

Have you ever tried to adjust your hands and fingers for a portrait of Shakespeare, a sheep, or a wild Indian? The author of this delightful book of hand shadows spent long hours working out the figures in this book. By following his clear visual instructions (each of the 16 figures in this book is explained by a full-page illustration that shows you the precise positioning for fingers and hands) you can create Shakespeare, a sheep, Wellington, a hare, Mike, Mike's pig, a cockatoo, a bull's head, a squirrel, Mrs. Gamp, Mr. Punch, and other people and animals. After you have mastered these, you...

This is a manual of how to make your own flower bouquets. Sure you can buy a beautiful bouquet, but if you want to save some money and do a little home project, this is the right ebook for you. By doing it yourself your bouquet won't look like the standard one every magician seems to use.

1st edition, 1944, New York; 17 pages.

3. Introduction
4. Requirements
4. Blossoms
4. Outside leaves or petals (calyx)
4. Springs
4. Spring reinforcements
4. Stems
4. Stem leaves
4. Stem wrappings
5. Folding the blossom
6. Preparing the stem
6. Cutting and shaping the spring
9. Mounting the spring on stem
9. Fitting the blossom on...

Did you know that you can do twenty-five astonishing hats with one felt-ring? You can do many more by experimenting yourself. But this excellent little booklet shows you twenty-five hats. You will find hats with names such as 'Jester', 'Soldier', and 'Nun'. Chapeaugraphy is not a magic act but great entertainment. Another book which dedicates a whole chapter to the art of Chapeaugraphy is The Modern Conjurer.

1st edition, 1922; 15 pages.

2. Foreword
3. Introduction
3. Cowboy
4. The Vatican Guard
4. Chelsea Pensioner
5. Patsy the Irishman
5. Beadle
6. The Gendarme
6. Dustman
7. Duke of Wellington
7. Napoleon
8. Schoolmaster
8. Jester ...

Jean Hugard describes in this booklet a complete routine consisting of 6 effects. He starts with a card trick, the piano card trick, and continues with a series of rope effects: production of a rope six feet long; doubling the rope; trick with two ropes; triple cut and restored rope; comedy explanation of vanishing knots.

The value of this booklet is in the routining itself. Hugard has used this routine many times with great success. The effects follow in a logical succession each building on the other.

Paul Fleming wrote:

This is the epitome of Karson's comedic talent. Other than "Zombie" this trick is often the only other thing remembered about Joe Karson. When he published this effect, Karson was riding the crest of his wave of popularity. The World's Fastest Card Trick was often a show stopper when he performed it at various magic conventions and shows.

Karson explains in this ebook the entire work on this trick. He gives the reader the presentation, the method, the patter, and most importantly, the timing. This trick literally got screams of laughter.

[For a discussion of this effect by Ken de Courcy see Ken de Courcy Discusses "The World's Fastest Card Trick".

1st edition 1948; 11 pages....

Si tratta di una vera e propria lezione di ARTE DELLA SCENA

Questo gioco è l'epitome del talento comico di Joe Karson. Oltre che per essere universalmente conosciuto per l'invenzione della palla volante "Zombie", questo trucco è l'unica altra cosa che viene spesso ricordata quando si parla di Karson. Quando scrisse questo opuscolo, Karson era sulla cresta dell'onda. Il gioco di carte più veloce del mondo era spesso il punto culminante dei congressi magici e degli shows cui partecipava Karson.

In questo opuscolo, Karson, spiega nei minimi dettagli l'intero funzionamento del gioco...

During the settlement of the Wild West, entertainers followed along the trails to provide the very much needed distraction from the grueling voyage. This ebook describes their circumstances and stories.

Originally this work was published as miniature book.

1st edition 1999; digital version 22 pages

Leo Behnke worked for many years for Paulson, a playing card manufacturer. He describes in this ebook the history of playing card production up to the process that is used for todays cards. He also describes in detail the 9 editions of the Magic Castle cards and how one can identify them.

Beyond the interesting historical and technical descriptions Leo is offering, this information can also be quite helpful in creating a script or interesting line of presentation for a trick or routine.

The contents of this ebook was presented at a Magic Collectors meeting in Las Vegas, April 8 2005. ...

You get eight sound effects: applause, jeopardy theme, yaaawn, tick-tock clock, drum roll, one liner drum hit, crash and cell phone ringer. Each effect comes in its own MP3 file. Only the cell phone ringer MP3 has two fairly long sequencies of two different types of rings.

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get three segues: intermission (15 min), show begins in 5 min, and show begins in 2 min. (Listen to the show begins in 5 min demo.)

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get three audience chasers each about 1:30 minutes long. One is drum dominant, another one guitar dominant and the third is hard to put in words. All three sound great. (Listen to a demo.)

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get three phone messages 22 to 30 seconds long. A good phone message can mean the difference between landing your next gig or not. Although I think in business email has largely replaced the phone and voice messages, as an entertainer it is much easier to connect by phone. A good phone message is crucial. With some creativity you might even be able to create a buzz and people might call just to hear your voice message. (Listen to a demo.)

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio &...

You get one opener and one closer based on an airline theme. The opener is about 2:20 min long and the closer is 1:00 min long.

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get four closers: comedy closer 25 seconds long, comedy closer 31 seconds long, 'get home safe' closer 36 seconds long, 'thank you for coming' closer 14 seconds. (Listen to a comedy closer demo.)

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get three vocal drops: 'macarena dissappear' 44 seconds long, white caddilac 13 seconds long, lost child 21 seconds long.

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get one kid show opener 53 seconds long and one kid show closer 19 seconds long. (Listen to the Kid Show Opener Demo.)

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get two tracks. 'Come on down you are the next contestant' 15 seconds long, and 'What did they win?' 1:03 minutes long.

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get three types of magician welcomes. The first is a 25 second track. The second one starts with "Your magician for this evening..." and is 44 seconds long. The third is a welcome for each state of the US: "And now it's my great pleasure to present the number one magician in ..." followed by the state name. You get a version for each state name.

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

You get two announcements, one for technical problems 12 seconds long and one for "Please turn off..." 21 seconds long. (Listen to demo.)

For an explanation track that allows you to listen to the main voice used in the Magic Enhancer tracks, please see our free ebook page under the Audio & Audio-Book heading.

Take out an originally sealed packet of cigarettes, open it and offer a cigarette to a spectator. The spectator can mark this cigarette in any way, perhaps with a small tear or a small dot with a pen. Then the spectator dumps his marked cigarette as well as all the other cigarettes from the packet into a hat or box or some other container and mixes the cigarettes thoroughly. As the hat is held above your eye level you take out one by one 19 cigarettes. None is the marked one, which is left inside the hat. No gimmicks. You end completely clean. A true Annemann miracle.

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Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from January 19th 1944. The feature effect is a ticket divination and the three guests are Beatrice Kay, singer, Carmel Snow, editor and John G. Shalit, entrepreneur.

This show #1 recording is not of the best sound quality. The other shows are of better quality. However, remember that these are old radio shows from the 40s. These are not your typical hi-fi CD quality recordings.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod or other MP3 player.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from February 23rd 1944. The feature effect is a ticket divination and the guests are Brigadier General W. A. Danielson, W. B. Fowler president of the 19th Century Club, Jimmy Brown captain and second baseman of St. Louis Cardinals, Roy Acuff Grand Ol' Opry maestro.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod or other MP3 player.

Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944. This is one such episode from July 19th 1944. Dunninger starts with divining the name Malini and then divines places and addresses. The feature effect is a murder divination. The guests are Raymond Edward Johnson of "Inner Sanctum," Muriel Stafford graphologist, Marion Chocket "Ellery Queen's" Secretary and Dick Brown singing star.

The MP3 format allows you to listen to it with your iPod or other MP3 player.