Comedy Magic in Magic & Conjuring: page 4

[Note: This book test uses adult material.]

Nic Holson brings you a comedy book test unlike any other based upon the literary success of EL James 50 Shades of Grey and the soon to be released film of the same title.

A thought reading demonstration seems to have gone hilariously wrong - yet despite the odds being against you, all comes good when you show the very same prediction to your spectator with no switching!

• Method can be adapted to other book tests
• Close up, Parlor, Stage
• Comedy script included
• Un-gimmicked books used

1st edition 2015, 37 pages.

Over ten minutes in the making. This unpleasant little e-book contains no tricks, just one secret, but it's a laugh. Can You Keep A Secret?

1st edition 2015, 6 pages.

A Jinx parody.

1st edition 2006, 3 pages.

Reputation making humorous magical effects, which are clever as well as comical.

From the introduction:

30 gags with a latex Banana

Edwin Hooper and Ian Adair within the pages of this manuscript give us over 30 gags, ideas and routines with latex bananas. Many of the gags can be also worked with a plastic or sponge banana. A banana is a comedy prop itself, this is sure, but when you add the Edwin & Ian's touch, then you can be sure your audience will laugh and be entertained.

If you do "Comedy Magic" or "Children Magic", this is a must for you. Here is a partial list of the gags you will find explained in the manuscript:

• Banana Split
• Banana Sandwich
• Ring Ring...
• Squeaking Banana ...

These are all laugh getters, great ideas for zany card effects you will use to pep up your more serious routines. Easy to do, impromptu, and very effective. Devised by U.F. Grant, an expert at this sort of thing.

1st digital edition 2015, PDF 7 pages.

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.

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...

A comedy card on seat routine with a twist.

This one is an absolute killer! Scott's Comedy Card on Seat routine uses a different method from the well-known Chuck Fayne or gaffed chair routines. The audience participant joins you up front and sits in an ordinary chair. Then, while you look away, he selects and signs a card, replaces it anywhere he wants in the deck and thoroughly shuffles the deck before returning it to you. After some fun, and very amusing byplay, the card vanishes, followed by a kick-in-the-head moment that NOBODY sees coming, before it is revealed that he is SITTING on...

The Best Nest - Scott's Borrowed Ring in Nest of Boxes routine is an absolute treasure! One of his pet performance pieces, you can use the routine with virtually any existing marketed set, or make up the DIY set as Scott explains, and save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. Scott has honed this routine over decades of performances, and it shows. Every little detail and nuance is given, along with subtleties and convincers that you won't find anywhere else, including a really easy and really sneaky way of making the audience believe the nest of boxes has been freely and completely displayed...

This is a wonderful collection of classic clown capers, stunts, gags, sketches, pranks and other nonsense.

• Introduction
• Clown Capers
• An Egg
• Light Up
• The Clowns
• Invisible Chair
• A Shot in the Face
• O-ops
• Running Nose
• No Bottom
• An Angel
• Pie Face
• Help Needed
• Just A Squirt
• Which One
• Floating Power
• Pie-O-My
• Is it Raining?
• It's Hot There
• Ta Ta
• The Clown Magician
• You're All Wet
• Ghosts
• Sleepwalker
• Hats Off
• Telephone
• ABC Goodies
• It's Snowing
• Eat It
• Blow It
• Passe Passe
• The Salt Does It
• A Sudden Burst
• Blow Hard
• Mousie, Mousie
• Snap it
• Longies
• The Cat's Meow-w-w
• The...

Every so often a piece of mentalism comes along that is more like a piece of Comedy Theater rather than "just a trick". David Devlin's Case File is a piece of Comedic Mental Theater. It is a murder mystery showpiece. It has three predictions, audience participation, a comedic presentation, and three different methods working together to create a part of your show that will be totally unforgettable!

Here is the routine:

A spectator is brought up on stage, and is given a large folder labeled, "Case File". She is told not to open it, and to keep it safe. The performer now brings up another...

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...

This little tool produces a clicking or ratcheting noise and is typically used for comedy bits to wind up a watch or crack somebodies arm or neck and other bits.

The starting design came from Randi Middleton who gave me permission to use it anyway I like. I have made several changes to the design, rounded some corners and edges so that it feels better in the hand. Since I am using a stronger material I also could thin up the walls to make it slimmer and I optimized the tongue shape to maximize the noise. I also improved 3D printability. The biggest change is in my use of materials. The housing...

This is a funny patter and presentation routine, with which the author has been bringing down the house. You patter along with magical solutions of all the problems confronting the U. S. Government, war, peace, employment, hunger, G.I.'s, housing, ...

It is flexible enough for you to use the tricks that you already own, or add almost anything you like.

Paul Fleming wrote:

A comedy warmup that always gets laughter from an audience as the magician explains a test he uses to hire assistants.

Technically, this is not a magic trick. It is something that magicians and entertainers of all types can use. It never fails to amaze, amuse, entertain and create laughter. It will often generate smiles from the most stone-faced spectators. I know this from experience, as I have used this bit of comedy in my shows for over twenty years.

The magician tells a short story about a simple aptitude test that he always gives potential employees that want to work in his show,...

As stated on the cover, this is a book of ideas, tricks, routines and gags for the close-up worker. Not only tricks but practical ideas and presentations that can make the difference between "just another trick" and a "great trick".

• Close-Up-Magic: A Few Home Truths
• Advance Publicity
• Comedy In Close-Up
• Second-Strings
• Easier-Still
• Petite-Mannikin: A Close-Up Impromptu-Diversion
• "Cock-Eyed Cruet": A Lovely Table-Gag
• With Miniature-Cards: Sugar-Tong-Card-Location
• Presentation-Angles For "Close-Up Magic": "Magical-Menu"
• New Patter & Presentations For Close-Up-Classics: Chinese-Compass ...

Stunts, Tricks and Gags with Flashes, Bangs and Surprises

From the introduction:

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...

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 ...

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...

If it's laughter you want, then this is the ebook for you.

Short one-line jokes covering a broad variety of topics and ideal for many different occasions. If you are simply searching for a few funny jokes to add to your show, or spice up an old routine, you are bound to find some new material within this treasure trove of modern one-liners.

Short one-line jokes for every occasion:

• 40 is the new 30? Try telling that to a speed camera!
• Do not touch, must be the scariest thing to read in Braille!
• Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
• I have a fear of German sausages!...

No one can really call himself a magician, unless he can pull a rabbit out of a hat. It is the most expected trick in magic today. Even though few magicians do it; you always have kids asking, "Are you going to pull a rabbit out of a hat?"

Potential clients calling about birthday parties, often ask if you can pull a rabbit out of a hat. Some magician's try to pacify the mothers or children using a mirror box production of a rabbit. Good try, but it is not the same. People want to see a rabbit produced from an empty top hat, or even a borrowed hat. If you can do this; you have a big advantage...