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...
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 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:
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:
Reputation making humorous magical effects, which are clever as well as comical.
From the introduction:
The introduction was unnecessary, we've met before ... though I must confess that this book is quite different from anything I've written in the past. In these pages you will find original effects which lend themselves well to COMEDY presentation ... though the effects are not burlesque, and the mystery angle is definitely there! In addition to these effects, you will find routines, magical sketches, and complete acts. Not bad value for whatever the publisher decides to charge. How much?...
[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!
1st edition 2015, 37 pages.
Would you like to add more entertainment to your kid show routines? This is a collection of funny, clean and usable ideas that will give your children's show that standout edge.
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1st edition 2014, 11 pages.
2nd edition 2015, (revised, edited, expanded), 19 pages.
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....
Here is another comedy magic book by Val Andrews. In this one you can find all sort of magic and comedy material suited for cabaret of floor shows. Let's have a look at the introduction...
This is not my first book of cabaret and floor show material and will probably not be my last, because the demand for this type of magic and comedy far exceeds the supply - but don't worry - I'm still working on it night and day!
In this modest volume will be found bits, tricks, patter and routines for every type of cabaret performer, magician, compere, comedian, ventriloquist, comedienne or layabout!...
This was the first magic video Martin Breese released. While it was not the first instructional magic video tape (that honor goes to a 1971 video featuring Dai Vernon), it was certainly among the very first ones to appear and find relative wide distribution both in the US and UK.
This instructional video is designed specifically for the Cabaret entertainer. An hour long with full explanations of each effect. Terry Seabrooke gives away some of his cherished secrets and more important the reasons why and how. Also includes a pretty clever unpublished mentalism routine by Al Koran. Terry's versions of the Chinese...
Don't expect to be stumbling from one hilarious line to another. Many lines and bits are dated, but perhaps carry a funny seed and can be modernized with some thought. As always with such joke compilations, if you find one or two that fit your style, you have received your money's worth.
1st edition 1946, 1st digital edition 2013, 20 pages.
Filled with one-liners and funny bits. Some lines have aged to the point where they are not funny anymore. Others perhaps were never really funny to begin with. A few still carry a good laugh. One of the best parts is the Comedy Mind Reading Act.
1st edition 1945, 1st digital edition 2013, 19 pages.
As Grant itself says, this is "A Collection of 100 Tips and Gags, Stunts etc. to put pep into your Program. Items that have, and are being used by Leading Performers. AND MANY NEW ONES." The literal 100 gags that you will find in the manuscript are useful in every situation and for every kind of show.
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A complete 7-minute act or interlude of crazy inventions with easily obtainable props. Complete with patter and full presentation. Funny! Unusual! With a laugh in every line.
A special supplement is included with full details of a smashing attache-case vanish of all the props used. Easy to make, you can gimmick any case in 10 or 15 minutes.
1st digital edition 2013, 11 pages.
This is a biting parody of the UK magic magazine Budget, the organ of the British Ring of the IBM. The parody was published by Geoff Maltby of Repro Magic. It was a supplement to one of the Club 71 issues in 1989. To understand all the fun they are poking at you will have to have read some of the Budget issues.
16 pages
This is a parody of an IBM convention program. The parody was published by Geoff Maltby of Repro Magic. It was a supplement to one of the Club 71 issues in 1991. If you have attended your fair share of conventions you will probably laugh a lot. I am not sure why this is in particular targeted at the IBM. Less than well organized conventions are not limited to any organization.
20 pages
Aldo thought he published all of his one-liners. But he kept collecting and finally he had so many new ones that he decided to put together this new ebook.
Please keep in mind that some of the jokes is blue material. Use with care and when appropriate.
1st edition 2013, 24 pages.
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