New Tops Volume 29 (1989)
by Gordon Miller

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

673 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 1 - January 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Geoffrey Hansen
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Seance - new magazine
     • Current Comedy
     • Morrissey Magic Ltd. - catalog
     • Perfect Magic - catalog
   • Books, Tricks, and Things I've Seen
     • My Latest Book - Karrell Fox
     • package of mailing pieces - Irv Weiner
     • Bizarre with Maskelyne ye Mage - Tony Andruzzi - Video tape
     • Conjurer's Psychological Secrets - S.H. Sharpe
     • Signed Bill in Key Case - Bob Solari
     • Disc-ception - Bob Solari
     • The Psychic Ring - Al Mann
     • Fantasio's Gas Free Lighter - Meir Yedid Magic
     • Supreme Magic - book catalog
     • Deluxe Add-A-No Wallet - Supreme
     • Mysterious Matching - Walt Lees - Supreme
     • Sock to Pair - Supreme
     • The E.S.P. Money Saver - Sid Lorraine
     • Case of Identity - Steve Dusheck
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Double Shock!
12. cartoon - re: Geoffrey Hansen
13. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • A Blessed Event ... or ... The Column That Writes Itself
13. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • 17th Century Magic and Skepticism - Part III
14. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
15. Don't be Afraid of Your Phantom Tube - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
16. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Dog Gone - Col. Bill Boley
18. Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. Double Palmist - Phil Goldstein
21. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
24. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
29. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • The Continuing Adventures of a Side Show Magician
31. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
32. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
34. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
36. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • automobile quick stating fluid to remove labels - Arthur E. Neimeyer
37. Cover Story - re: Geoffrey Hansen - by Elton Farnsworth
39. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • Carlo Tornedo - Europe's Master Magician
41. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
45. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 2 - February 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - David Harkey
5. Contents
6. The American Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural
7. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
8. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
10. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In the Mail
      • Minotaur - new magazine
      • The Sorcerer's Attic - magazine
      • A Letter from Hades
      • Inside Magic
      • John A. Greget - catalog
      • Sun Magic - catalogs
      • Magickal Childe - catalog
      • Invocation, issues 45-46
      • Backstage
      • Barnstormer
      • Spellbinder
      • The Silent Messengar
      • The Trap Door
      • Laugh-Makers
      • Magicana
      • Magigram
      • Magic Info
      • Coffee Break Chronicle
      • Club 71
      • Abracadabra
      • Magick
      • Precursor
      • Genii
    • Tricks 'N Things
      • [House of] Fakini - balls, golf balls, plumes
      • Carduplication - Supreme
      • Mark Your Words - Supreme
      • The Spelling Lesson - Arnold Furst
      • Business Card Miracle - Bob Solari
    • Postage Savers - correspondence
17. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • The Continuing Adventures of a Side Show Magician
19. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
23. Forum - Bruce Posgate
25. Cover Story - re: David Harkey
26. Shades - David Harkey
28. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • 17th Century Magic and Skepticism - Part IV
29. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • The Four-Inch Prediction
30. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Sortwik" for hands - Bill Channel
31. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
34. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • A Catch-Up Month - Thanks for Writing
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Elevator Cards - Trost Version
36. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • The Magic Lives of Virgil & Julie
40. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
41. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
42. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Flew the Coop
47. Abbott's Close-Up Convention - announcement

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 3 - March 1989 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Lee Grabel
4. Talent Contest - Chris Jakway
5. Contents
6. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
11. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
13. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Jubilation! - review by Doug Anderson
    • Man's Best Friend - Col. Bill Boley
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Conny Ray - brochure
    • Video Tapes ... Video Tapes ... Video Tapes
      • The Pass - Ken Krenzel - Videonics
      • Deadly Close-Up Weapons - Gary Ouelett - Videonics
      • The Close-Up Mentalism of Richard Webster - Flora & Co.
      • Practical Stage Hypnosis - David Harper - Flora & Co.
      • Live Kidbiz - tape & book - David Ginn
    • Now a Chat About Books and Tricks and Things
      • Sawa's Library of Magic - Volume One - Richard Kaufman
      • The Yankee Magic Collector, No. 3 with Supplement No. 3
      • Color Isolation - Conrad "Connie" Bush
      • Take No Prisoners - Bob Solari
      • Cardswitched - Shaun Yee
      • Knowing the Egg Bag - Will Ayling
      • Scotch & Soda - Ken Simmons
      • Insomnia - Timothy Wenk
      • Penetration Plus - Bob Solari
      • Match-It - Bob Solari
      • Credit Facilities - Edward Stokes
23. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
26. Graffiti - David Harkey
29. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • 17th Century Magic and Skepticism - Part V
30. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
31. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Bannerlines
33. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
34. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tub sealer to repair Foo Can- Norm Barnhart
35. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
36. It's Never Too Late - Frances Ireland Marshall
38. Forum - Bruce Posgate
40. Cover Story - re: Lee Grabel - Magician & Illusionist
41. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
42. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
43. All In All - Phil Goldstein
44. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
45. No Palming - Sandwich Transposition - Ed Marlo
46. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • This Amazing Business
48. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Brainwave Impromptu

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 4 - April 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Hal Diamond
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Robert Orben's Current Comedy to become Gary Apple's Current Comedy for Speakers
     • Steven's Magic - catalog
     • The Trapdoor, Issues 25-26
     • Coffee Break [Chronicle]
     • Invocation #47
     • Abracadabra
     • Club 71 & Abracodabra spoof issue
     • Genii
     • Magic Marketing Series Number 4 - audio tape - Flora & Co.
     • Memoirs of a Circus Magician - audio tape - Flora & Co.
     • Mentalists Round Table No. 1 - audio tape - Flora & Co.
     • Getting Your Act Together - James Alburger
     • Sting Shift - Lindsay Smith & Bruce A. Walstad
     • Man of Magic and Mystery - J. Randolph Cox
     • Pro Control - Gary Ouellet
     • Self Working Handkerchief Magic - Karl Fulves
     • Dusheck's Force Fields - Steve Dusheck
     • Miami Dice - Steve Dusheck
     • The Mystery of the Chinese Idol - Supreme
     • Jumbo Comedy Surprise - Ian adair
     • The Thaumaturgist #9
12. Forum - Bruce Posgate
15. Close Up Convention No. 10
23. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
25. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • 17th Century Magic and Skepticism - Part VI - Conclusion
26. Cover Story - re: Hal Diamond - Magician "Hangs Out" at Halftime Over the 50 Yard Line!
28. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
30. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Monkey Routine - Bill Boley
32. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • No It Is Opposition
33. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
35. In Passing - David Harkey
37. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Catching Up
38. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
39. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
40. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
41. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Double Poker Hand Prediction
41. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Transfer Fabric Crayons" - Bernie Stevens
42. The Other Cheek - Phil Goldstein
44. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
46. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 5 - May 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Ormond McGill
1. Talent Contest - Chris Jakway
5. Contents
6. Forum - Bruce Posgate - last column
8. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
11. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
14. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • Outback
15. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Laughing Matters magazine - Harold Puff
15. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Looking Over the Mail
      • Coffee Break [Chronicle] - price increase
      • Rabbit in the Hat Newsletter
      • Inside Magic
      • Magicland - bargain sheets
      • Barnstormer
      • Goodliffe - catalog
      • John Greget - catalog
      • Funhouse Gag-Zette
      • Hank Lee - folder
      • Top Hat
      • Christain Conjurer
      • Backstage
    • Looking Over the Magazines
      • Magigram
      • Magick
      • Precursor No. 22
      • Laugh-Makers
      • Magicana
      • The New Pentagram, February
      • Seance, Winter issue
      • Current Comedy for Speakers
      • The Minotaur
      • Letter from Hades
      • Cabot Cinema News
    • Books, Tricks and Things
      • Magical Adventures and Fairy Tales - Punx
      • Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic 1585-1988 - Vols. 1 & 2 - Bart Whaley
      • Magic for Children - It's Magic - Robert Ziekman
      • Kid Show Snipper Prediction Trick - Fun Technicians
      • Miracle Wallet - Supreme
      • Oriental Silver - Supreme
      • Omega Ring Flite - Bob Solari
      • Signed, Sealed and Bewildered - Bob Solari
      • Penny Pincher - Steve Dusheck
      • Chipstick - Steve Dusheck
21. cartoon - Ed Harris
22. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Confessions of a Sideshow Magician
25. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Up and Away - Col. Bill Boley
27. Ectoplasm - David Harkey
29. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • Llewellyn Publications
30. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
32. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
33. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
35. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • The Golden Anniversary Year - or - All That Glitters Is Not Gold
37. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Imagination Poker - Impromptu Version
38. Trio! Dean A. Montalbano
    38. Never the Twain
    40. I Left My Heart In Abbott's Magic Shop!
    41. Life's a Beach!
42. Woody's Place - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
    42. So You Want To Split A Card!
    44. I Smoked
45. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • Magician-Hypnotist-Author-Showman - Ormond McGill
47. [two] cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 6 - June 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Dave Madden
5. Contents
6. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Here and There
    • A Word or Two About Books and Magazines
      • The Barnstormer
      • Magicana
      • Lota
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Washington Wizards
      • The Spellbinder
      • Club 71, Spring
      • Comedy on a Stick - monthly
      • Paul Diamond - flyer
      • Thaumaturgist
      • The Magic Way - Juan Tamariz
      • The Five Points of Magic - Juan Tamariz - reprint
      • The Trick Brain - Dariel Fitzkee - reprint
      • Bag-O-Trix - Abbott compilation
    • New Tricks, Tapes, Etc.
      • Get The Picture - Larry White
      • The Magic Circle [LP] Record Supreme
      • Four-Upsmanship - Ian Adair
      • Producing a Promotional Video - A Performer's Guide - Flora & Co.
16. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • I Can, If I Try - Col. Bill Boley
18. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
21. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • Cut and Run
22. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • Fulves' Hex Squared with Rune Magic Cards
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • skeleton gag
25. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
26. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
28. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Confessions of a Sideshow Magician
31. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Let's Take a Trip - or - Taking Your Show on the Road
33. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
34. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Card Pentro
36. Troika - Phil Goldstein
37. Cover Story - re: Dave Madden
37. cartoon - How to Humble a Heckler - Ed Harris
38. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
39. Remembering the Get-Together - Tom Hubbard
40. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
41. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
42. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • There Was Only One Dante! [Harry Janseen]
43. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
    • Penny-tration Supreme
    • Variation: The Marked Penny
    • The Mindreading Canary

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 7 - July 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Glenn Falkenstein & Frances Willard
5. Contents
6. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
8. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
   • Electronic Mail for Magicians
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • News and Things That Have Come My Way
      • Hughes Magic - product list
      • Lecture Notes by Fantasio
      • Dunninger poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Letter from Hades
      • Penny-Penny-Penny - Steve Dusheck
      • Observation Test - Al Cohen Magic
      • A Night Out with the Girls - Tony Curtis
      • Hole Flight - Harvey Rosenthal & Tom Gagnon
      • Nickel-Penny Plus - Hank Moorehouse
      • Comedy on Stage - lecture notes - Hank Moorehouse
      • Die-namic - Bob Solari & Nick DePalme
      • Mind Your Business - Bob Solari
      • Get the Picture - Larry White
      • The Balloon Business - audio tape - Flora & Co.
      • Viking Mfg. - catalog
      • Mario Carrandi - catalogs
      • Select Magic - catalog
      • Sun Magic - catalog
      • George Daily - lists
      • transfer pips - Jeff Busby
      • Steve Spill's Video Scrapbook
      • Perfected Professional Punch - with Punch Letters - Ray Grismer
      • Chronicles, Nos. 31-36 - Karl Fulves periodical
      • Interlocutor, Nos. 47-52 - Karl Fulves periodical
      • Words of Wisdom - Supreme
      • Werry's Key Matchic - Supreme
      • device to play a tape recording on a radio - Steve Dusheck
15. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • Flitter Flash
16. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
17. Woody's Place - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
    17. Magic Table Magic
    19. Confetti Paper
21. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Confessions of a Sideshow Magician
29. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Conjurer's Conclave
30. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
32. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • Marvyn Roy & Carol - From Mr. Electric to the Magical Jeweler
33. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Triple Coincidence
34. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • glue stick for paper bands around silks - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
34. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
35. The Dean's List - Dean A. Montalbano
    35. Clay-Mation
    37. Disembodied/Twister
    39. Rainbow and Riddles
    41. Remote Control
42. Cover Story - re: Glenn Falkenstein & Frances Willard
43. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
45. Tony Kardyro's Magical Highway
47. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 8 - August 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Peter Scarlett
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • Looking Over Lists, Club Papers and Magazines
     • Byron Walker - list
     • Robert Nelson [NC] - list
     • Ollapodrida No. 15
     • Coffee Break Chronicle
     • Seance No. 3
     • Cabot St. Cinema Theatre News
     • Trap Door, No. 27
     • Genii
     • Laugh Makers
     • Magick
     • Ken's Magi-zette - Ken's Illusionarium
     • Backstage, No. 82
   • Glancing Over Books and Tricks
     • The Damned Thing - Al Mann
     • The Art of Street Magic - Stephen Forrester
     • Current Comedy for Speakers - periodical
     • Deja Voodoo - Bob Farmer
     • Magician Foolers - lecture notes - Bob King
     • Shinko Nagisa's Twisting Arm Illusion - Meir Yedid
     • Name Dropping - Edward Stokes
     • Murder Among Friends - Supreme
     • Slightly Easier - Ken de Courcy
     • Strange Reflections - Ronald J. Dayton
11. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
17. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
19. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
22. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
23. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Vent-O-Rama
    • Parrot Dialog - Frank Herman
25. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
26. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Automatic Zen - Bob King's Version
27. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • Yu-Du-Tu
30. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • producing a stacked or gaffed deck from an unopened card box - J.L. Embry
30. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
31. Woody's Place - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
    • Thumb Panties
32. cartoon - Ed Harris
33. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Confessions of a Sideshow Magician
36. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Michigan Magic and Lots of Letters
38. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
      • levitation or suspension
40. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
41. Personality Parade - Geoffrey Hansen
    • Johnny Aladdin
43. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
45. Ring 43 Annual Show
46. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
46. Cover Story - re: Peter Scarlett
47. Magic Magazines - The "Teenage" Years - [Rev. Stephen A.] Fernandes & [S. Brent] Morris

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 9 - September 1989 - 52 pages
1. Cover - All Illusion Issue #2
2. [four] cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
1. Contents
2. Cyclops Lens
   • Simple Set-Up
   • The Girl in a Glass Jar
   • Various Effects
   • Miniature Magician
   • Simple Bottle Method
   • Perfect Store Set-Up
8. Caliph's Cutter
16. Levitation Deluxe
22. Dancing Slippers
26. Surprise Appearance
30. The Farmer's Daughter
34. Seaside Illusion
44. Dagger Chest
3. [four] cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
4. [four] cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 10 - October 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - George Johnstone and Paul Daniels
5. Contents
6. 1989 Abbott's Magic Get-Together - Frances Marshall, Gordon Miller & Patricia L. Moore
28. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
29. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Accumulations from the Mail
      • Supreme - catalog
      • Seymour Davis - list
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Washington Wizards
      • The Barnstormer
      • The Spellbinder
      • A Letter from hades
      • Ken's Magi-zette
      • Magicana
      • The Lota
      • The Cabot Street Cinema News
      • Hank Lee - advertising
      • Al Cohen - advertising
      • Herb Morrissey - advertisinh
      • David Ginn - advertising
      • Sun Magic - catalogs
      • Mario Carrandi, Collector's Workshop & Venture III
      • Rabbit in the Hat Ranch Newsletter
      • Browsers Den - catalog
      • Perfect Magic - list
      • Franz Harary poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
    • Books I've Been Reading
      • The Twentieth Century Mindreading Act - Walter G. "De Ardo" Magnuson & Anthony "Neimar" Albino - reprint
      • Slow Motion Magic - Rene Lavand
      • 52 Lovers - Volume One - Jose Carroll
      • Thaumaturgist No. 10
      • Scorpio's Curve Al Mann
      • The Pass - videotape Ken Krenzel
      • The Ken Krenzel Classics - Volumes 1 to 3 - video tapes - Videonics
      • The Therapy of Laughter - audio tape - Doyne Michie - Flora & Co.
      • Money Moves - Karl Fulves
      • Prototype - Karl Fulves
      • And a Packet of Cards - Karl Fulves
      • Performing Miracles - Leslie Melville
      • Cigarette Through Thimble - Supreme
      • Thimble Chink-A-Chink - Supreme
      • The Secrets of Brother John Hamman - Richard Kaufman
34. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
35. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
37. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
38. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
40. cartoon - Why Magicians Get Gray - Ed Harris
41. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
42. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Vent-O-Rama 1989
    • To Rose with Love - Col. Bill Boley
44. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Panef White Powdered White Lubricant"
44. Cover Story - re: George Johnstone and Paul Daniels

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 11 - November 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Sid Lorraine
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • passing of Sid Lorraine
   • Newsbits
     • Martin Breese - catalog
     • W.W. Durbin poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
     • Thaumaturgist #11
   • Recent Books
     • The Secrets of Brother John Hamman - Richard Kaufman
     • Knowing the Chop Cup - Will Ayling
     • Repeat Offender - Bob Solari
     • Do It Yourself Humor - Stewart McKinley
     • Sleightly Easier - Ken de Courcy
     • Steve Shrott's Comedy Course
     • Real Mental Magic - Ormond McGill
     • P.T. Selbit - Magical Inventor - Eric Lewis & Peter Warlock
   • For a Change of Pace
     • Small Magical Ideas - Rhett Bryson, editor
     • Whims - Wiles - Wizardry - The Wizard Watson
     • The Anthology of Card Magic - Gordon Miller - revised
   • New Tricks
     • Pique - Jack Dean
     • Snookered - Ian Adair
     • 4th DIEmension - Tony Baronio
     • Printing - Daryl (Martinez)
     • Out of This Hemisphere - Daryl
     • The Making of a Magic Show - video tape - Kevin Spencer of Magician's Resource Center
     • The Perfect Promo Package Show - video tape - Kevin Spencer of Magician's Resource Center
     • Markets and Strategies Show - video tape - Kevin Spencer of Magician's Resource Center
     • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - catalog
     • Sun Magic - listing
     • John A. Greget - catalog
     • Inside Magic
13. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
14. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • The Gleam in My Eye - Ed Cherney
17. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
18. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Tuffies Plastic Table Cloth" becomes a clean-up bag
19. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
21. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • A Good Magical Prescription
22. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
23. Sid Lorraine - Memorial
29. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • Take My Word, Please
30. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
      • levitation or suspension - again
32. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
33. Slow Turnover - Phil Goldstein
36. Woody's Place - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
    36. Summer Magic ... of a Different Kind
    37. Funny M.C. Bit
37. Detailed Unconventional Pass - Ed Marlo
    • As a Table Pass
41. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
42. What's New? - What's Old! - Dick Williams
43. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • With Mixed Feelings

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 12 - December 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Season's Greetings
5. Contents
6. For Women Only - Frances Marshall
9. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
10. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Confessions of a Sideshow Magician
13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
14. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
15. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
18. Invitation to Mystery, Third Series - Stewart James
    • The Fakir's Dozen
21. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • producing a stacked or gaffed deck from an unopened card box - J.L. Embry
24. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • End of the Year - Planning for Next Year - Serious Business
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • final column
    • Among the New Books
      • Skullduggery - Leo Boudreau
      • Houdini's Unmasking - Fact Versus Fiction - Jean Hugard
      • King of the Cold Readers - Bascom Jones
      • Fraud - The Collected Works of Sigmund Fraud - Terry Nosek
      • Our Life of Magic - Howard Thurston & Jane Thurston
      • How to Increase Your Party Business - Smilemakers Entertainment
      • Lecture Notes - Peter Scarlett
      • Initiations - A Viewpoint on the Art of Cold Reading - Alexander Thomas - text and tape - Flora & Co.
      • Stuff You'll Use - lecture notes - Timothy Wenk
    • Glancing Over the New Tricks
      • Business Minded - Bob Solari
      • The Solari Wallet - Bob Solari
      • Double Lift - General Grant
      • Punchline - Timothy Wenk
      • Chopdrop Card - Supreme
      • Two by Two - Supreme
      • The Invisible Middle - Chazpro
      • Chameleon Crayons - Chazpro
33. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • performance conditions
34. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mental Power - Revisited
35. Woody's Place - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
    • Threading the Needles
      • Addendum
39. Suit Suite - Phil Goldstein
40. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
41. Money Magic - Samuel Patrick Smith
    • Don't Go For Broke
42. Magic-Up-Date - Richard & Nancy Greeno
43. An Orchestrated Prediction - Tom Hubbard

Publisher: Abbott Magic