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The Magic Menu was the only periodical dedicated to performing magic at restaurants, bars and other night spots.

This is a very efficient and deceptive move by Steve Draun. A card that is inserted into the deck automatically ends up in the gambler's cop.

Chris Wasshuber independently developed this move in 1993 during his stay in Japan including an important visual convincer. If you want to learn this improved variation email him. He might be talked into releasing it. If you can't get Chris to talk then check out the Huot/Duperre control from Magic Menu volume 10. It is very similar to what Chris is doing.

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This is volume 3 of a seven-volume series. The Himber Ring Routine and Night Club Magic.

• The Himber Ring Routine and Night Club Magic
  • Side 1 [36:53 long]
    • Night Club Magic – recording of a performance [0:00]
      • Half Dyed Silk [0:00]
      • Silk to Egg [4:09]
    • Cabaret Magic [8:46}
      • Heckler stoppers [11:46]
        • Coin in Bottle [18:32]
      • Gags and recording your act [23:02]
      • Opening Effects [24:18]
        • Six Card Repeat [25:06]
        • Golf Balls in the Handkerchief [27:37]
        • Torn and Restored Letter [27:47] ...

Entertainment should not be a menu of prices set in stone. There are ways you can charge more for your performances. The power rests in the key elements of communication. Bringing the conversation to an ultimate "take it or leave it" conclusion may not be in the magician's best interest.

There are four elements that need to be covered through conversation. Quoting a price without knowing those elements is a problem that chips away at the magician's profits. Magicians who make more money deploy these elements. They are not hard. In fact, they are so simple to work with that no special training...

The title of Dale A. Hildebrandt's latest manuscript is Foam Kangaroo Abs. The ebook started out as a very comprehensive, thorough, detailed, and examined-from-all angles treatise on all things related to anagrams within the magic and mentalism world. Not only are progressive anagrams discussed, but there are also details on branching anagrams, non-verbal branching anagrams, the puzzler's anagrams wherein words are re-arranged as games or clues, visual anagrams, and other topics either tangentially or specifically related to anagrams in the mystery arts.

Many others either confuse branching...

For many years, Devin Knight's Balloon Detective has been a runaway best seller with magic shops. Due to many requests, Devin is offering his Balloon Detective as a PDF along with the cards you can print out. This way when they wear out, you can print them as you need them without having to buy the trick over again.

This is a great tool for both family entertainers and mentalists. You can use this even if you have never made a balloon animal in your life. One of the effects doesn't even use real balloons!

Until now, there have been few ways to tie in your magic with balloon sculpturing....

The performer shows a menu card from a restaurant listing various foods. Anyone is invited to come forth and secretly write the name of any food from the menu on a blank index card and drop it face down on a plate.

NO FORCES OR RESTRICTIONS. The performer says the special of the day at the restaurant is two for the price of one. To get the special the performer has to order the same item. Performer than secretly writes down his choice from the menu on another index card and drops it on another plate. Once this has been done the performer and participant exchange plates and both show the...

up with it."

"Dr.Bill's evolution of Mick Ayres' wonderful "RhymeTime" principle pens a plethora of possible presentations that any performer should appreciate....since it can incorporate nearly anything 'written'. I perform in restaurants...so for me, using a restaurant menu for the good doctor's "RhymeTime Sublime"...immediately came to mind...very nice Dr. Bill."

"This method is completely new to me. I can see how it could cause a participant's logical, rational train of thought to leave the tracks for a moment. Impromptu, gimmick-free routines...

• ...The Broken Match Restored
• The Flame In The Bottle
• A Rapid Vanish
• Slow Coin Vanish
• Hot Money
• The Thin Man
• The Aerial Match
• The Crazy Coins
• The Ring And The Coin
• You Can't Be Sober
• Sensitive Touch
• The Strait Jacket
• Hot Heads
• Personal Magnetism
• Transmigration
• The Magnetic Touch
• Glass Of Wine Production
• The Menu Mystery
• The Vanishing Coins
• Where Is It?
• Individualism
• The Absent-Minded Professor
• Mark Of Identification
• Gone With The Wind
• Penetramus
• The Travelling Ring
• The Vanishing Fruit
• Where Is That Coin?

PDF 32 pages

More than the twenty major Marlo items Ed contributed to New Tops Magazine in 1982-1983 - not to mention new sleights, finesses, and subtleties - these items have been largely unavailable since their publication, almost 40 years ago. Wesley James has added another two years of material toward fulfilling Ed Marlo's expressed wishes, keeping his material available "for the guys."

As with Wesley's two previous releases, M.I.N.T. III and M.I.N.T. IV, these long-unavailable Marlo items could have been all Wesley compiled. Such a volume would have been a huge contribution to the literature of card magic. As a tribute...

• News and Reviews with Geoff
• Peter d'Arcy discusses the business of negotiating with bookers on the telephone
• Malcolm Yaffe asks why bookers on the telephone can be so blessed awkward
• Henrique tells it as it is — about backstage fiddlers, twiddlers and tinklers!
• John Rhodes keeps us updated on magic in the newspapers
• Eddie Dawes recounts the 9th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
• Patrick Lindley's historical diary
• Letters — Your chance to have your say
• Unclassified Ads. Buy Sell, swop or exchange
• Magical event diary. Put your society on the magical map
• JJ and...

On the covers are:

• Mildred and Rouclere
• Le Clair Zelleno
• Selbit
• Maro
• Victor Selden
• Prof. Ambrose
• J. DeWitt
• Mr. M. Dockweiler
• Sylvester
• The Great Dual Alliance
• Prof. Mingus
• W. Golden Mortimer

[Note: Page numbers refer to those in the PDF files when the collection was assembled. Originally this volume began with page 1 and page numbers appeared with page 60.]

483. Mahatma - Volume V, Number I - July 1901 - 10 pages
483. Mildred and Rouclere - photo & biography
484. The De Vere Ace Trick - Rupert De Vere
485. Stroubeika Persana - illusion
486. The Magic Bomb - Fred J. Peters
487. Here and There - news
487. Hal Merton's Revolving Servante - Hal Merton
488. The Mechanism of Ghosts - Henry Ridgely Evans - continued
488. A Unique Entertainment
489. London Notes - news -...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

631 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 23, Number 1 – January 1983 – 52 pages
1. Cover – Terry Seabrooke
7. Contents
8. This Business of Magic – Thomas Zoss
   • Another Working Pro Who Deserves Attention – re: Danny Orleans
9. More Information on Marlo’s Controlled Table Riffle Faro – Ed Marlo
15. Sucker Jap Box – Earle J. Coleman
15. cartoon – The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
16. Sid Lorraine’s Chatter – Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Martin Breese’s Convention Special No. 9 News Letter
      • Catalog No. 32...

Greg Bordner, Publisher Gordon Miller, Editor

681 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 26, Number 1 - January 1986 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Happy New Year!
7. Contents
8. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • In the Mail
     • magic themed Christmas cards - Golden Gate Magic
   • From the Dealers
     • David Ginn - Autumn's Leaflet #15
     • Antiquariat Peter Hackhofer - two German advertising booklets
     • Piatnik Card Compnay - folder
     • Ken Baker MAgicland - catalog
     • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - catalog
   • Glancing at the Magazines
     • Top Hat
     • The Christian Conjurer ...

1. ...
   • ... - Russell J. Hall
   • The Table-Hopper's Source Book - Paul Hallas
   • The Blushing Joker - Brother John Hamman
   • Hal-Deuce-Ination - Brother John Hamman
   • Final Ace Routine - Brother John Hamman
   • Micro Macro - Brother John Hamman
   • Strange Stuff - Volume One - Mike Strange Publications
   • The Magic of Michael Ammar - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
   • Jean Regil Show - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
   • The Magic of Moscow - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
   • Nailed! - Bob Solari
   • The Magic Menu - periodical - first six issues bound
   • Perplexing Pencil - Nick DePalma
   • The Life and...

On the covers are

• M. D. Smith, Dai Vernon, Faucett Ross, Martin Gardner, and Jerry Lukins
• Christopher Woodward
• Kovari

1. Volume 26, Number 1, May-June, 1970, 52 numbered pages - cover picture: Marshall D. Smith (seated with, left to right) unknown magician, Jerry Lukins, Faucett Ross, Martin Gardner, and Dai Vernon
2. Menu - Table of Contents
3. From The Gen Desk - comments from Lewis Ganson
5. Card Magic
   5. Potty Printing - Joe Riding
   6. Aberration! - Hugh Miller
   8. Deck Switch - Harry Stanley
   9. Tattoo - Mel Davis
   10. The Mark - Sid Carter
       • Card Stab
       • Coin Divination ...

Unless you have been hiding in the basement for the last decade, you know Jamy Ian Swiss has been writing insightful, well written, educational, funny, and opinionated book reviews for Genii magazine. Swiss, soon to begin his ninth year of book criticism, began reviewing books for Genii in June of 1994.

Now you can own the complete collection of book reviews, from 1994 through 2001, in one convenient ebook. In addition to 217 reviews, you’ll receive "A Millennium of Magic Literature," a special, comprehensive feature Swiss wrote for the January 2001 millennium issue of Genii, as well as an introduction...

The title might be a bit misleading as most of the advice is applicable to any magician who wants to add comedy to their performance.

If you are serious about mixing magic and comedy you need to read this. It will either make you reconsider your choice or give you a head start and pointers in the right direction.

"If you see one magician this decade, Hobson is it." - Herald Sun Melbourne, Australia

"Hobson closed the show with excellent magic and gales of laughter ... his acting and comedic timing are superb!" - Linking Ring Magazine

"... the audience gave him top applause at finish."...

Cuando escribí mi trilogía sobre La Magia de Ascanio, tras revisar cuidadosamente todo el material disperso que manejé, contrastándolo a menudo, tuve que dejar fuera cosas, no muchas, que aunque estaban en mi plan inicial, o no pude ampliarlas debidamente o ya no teníamos en los libros espacio...

This is a comprehensive guide to developing a restaurant magic repertoire, finding a suitable venue, strategies to help you keep your job and other practical information for the working professional.

Jim Sisti is a long time, experienced and professional restaurant magician. He was also the editor of The Magic Menu, a magic journal solely dedicated to bar and restaurant magic. You won't find any effects in this ebook, but you will find heaps of practical advice to build a career with restaurant magic. And most of the information, advice and suggestions you will receive apply in good part to other venues...