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Palm Reading for MagiciansWilliam W. Larsen
This psychological reading allows most anyone to present a convincing demonstration of palmistry, even if they've never read palms before.
Thayer originally sold this Larsen title as a manuscript in their catalog (Item No. 1394). Now once again available in this expanded and updated book edition, the original content has been supplemented with new features to make it even more complete.
Understand, this is not a trick, but a stock reading that you can easily memorize and give to any person without further study. Use it to supplement, dramatically, your usual readings. Or if you're entirely... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF |
Dr. Q's Sight UnseenWilliam W. Larsen
Dr. Q not only tells you how to describe objects in detail after having been heavily blindfolded with cotton pads and heavy adhesive tapes, but he also tells you how to present the act in its most effective fashion and what to say while presenting it.
Yes, here is the whole secret of this act, described in detail, plus complete patter and presentation. Half dollars (borrowed and unprepared) may first be placed over the eyelids. Then more than half a dozen strips of adhesive tape are placed over the eyes and pressed down tightly at all points. (Tape is also unprepared and may be borrowed.)... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Genii June 1973 (used)William W. Larsen This is number 8 from volume 56, with Jonathan Pendragon on the cover. Issue is in very good condition with one small crease on the lower right corner of the cover. | $10 to wish list |
Final Houdini SeanceWilliam W. Larsen
A captivating 45- to 60-minute lecture-demonstration about Harry and Bess Houdini's pact to find a means of communicating with each other after Harry's death. A complete lecture script with suggested effects. Perform it any time of year, but especially during the month of October (since Houdini died on Halloween). This is sure-fire entertainment for adult, college, and high school audiences. Earn money by performing this lecture-demonstration for civic group luncheons, college campus special events, at libraries, haunted houses, spook shows, and more.
This presentation revives the age-old... | ★★★★★ $7 to wish listPDF |
Tricks for TelevisionWilliam W. Larsen Learn what and what not to do when presenting magic for a TV audience. In no other field is it as easy to go wrong, or as easy to do right - if you're prepared with the proper information. Discover why these tricks are not good for television broadcasts: Twentieth Century Silks, Sucker Sliding Die Box, Zombie, Sympathetic Silks, Gloves to Dove, Cigarette Manipulations. Do you know the answers to why the above - and scores more like them - are so often performed poorly on TV? If not, you need this ebook, which gives you all the answers.
Written by a former television artist, Tricks for Television... | $6 to wish listPDF |
Thayer's Vanish of a GirlWilliam W. Larsen & Ormond McGill  With this method, you can cause a girl to vanish from a nightclub floor.
When this was first introduced, Thayer claimed it was the dream of every magician. We agree. It seems impossible. Perform it on a regular nightclub floor. No stage traps, wings, flies or other conveniences that you'd find in a theater environment. That's what makes this illusion seem so utterly convincing. You even invite a committee of spectators (not stooges) to supervise and ensure that all's fair.
The girl enters a box, sitting atop a four-legged table. The box is lifted from the table and falls to the floor,... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Genii September 1975 (used)William W. Larsen This is number 9 from volume 39, with U. F. Grant on the cover. Issue is in very good condition with one pressure mark running across from top to bottom. | $5 to wish list |
Thayer's Great Handcuff Escape ActWilliam W. Larsen A fast, modern escape act you can present at nightclubs, casino floor shows, and TV.
It's an ever-changing world. And with these changes come new modes in everything, including show business. Houdini could be heavily shackled, then retire to a cabinet for thirty minutes, liberate himself and the audiences clamored for more. But that was then ... Paying customers today demand two things: speed and comedy. Many successful professional magicians throw good tricks away if the item won't produce at least six laughs and takes more than two minutes to perform.
This act has been streamlined to appeal... | $8 to wish listPDF |
Thayer's Fifty Workshop IdeasWilliam W. Larsen Here's a rare opportunity to obtain 50 of Thayer's ideas for tricks that they planned to release in the 1940s, but due to wartime restrictions, were unable to produce in large quantities. Back in the day, hundreds of magicians said: "Thayer, I wish I could go through your files. You must have hundreds of ideas stored away: tricks that magicians have sent you for sale and manufacture." And Thayer listened. In their files and desk drawers were literally hundreds of ideas. Some they sought out and paid for. Others were given to them. But because of wartime government priorities, it was impossible... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish listPDF |
79 Tricks and Ideas for the HolidaysWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarron  Do you want those extra dates between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Then update and transform your act with one or more of these sparkling suggestions for timely holiday magic. Let your agent or webmaster know that you've added something special to your act for the holiday season and watch those bookings roll in.
If you're interested in earning those extra dollars, this updated ebook is for you. With 79 ideas for tricks and extra seasonal revenue with Christmas ornaments, Santa Claus, candles, holly wreathes, mistletoe, holly berries, tinsel garlands, gift-wrapped presents, etc.
But don't... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
Thayer's Life Span ReadingWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarron  This superb script allows a mentalist or psychic entertainer to apparently reveal any spectator's life, from the cradle to the grave. Is it mind reading? ESP? Vulcan Mind Meld? No, it's Larsen and McCarron's Life Span Reading, the psychic worker's "secret sauce" that, judiciously used, will convince most anyone that you have real psychic ability.
Not a trick, but a psychological profile that fits nearly anyone who walks in the door. Life readings such as this have been jealously guarded by office mediums, who use the spiel to convince the client of the psychic's innate ability. Yet, no special... | ★★★★★ $8 to wish listPDF |
The L. W. Mindreading MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  A nice collection of five more entertaining effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine mind reading. You get:
Musical Mindreading - A spectator selects one of twelve songs, without revealing it to anyone else - and the medium (seated at the piano or CD player) is somehow able to play that very selection. Most musical mindreading acts have required long study. This can be learned in less than fifteen minutes. Little or no expense. An excellent, apparently impromptu item for the home, club or stage.
Distant Card Reading - A number... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish listPDF |
The Magical PitchmanWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarron  Add variety and comedy to any act with this delightful presentation, based on the outlandish medicine pitches of yesteryear.
Entertain your pitch with magic
Interspersed throughout the comedy pitch are honest-to-goodness magic effects that you likely already own. In this revised edition, you are given several examples that will give you additional ideas. There's no need to go out and buy new tricks.
This lecture is different
Not a magic show in the strict sense, this is a humorous act in itself, which is how you present it to potential clients. This talk is just the ticket for corporate... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF |
Evidence of DeceptionWilliam W. Larsen Here's an entertaining, 40-60 minute lecture that you, the magical performer, can present on the topic of paying attention to avoid getting taken in by scams, cons and crooked politicians. And it's a money-maker, too.
Entertain your talk with magic: Your audience will not only be informed, but entertained with magic effects that you likely already have, or modestly priced items easily obtained from most any dealer. This newly revised edition also includes three effects recommended by Larsen, that you would previously have had to buy separately.
This lecture is in demand: Not a magic show... | $12 to wish listPDF |
Conjuring for ChildrenWilliam W. Larsen Bill Larsen reveals the inside secrets for performing magic to children in this newly revised ebook.
Aside from the author's sage and practical advice, garnered from hundreds of shows for youngsters, you get twelve entertaining routines using standard equipment you likely already own. Now you, too, can crack this lucrative field and beat out the local competition. Included are tricks using toys, animals, rings, coins, handkerchiefs, silks, etc. Most of the described effects include full patter.
Best of all, this edition has been newly revised and updated with performance suggestions and... | $8 to wish listPDF |
L.W. Random Conceptions with CardsWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  Long out of print, we're pleased to bring you this nice collection of sleight of hand card work from the team of Larsen and Wright. These clever card miracles are written in a relaxed, personal style, just as if Larsen and Wright were sharing the various moves in the back room of your local magic shop.
You'd expect to pay a king's ransom for the original, single broadside sheet manuscript. Luckily, Magic World has reissued this hard to find manuscript in a revised, easy-to-read digital format. Unlike the original, the individual effects now even have titles, making it easier than ever before... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
Fraudulent Spirit PhenomenaWilliam W. Larsen (Larsen is writing as Rev. Dr. Richard Straussberg)
Whether you want to haunt a house, perform a parlor seance, or entertain a private audience with a series of ghostly mysteries, this book shows you how to do it. Long out of print, this limited edition manuscript is now available to a new generation of house haunters, spirit mediums and practitioners of bizarre magick. Use these spine-chilling effects to scare the yell out of your victims. If you're a storyteller, use one or more of these macabre stunts to accentuate a horror story.
Use an effect or two to spice up your existing act.... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF |
The L. W. Pocket and Parlor MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  Long out of print, we're pleased to bring you this collection of baffling close-up and small group effects for magicians and psychic entertainers, from the minds of Larsen and Wright.
The material in this ebook was chosen for its entertainment value, its suitability for small audiences, and to ensure that the methods are new and novel. Not a rehash of old content, this is magic that your audiences will enjoy as much as you will enjoy performing it.
You get:
The Magic Mail - The magician forgets to stamp a letter. A spectator chooses a denomination from among 16 choices and holds the... | $6 to wish listPDF |
Thayer's Comedy Crystal Gazing ActWilliam W. Larsen Here's the perfect "one man" comedy mentalism act that's great for those occasions when you aren't able to perform your regular show. Or add it as a feature to your regular act.
Don't confuse this with the old "two person" comedy mindreading act. This hilarious routine can be performed by you, alone, without assistants, stage hands or stooges. Using a crystal ball, a jumbo electric light bulb, or even a swirly-painted bowling ball, you cause a laugh riot by apparently answering questions which have been merely "thought of" by your audience. There's no mystery to it. All you need is this clever... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish listPDF |
A Spook Show in Your ParlorWilliam W. Larsen & B. W. McCarron  Host your own entertaining séance or year-round haunted house with these frightfully spooky stunts.
Not just for Halloween, you'll be the life of the party any time with more than a devil's dozen effects and stunts that take place around the séance table or darkened room. They won't break the (blood) bank, either.
Newly revised, with over 20 pages of added content, including new methods, attractions and ideas to make yours the most talked-about event in your city or town. Don't just perform magic . . . live it in your own house of spooks and ghosts.
Here's a partial look at the contents:
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Magical Bulletin Volume 13 (June 1948, Fall 1948)William W. Larsen
- Thayer's Magical Bulletin - Volume 13, Number 1 - June, 1948 - 16 pages
- cover photo - Charles Kirkham
- Inside the Cabinet - Bill Larsen, Jr.
- Pipe Lines - Bill Larsen, Jr.
- Suggested Routines - Edw. W. Myers
- Why Doesn't Someone ...? - Bill Larsen, Jr.
- Interesting Combinations - Bowman and Clark
- So You Want to Play Casuals - Dale Williams
- Be Careful What You Say! - Pat Fitzgerald
- Whispers - Bascom Jones, Jr.
- Old Timer Recalls - Jerome Isaacs
- Put Your Act to Work - Bill Larsen, Jr.
- Talk for Tricks
- Patter for Multiplying Golf Balls - Pat Fitzgerald
- Patter for Mutilated Parasol...
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The Gyp ArtistWilliam W. Larsen Here's an entertaining, 25- to 60-minute lecture that you, the magician or mentalist, can present on the topic of scams and cons. And it's a money-maker.
Become an Expert on Cons and Swindles...
Or just talk like one. This is a new field for most magicians and mentalists, allowing you to give your lecture to civic groups, security seminars, government agencies, corporations -- anywhere people gather. And these organizations have deep pockets, too, able to pay you well for your time.
Fabled Bunco Games of History...
Now become practical, effective tricks in the magician's hands, each... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish listPDF |
The L. W. Mental and Spirit MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  Here are six stunning mental and spirit-flavored effects from the creative minds of Larsen and Wright.
From the authors of The L. W. Card Mysteries comes this great ebook of effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine thought stealing!
You get:
- Psychic Vision - An ingenious method of answering a single question.
- The Quick or the Dead - Perhaps the best method ever for performing this great billet test. Put your thinking cap on and you'll find many uses for this, aside from the original premise.
- From a Shuffled Pack - A great test feature.
...
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L. W. Card MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright  Every effect in the L. W. Card Mysteries is an apparent miracle. None of the effects requires long practice or more than a modicum of sleight of hand. Many require little skill at all. Just a rehearsal or two and you'll be all set to amaze and, most of all, entertain.
Just think!
You'll learn how to make two selected cards turn over in the pack without the use of skill and no false moves of any sort; to make a selected card vanish from the hands of the spectator and be found elsewhere; to make two cards change places - the positions of the cards being seen up to the moment of the change;... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish listPDF |
Genii Volume 61 (Nov 1997 - Sep 1998)William W. Larsen November 1997 - September 1998
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor
This Volume has only 5 Issues
372 pages
- Genii - Volume 61, Number 1 - November 1997 - 76 pages
- Cover - Jack Kodell
- Contents
- The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
- Letters
- Exposure Blues - John Holveck
- Pete C. Matsuka
- Hand it to You - Bob Loomis
- An Ex"swain"ation - James Swain
- Attention Readers!
- Guide to Advertisers
- A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
- Greetings, Friends - poem - Steve Bryant
- Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
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Genii Volume 60 (Nov 1996 - Oct 1997)William W. Larsen November 1996 - October 1997
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor
1024 pages
Each issue starts with page number one - therefore, each page has an issue number and a page number.
- Genii - Volume 60, Number 1 - November 1996 - 92 pages
- Cover - Joel Hodgson
- Contents
- The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
- Letters
- Anniversary Waltz - Stanley Blumenthal
- Richard Cohn
- Anniversary Faults - Eugene Poinc
- Plans for the Future - Molly Meyer
- Wherever - Eugene Burger
- T.M.W.K.T.M. - Max Maven
- Artist Currently Known As - Hamlet Gervorkian
- Sitting on a Barbed Wire...
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Genii Volume 59 (Nov 1995 - Oct 1996)William W. Larsen November 1995 - October 1996
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor
1028 pages
- Genii - Volume 59, Number 1 - November 1995 - 80 pages
- Cover - Bob Markwood's Perfect Birthday Party?
- Contents
- The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
- Letters
- Isn't Life Wonderful? - Roger Thompson
- Puttin' on the Ritz - Mike Rogers
- Get Back - Tom Zell
- Trend of Truth - Bruce Meyers
- Monumental - Peter D. Blanchard
- Incidental - Ed Warren
- Guide to Advertisers
- A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
- Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
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Genii Volume 58 (Nov 1994 - Oct 1995)William W. Larsen November 1994 - October 1995
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante and Erika Larsen, Editors
944 pages
- Genii - Volume 58, Number 1 - November 1994 - 68 pages
- Cover - NBC's "World's Greatest Magic"
- Contents
- The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
- Letters Department
- Pat Hennessy
- Nathan Jenkins
- Al Portwood
- Erika Larsen
- A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
- Genii Guide to Advertisers
- Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
- Credit Card Carney
- Impressive Numbers
- Gathering Magic
- Library of Congress
- More Vegas
- Thanks for the Memories
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Genii Volume 57 (Nov 1993 - Oct 1994)William W. Larsen November 1993 - October 1994
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante and Erika Larsen, Editors
844 pages
- Genii - Volume 57, Number 1 - November 1993 - 68 pages
- Cover - Patrick Culliton and T.L. Williams Conjure Up the Spirit of Houdini
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
- Houdini - A Special Issue - Patrick Culliton and T.L. Williams
- Houdini, A Magician for the Ages - Patrick Culliton
- Outline - Society Sketch - by Harry Houdini
- Bahl Yahn and the Strong Man - by Harry Houdini
- Manny - Patrick Culliton
- Flight and Magic - Harry Houdini
- Buried Alive...
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Genii Volume 56 (Nov 1992 - Oct 1993)William W. Larsen November 1992 - October 1993
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor then, Irene Larsen, Publisher and Dante Larsen, Editor
816 pages
- Genii - Volume 56, Number 1 - November 1992 - 76 pages
- Cover - Theo Annemann
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- Annemann
- Vamp Till Ready - Bob Weill
- Early Annemann and How He Thought - Robert Parrish
- Bill Larsen, Sr. on Ted Annemann
- The Annemann Story - Bob Weill
- Annemann's Foibles
- The Story of The Fox & The Goobers
- The Story of The Missing Marksman
- The Story of Wheels That Turn
- The...
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Genii Volume 55 (Nov 1991 - Oct 1992)William W. Larsen November 1991 - October 1992
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor
856 pages
- Genii - Volume 55, Number 1 - November 1991 - 76 pages
- Cover - Doc Eason
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- Doc Eason Feature - The Rocky Mountain Magic of Doc Eason
- My First Visit to The Tower - Michael Ammar
- Doc Eason Interviewed by Eric Mead
- The Tower Magic Bar
- Have Card Trick ... Will Travel - Doc Eason
- Jamy Ian Swiss on: Magic Bar
- The Legend Lives
- The Texture of the Weave
- Some Words about Doc from Ray Mertz and Karl Norman
- Mertz's...
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Genii Volume 54 (Nov 1990 - Oct 1991)William W. Larsen November 1990 - October 1991
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor
852 pages
- Genii - Volume 54, Number 1 - November 1990 - 80 pages
- Cover - Jay Scott Berry
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Celestial Sorcery, Inc. Presents A Special Issue - Jay Scott Berry
- Son of a Son of a Sorcerer
- The Fog Goblet - Jay Scott Berry
- The Mist Primer - Jay Scott Berry
- The Fog Hat - Jay Scott Berry
- The TM Primer - Jay Scott Berry
- Wacky Wand - Jay Scott Berry
- The Aero System - Jay Scott Berry
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
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Genii Volume 53 (Jul 1989 - Jun 1990)William W. Larsen July 1989 - June 1990
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor
848 pages
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 1 - July 1989 - 76 pages
- Cover - Siegfried and Roy
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Siegfried & Roy World Tour - Bill and Irene Larsen
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Proxy Stab - Phil Goldstein
- Intermission - James Patton
- Absolutely Ogden - Tom Ogden
- The Linking Nightmare - Tom Ogden
- Tripp's...
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Genii Volume 52 (Jul 1988 - Jun 1989)William W. Larsen July 1988 - June 1989
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor
843 pages (1 double page)
- Genii - Volume 52, Number 1 - July 1988 - 60 pages
- Cover - Dr. Robert Albo
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Custodian of a million legends preserves health of antique magic - re: Dr. Robert Albo - Amy Stevens
- The Albo Books: Keeping the history of magic alive
- The Albo Collection: Home to magic's history
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Cigarette Magic and Manipulation - Geoffrey Buckingham
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Genii Volume 51 (Jul 1987 - Jun 1988)William W. Larsen July 1987 - June 1988
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor
864 pages
- Genii - Volume 51, Number 1 - July 1987 - 72 pages
- Cover - The Absolons
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Czechoslovakian Magic Section
- A Short History of Czechoslovakian Conjuroring - Karel Absolon
- Karel and Blanka Absolon - AN Autobiography
- Double Wine Production - Karel Absolon
- Meet the Czechoslovakian Magicians
- The Family Kellner
- Oklama
- Joss Kaiser
- Duo Valer
- Karel Vaverka
- Zdenek Seeman
- Duo Dlabal
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Genii Volume 50 (Jul 1986 - Jun 1987)William W. Larsen July 1986 - June 1987
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor
900 pages
- Genii - Volume 50, Number 1 - July 1986 - 116 pages
- Cover - Fiftieth Anniversary Issue
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Fifty Years With Genii - Gerrie Larsen Baker Jaffe
- How Can Anyone 58 Years Old Remember 50 Years of Genii? - William Walter Larsen, Jr.
- Reprint of Genii, Issue 1, September 1936 [36 pages]
- A Love Poem - T. Page Wright
- The Genii Speaks
- The Error Aces - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
- Nothing New in Parasols - Dale Williams
- Felix,...
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Genii Volume 49 (Jul 1985 - Jun 1986)William W. Larsen July 1985 - June 1986
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor
844 pages
- Genii - Volume 49, Number 1 - July 1985 - 64 pages
- Cover - Dan Fleshman
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- The Magic of Dan Fleshman
- Dan Fleshman - by Gene DeVoe
- Reverse Matrix - Dan Fleshman
- A Twist On An Ending - Dan Fleshman
- Coins to the Purse - Dan Fleshman
- PDQ Aces In Case the Aces Leave - Dan Fleshman
- Back and Forth Sandwich - Dan Fleshman
- Two Card Switch - Dan Fleshman
- Remember, Be Kind To Your Animals - WWL (Jr)
- The Johnny...
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