Move objects with your mind, pass coins through tables, escape police restraints, and reveal other people's thoughts! Diamond Jim Tyler shows how to transform an ordinary act into a truly entertaining show. Learn 29 routines that include several original tricks as well as many tried-and-true crowd pleasers.
Written for beginners and used by pros, this guide is designed for illusionists performing in small venues — bars, restaurants, and other places where audiences will be watching from close range. Its tricks for every type of magician include a variety of routines involving cards, money, fire, mind-reading, and comedy. Diamond Jim offers tips on patter and a helpful glossary of magic jargon. More than 300 photographs illustrate his easy-to-follow instructions.
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This table of contents shows the effects included in this book:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pg 13 The Gunslinger
Pg 18 New Age Spellbound
Pg 23 One-Armed Aces
Pg 27 The Hitchhiker
Pg 29 Baseball Diamond
Pg 32 The FBI Trick
Pg 39 Paperweight
Pg 43 Finger Ring & String
Pg 53 Soaring Straw
Pg 59 Comedy Shuffling Routine
Pg 63 Invisible Thumbscrews
Pg 65 Cat and Mouse
Pg 68 Fireball
Pg 72 Mathemagic
Pg 76 The Animated Cardbox
Pg 81 Three Burnt Matches
Pg 84 Burning Impression
Pg 87 Trapdoor Coins
Pg 91 Diamond Back
Pg 97 Reel Fun
Pg 101 Frog Hair
Pg 104 Sacring of Wicca
Pg 109 The Smoking Spoon
Pg 113 Diamond’s Dazzler
Pg 116 Nimble Corks
Pg 119 Wise Guy’s Can’t Count
Pg 121 Whatever It Takes
Pg 127 Pieces of Eight
Pg 138 The Birthday Bill
Pg 143 GLOSSARY
Pg 175 About The Author
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