Language: English

1993

Written by Jim Steinmeyer

Work of Alan Wakeling

AUTHOR’S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Mark Wilson, Steve Dick, Don Bice, Mike Caveney, Norm Nielsen, Earl Nelson, Ricky Jay, Channing Pollock

THE BILLIARD BALLS    
With Benson in Hollywood
The Apparatus
The Philosophy
The Routine: Two Balls and the Flourishes
From Two to Three
The Third to the Pocket and the Fourth Ball
Vanish of Ball Four,- Production of Number Five
The Display and Clean-Up
With Vernon and Frakson

NIGHTCLUB SPECIALTIES
Wakeling and Roy 
The Rhapsody and the Cowboy
Winnemucca to Ciro’s
The Phantom Cigarette 
The Color Changing Gloves
The Wakeling Top Hat
The Double Action Pull
THE LIQUID SAND ROUTINE

MAGICAL FISHING
Helen Wakeling
The Routine and Apparatus
The Goldfish in the Light Bulb

THE FAN ACT
A Fantasy in Fans
The Barehanded Fan Production
The Egg on the Fan
The Fan in the Bag
The Mutilated Fans
The Billiard Balls and Finale, An Additional Ending 
Variations on the Fan Act and Illusions
The Traveling Fan

CLAIRVOYANCE
Psychic Blackjack
The Code and Routine
Preparing for Blackjack

THE WAKELING EGG BAG
John Daniel
The Bag and the Billiard Ball
The Patter and Handling 
Opening: Flaming Wine and the Jumping Grasshopper
Drinks for the Audience
The Challenge of a Modern Bar Act
The Flaming Glass of Wine
The Grasshopper in the Light Bulb
The Series of Drinks
Variations on the Bar Act

NUMEROLOGY: A CLOSE-UP ACT
The Numerologist Entertains
Phase One: The Number Tiles
Phase Two: The Dice 
Phase Three: A Subconscious Impression
Additional Effect: The Numeral Cubes
Additional Effect: The Name Matrix
The Final Phase: The Color Matrix

CLOSE-UP SPECIALTIES
Cords and Coins
Card in Wallet: An Autograph Exchange
Aces Front

STAGE SPECIALTIES
The Handcuff Escape
The S-Chain Handcuff
Joker Poker
The Cotton Ball Routine
THE WAKELING SAWING
The Wakeling Routine
A Lady Divided
The Secret

A CAREER IN ILLUSION
With Mark Wilson
Inspirations and Originations
The Split Barrel Cannon
The Giant Rising Cards
The Flitter Girl
The Wringer Box and Cannon
The Modern Backstage
The Parisian Costume Trunk
The Double Substitutions Trunk
The Aquarian
Excalibur
The Atomization
Cineillusion
Divided in Four
The Girl through Glass
The Hindu Rope
The Spiker
The Mark Wilson Spirit Cabinet
The Spirits Return
The Take-Apart-Flip-Over
The Seance Post
The Electric Maiden

APPENDIX
Notes and Sketches: Pure Energy, Costume Trunk, Challenge Stack of Boxes, "Tea Canister" Illusion, Find the Jack, Suspended Rising Card Illusion, Black and White Routine, Floating Ball Routine, The Tiger Crushing