Title:Magicomedy

Author: Mike Caveney

ISBN: None

Publisher:Magical Publications

Publication Date: 1981

Hardcover

Book Size: 6 X 9 inches

Pages: 171

Edition: First Edition

Book Condition: Very Good ++, Minor foxing on edge of pages

Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Smalltearsshelvewear.

Comments (Stewart Tame):  "A serious look at some humorous magic. " Quite a fun book, possibly Mike's first. He's had experience with just about all possible magical venues, and this book has something for everyone.

Contents:

6Introductionby David Copperfield

8Foreword

10 Magician's Rules: List of 5 RequirementsFor ASuccessful Magician by RichardNeve, Written in 1716

11 Close-Up Routines

13 Folding Money: Tube just large enough to contain 50 pennies opened \\ & pennies dumped out Tube capped \\ & left in full view Pennies placed in coin purse, they vanish Tube opened \\ & turned over, nothing falls out Using tweezers, magician produces. ... fifty cent piece from tube.

21 3:32 :  Two coins covered by hands on tabletop change places, vanish, etc.

27 Cents of Touch:  Single marked penny mixed into bag containing $ 5 worth of pennies. Marked penny drawn from bag by magician.

33 OneInA Million:  Magician writes names of 2 playing cards on back of selected card. Spectator pushes face-up selection into face-down deck. Deck spread to show selection between 2 playing cards named.

37 HalfALight:   Paper match torn from book is torn in half, restored.

45 The Benson Plunger:  Variation on The Benson Bowl using toilet plunger.Routine using 3 sponge balls, bowl (plunger head) \\ & wand (plunger handle).

55 Psychic Routines

57 A Bloody Prediction:  Magician shows large card with outline of human body. Without showing, magician draws circle around portion of figure \\ & puts card in envelope. Volunteer given free choice of where to "stab " another. Envelopeopened,prediction correct.

63 Bent Spoons:  Impromptu after-dinner spoon bending effect.

69 Cabaret Routines

71 Thumb Tips forM.C.'s:  How to carry notes on stage with you without anyone noticing.

73 Comedy Load Bag:  Live chicken produced from spectator's coat. Load bag disguised as fake chicken for second production.

77 The Homing Card Comes Home:  4 jumbo cards shown front \\ & back. One by one faces turn blank.Last card completely blank front \\ & back.

85TearableTimes:  Newspaper rolled into tube \\ & lit candle produced.Paper torn into sections, one partially burned by candle.Paper restored except for burnt hole in middle. Restored newspaper can be examined.

95 Club Soda:  Card selected, returned to deck. Deck covered with handkerchief \\ & giant prediction card produced.Prediction wrong.Bottle of club soda produced. Deck shown to have vanished \\ & selected card found floating in bottle.

103 Signed BillInCigar:. Bank Night routine with cigar offered as collateral Signed bill found in cellophane-wrapped cigar.

115 The Thimble Act (1965-1971)

118 Thimble Holders:  How to make your own.

119 Temporary Parking Zone:  Best place to ditch / steal thimble in mid-routine?

121 The Appearing Jumping Rising Vanishing and Reappearing Thimble

127 The Perpetual-Pinocchio Thimble:  Thimble on finger stretches to impossible length.

130 The Thimble Bag:  Bottomless bag shown \\ & jumbo thimble produced. Second jewel-studded thimble produced \\ & crushed to dust. Dust sprinkled on bag. Hands emerge from bag with jeweled thimble on each finger.

140 The Giant Thimble Production:  Followupto previous. Silk streamer produced from bag. Small thimble produced from 2 handkerchiefs.Small thimble changes to red handkerchief which is added to others \\ & streamer.Large thimble produced from bundle.

149 Stage Illusions

151 The Vacuum Cleaner Illusion:  Assistant tied up in bag. Bag sucked visibly through hose to vacuum cleaner, which doubles in height.Bag with assistant inside in vacuum cleaner.

161 The Substitution Barrel:  Great prop for Metamorphosis routine Subtle touch: .. Knothole in barrel After lid locked down, person in barrel sticks finger out through knothole \\ &keyringfor locks hung over finger (hole too small for keys on ring to fit through.)

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