Description
Effect: (From the introduction): My previous major publishing venture was Mortimer’s Magic Magazine. This was a series of 13 spiral-bound publications, averaging 50 pages each and put out quarterly. Magician’s Home Companion is using Mortimer’s, with its excellent contributors, as the base on which to build. That probably makes us the “newest old publication” in magic. I grew tired of publishing Mortimer’s in that format and decided to try for something bigger and better. This book is the result. Is it difficult trying to develop a new magic book and then fill it with over 100 pages of worthwhile magic copy? The following illustration fairly well sums up what the feeling is like.
Mortimer’s Magic Magazine began with the purpose of presenting new routines, ideas, and patter for the magician who wanted to add it to his stage show, do it at a magic meeting, or simply amaze his friends without having to spend years practicing. As time went on, Close-Up magic did make its way into Mortimer’s because that is what many magicians were contributing. That was fine because it gave a balance to the magic being presented.
Magician’s Home Companion will try to follow the same goals which made Mortimer’s popular and successful. The emphasis will be on magic that can be done with a minimum of sleights and those will be the ones that most magicians know or should know. Hopefully, stage props can be dusted off and used again to entertain once you see what else can be done with them. You won’t even have to put away your Close-Up magic tricks because I’m sure there will still be many of them. So our goal can be summed up as: providing you with practical and useful inform^ tion about magic. Perhaps it’s not as noble as saving mankind, but at least it is one the Magician s Home Companion can achieve.
Magician’s Home Companion is a good title because it represents the folksy, “down-home” type of publication which was the goal of Mortimer’s. This is the same approach that this series of books will take. The goal of Mortimer’s and now Magician’s Home Companion is to be your “magic companion.” We’ll give advice and tips on just about anything magical, but it won’t be coming down from Mount Olympus engraved on tablets of concrete. This publication will be written as if you were sitting with us and we’re talking with you, not just at you.
Contents:
Title Page 1
Table Of Contents 2
Editorial 4
How A Magician Could Sign An Autograph Larry White 6
Squaring The Circle Again Harry Franke 7
Outrageous Book Test Ron Dayton 9
Magic Creativity – 1 (Magic Matrix) Jim Klein 11
Mirror Mirror John Moran 13
Booking The Trade Shows – 1 Martini 15
Rubber Band Ring Penetration Jim Schuyler 18
Dusheck On Magic – 1 Steve Dusheck 19
Doodles Mike King 22
The Great Utility Die Marko 25
Do As I Do Tom And Restored Paper Tony Baronio 28
Magic Publicity Forum – 1 Jim Klein 29
Suspended Rice And Jar Ron London 31
Draw-A-Gorilla Jim Kleefeld 33
A Rope Trick Story Terry Reister 36
Choose One From Column A Carol Bender 37
Cartoon Creativity – 1 (Illustrations) Jim Klein 41
Simplex Triumph Dan Tong 44
Magic Advertising – 1 Jim Klein 45
Tips with Appearing Canes Paul Diamond 47
Gag Bits Which Are Right Far Out Jim Schuyler 48
Let’s Face It Ed Forsythe 48
Merlin’s Triple Triumph John Fedko 49
Packet Tricks Richard Paddon 55
Magical Thoughts, Tips, Routines And Humor -3 Winton Carroll 57
“Bendy Pin” Ron Dayton 59
The Imp Bottle (Revised) Ed Hazell 61
Your Choice Bill Pryor 62
Magical Music Note Jim Klein 63
100% Confusion Larry White 64
Easy Twentieth Century Silk Harry Franke 65
Miami Dice Steve Dusheck 67
Wardrobe Ed Forsythe 69
The Dancer’s Dream & Coughing Joe Curcillo 71
Magic Marketing – 1 Jim Klein 73
Ball On Cord Ron London 78
Sponge Rabbit & Escape Tie Harry Damareck 79
Close-Up Perverse Magic Effects Gerald Deutsch 80
Outs and Precautions Answer Ron Dayton 81
The Name Game Ron Dayton 81
New Product Review – Super Cubio Fenstermacher T. Bushmeister 82
Card Case Hold-Out Dale Price 83
Three Plus One Makes Four Pierre Fontaine 89
Pursed Bill Rheam 90
The Gorilla Routine Jim Kleefeld 91
Disappearing Ink Review Jim Klein 96
Twenty-First Century Miko Paul Diamond 97
Instant Royalty Bill Rheam 98
Handout Certificates – Part 1 Jim Klein 99
Magical Thoughts, Tips, Routines & Humor – 4 Winton Carroll 101
Chameleon Card/Chicago Opener John Moran 103
Front Page Cards Pierre Fontaine 105
It Adds Up Jim Schuyler 106
The Magic Of Selling Jim Klein 107
Perverse Eleven Card Trick Gerald Deutsch 109
In The Dough Bill Pryor 111
Big Magic On A Small Budget Daniel Racine 112
Closing Editorial
Contribution Reminder
Mortimer The Magician Cartoon Dawn Gribb/Jim Klein 120
Index 121
Notes 125
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