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Be
a Clown by Mark Stolzenberg
 If
you love to clown around, it's time to get serious about it…serious fun
that is. Being a clown means more than merely putting on silly makeup
and jumping around: it's a wonderful form of self-expression that brings
joy to yourself and to others. Take a look at the world's best jesters
and expand your understanding of comedy. Here are the (literal) tricks
of the trade: ideas for using cartoon-like imagery, choosing a distinctive
costume, finding a comic rhythm, and mastering physical skills that will
make people roll in the aisles. Project the right raucous attitude, work
in duets, and develop an irresistibly humorous "clown walk." Even say
hello in a way that gets your audience giggling. Actual routines unfold
in a series of photos and descriptions, with tips on selling them. From
the "levitation gag" to "wire walking," to developing your own act, it's
the perfect clown school. *8 X 10 *160 pages all in color
$12.99
Be
a Mime by Mark Stolzenberg
 Perform
the illusions that have captivated millions! Everything you need to know
about the art of communicating without words is revealed here. Master
the mechanisms involved in such famous routines as the traffic cop and
robot, each with variations that make the act your own. Detailed coverage
of body movements, including sequential photographs that break down every
action, plus tips to get you thinking in character, will have you walking
in the wind or escaping from boxes in no time. *8 X 10 *220 b/w illus.
$19.99
Big Laughs for Little People by Samuel Patrick Smith
 "Big
Laughs for Little People gives readers an opportunity to go backstage
with a real pro and watch the show from behind the scenes. In a word,
the book is tremendous." -Fetaque Sanders This book features 15 complete
routines of magic and comedy, guaranteed to get great audience reactions.
You'll read Sammy Smith's complete patter, word-for-word, from start to
finish for each effect. You'll learn how to say the patter -- when to
pause and what tone of voice to use -- to get the best response. Of course,
you'll want to adapt these routines to fit your own personality, but learning
from the author's more than 20 years' experience in entertaining children
will save you valuable time and give you crucial information on how to
get big laughs from little people. Routines range from original effects
to new presentations of classics. You'll read Sammy's handling of time-tested
classics such as Cut and Restored Rope, Multiplying Billiard Balls, and
Miser's Dream. And you'll find his original effects such as Headband Blendo,
all updated from the first edition of Big Laughs for Little People with
the latest improvements for the 21st century! In addition to the kid-show
routines, Sammy shares his best tips and advice for entertaining children,
learned from literally thousands of performances. This is a textbook on
entertaining children with comedy and magic which every kid-show performer
should own and use. The comments which a prominent children's performer
made about the original edition of this book are even more valid with
this newly revised and updated edition. Routines include: * Headband Blendo
(new version) * Super Frog * Vanishing Candle * Snake Cake Bake * Jasper
the Friendly Ghost * Skip It! (Cut and Restored Rope) * The Magic Knot
Tube (updated) * The Extra-Celestial (hilarious puppet routine) * Tricky
Bottles (updated) * Invisible Flying Silk Scarf * Polar Thermometers *
Ball Brothers' Traveling Circus (Strat-O-Sphere) * Maxwell the Monster
(Soft Soap) * Multiplying Billiard Balls * Cash Surprises (coin routine)
* ...and more!
$ 25.00
Birthday Magician's Handbook by Dave Fiscus
 The
new, revised edition of the Birthday Magician's Handbook-totally redesigned,
edited and illustrated, updating Dave's original material as necessary
in light of current developments. Completing the final details of this
new edition is an up-to-date listing of the best available books, video
and cassette tape resources about the business of performing for children,
recommended by "whiz-kid" magicians, David Ginn and Samuel Patrick Smith.
$35.00
Birthday Party Business
 With
this 208 page 8 1/2" x 11" illustrated book, you will learn to succeed
as a birthday party entertainer and enjoy the benefits of owning your
own profitable home based business! Everything you need to know to get
started in the birthday party business.
$25.00
Bobo Magic Show by J.B. Bobo
Written by America's foremost school show performer J.B. Bobo, this large
format, spiral bound 188 pages book includes the author's effects and
presentations by the dozen - the material that made him popular with youngsters.
There are many routines, many photographs, and something for all kids'
entertainers. Hardback.
$ 30.00
Building A Better Mouse Trap (With CD) by Barry Mitchell
 Introducing
Barry Mitchell's new book which was released at Kidabra. Building A Better
Mouse Trap is volume II to Barry Mitchell's popular "Magic of Thinking
Creatively" book. Magicians, Clowns, and Story Tellers around the world
have been inspired to higher standards of creative entertainment. Barry
raises the bar again with his seven habits of effective magical entertainers.
How do you build a better mouse trap? By thinking like a mouse. How do
you build a better show? By thinking like an audience. This book will
inspire you, motivate you, challenge you, and help you to improve your
entertainment. Comes with CD-ROM of Adobe PDF artwork for you to make
many effects for personal use. Make your own Dead Eye Duck Story, Fastest
Card Trick in the World, Captain Chicken, and Magnet Man T-shirt logo.
Pages 103
$35.00 w/CD Rom
Change
Bag Routines by Harvey Raft and David Lew
With this book you can learn some great new routines for a classic
prop. Routines Include: * Coloring Book * Sox Come in Pairs (Pears) *
Card and Balloon Routine • Lettered Beads * Cut and Restored Skipping
Rope Plus - * How to Perform the Cross-Cut Force * How to Perform the
Magician's Choice "You'll thank Harvey and David for showing you how to
get more fun out of this versatile prop!" —Samuel Patrick Smith "What
a great and fun book! I can't wait to try some of the tricks." —Angel
Ocasio "A very valuable book for the family entertainer. Those who perform
for children will be especially interested, and rewarded, with many of
the tricks and routines that have been developed and tested with younger
audiences." —Dick Joiner "...some great ideas." —Larry Moss "Magication's"Change
Bag Routines"is amazingly fresh and creative.The routines are well thought
out and complete.These easy to follow instructions not only enable beginners
to perform polished routines in no time, but have seasoned pros using
them as standards in their shows. If you own a change bag, then you don't
want to be without this book.lf you don't own a change bag then I am certain
you will be rushing out to buy one after just a quick look at what this
book has to offer." —Wally Warwick (The Amazing Waldo)
$7.00
Christmas Routines by Harvey Raft and David Lew
A book full of wonderful Christmas illusions. Routines include: * Doves'
Christmas House The Scrooges' white house is magically transformed to
a colored house. * Toys, Toys, Toys There is a shortage of toys! Santa
needs help from the magician. * Santa's Christmas Party Games and magic
at Santa's Christmas party. * Magic Christmas Ball A Christmas ball produces
a magical surprise. * Christmas Morning Santa's visit and the magic of
Christmas morning.
$9.95
Clown
Act Omnibus: Everything You Need to Know About Clowning Plus over 200
Clown Stunts by Wes McVicar
 Everything
you always wanted to know about clowning (and didn't know whom to ask)
is here in this inexpensive, paperback book. We have yet to see any other
clown-act book as complete as this. Includes over 200 workable clown acts
for beginners, intermediates and advanced participants. All acts are classified
by type, equipment needed, gymnastic skills, and practice required. Some
of the topics discussed include: clowning as an art, pantomime, clown
types, costumes, makeup, suggestion for programming, production ideas,
properties and stunts.
$ 15.00
Clown
Gags by Jackie Flosso & Clettus Musson
 Soft
cover book 5 1/2" x 8", with 64 pages and dozens of illustrations. This
book contains over 200 gags, comedy bits, and stunts for magicians, Clowns,
MC's or any one with a sense of humor, and is excellent value for money.
$15.00
Comic Magician
 Learn
how to fascinate and entertain children with magic! Successfully change
your hobby into a wonderful job. This book contains complete and easy
to do magic - comic routines, extraordinary and original balloon magic,
fully explained basic magic techniques and hundreds of detailed colored
drawings.
$45.00
Confidential Day Care Booking Manual by Sammy Smith w/CD
 This
exciting manual could unlock a new career for you! Learn "insider secrets"
of selling and marketing shows to child care centers, kindergartens, pre-schools,
and after-school programs. The Confidential Day Care Booking Manual will
teach you exactly how to get started in the fun and profitable business
of booking and performing these shows. Step-by-step, Samuel Patrick Smith
explains his complete system, developed over a 17-year period, which he
has never before released. Learn the system and the philosophy behind
the system which will keep you on the right track and help you avoid pitfalls.
(A studio-recorded CD accompanies the manual so you can master these techniques
even faster!) Highlights of The Confidential Day Care Booking Manual include:
How I Got Started Day Care Background Day Care Philosophy Variations on
a Theme What Type of Show? Advantages of Day Care Shows Disadvantages
of Day Care Shows The Day Care Audience The $100,000 Possibility Repeat
Bookings Put Your Competition in Time Out (Six Steps) Pricing Contracts
Scheduling Procedures Confirmation Calls The Easiest Way to Get Started
Keeping Expenses Low Referrals Advertising Other Ways to Get Shows Life
on the Day Care Circuit Cooties and much more! So valuable, it's padlocked!
Includes perfect-bound book with full-color cover-padlocked for security!-plus
a studio-recorded CD! 51 pages
$25.00
Crash
Course 0n Kid Shows by David Ginn
 It
doesn't matter if you're a magician, clown, ventiloquist, juggler, puppeteer,
storyteller, or other family type entertainer. I am sure you'll find information
in these pages, knowledge I have learned the hard way - by personal experience.
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. This 64 page paperback is
written by David Ginn.
$15.00
Creative Kid Talk by David Ginn, Steve Taylor and Samuel Patrick Smith
 Practical
Advice on Entertaining Children Learn how to be the best kids' show entertainer
you can be from three of the top professional performers in the field.
Pro's David Ginn, Steve Taylor and Sammy Smith share their combined years
of professional experience and cover: * Audience Participation * Treating
Audience Helpers with Respect * Sucker Tricks for Kids * Entertaining
Pre-Schoolers * Working Outdoor Family Shows * Adult Volunteers In Kidshows
* Mixing Messages with Magic * New Twists On Old Tricks * Entertaining
Adults at Kidshows * and more Softbound, 144 pages. "...carefully written
and well produced...this book is bound to be of use to any performer,
on or off television, who performs extensively for children and family
audiences." - Jamy Ian Swiss
$ 18.00
Dracula Bites The Dust by Mike Bent CD-Rom
 A
new Halloween kidshow routine based on Terry Seabrook's "Chattering Teeth"
trick that combines laughs, scares, and great magic in a routine that
will make all ages "go batty!" This CD includes illustrated instructions,
a routine, and ready-to-print PDF files of: - The Transylvania Today newspaper,
printed with Drac's hilarious obituary. - Files to print the full-color
cards for "Drac's Deck." (Complete with two forces for repeat shows.)
- Stencils for your choice of two "chewed outcomes." - "Aberzombie & Witch"
shopping bag label. - Instructions for performing with or without Doug
Malloy's Chattering Teeth Box. - Full performance rights.
$25.00 CD-Rom
Drugs, Strangers, and Other Dangers by Ron Conley
 After
more than 1000 performances of the Magical Say No Show, Ron shares candidly
how he gets the bookings, how much he is paid, where he works, who sponsors
the show, and what messages he communicates during the performance. Reproductions
of his advertising materials and giveaways, combined with his twenty-five
years of show-business insights make this a must-have in every working
performer's library. Learn from Ron's mistakes as well as his successes.
Look at his publicity photos, advertising flyers, sales letters, and other
promotional pieces. Most of all, discover innovative ways to teach kids
how to stay safe, happy, and healthy. Anyone who has worked with Ron will
attest that he gives freely of his information and ideas with a genuine
interest in helping others. This book accurately portrays his generous
personality and will make you feel that you've had a personal consultation
with Ron Conley.
$25.00
Edd Patterson A Lifetime of Magic and Art (With DVD) by William V. Rauscher
This book by William V. Rauscher is the story of Edd Patterson, The
Magic Artist. During his career his programs were endorsed by literally
thousands of school administrators and parent teacher groups in the eastern
United States. He probably presented LIVE school shows for more young
people than any other performer of his time on the American assembly platform.
With a record of more than 18,000 shows, he was considered an entertainer
with an educator's point of view. His presentations won the unqualified
approval of young audiences from Connecticut to Florida (and their teachers,
administrators, moms and dads, too.) Edd Patterson is now retired. This
book brings him alive to a new generation. Apart from his life story,
there are included some 33 time-tested routines for children's shows along
with the ideas and thoughts from his life as master shcool show performer.
Included with this book is a complementary DVD of Edd Patterson on stage.
Pages 128 - Hardbound
$40.00
Edwin's Magic Vol. 1 & 2
 Large
hard bound books. Volume 1 has 310 pages and Volume 2, 286 pages. Both
volumes have dozens of photographs and illustrations. Original , novel,
interesting tricks and routines embracing all kinds of conjuring. A saga
laced with anecdotes and whimsical tales that will have you chuckling
as you weave your way with him through an eventful boyhood, to become
a soldier, then a Punch and Judy Professor, finally commencing the creation
of what was to become the World’s largest business selling tricks to magicians.
These books by Edwin, the founder of the famous Supreme Magic Company
is full of the kind of magic the company was famous for, which you can
make, and perform.
Edwin's Magic Vol. 1 - $ 35.00
Edwin's Magic Vol. 2 - $ 35.00
Edwin's Magic Finale
 Edwin
the Magician is at it again with another fine book of magic tricks that
you can build and create yourself, plus his own personal history in pictures
and stories. As always, the book is filled with illustration and instructions
teaching you how to make many wonderful magic props.
$ 35.00
Host
Of Surprises by Edwin
 Just
when you think that Edwin the Magician has run out of great tricks to
put into print, he comes up with another gem. Like his other books, this
one is complete with wonderful photos of Edwin. You will just love all
of the new magic in this book. Easy instructions and great illustrations
are included.
$ 35.00
Kid Control by Julian Franklin
 Who
Needs This Book? Whether you are a juggler, clown, magician, musician,
storyteller, puppeteer, ventriloquist, speaker, presenter, educator, or
artist, this book will provide you with behavior management tools that
will make your life easy. If you perform birthday parties, school assembly
programs, library programs, work as a substitute teacher, or in any other
way find yourself in front of a new group of children on a regular basis,
this book will teach you to quickly adapt so that you can accomplish your
objectives. "Should prove invaluable to the working professional entertainer...Highly
Recommended." -Phil Wilmarth, Editor of "The Linking Ring" The author
is a full-time children's performer who honed his behavior management
skills in one of the toughest forums available. For eight years he worked
as the behavior specialist in the public school setting working with behavior
issues that ranged from children with Autism to children with Severe Emotional
Disturbance whose behavior radically impacted their ability to work in
a traditional classroom. After almost a decade of work in the field, over
$25,000 in specialized training, and a career of practical application
experience, Julian Franklin now shares the real secrets of effective behavior
management from a unique perspective: that of a performing artist. Every
other behavior management book on the market addresses LONG-TERM behavior
improvement. What you need are the tools to get through a single presentation.
You don't have months to shape behavior, you need tools that work IMMEDIATELY.
That's what this book provides.
$25.00
Kids
Think It's Funny by Greg McMahan
 Greg
McMahon is one of the true professionals in magic and clowning. He's now
revealing some of his best kid-show material in his new book, KIDS THINK
IT'S FUNNY. In 27 unique and entertaining chapters, Greg teaches hilarious
gags and routines to make you funnier than ever to your kid-show audiences!
His tips on how to make a small show look big or his chapter on top hat
juggling or his Rocky the Raccoon routines are easily worth much more
than the price of the entire book. KIDS THINK IT'S FUNNY includes: The
Value of Repeating Material What Makes a Good Website Ideas for Organizing
Your Show Case How to Make a Great First Impression Entertain While Setting
Up Make a Small Show Look Look Big Getting the Audience on Your Side 15-minute
Opening Routine (Thumbtip and wand) Pop-Away Wand Ideas Running Gags The
Monkey Bar Professor's Nightmare (Very different routine!) Shoelace Magic
(Rope routine kids identify with) Four Great Sponge Ball Routines Using
and Teaching Scarf Juggling Top Hat Juggling (Remove bunny before attempting!)
Rubber Chicken from Canon (A strange routine, but funny!) Nothing Grinder
One Hundred Balloons an Hour Balloonology Seminar Rocky Raccoon Routines
(15 pages of ideas!) Greg has packed all of this into a neat book of 106
pages with a full-color cover. Designed and typeset by the Wizard of Odd
himself with illustrations by Mrs.Odd (first name: Pretty), and published
by SPS Publications.
$15.00
The
Magic of Thinking Creatively (HardCover) by Barry Mitchell
 A
Professional Magician's Path In The Pursuit Of Creativity It's here! Barry's
greatest assembly of ideas in one location. It is an 8 1/2" X 11" hardbound,
gold foil stamped edition and only 1500 have been printed. Each book is
signed and numbered by the author. 236 pages with dozens of drawings and
filled with ideas, performance stories, marketing tips, performance encouragement,
creativity boosters, and magic tricks never before revealed to the magic
community. Includes letters from creative thinkers like Andre Kole, Marshall
Brodien, Duane Laflin, Bev Bergeron, Max Howard, David Ginn, Jeff Hobson,
Glenn Strange, and many, many others. The foundations of creativity, the
process of creativity for the creative story-teller, creative marketing
and advertising, the creative inventor, creative encouragement, creative
Gospel communications examples, and never before seen magic principles.
If you want more out of your magic then you need this book!!
$ 45.00
Magicians
in the Making by James L. Merrills
A Complete Guide to Hosting a Magic Camp Between the covers of Magicians
in the Making are the secrets to a world of magical opportunity that few
have experienced-magic camps. Earning an income from teaching children
magic couldn't be more exciting or rewarding. Step-by-step instructions
show you how to teach children the art of magic. You'll learn the who,
what, when, where and how from "Mr. Jim" Merrills, who has successfully
hosted hundreds of magic camps over the past 10 years. "Jim Merrills has
the amazing ability to see a good idea, seize it, and make it into a successful
program for kids. He's done an excellent job at sharing his secrets in
this book." -Kent Cummins, Founder and Director of The Magic Camp in Austin,
Texas "This how-to handbook is filled with good, practical advice based
on solid experience. It covers everything from marketing techniques to
cirriculum. Study it well and you can be successful!" -David Goodsell,
Past-President Society of American Magicians and Founder-Director of the
West Coast Wizards Magic Camp "How do you get hired, year-after-year,
to teach magic and entertain children? This book explains how! Mr. Jim
is a pro at developing events that are wonderful fun for kids, and wonderfully
simple for busy librarians to work into their programming plans." -Patty
Miller, Librarian, Colon, Michigan Softbound, 124 pages.
$ 19.95
Mummy Dearest CD-Rom by Mike Bent
 Transform
your ordinary Temple Screen trick into a hilarious Halloween classic that
packs flat and plays really big! You display a "genuine" wall fragment
from an Egyptian pyramid and translate the hieroglyphics, showing the
wall on both sides. A child is invited on stage to help you conjure up
the spirit of an ancient Egyptian mummy. You fold the wall into a pyramid
and cast the spell, but nothing happens -- there just seems to be some
white paper inside. The helper holds the paper, and while you're looking
for the mummy, you wrap your assistant up like a mummy! Finally you give
up looking and turn to apologize to your helper, but Yikes! -- he is the
mummy! The CD comes complete with Mike Bent's full routine and instructions,
plus color PDF files ready to print out and cover your Temple Screen.
$25.00 CD-Rom
Paths
To Enchantment by Malcolm Yaffe
 Most
children's magicians depend on props to entertain their audiences. Readers
of books on the subject of children's magic expect to find detailed accounts
of tricks and routines. While Paths to Enchantment has plenty of these,
its central purpose is to set out in the form of a blueprint a method
to enable readers to improve and devise their own routines. The majority
of children's entertainers are so obsessed with obtaining and trying out
the latest innovation that they seldom search within themselves and discover
what new ideas they can apply to props they already possess. One block
to such personal invention is the lack of a systematic structure the performer
can apply to the task, a foundation on which to develop entertaining ideas
from the subconscious. Paths to Enchantment is believed to be the first
cohesive attempt to analyze those aspects of a successful performance
that give pleasure to children. Malcolm Yaffe, a veteran of children's
magic with more than thirty years' experience in the field, has identified
and defined eleven essential techniques on which to build fresh and successful
presentations for the tricks you already own— THEY SEE, YOU DON'T THE
FRUSTRATED WIZARD FANTASIZING ANIMATION BUSINESS, PARTICIPATION, INVOLVEMENT
THE MISCHIEF-MAKER THE SUCCESS FACTOR ADD-ONS AND COMPATIBILITY STORYTELLING
CHAOS EMOTIONAL APPEALS After explaining each technique, he illustrates
how it is applied, using dozens of examples drawn from his professional
repertoire, among which are several prize-winning routines and presentations.
Included are Yaffe's imaginative redressings of such classics as— FORGETFUL
FREDDIE FANTASTIC FRAME THE MULTIPLYING WANDS ROPE TO SILK THE CHAIR SUSPENSION
THE MUTILATED SUNSHADE THE EGG BAG THE GUNG HO PRODUCTION BOX THE LIGHT
AND HEAVY GLASS THE GIANT AND THE DWARF CRAZY COMPASS THE LINKING RINGS
and many more. Also revealed are completely original utility props and
tricks, such as— THE SKELETON HAND IN WAND FLY ON LAPEL MARVIN THE WATCH-REPAIRING
MOUSE THE MAGIC CARD SHOP THE SKULL FROM BUCKET THE MULTIPLYNG WAND BOX
Clear and engaging in its unique approach, Paths to Enchantment maps out
the routes necessary to arrive at a higher level of success and professionalism
for those who entertain children or who wish to do so. Its content breaks
exciting new ground by giving children's magicians and clowns a step-by-step
system designed to help them discover their own creative talents and increase
the intensity of entertainment in their performances. "This book is incredible....
You have not read another kid-show book like this one....be sure to get
yourself a copy." —David Kaye Pages 255 - Hardbound w/ Dust Jacket
$40.00
Performing
Magic For Children by Uwe Schenk and Michael Sondermeyer
 Most
books on performing magic for children center on the question, "What can
we do to entertain children?" This book approaches the problem from the
opposite end. "What do children need to be entertained?" By centering
on the children's requirement, rather than on our own, an understanding
is created from which all questions about performing magic for children
are easily answered. In this landmark book, the authors - both specialists
in early childhood education and professional magicians - provide expert
guidance on how to develop a performing persona and an act suitable for
children. In addition, they provide an enormous amount of practical advice
on topics ranging from how to pace an act to how to prevent children from
storming the stage. 177 Pages, Hardbound, Over 90 Illustrations and Photos!
$ 35.00
Professional Magic For Children by David Ginn
 If
you perform for kids, this extensive book by David Ginn is for you. 244
pages containing all you need to know to produce a successful magic act
for children. Mr. Ginn explains what effects are appropriate and how to
routine them. Chapters include: Get 'Em Laughing Early in the Show, Audience
Participation, That Element of Danger, and a section on working birthday
parties. Bits of Business are explained that keep children entertained
and mystified.
$20.00
Seriously Silly by David Kaye
 A
complete guide to performing magic for children. New York's top kid show
magician, Featured on television, in newspapers, and magazines, shares
his secrets of success. Featuring six never-before published routines,
27 secrets of funnier routines, 7 essays, plus 21 tips to keep parents
from talking during your show! All this and more allows you to work more,
and make more money! -Turn your show into non-stop laughter with the techniques
you'll discover only in this book. -Learn the psychology behind children's
behavior and how to apply that to a successful show. -Unlock the top 10
keys to performing memorable children's magic. -Get the secrets to making
parents laugh too, so you get hired again and again! -Discover simple
steps that make kids demand you for their party. -Understand the differences
in performing for different aged children. -Six steps to getting the most
entertainment from a child volunteer. -Solving the tip 19 problems of
performing for children. This is the first time David has released his
routines to the magic community. These are his favorite routines form
his hugely successful show. These will be the funniest routines you have
ever performed. -Five minutes with a Milk Pitcher that will change your
show completely. -The funniest Mis-Made Flag routine you have ever seen.
-Win your audience over with a charming routine to perform with very shy
children, even 3-year olds can be stars with this trick. -Step-by-step
instruction on how to create your own hilarious routines. David Kaye is
a full-time professional magician and writes a monthly column about performing
magic for children in MAGIC magazine. His shows have been featured on
ABC, CBS, NBC, and even the Late Show With David Letterman. He performs
more than 300 shows a Year! What People Are Saying: "You could fill a
book with what I don't know about doing magic for children. Ad it happens,
David Kaye, master of magic for the miniature set, has done just that
and far more. He has written a terrific book full of eye-opening ideas
about 'how to entertain children with magic and comedy,' as the book's
subtitle plainly labels it. Quite possibly the smartest book ever that
form -- be it hobbyist, part-timer, or full-time professional. But having
read it I can assure you that there is no magician on the planet, no matter
your specialty, who will not derive immeasurable if unexpected benefit
from reading this book." - Jamy Ian Swiss, Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine
"David Kaye is the real deal. He has been a professional children's entertainer
for more than 18 years, and during that time he has performed more than
7,000 shows. David has now assembled his thoughts on kid's show magic
in a marvelous book titled Seriously Silly. This book may well become
the definitive resource on this type of magic. Seriously Silly is a tremendously
valuable book, containing insights that only come from years of experience.
For the kid's show performer, it is indispensable. ...Highly recommended.
- Michael Close, MAGIC Magazine "There is no book regarding the performance
of magic for adults that is the equal of David Kaye's Seriously Silly.
The psychological insight the author has regarding his young audience
is staggering. Seriously silly offers lessons in performance and psychology
that every performer, whether working for children or adults, can use
to greatly enhance their shows. I don't publish many books these days,
but I had no choice here: Seriously Silly is the best book ever written
on how to perform magic effectively." - Richard Kaufman
$50.00
Trevor
Lewis Uncut
 A
remarkable collection of Trevor Lewis' professional children's magic and
comedy, TREVOR LEWIS UNCUT: THE COMPLETE PARTY PIECES, contains an incredible
eighty-five routines. This material is perfect for schools, libraries,
and parties. Each routine is carefully worked out for the most effective
presentation. You will learn how to create laughs at the right places,
include educational points at strategic moments, and bring each effect
to the most amazing and satisfying conclusion. In short, this is magic
which delights, educates, and amazes children. Starting in 1978 and continuing
for over twenty years, Trevor Lewis released his unique brand of kid-show
magic in a series of books which included Party Pieces, More Party Pieces,
Still More Party Pieces, Further Party Pieces, Favourite Party Pieces,
and Final Party Pieces. This volume contains the complete contents of
all of his books, plus new material—Unexpected Party Pieces—previously
unpublished. The unique wit and style of Trevor Lewis is sure to strike
your funny bone, and win laughter and applause from your own children's
and family audiences. Full-color cover. Contents of Trevor Lewis Uncut:
The Flowering Bouquet • The Telescope • Take Care • Happy Birthday • The
Road Code • Happy Birthday Blind • Tommy's Teeth • Cards Across • Cheers!
• The Breakaway Wand • George Blake's The Silver Sceptre • The Safe •
T.I.P.S. • The Flashlight • Wandering Wand • Magic Painting • Silks from
Newspaper • Road Safety Chicken • The Cuckoo Clock • Ditching the Flap
• Production with a Message • Twentieth Century Minus • The Flower Pot
• Missmade Flag • Cards Across Again • The Magic Umbrella • TV Start •
Opening the Show • Abracadabra Rope Opening • Before Cards Across • After
Cards Across • Pump Wands • Close Up for Children • Tantalizing Traffic
Lights • Beacon Ball • Magic Lesson on Road Safety • Sunday Egg • How
to End on Applause • Floppy Flower Opener • Little Wonder Box • The Balloon
Routine Competition • Another Mix-Up • The Black Cat • The Clatter Box
Camera • Time Will Tell • The Tumbling Blocks • The Pop-Away Wand • Take
Care • Children?s Chop Cup • That's Torn It • Up Your Sleeve • The Rainbow
Silk Routine • Cane Opener • Kid Glove • The Cotton Wool Necklace • The
Adder • Cards Across Conclusion • The Broken Window • It's Curtains! •
Freezer Fun • The Beads of Prussia • Mis-Made Traffic Lights • Cigarette
Regret • Lesson in Magic • Six Oblivious Students • The Magic Wand Banner
• Wand-erful Tubes • The Miser's Dream • Fez Egg Bag • Trevor's Torch
(Flashlight Fun) • Balloon Business • Honk-Honk • Silly Billy • Wistful
Wand • Put Some Life Into Your Die Box • Rabbit Wand Routine • Just in
Case • The Magic Bag • The Christmas Box • It's on the Slate • The Magic
Lesson • A Helping Hand • Block Buster • Christmas Tree Routine • The
Firework Trick • Golden Girl • Road Safety Puzzle. Pages 270
$35.00
Visual Comedy by Patrick Page
 The
book of visual comedy is an invaluable resource for entertainers of every
description: Comedians, magicians, clowns, speakers, variety entertainers,
M.C.s; performers of all kinds will find fantastic, time-tested material
between these covers. Not only does the book provide a wealth of laugh-making
material, it details the essential reasons as to why and how expressive
gags are funny and play so well. You'll learn dozens of funny situations,
stunts, and expressions that will have them rolling in the aisles. No
special props or devices are required. For the most part, these gut-busters
can be performed at the drop of a hat, on a moment's notice. Patrick Page
is an entertainer with over 50 years of experience, having worked as a
magician, comedian, writer, and producer. Over the course of his career,
Page has created and collected material of every description for countless
performances, on television, for private performances and stages the world
over. Even if you're an aspiring entertainer, or just want to have fun
at an after-dinner or social event, the Book of Visual Comedy was written
for you. The material inside is of a professional caliber, yet suitable
for anyone. And best of all, it's easy to learn. Dozens of charming illustrations
by Max Morpurgo make every nuance easy to understand. This book can serve
as a source of inspiration for developing your own hilarious act, or as
a jumping-off point for creating an amusing, thrilling moment or two of
light-hearted fun.
$20.00
Tricks
20th
Century Silks
 A
classic magic trick. The magician ties two blue handerkchiefs together
and sets them aside. Then, a multi-colored "sunburst" silk is vanished.
Upon examining the blue silks a second time, the missing sunburst silk
is seen to have appeared tied between them. Made from pure silk, there
is nothing better available on the market today. Easy to do. Complete
with detailed instructions.
$ 39.98
20th Century Shorts
Two handkerchiefs are
tied together. You state that you are going to pull the handkerchiefs
through the body of a spectator. Instead, the spectator's jockey shorts
seem to be pulled from him. Twentieth Century Shorts is complete with
patter and ready to go out of the bag.
$ 20.00
20TH Century Splendo
 This
combination of 3 Splendid Magic Routines, all rolled into Prop!!! "VANISH",
"20th CENTURY" & a "BLENDO There are 3 holes drilled through the Magic
Wand. One on each end & one in the middle Silks are threaded through these
holes; A red on 1 end, a green on the opposite end & a yellow silk in
the center. The center silk is removed & VANISHED! Next the remaining
two silks are removed from the wand & the vanished yellow silk is found
to have tied itself between the other 2 silks! The 3 silks are freely
shown & now VISUALLY transform into 1 large MULTI-Colored silk! Easy to
Do!
$25.00
ABC
Blocks - Wood
 An
ALL-Time Kid Show Classic is BACK Show three wood blocks labeled A, B
& C, along with a square tube. Block A is removed and put inside a hat.
The remaining two blocks are covered with the tube. Ask the kids "Now
where is Block A?" Of course they say "In the Hat." They are correct (this
time)! You lift the tube showing the position of Blocks B & C. Block A
is placed on top of B & C, then covered with the Tube. You ask "Where
is Block B? Whatever they say is WRONG! You lift the Tube and Block B
has VANISHED! Reach into your hat and remove Block B!
$95.00
ABC Stung
 All-Time
Kid Show Favorite is BACK! Show three 8 inch x 10 inch cards with bright
bold letter. A bright green letter A; a yellow letter B; and a orange
letter C. Put these cards into the folder for safe keeping. Take two of
the cards out the A and the C card. Ask the kids "Which card is left?"
Naturally the B card is left over inside the folder. Finally you show
the B card, it's a Bright Bumble Bee! The kids yell "Turn it around".
If you play around with B's, you get stung. The B card is turned around
it says STUNG! Lots of audience participation and wild fun. Beautiful
Silk Screening! One of the greatest kids tricks ever!
$30.00
Acrobatic Silks
 All
Time Audience Pleaser! Show a wooden pole with 3 silks hanging down, 2
silks are the same color. The single odd silk is the acrobat, it can jump
from end to end. You offer to prove the acrobatic silk really does jump!
Pass the Pole behind your back, the odd color silk jumped from one side
to the other. You repeat this a 2nd time. The odd silk has jumped back
to it's original position! The kids go crazy yelling, they think you're
just turning the pole around! Its not magic! This time the odd color silk
jumps to the center of the pole. 3 18 inch Silks included. Great fun!
NO Threads to worry about!
$ 33.50
Acrobatic Fish by Viking
 This
is one of the best and funniest versions of Ken Allen's Monkey Bar ever
invented. You begin with one large fish hanging from a cord. You proceed
to make the fish jump from one end of the rod to the other. Finally, the
obvious solution occurs to your audience, but you're one step ahead of
them, and the fish magically jumps to the middle cord. As a surprise ending,
you take your bow, and when you look again at the stick there are now
THREE FISH hanging, one from each cord! This is so well made, you won't
believe the unit is self-contained. The method is so simple, you'll be
performing this minutes after you receive it. Finest quality, complete
with routine. Each fish measures 9" long, made of brillient gold lame;
the stick is just 1" in diameter.
$60.00
Codology
from Kovari Magic
 The
classic Monkey Bar brought up to date by Kovari Magic! The children in
your audience will scream when the following sequence transpires: Show
a bar from which hands three lengths of rope. On the end of one rope is
a gilttering, golden fish. The fish is one one of the end pieces of rope.
After considerable by-play in which the magician tells the children that
the fish has jumped from one end of the bar to the next (they can clearly
see that he's simply turning the bar end for end behind his back, and
they tell him so, LOUDLY), the fish jumps to the CENTER rope. For a spectacular
finish, the magician causes two more fish to appear on the other ropes!
Super-high quality construction throughout makes Codology a dream to use.
The fish are hand made from glittering fabric in three colors and the
bar itself (which does most of the dirty work for you) is made from heavy-duty
plastic.
$ 80.00
Monkey Bar - Nu-Way
Completely
Different Method - Suitable for Stage! Show a large wooden baton with
three cords running through it. At the end of each cord is a ball, two
of which are of the same color (say red), and one a different color (say
yellow). Now show the cord run freely through the holes, and the balls
are securely tied on the cords. Explain you'll make the ball jump from
one cord to the other. You pass the baton behind your back, and the odd
colored ball jumps from one end (say left) to the other (right). The audience
is not impressed, - they know you are just turning the baton around behind
your back. You appear offended at not be believed, and offer to prove
conclusively that the balls do jump from one cord to the other. The baton
is passed behind the back once again, and when brought to the front, the
odd colored ball is now tied on the middle rope, between the two similar
colored ones. Thick cords, and large balls, making it very visible even
on the larger stage. Easily adapt the baton for use in any of the other
presentations!
$25.00
Aldini
Bowl Production
 Created
by Aldini. Manufactured by MAK Magic. Complete Vanish of a Bowl of Water!
The Westgate Bowl Production has gone automatic! There is no fumbling.
The mere action of picking up the stand does the trick for you. This outfit
produces a bowl of water over 6 inches in diameter and 4 1/2 inches high.
The bowl has a double wall so you may produce dry silks before the water
bowl production. Work surrounded.! Comes complete with the bowl, stand,
cover, and soft attractive covering cloth.
$150.00
Animal Balloon Penetration
A 260Q Balloon Animal is blown inside a tube. A plastic stick goes
right thru a balloon animal encased in a tube. The 260Q Balloon is unharmed
and can be take out of the tube and used to make your favorite balloon
sculpture.
$15.00
Appearing
8 foot Pole
 This
is the classic appearing EIGHT foot pole. Imagine the look on the audience
face when you look inside a very small lunch bag and out pops what appears
to be an eight foot solid oak pole! This looks real even close-up. When
the first sample was shipped to us, I couldn’t figure out how it could
possibly collapse. It just didn’t make any sense. Your mind will boggle
when you find out how it works! Seriously, if you aren't absolutely impressed
with this concept, we will refund every penny! The visual on this is incredible,
your audience will not believe their eyes. Even close-up you can’t figure
it out! Put it in their hands and they still can’t figure it out! This
is visual high-powered magic at it’s best, at an extremely reasonable
price. Imagine anytime during your act you reach into your pocket, a hat
or a little paper sack and pull out this pole! I know it sounds impossible,
but once you have this thing in your hands, that’s exactly what you will
be able to do. It’s simple, in fact so simple a child could easily do
it! Don’t confuse this with the appearing canes and candles on the market.
We all know those have seams you can see. This pole is VISUALLY seamless
no coils or springs of any kind. You can do this right out in the audience
surrounded with no fear of being caught.
Appearing
10' Pole - $ 50.00
Appearing
8' Pole - $ 40.00
Appearing 10ft Straw Trick
 **
A Great Opener ** EFFECT: The magician walks hurriedly onto stage carrying
a McDonald’s bag looking worried and stressed. As he looks at his watch,
he announces, “Oh, I was so late I didn’t even get a chance to have dinner...
well, at least, I got to stop at McDonald’s.” He sets the bag on the table
and looks in... and pulls out a hamburger... “one hamburger!”, he explains.
He looks in again and becomes upset when he pulls out a coke, “Would you
look at that! They gave me a small coke and I paid for a large one!” (Waits
for audience response ... A-A-W-W-W!) He then looks into the bag one last
time and shouts with much exuberance, “Well, at least they gave me a large
straw!.” He pulls out an eight-foot long McDonald’s straw!
Appearing 10' Straw
- $ 50.00
Appearing
8' Straw - $ 40.00
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