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101 Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks
This abundantly illustrated, easy-to-follow guide offers beginning magicians expert advice for successfully performing over 100 tricks, each graded according to difficulty. Requiring neither sleight of hand nor complex props, these fascinating tricks can all be performed with everyday objects.
Step-by-step instructions, complemented by nearly 400 explanatory illustrations, show you how to master such all-time classics as The Inexhaustible Hat, The Cut and Restored Turban, Dyeing the Silks, The Chinese Rings, and The Vanishing Bowl of Water. You'll also learn to perform the mystifying manipulations of The Rising Cards, The Telltale Card, and The Impossible Location and to execute such quick tricks as The Invisible Lasso, Steel through Steel, and The Indestructible Handkerchief. With this book as your guide, you'll even master such baffling exploits of mental magic as Fingers That See, The Great Telephone Trick, Magic Squares, Super Memory, and dozens more. In addition to complete instructions, the text includes a glossary of professional terms, notes on constructing necessary props, and a brief but fascinating section on great magicians, past and present.
Like many magicians, author Bill Tarr has been performing since an early age. In this book, his enthusiasm, knowledge, and admiration for his subject are readily apparent. By following the expert advice and instructions he has put forth in this easy-to-follow guide, you'll soon be adept at a repertoire of tricks sure to dazzle friends and family alike.
Step-by-step instructions, complemented by nearly 400 explanatory illustrations, show you how to master such all-time classics as The Inexhaustible Hat, The Cut and Restored Turban, Dyeing the Silks, The Chinese Rings, and The Vanishing Bowl of Water. You'll also learn to perform the mystifying manipulations of The Rising Cards, The Telltale Card, and The Impossible Location and to execute such quick tricks as The Invisible Lasso, Steel through Steel, and The Indestructible Handkerchief. With this book as your guide, you'll even master such baffling exploits of mental magic as Fingers That See, The Great Telephone Trick, Magic Squares, Super Memory, and dozens more. In addition to complete instructions, the text includes a glossary of professional terms, notes on constructing necessary props, and a brief but fascinating section on great magicians, past and present.
Like many magicians, author Bill Tarr has been performing since an early age. In this book, his enthusiasm, knowledge, and admiration for his subject are readily apparent. By following the expert advice and instructions he has put forth in this easy-to-follow guide, you'll soon be adept at a repertoire of tricks sure to dazzle friends and family alike.
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First published December 1, 1992
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May 6, 2018[Original post, Nov 29 2017]
94. Twitter Tax Magic
This is one of the oldest and best tricks. It's incredibly simple, but no less effective for that. All you need is a cellphone.
1. Post three inflamatory tweets. You don't even need to write them yourself! Many magicians find it's simplest to retweet a few videos from a racist website - just make sure they're offensive enough. At least one of them should be an obvious fake.
2. Leak a couple more pronouncements of a similar kind. Pretty much anything will do. You could for example say you've changed your mind about whether Obama's birth certificate is genuine.
3. While you're publicly trading insults with one of your closest allies and the whole liberal press is yelling and looking in the wrong direction, quickly rush your tax plan through Congress.
4. Hey presto! The audience simply won't believe that one and a half trillion dollars of their money has ended up in your rich friends' bank accounts. A surefire crowd-pleaser!
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[Update, May 5 2018]
95. Stormy in a D-cup
This trick requires some slightly elaborate props, but it's totally worth the trouble. You'll need a credible charge of treason, an erotic actress, an easily persuadable judge and Rudy Giuliani.
1. Tie yourself to the credible charge of treason. Watch the audience gasp as they see the special counsel close in and they think you're done for.
2. Now the twist. Tell Rudy Giuliani to appear on TV and blurt out some transparent lies about your relationship with the erotic actress. Make sure he hams it up as much as possible and contradicts himself at least twice.
3. By now, every journalist in the world will be covering the story. Working quickly, get your judge accomplice to suggest that Robert Mueller has a conflict of interest and should not enjoy unfettered power.
4. Abracadabra! The audience will be rubbing their eyes and wondering what happened when they see that the investigation against you has been quietly dropped. Bask in the applause.
94. Twitter Tax Magic
This is one of the oldest and best tricks. It's incredibly simple, but no less effective for that. All you need is a cellphone.
1. Post three inflamatory tweets. You don't even need to write them yourself! Many magicians find it's simplest to retweet a few videos from a racist website - just make sure they're offensive enough. At least one of them should be an obvious fake.
2. Leak a couple more pronouncements of a similar kind. Pretty much anything will do. You could for example say you've changed your mind about whether Obama's birth certificate is genuine.
3. While you're publicly trading insults with one of your closest allies and the whole liberal press is yelling and looking in the wrong direction, quickly rush your tax plan through Congress.
4. Hey presto! The audience simply won't believe that one and a half trillion dollars of their money has ended up in your rich friends' bank accounts. A surefire crowd-pleaser!
_________________________
[Update, May 5 2018]
95. Stormy in a D-cup
This trick requires some slightly elaborate props, but it's totally worth the trouble. You'll need a credible charge of treason, an erotic actress, an easily persuadable judge and Rudy Giuliani.
1. Tie yourself to the credible charge of treason. Watch the audience gasp as they see the special counsel close in and they think you're done for.
2. Now the twist. Tell Rudy Giuliani to appear on TV and blurt out some transparent lies about your relationship with the erotic actress. Make sure he hams it up as much as possible and contradicts himself at least twice.
3. By now, every journalist in the world will be covering the story. Working quickly, get your judge accomplice to suggest that Robert Mueller has a conflict of interest and should not enjoy unfettered power.
4. Abracadabra! The audience will be rubbing their eyes and wondering what happened when they see that the investigation against you has been quietly dropped. Bask in the applause.
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June 22, 2017
101 Easy to Do Magic Tricks
This is really a must have book in any new magician' library. You will learn some of the best classic magic tricks that every magician knows how to do, plus how to make your own magic effects.
This is really a must have book in any new magician' library. You will learn some of the best classic magic tricks that every magician knows how to do, plus how to make your own magic effects.
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