BOOKS
LIGHTS! CAMERAS! MAGIC! by DICK AND VIRGINIA WILLIAMS
After 1200 television broadcasts, Dick and Virginia Williams share their secrets, philosophy, and tricks of the trade. Learn the inside story of how to perform magic on television, from selecting material and writing scripts to finding a sponsor and producing the show.
This book, by the performers who hold the record for the longest running weekly TV magic show, reveals the secrets of television success. The authors cover every aspect of performing a magic and variety show on television; they have held nothing back. This book contains 12 information-packed chapters, accompanied by 142 photographs, 22 line drawings, and eight pages of full-color photos. With this book you will find a step-by-step system to build your successful television career.
This book will show you: How to Sell a Magic Show to a TV Station, Sponsoring, Promoting, and Publicizing, Preparing the Weekly TV Show, Performing on Television, Puppets for the TV Show, The Magic Weatherman, The Best Magic for TV, Features and Themes, Original TV Tricks, The TV Clown, Scripting, and more!
ITEM # BK0837 PRICE $35.00
CREATIVE KIDTALK by GINN, TAYLOR & SMITH
Be the Best Kidshow Entertainer You Can Be!
In 144 pages you'll find ten chapters of practical advice based on the experience of three fulltime kidshow pros--David Ginn, Sammy Smith, and Steve Taylor--all aimed at helping you become the best children's entertainer possible!
1. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION--the core of children's show because secretly every kid wants to get up and help.
2. TREATING AUDIENCE HELPERS WITH RESPECT--having fun on stage without embarrassing any volunteer.
3. SUCKER TRICKS FOR KIDS--letting them get you "up a tree" and how to get down without hurting the show.
4. ENTERTAINING PRE-SCHOOLERS--without fire or chopper tricks, you can have the 3- to 6-year-olds loving you!
5. WORKING OUTDOOR FAMILY SHOWS--what to do when it starts to rain, what tricks work best, how to be prepared.
6. ADULT VOLUNTEERS IN KIDSHOWS--kids love to see teachers and even parents helping on stage. Here's how to make that work to your advantage.
7. MIXING MESSAGES WITH MAGIC--add education without becoming boring; in fact, make the messages fun!
8. NEW TWISTS ON OLD TRICKS--dust off that prop you bought ten years ago and use it today in a different way!
9. ENTERTAINING ADULTS AT KIDSHOWS--you're doing the show to entertain the children, but the adults write your paycheck. Can you please both? Here's how!
10. FINAL WORDS AND STORIES--encouragement, influence, and inspiration, and how they can make you a better performer.
About the Authors
David Ginn, Samuel Patrick Smith, and Steve Taylor have toured the United States and Canada since 1995 presenting over 100 kidshow workshops. They have also produced an audio program called The Komedy Kid-Show Kassettes and a three-tape video series, Komedy Kid-Show Klinic Live. Alarmingly, they have over 60 years of combined experience in performing for children!
ITEM # BK0554 PRICE $15.00
KNOWING THE RISING CARDS by WILL AYLING
ITEM # BK0679 PRICE $8.50
EXPERT MANIPULATION OF PLAYING CARDS by LEWIS GANSON
For some years Davenports of London England, wished to reprint Lewis Ganson's "Expert Manipulation of Playing Cards". They have long felt this work stood alongside the best ever written on the subject. Within the copy of the book, Lewis refers the reader to a book entitled "Exhibition Card Fans". Their feeling was that they should include the relevant parts of this long out-of-print book within this work to ensure that the information contained within the section on Card Fanning is as Lewis originally intended. To do this work justice they had to re-photograph the entire book. We believe this work to be one of the very best on the subject of classic card manipulation, including as it does a comprehensive section on card fans, techniques and methods rarely seen or used today.
The book is hardbound with gold foil lettering. It has a large format of 8.5" x 12" size on quality paper. There are 121-pages and 269-illustrations.
ITEM # BK1123 PRICE $45.00
TWENTY-FIVE TIPS AND TRICKS WITH SLUSH POWDER by ROMAN LEPREE
The step by step instructions in this booklet will give you all the tips and tricks for using Slush Powder. In this book you will learn basic gags and stunts as well as full fledged magic routines. Find tips and tricks including: The Vanishing Liquid, Comedy Water Suspension, Absorbing News, Dollar Bill in Jell-O, Coffee Crank, Milk to Silk, Vanishing Silk and Reappearance, and much much more!
ITEM # BK1275 PRICE $3.00
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