Amato, Bruce: Feed 'Em & Fool 'Em
©1988 Bruce Amato
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 34 pages
Amato: Feed Em &
              Fool Em
Image courtesy eBay seller Majuju

Comments: The Restaurant Magic Technique of Bruce Amato

Contents (from book and web description, updated Dec 2019):

1 Introduction: welcome to the world of restaurant magic

2 Part 1 - Essays
2 Landing That Restaurant Job
3 The Money End of the Business: ideas on fees and the business end
4 Getting That Tip: including the Brandy Snifter technique
5 Types of Effects and Routines to Use
6 Carrying the Load
7 Don't Over Do It At One Table
7 Don't Push It: knowing when not to perform
8 Costumes and the Role They Play
9 Promotional Tactics

10 Part 2 - Effects
10 Blank-Image Ambitious Card: the ambitious card ends being the only non-blank card in the deck
11 Blank Monte (with Roland Adams): Each of four cards turns face down, then face up, and then go blank
13 ACE-O, Change-O: Two Red Aces transpose with Two Black Aces
15 Two Quarter's (Daryl): two quarters are melted in the hand into a 50 cent piece
17 Remembrance (Tom Bigson): Yet another torn and restored card effect
20 Chewing Gum Chicanery: a stick of chewing gum re-wraps itself
23 Ring of Fire: A borrowed ring penetrates a piece of string
29 X Marks The Spot (Jerry Mentzer): Impromptu test using business cards
32 A Flash in the Hand: Burnt and restored tissue paper



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