Ford, Jim: 101 Best Stunts ©1933 Jim Ford, Rotary Club, NJ Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 35 pages

Comments: Ideas to make your club meeting more enjoyable. Not much magic, and a few questionable stunts but you may find some workable ideas. Please note that there are a few articles with racist language/ideas. This must have been a fairly popular book as there were at least seven volumes published.

Contents (from book):

2 Ready to Serve (Jim Ford): introduction
3 Fake Radio Broadcast (Guy Edwards)
3 Musical Number (F.B. Troupe): song guessing game
3 Floor Lamp Stunt: comedy departing gift
4 Eating Gold Fish: gag
4 Bachelor Quartette: story
4 Kiddy Bikes (J.R. Bryant): a race game
5 Phone and Age Trick (Prof William Kirsch): mathematical divination
5 Drawing the Pig: drawing stunt
5 Bewhiskered: impersonation idea
6 Movie Stunt (Alvin Sloan): guessing game
6 Song Contest (C.C. Cappel): singing game
6 Paint: gag
7 Cutting Up: a shadow cat operation
7 And Just Then (Art Nicolai): comedy gag for the wait staff
7 Autobiographies (C.N. Merrill): 60 second autobiography challenge
8 Upside Down: stage stunt
8 Old Crow (H.G. Evans: not the kind of drink you'd want
8 Where'd You Get Her? (Fred R. Widman): where did you meed your wife?
8 Making Faces: drawing contest
9 Questionnaire: 10 quiz questions
9 Type Reading (Bob Drake): reading backwards
10 Prize Pig: fun with a real pig
10 How's Your Memory?: game
10 Yard Sticks: balancing game
11 Bubble Gum: largest bubble contest
11 Flowers: best speaker gift
11 Animal Crackers: whistle while eating crackers
11 Stop That: gag with the waitress
12 Broadcasting: fake radio
12 Wait for Three (Herman Panima): gag
12 Helping the Other Fellow: donation idea
13 Cut Prices: argument stunt
13 In-Vest-Ing: what's in your pockets?
13 Noisy Cigars: gag with loaded cigar
14 Isms (Walter Dunlap): fake question answering
14 The Dropped Bowl: fake broken gift
15 Ye Old Donkey: pin the tail
15 Self Denial Meeting: sparse dinner so proceeds go to charity
15 Glorious Forth (Ted Collins): idea for an odd celebration
16 Spoon Pictures: two person mental trick
16 Introducing Self: alternate way
16 Christmas Stunt (Ed King): gifts with verses
17 Removing Shirt: trick stunt
17 The Governor Arrives: false entrance for late member
17 Arithmetic: word puzzle
18 Starting Something (W.L. DeCoursey): fake dues discussion
18 Parking (R.C. Worrell): fake issue with someone's car
18 Gets Acquainted (Bill Guppy): personal lunch
19 Missing Silverware: setting up a thief
19 Moooooo!: animal costume idea
19 Quartette: singing event
19 March 17th: Clay pipes for St. Patrick's Day
20 Friend X: anonymous friends
20 Scattering Members: changing up the seating arrangement
20 Flowers: celery instead of flowers
21 Lavish: fake bond gift
21 Waiters' Night: comedy sketch
21 Choose Your Brand: smoking test
22 A Walk-Out (A.F.L. Johnson): walking out on the speaker
22 Know Your Members: little-known questions
22 Spelling Contest: game
22 Whistling: contest
23 How It's Done: another two person mental trick
23 Battle Royal: blindfolded boxing
23 Chewing String: marshmallow contest
24 For New Year's: Father Time act
24 White Elephants: old items for the relief committee
24 Colored Member: membership discussion
24 Another Quartette: singing
25 Jumping: over a broomstick
25 Geography: Capitol quiz
25 Christmas Tree: sketch in the dark
25 Valentine: sealed envelopes with Valentines
26 Fake Hold-Up (C.J. Whitney): an act
26 Out of Their Class (Bob Getchell): five minute speech idea
26 Bawled Out: fake letter
27 Disgruntled: fake radio announcement
27 Punch Board: game
27 Presidents: quiz game
27 Football Squad: joining forces
28 Board of Governor's Meeting: an act
28 Illness: comedy skit
28 Smash (Lewis P. Smith): gift breaks upon receiving
29 Home for Children (R.C. Stills): comedy bit with dolls
29 Missing Line: finish the quote game
29 Return Towels: accusing a member of towel theft
30 Questions: history quiz
30 Smoker's Contest: quickest smoke
30 Leaking Glass: gag
30 Mustaches: best mustache contest
31 Pigs Is Pigs (Walter Dunlap): comedy gift
31 Baby Pictures: guess who
31 Old Timers: costume idea
32 Finish It: rhyme quiz
32 Round-Table: warm-up
32 Diamonds: 10 year anniversary idea
33 Headlines: comedy skit
33 A Woman's Secret (Bill Lake): wives substituted for their husbands
34 Christmas Stunt (Hod Mason): follow the string to the prize
34 Bedroom Suite: comedy gift
34 Your Life in a Minute (J.C. Thayer): brief biographies
35 Unsolicited Testimonials