Ace Gorham: People Know Everything

Gorham, Ace: People Know Everything!
©1959 Ireland Magic Co.
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 15 pages

Second Printing 1975

Ace Gorham: People Know Everything!
Image courtesy eBay seller Slacks!

Comments: a magical routine with patter based on a Quiz Show. Routine uses familiar effects, most but not all of them described.

Contents (from book):

3 Foreword: background on the routine
4 B&W Photo: Ace Gorham
5 Editorial Note
5 Patter and Presentation
6 Two to One Odds: using Jumbo Two Card Monte
7 Three to One Odds: using Supreme's Blind Date, or an alternate approach is provided using silks
7 Four To One: a Just Chance or Bank Night
8 Five To One: using Grant's One Chance in Five, not described, or Ecklund's Contest Influence, described
9 - Contest Influence (Robert Ecklund)
11 Six to One Odds: Using ESP symbols, Don Tanner's Jumbo ESP Cards
12 Ten to One Odds: some commercial effect suggested, or
12 - Super Ultra Perception (Tot O'Regan): one of 10 cards selected matches prediction
14 52 to 1 Odds: using the Brain Wave or Ultra Mental deck
15 1000 to One: using a nail writer
15 Alternate Effects: other effects that might work, as well as other thoughts for gag prizes


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