Jones, Davey: Comedy Tricks & Gags ©1950 Abbott Magic Co., MI Softcover, stapled manuscript, 8.5x11", 25 pages Published in the U.K. by Supreme Magic, Bideford, Devon, England

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Comments: Also included as part of the Abbott compilation book Comedy Tonight.

Contents (taken from the "Comedy Tonight" version, page numbers do not reflect original)

1 Dedication
1 Foreword - I Knew Him When (Donald 'Monk' Watson)
2 Before We Start

3 Yumpin' Yo-yo: cut and restored Yo-Yo String, and more
6 Rubber Rope: stretching a rope
6 The Peekaboo Posies: using a Blooming Bouquet
7 Blade Bits: a switching apparatus for the razor blade trick
10 Tips On The Blade Trick
12 Miracle Of The Mike: cut and restored microphone cable
14 Full Empty Fun: with Merv Taylor's FL-MT glass & Milk Pitcher, etc.
15 The Egg Tube: egg is dyed as it passes through magazine tube
17 A Cig Quickie: cigarette to egg
18 Comedy Hit Parade
18 - Yakity Yak: gag with clacking teeth
19 - Illusion: balloon bursting gag
19 - Bill In Lemon Bang: spectator gets a surprise
19 - Salary Production: drawer box gag
20 - Reward: give the spectator a quarter
20 - Eye Protection: for cut and restored tie
20 - Table Lighter: pun
21 - Flighty Cards: aviator deck gag
21 - Long Egg: stretched egg gag
21 - Book Worms: spring snake gag
21 Common Logic Card Trick: comedy card revelation
24 The Foo Box: beans vanish
26 The Rabbit Chamber: Presentation for Jack Gwynne's Tip Over Rabbit Vanish
26 Gags Are Funny Things: over a couple dozen one-liners
29 The New Wrist Watch Trick: wrist watch vanishes and re-appears twice
31 Tie - Rific: selection appears on bow-tie
32 Cards To Flowers: using spring flowers
33 Candle Capers: ideas for a Candle Tube
36 Radar Cane: magician finds selection at the end of a cane
38 The Twentieth Century Necktie: cut and restored tie combined with 20th Century Silks
41 Production Tips: several ideas for comedy production items

45 Conclusion