Kaufman, Richard: Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy ©2020 Richard Kaufman Hardcover, w/dj, 582 pages

Courtesy Najee Williams/Hocus Pocus Focus

Comments: Photos by Julie Eng

Contents (from book ToC):

16 Foreword (Tony Giorgio)
17 Larry Jennings: A Magician's Magician {Tony Giorgio)
21 Introduction (Richard Kaufman)
28 Jennings Talks About His Early Exposure to Magic

31 Chapter 1 The Breaks
33 History
34 The Left Pinky Breas in the Center or Bottom of the Deck
35 Ciiff Green's Multiple Buckle Technique
37 How to Spread Cards and Conceal the Break
37 The Left Pinky Break on Top of the Deck
38 Robert-Houdin's Method
39 Okashina Dekigoto - Japanese Twisting the Aces
43 - The Buckle Count
47 The Push and Pull
47 The Double Push Off
47 The Thumb Count and Right Thumbtip Break
49 - The Biddle Grip
49 Dai Vernon's Squeeze Break
49 - Two Hands
51 - One Hand
52 Rescuing a Break (Dai Vernon)
53 Verdnase Break - A Right Pinks Break
54 To Transfer a Left Pinky Break to a Verdnase Break
55 Erdnase's Revolution from a Verdnase Break
55 - The Jennings Pulldown
56 - The Basic Technique
57 - As a Cut Which Retains the Bottom Card
57 - A Brief Yet Ambitious Effect
58 Greek Break
59 Converting a Greek Break into a Pinky Break - The Preferred Readjustment
59 Dai Vernon's Greek Break Cut
60 AutoBreak (Lin Searles)
61 Jogs
61 - To Outjog a Card
62 - To Injog a Card
65 Jennings Talks About the Need for Tools and Practice

69 Chapter Two: Double And Triple Undercut Work
71 History
72 The Double Undercut with a Verdnase Break
72 - 1. From Top to Bottom for a Single Card
74 - 2. From Top to Bottom for Multiple Cards
75 - 3. From Center to Top (or Bottom)
77 A Wee Equivoque
78 Four-Card Cutting Control
79 Braue Reverse (Jennings Finesse)
81 The Four Ace Bet
82 Gordon Bruce Outjog Addition: First Handling
83 A Placement Cut
85 The Double Undercut with a Block Pushoff (the Reverse Double Undercut)
85 - 1. From Bottom to Top for a Single Card
86 - 2. From Bottom to Top for Multiple Cards
87 -- Method One
88 -- Method Two
89 -- Method Three
90 The Double and Triple Undercut Combinations
90 - 1. From Center to Top, Top Stock Retained; Also a Multiple Control
92 - 2. From Center to Top, Original Top Card to Bottom
95 - 3. Top and Bottom Cards Transposed with a Double Undercut
96 Devious Open Prediction
98 Unpredictable Prediction
100 Cheshire Aces
102 Kings Trap Choice
103 - Four Kings Trap Three Choices
104 Sandwich sans Roy
104 - In Two Places at the Same Time
107 - A Magical Appearance
109 - The Paradoxically Simple Sandwich
113 Quick Reverse
114 The Simplex Visitor
114 - ATFUS (Elmsley/Marlo) with a Verdnase Break Version One
118 Without Warning!
121 Always Cut the Cards
121 - Version One Ungimmicked
122 -- ATFUS with a Verdnase Break Version Two
124 - Version Two Gimmicked
124 -- Gordon Bruce Outjog Addition Second Handling
127 The Joker Finds a Thought-of Card
129 Placement Cut Collectors
133 Jennings Talks About the Double Lift and Top Change

135 Chapter Three: Multiple Lifts And More
137 History
139 The Hit Minus One Double Turnover
143 The Covered Double Turnover
145 The Covered Triple Turnover
145 The Expedient Lift
148 The Dead Certain Double
149 The New Theory Getready
151 The Vernon Light Lift
153 The Dai Vernon Pushoff (Jennings Fingering)
154 The Larry Jennings Pushoff
157 The Stuart Gordon Lift (Jennings Finesse)
159 The Quick Tip Turnover (Covering Large Multiple Lifts)
161 Quick Tip Count Down
163 Center Double Lift
164 Jennings Turnover Switch
166 A Graceful Way of Holding a Double Card with the Left Hand
166 Uncommon Methods of Getting Ready for the Double Lift
166 - First Method (End Over End Turn)
168 - Second Method (Pivot and Duck)
169 - Third Method (Outjogged Pivot and Duck)
169 - Fourth Method (The Long Distance Double Lift Getready)
171 -- Vanish and Reappearance of a Card
172 - Fifth Method (The Gordon Turnover and Isolated Reverse)
173 Unloading One Card from a Double Lift
173 - First Method - Sideways Turnover
175 - Second Method - End Over End Turnover
175 - Third Method - The LJ Change
178 - Fourth Method - A Two-Card Change
180 When the Double Card Leaves the Hands
180 - First Method - Bounce Double
182 - Second Method - The Free-Fall Double
183 -- New Dual Discovery
184 - Third Method: Warp and Drop
186 -- A Simple, Yet Strong Prediction
186 - Fourth Method: Marlos Two Card Throw (Jennings Finesse)
187 Ambitious Card Interlude
188 On Transpositions
189 - The New Double Double
190 - Vernon's Clean-Up Move
192 - The Bastard Son of the King of Hearts
194 - Everyman's Transposition
195 - Circus Transposition
197 -- The Depth Illusion, Original Dai Vernon Get-Ready and Technique
198 Deep Transposition
200 Deep Transposition II
202 Numerical Aces Plus One to Four
209 Return to 1002nd Aces
209 - Version One
211 -- The Covered Double Turnover as an Add-On Move
213 - Version Two
215 -- The Misdirective Outjog Switch
217 - Version Three
219 - Version Four
221 The Hofzinser/Leech Switch with a Verdnase Break
223 Slow-Motion Five-Card Ace Assembly
227 The Card that Changes in Front of their Eyes
227 - Vernon's Depth Illusion
229 A Mysterious Visit
231 Four Aces and Four Selections
233 The Strange Case of the Unsinkable Ace
233 - Version One Ungimmicked
238 - Version Two Gimmicked
240 In Space
240 - Version One Ungimmicked
242 - Version Two Gimmicked
244 Remember and Forget-Me-Not
245 Triumphantly Turning Back Time
248 Ambitious Classic Revisited
255 Jennings Talks About Where to Look

257 Chapter Four: The Reluctant Packeteer: Tricks Which Rely Mainly On False Counting a Packet
259 History
260 The All-Count Technique
261 - The Elmsley Count
263 - The Flushtration Count
264 - The Hamman Two as Four Count
266 The Hamman Count
268 - Finessed Hamman With a Verdnase Break
269 The Simplest Twist
271 Twisting the Leader
273 Underground Oil and Queens
276 One-Hand Maestros Poker Demonstration
279 The Grismer Count
281 Eight Damned Queens
284 - The Rhythm Count With Four Cards
285 The Eye Popper
286 - Finesse for Adding a Card to the Face of a Packet
286 The Rhythm Count With Five Cards
288 The Final Reset
288 - Secret Subtraction with a Verdnase Break
290 - The Rhythm Count (With Six Cards)
291 Four Cards All Alike
291 - Version One LJ Multiple Display Sequence
293 - Version Two
295 - Version Three
296 Original Uni-Flection
300 - Four Cards All Alike Version Four
303 Four Cards All Alike Version Five
305 Knoxville Aces Rethought
309 Tilting Through Time
310 - False Count As Add-On
311 Twisting the Aces
314 A Treatise on Bro. Hamman's The Magic Cards
315 - Method One
316 - Method Two
319 - Method Three
323 O Henry Gets Jazzed
331 O.J. Aces
334 Wild Card Jennings Style
340 Look An Illusion!
340 - Classic Handling
343 - New Handling
346 Jennings Talks About Flourishes, and Patter

349 Chapter Five: An Assortment Of Techniques And Sleights
351 Repeat Indicator: First Exercise in Holding Multiple Breaks
354 The Double Slop Shuffle: Second Exercise in Holding Multiple Breaks
354 - The Spectator Peek
356 Overhand Shuffle Techniques
357 - New Third Finger Break
360 -- Magician and Spectator Cut to the Aces
362 -- Additional Overhand Shuffle Work with the Third Finger Break
364 - Overhand Shuffle Jog (Jennings Finesse)
364 -- Jennings Makes Good
367 - The Last Card
368 - Erdnase False Overhand Shuffle, Jennings Finesse
371 Shelley's Quadruple Coincidence (Mike Shelley; Jennings Finesse)
375 - Gordon Bruce False Overhand Shuffle
376 Overhand Shuffle Speller
378 Free-Cut Poker Deal
380 LJ on Vernon's Weight Guesser
382 Subtractions
382 - LJ Unloading Move
383 - Unloading Technique from a Packet
385 - Elevated Rub A Dub
386 Switches
386 - New Grip Hofzinser/Leech Change
386 -- Version One A Covered Switch
388 -- Version Two A Covered Multiple Top Change
390 - The Optical Toss and Two Applications
392 - Optical Transposition
393 - Red-Black Separation and Mate Location
396 The Silhouette Switch
398 Controls
398 - New Peek Control
400 - Discrepancy Switch
401 - Bottom Placement
403 Four Cards All Alike Version Six
405 The Alpha Control
406 Faceless Mystery Card
406 - Version One
409 - Version Two
411 Two Card Control with a Plunging Cut
413 Multi-Directional Simple Shift
426 The Atrocious Bottom Deal
418 Discrepant - See?
419 Stabbed Coincidence
421 - Simon's Business Card Prophesy Displacement (Jennings Finesse)
421 T.K. Change
422 T.K. No Turn
423 New Attempt at Thought-Card Trick
425 No-Gaff Handling of Don Englands Collectors
429 Double-Deal Drop Switch
431 Slip Cut Finesse
431 - Technique One
432 -- Twin Peeks Control
434 - Technique Two
435 Open Slip Cut Force
436 Two Optical False Cuts
436 - The Lazy Mans False Cut
438 - Wrist Turn False Cut
440 Frank Thompson's EZ Ace Cut
441 Your Palms Between
441 - Method One (With Duplicate)
444 - Method Two (Without Duplicate)

447 Chapter Six: Almost Solely Self-Working
449 History
450 Simplex Four-to-Seven Locator
451 Easy Intuition
453 The Relatively Unknown Location
455 Flush-ing the Relatively Unknown Location
457 Ace-ing the Relatively Unknown Location
460 Dissertation on an Old Trick
460 - Version No.1
460 - Version No.2
461 - Version No.3
462 - Version No.4
463 - Version No.5
465 - Version No.6
465 Smith's Myth Turns Over
466 Smith's Pocket Myth
469 Triple Discovery
471 Triumph for the Terrified
474 Two Knowns Equal an Unknown
474 - Placement Cut with Verdnase Break
475 Lucky 32
477 Getting to Nine
479 The Mysterious Spelling Three
482 Number Transposition
483 Impossible
487 Impossible Fore-Shadowed
488 The Close-Up Illusion
495 Jennings Talks About Misdirection

497 Chapter Seven: Biddling And Other Ways To Avoid Palming
499 History
500 The Proper Ways to Perform Dai Vernons Strip-Out Addition
503 Rapid Transit District (R.T.D.) Aces and Faster Than Light (F.T.L.) Aces
507 The Gentlemen Aces
508 Vernon Transfer Move (Jennings Finesse)
511 DeeVee Miracle
513 Verily Visiting
518 Two Trips to the Hotel
518 - Version One
521 - Version Two
523 LJ on O. Henry Aces
526 Additions
526 - Braue Addition Plus
527 - Beyond Braue
528 - Stolen Braue
529 The D.C.D. Switch
530 - The Nopen Prediction No.1
531 - The Nopen Prediction No.2
533 - Coincidentally D.C.D.
533 - Diamond Cut Diamond
535 - Diamond Cut, Plus Jokers
536 - Diamond Cuts to Your Pocket
538 Not Biddle, But
538 - The One at a Time Add-On
543 - Optical Add-On
545 Meta-Ssembly
545 - Take and Leave Switch
549 Olde Tyme Aces
554 Add-On Aces
559 Simple Seven-Card Assembly
562 Monarch's Quartette the Third
564 California Red Prediction
566 Mental Reverse
567 ATFUS with a Verdnase Break: Version Three
568 Multi-Faced Mystery
571 Ace-Faced Mystery
573 Simple Thought Card to Pocket
575 - Card to Pocket Move
575 Audacious Collectors
576 Triple Cut Scatter Load
578 Cloudburst Selections
580 - Triple Cut Scatter Load