Miller, Gordon: Comedy Tonight ©1983 Abbott Magic Co., Colon, MI Softcover, 8.25x10.75", 60 pages

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Comments: This book is an edited, augmented, and slightly abridged version of material which originally appeared as: "Comedy Magic" by Percy Abbott; "Comedy Tricks and Gags" by Davey Jones; "Just for Laughs" by Don 'Whizzer the Clown' Bridwell; "Comedy Book (From Here to Obscurity)" by Val Andrews, and "Comedy Stunts" by Augustus Rapp.

Contents: (page numbers updated and corrected Jan 2016)

1 Comedy Magic (Percy Abbott)
1 What Is Comedy?
2 Fat And Thin Girl
3 Comedy Card Trick
3 Egg Bag
4 Production Egg Bag
4 Funnel And Foo Can
4 Milk Through Head
4 Cigarettes And Cigars
5 A String Of Bills
5 Big Money
5 Shoelace Trick
6 Coffee Trick
6 Harry Cecil Block Effect
7 Banana Gag
7 Paper Hat And Fan
7 Duck Trick
7 A Long Reach
8 Raise Thy Foot
8 Flapjack Trick
9 Comedy Rope Trick
9 Famous Bullet Catching
10 Wide Open Space
10 Hypnotic Gag
10 Egg And Glass Trick
10 A Sure Shot
11 Bursting A Bag
11 A Card Is Hooked
11 Egg Shampoo
11 Striptease Vanish
12 Quick Change
12 Upstairs And Down
12 The Elusive Lady
12 A Mouse Trap
13 Winter Is Here
13 Spring Is Here
13 A Strange Case
13 That's Funny
13 Bird Cage Gag
13 A Report
14 It Bounces
14 Danger Vs Laughs
14 A Heavy Wand
14 Be Careful
15 How It's Done
15 Hard Of Hearing
15 Lemonade
16 Water-Water
16 Beads Of Perspiration
16 That's Right
16 A Quiz
16 Bread Please
17 Correct Time
17 A Pull Gag
17 Nuts
17 The Orange Bounds
18 A Drink
18 Time To Go
18 Slight Delay

19 Comedy Tricks & Gags (by Davey Jones)
19 Dedication
19 Forword - I Knew Him When
20 Before We Start
21 Yumpin' Yoyo
24 Rubber Rope
24 The Peekaboo Posies
25 Blade Bits
28 Tips On The Blade Trick
30 Miracle Of The Mike
32 Full Empty Fun
33 The Egg Tube
35 A Cig Quickie
36 Comedy Hit Parade
36 - Yakity Yak
37 - Illusion
37 - Bill In Lemon Bang
37 - Salary Production
38 - Reward
38 - Eye Protection
38 - Table Lighter
39 - Flighty Cards
39 - Long Egg
39 - Book Worms
39 Common Logic Card Trick
42 The Foo Box
44 The Rabbit Chamber
44 Gags Are Funny Things
47 The New Wrist Watch Trick
49 Tie - Rific
50 Cards To Flowers
51 Candle Capers
54 Radar Cane
56 The Twentieth Century Necktie
59 Production Tips
63 Conclusion

65 "Just For Laughs" (by Don 'Whizzer the Clown' Bridwell)
65 Introduction
68 Makeup: What-Why-And-How
71 Wigs And Skullcaps
72 Costumes And Wardrobe Accessories
74 Clown Names
75 What Should I Do?
75 - The Pie Salesman
76 - The Hot Dog Machine
77 - The Reducing Machine
78 Small Bits For Working With Children
81 Securing Bookings
82 Clubs For Clowns
83 Last Minute Tips
84 Laugh And Live A Clown's Creed

85 "Comedy Book" From Here To Obscurity (Val Andrews)
85 Introduction
85 Presentation For Multiplying Candles
86 Gag With Production Dice
86 Limp Chicken Gag
86 Follow Up To Fish Catching Trick
86 Patter Routine For Rice Bowls
87 Patter For Chinese Sticks
87 Mine Uncle Ethelred (Passe Passe Bottles)
88 Closeup Bar Act
91- Patter For The Closeup Bar Act
92 The Nineteenth Century Silks
95 Val Andrew's Night Club Linking Ring Routine
95 - Requirements
96 - Set Up
96 - The Routine Moves
96 - Drop Count
98 - Linking Two Rings
98 - Linking Second Two Rings
98 - Linking Two Pairs
98 - Pull Through Move
100 - Two Rings Into One
100 - The Routine Patter And Presentation
103 - Additional Presentation Tips
104 - Presentation Points

107 "Comedy Stunts" (by Augustus 'Gus' Rapp)
107 Quiet Comedy Opening
108 Baby And Milk Bottle
108 Comedy With A Pocket Handkerchief
110 Comedy With Hat And Hat Rack
111Comedy Bump On Head
111 Squirting Water Through Performer's Head
111 A Comedy Patter Bit
112 Comedy With Platter And Rubber Balls
112 Comedy Dancing Handkerchief
112 Comedy Clock
113 Comedy Cow And Glass Of Milk
113 Comedy Production Drum
113 Comedy Rising Hat
114 Firecrackers In Hat
114 Comedy Trick Dog
115 Comedy Bouquet
115 Spitting Dog Head On Cane
115 Burlesque Vanishing Act
115 Smoking A Lamp
116 Dancing Hat
116 Comedy Cigarette
116 Coconut Shells
116 Comedy With A Bicycle
117 Comedy With An Oil Can
117 Nailing On Suspenders
117 Saw Buck And Saw
117 Comedy Cuspidor
117 Lighting A Cigar From A Light Bulb
118 Burlesque Rope Walking
118 Balancing Handkerchief
118 Perspiration
118 Burlesque Coin Trick
119 Crockery And Tin Bucket
119 Clown And Donkey
120 Comedy Glass Of Beer
120 Trick Bar Room
122 Comedy Rooster Lays Six Eggs
122 Cutting An Apple On An Assistant's Palm
123 Comedy Decapitation Act
124 Goldfish Catching For The Comedy Magician
125 The Electric Nose
125 Comedy Egg Trick
126 Bouquet And Glass Of Beer
126 Comedy Handkerchief And Flag Trick
127 Comedy With Flower In Buttonhole
127 Comedy Book And Scissors
127 Cigar Box And Paper Shavings
128 Comedy Game Of Dice
128 Comedy Entrance
129 The Dancing Skeleton
129 The Rain Maker
129 Comedy Hat And Ribbons
130 Comedy Duck And Dishes
130 Comedy 'Have A Drink' Wine Keg
131 The Dynamite Factory
132 Comedy Automobile For Comedy Tramp Magician
132 Comedy Numbers
133 Comedy Jail For Magician Or Juggler
133 A Burlesque Magic Act
134 Dog And Sausage Machine
135 Locomotive And Freight Car
135 Burlesque Mindreading
136 Burlesque Mental Act
137 Comedy Vent Dummies
137 Comedy Hat
138 Stunts For Jugglers
138 - Balancing Cigar Boxes And Lamp
138 - Paper Covered Hoop
139 - Comedy With Cigar Boxes
139 - Comedy Potato Juggling
140 - Ball On Parasol
140 1- Bouncing Handkerchief
140 - Shot In The Arm
141 - Comedy Lamp For Jugglers
141 - Comedy Vests
141 - Comedy With Hat
141 - Comedy Balancing Trick
142 - Comedy Donkey
143 Patter For The Comedy Juggler