Moehring, John: The Magical Life of Marshall Brodien ©2007 McFarland Books Softcover, perfect-bound, 6x9", 271 pages ISBN: 978-0-7864-3182-3

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Comments: "Creator of TV Magic Cards and Wizzo the Wizard". A Biography

Contents (Chapters, from McFarland Books website):

1 Preface
3 Chapter 1 Whatever Happened to Wizzo?: Marshall's television character
9 Chapter 2 Sellers of the Secrets
20 Chapter 3 Riverview Park: sideshow magician
31 Chapter 4 First Pitch on the Tube: television commercial for cups and balls
34 Chapter 5 Odd Fellows and a Tall Tale : sideshow work
38 Chapter 6 Cicero, the Mob & Beyond: 19 year old Brodien
50 Chapter 7: Trouping with an Alligator: touring with an animal show
56 Chapter 8 Carnival Knowledge: house magician
63 Chapter 9 Abracadabra, You’re Drafted: going to war
68 Chapter 10 A Spell of Hypnosis: stage hypnotist with the Army
74 Chapter 11 Straitjackets & Shenanigans: more Army magic
88 Chapter 12 Nightclub Necromancer
98 Chapter 13 The Cairo: supper club
108 Chapter 14 Bozo's Circus: TV show
113 Chapter 15 New Girlfriend and a Prize Fight
120 Chapter 16 Pass on the Playboy: the mansion
123 Chapter 17 Presto! Less Hypno: state and county fairs
130 Chapter 18 Taking on Trade Shows
136 Chapter 19 Mike Douglas Show
141 Chapter 20 A Movie and a Trip to the Moon: Pillsubry Company
144 Chapter 21 Doody, Doody, Do: Wizzo the Wizard
150 Chapter 22 TV Magic Cards: the Svengali pitch
162 Chapter 23 Enter Mr. Eicoff: marketing
167 Chapter 24 Friends in the Biz
173 Chapter 25 The Best Partner is No Partner: Changes in TV Magic, Ltd.
178 Chapter 26 Old Chicago: Marshall Brodien Magic Shop
181 Chapter 27 The Restaurateur: Lancer Restaurant
188 Chapter 28 Visit from the FBI
192 Chapter 29 DBA Marshall Brodien Magic Co.
196 Chapter 30 Circus Daze Over: Wizzo again
200 Chapter 31 Home Shopping: cable TV
203 Chapter 32 Ships Ahoy
205 Chapter 33 Mansion For Sale
207 Chapter 34 A New Bozo
210 Chapter 35 Check, Please!: gets out of restaurant business
214 Chapter 36 ToTo's: circus theme nightclub
217 Chapter 37 Ventures in Toyland: marketing to mass marketers
225 Chapter 38 Viva Vegas: Lance Burton
230 Chapter 39 A Shot at Producing
234 Chapter 40 Marshall Meets his Match
239 Chapter 41 Magic Boom of the ’90s: Harmony Toy
245 Chapter 42 Farewell to 40 Years of Fun: pulling the plug on the Bozo show
250 Chapter 43 Sh-h-h-h... It's a Secret
254 Chapter 44 Pressing On
259 Index