Page, Patrick: The Jokers' Handbook ©1981 Macdonald And Co., London Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5", 64 pages

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Comments: Illustrated by John Cameron. Part of the Whizz Kids book series. While mostly a book of pranks you can play on your family and friends, there are also a few illusions and jokes that might aid your act.

Contents:

4 Just in Fun!

5 Simple Jokes Without Props
5 A Removable Thumb: stretching thumb illusion
6 Telephone Joke: fake answering machine
7 Playground Fight: fake fighting
8 11 Fingers: a mis-count
8 Stranger at the Door: illusion
9 Wrong Digit: twisted hands physical illusion
9 Permission to Land?: gag with a matchbox
10 Nosey Parkers: street gags

11 Simple Jokes With Simple Props
11 Surprise Packets: happy cereal surprise
12 Slicing a Banana: presliced
13 The Inverted Glass: evil joke
13 Raindrops Keep Falling…: sounds like rain
14 The Magic Egg: messy gag
14 A Cracked Mirror: gag
15 Gift-wrapped Rubbish: for nosey people
15 Confetti Umbrella: another evil joke
16 An Ice Cold Drink: substitute for ice
16 The Unruly Carpet: a carpet that can't be straightened
17 Apple-pie Beds: mis-making a bed
18 String around the Corner: gag for two strangers
18 The Vanishing Pencil: optical vanish
19 A Leaking Bottle: doesn't leak until opened
19 Oops!: evil joke with ketchup
20 Balloon Booby Traps: balloons pop when the traps are sprung

22 Hand Made Jokes
22 Tools you'll need
23 Surprise Envelope: spinning disk, or paper jumping jack
24 Pop-up Bear Trap: small paper trap
25 Mummy's Finger: finger in a box moves
26 A Jelly Egg: boiled egg filled with jelly
27 Growing Man: illusion
28 The False Perfume Box: evil joke, beads fall all over
28 Jack-in-the-box: pops up from a can
29 Drink Up: drink can't be drunk
30 A Waterproof Pocket: ideas for liquid in pocket
31 A Dummy Wallet: wallet on a reel
32 Flap Cracker: noisemaker paper fold
33 Tissue Box: never-ending tissues
33 Torn Wallpaper: looks like it's torn
34 The Invisible Dog: on a leash
35 The Ugly Portrait: mirror in a book
35 Edible Goldfish: from carrots
36 Watch Out!: messy door alarm
37 Flying Bat: flys across room
38 Painted Tyres and Wellies: Invisible ink until wet
40 Floating Sugar Lumps: make a sugar cube float
40 Creepy-Crawly!: a rolling toy
41 Parking Ticket: evil joke
42 Signs of the Times: joke signs

44 Party Jokes
44 Guess the Object: game
45 Balancing Feat: how to stop without spilling water
45 A Drinking Problem: puzzle
46 Where's the Body?: a head moves on a table
47 A Live Dwarf: miniature person illusion
48 The Egg Walk: game with a gag
49 A Squirting Bottle: string squirts
50 Spotting the Spots: evil joke
51 Walking the Plank: physical illusion
51 Invisible Furniture: game with a gag

52 Messy News: making a newspaper hard to read
53 Ripping Door: surprise when the door is opened
53 No Entry: magazine can't be read
54 The Long Thread: helper pulls continuous thread
55 Off the Peg: locking up a coat
56 Guess What?: guessing doodle pictures
58 Action Problems: riddles

60 Reference Section
60 Famous Hoaxes: in history
62 Jokes & Magic Shops
62 Books

63 Index