Schindler, George: Entertainment First! ©1977 George Schindler Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 25 pages ©1982 Third Printing

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Comments: Lecture plus 13 Bonus Tricks. As lecture notes, all the details of the necessary sleights are not provided, but there is certainly enough detail for the experienced magician.

Contents (from book):

1 Entertainment First!: Introduction
2 Close Up Standing Up: Full routine outline. Also references Silk Penetration from Tarbell Vol IV, and Devano Rising Cards from Ganson's Art of Close Up Vol 2.
3 - Sponge Ball Routine: in the spectator's hands
4 - Peek Production: brief description
4 - Ambitious Card: Requires Double Lift, Pass, top palm (not explained)
5 - Card to Pocket: basic approach is explained
5 - Comic Prediction: two card revelation gags
6 - Flying Coins: coins across, no gimmicks
7 - Copper and Silver: no gimmicks
7 - Table Transposition: more coin magic
8 - Coin In The Ring: using a folding half
10 Chop Cup Routine: using a standard chop cup set, handkerchief, shot glass, and a large final load
13 Star Prediction: ESP card trick; variation of Joseph M. White effect
14 Ghost Match: match returns to matchbook
15 Decap: follow up for above (from Magic With Everyday Objects)
16 Magic from Phoenix: selection of tricks from Phoenix magazine
16 - Tic-Tac-Toe (1949): mentalist blocks winning move in Tic-Tac-Toe Game
18 - Newspaper Test (1949): book test with a newspaper
19 - Lights Out (1950): cigarette smoke answers questions
19 - Billet Switch (1950): using a matchbook
20 - Dial (1950): clever telephone mentalism
21 - A Swindle (1950): winning $4 with cigarettes
21 - Six Sided Spirit (1951): named simple figure appears on a paper
22 - One In a Million (1951): X is marked on a card and returned to deck, spectator selects another card, the one with the X!
22 - Sealed Penetration (1951): good follow up to above
23 - Torn Quartet (1952): four way center tear
24 Gags: 15 one-liner jokes to use during performance