White, Laurence B. Jr.; Ray Broekel: The Trick Book ©1979 Laurence B. White, Jr.; Ray Broekel, Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, NY Hardcover, w/dj, 95 pages ISBN: 0-385-13581-5

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Comments: Tricks, practical jokes, and games

Contents (from book):

Foreword:

5 Foreword

10 Chapter One: Tricks To Try
12 Quick ... Do This!: verbal gags
13 Can You Follow Directions?
14 The Paper-Clip Trick: impossible stunt
16 A Trick-E Paragraph
17 Impossible!: physical stunt
18 The Unbelievable Roller Balls: balls roll in the hands
20 The Old Right-Handed Mitten Trick: puzzle
21 The What-Do-You-Think Trick: mind reading based on probability
22 The String-Through-The-Buttonhole Or Belt-Loop Thing: physical puzzle

24 Chapter Two: Awful Tricks
26 To Two Twain: verbal gag
27 Spots: message gag
28 Under Your Hat: magic gag
30 The Big Black Bee With Two Red Eyes: gift box gag
31 Updock, Snoo And Old Arch Who?: English jokes
32 Stamp Collecting: physical gag
34 Did You Ever?: play on words
37 The Phantom Straw Piercer: fixing a soda straw

38 Chapter Three: Dirty Tricks
40 Slap: who can slap the lightest
41 How To Be A Rotten Egg: practical joke
42 How To Hypnotize A Glass Of Water: practical joke
45 The Carbon Dioxide Surprise: chemical reaction gag
46 The Great Coin Roll Down: practical joke
48 A Cupful Of Confetti: a betcha
49 The Don't-Touch-Me Trick: blindfold gag
50 Hands Down!: water gag

52 Chapter Four: Stupid Tricks
54 Please?: turn over paper
55 The Hardware-Store Handshake: rough handshake
56 The Dope Train: a lesson in reading
58 Coffee, Tea And Milk: physical stunt
60 How To Break Your Nose: noise illusion
62 A One-Dollar Gift: note gag
63 The Bag: gag
64 Aroundtuit: get around to it
65 There’s A Thread On Your Shoulder: very long thread

66 Chapter Five: Super Strength Tricks
68 Meeting Your Match: can't break a matchstick
71 Fists Of Steel: experiment with touch
72 You Can’t Stand Up: one finger stops friend from standing up
75 Telephone-Book Tearing: betcha
76 Paperback Power: friend can't pull two books apart
78 The Frozen Foot: friend can't lift their foot
80 The Newspaper Trick: physical stunt
81 Two-Fisted Trickery: physical stunt

82 Chapter Six: Quick Tricks
84 If I Lived Up Here: practical joke
85 My New Wig: illusion
86 A Sure Bet: gag
87 “Well, Well, Well"... And Other Nasty Answers: corny jokes
88 See?: old fist joke
90 The Color Red: make them say it
91 Not Now Stupid: another note gag
92 Adam And Eve: pinch-me
94 The Last Nasty

95 About the Authors