Amazing Irv’s handbook of everyday magic : tricks to confuse, amuse, and entertain in every situation PDF
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Copyright © 2002 by Quirk Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Control Number: 2001094932 eBook ISBN: 978-1-59474914-8 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-931686-01-3 Trade Paperback designed by Frances J. Soo Ping Chow Illustrations by Lo Cole Quirk Books 215 Church Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 www.quirkbooks.com v3.1 Contents Cover Copyright Title Page Introduction Chapter 1: Magic Begins at Home How to Be a Crayon Psychic How to Perform Paperback Magic How to Make Dishwashing Magic How to Make a Ball Dance How to Conduct Candy Teleportation How to Vanish a CD How to Make Time Stand Still How to Make Canned Spinach Surprise How to Magnetize Your Hand How to Turn Two Pieces of Dental Floss into One How to Perform Tele(vision) Kinesis How to Make Yourself Levitate How to Magically Mend a Clothesline Chapter 2: Magic Goes to Work How to Make Rubber Bands Jump How to Make Your Pocket Tape Recorder Predict the Future How to Win Friends and Influence People How to Get Someone to Believe Money Really Does Grow on Trees How to Make Paper Clips Link Themselves How to Make a Banana Appear Out of Thin Air—and Make It Split How to Spend Your Quarterly Earnings How to Snake-Charm a Pencil How to Create a Potato Chip Surprise How to Make a Calculator Predict the Future How to Perform Telepathy with the Company Directory How to Make Time Fly How to Make Jelly Bean Magic with a Breath Mints Box Chapter 3: Magic on the Go How to Magically Feed a Parking Meter How to Bend a Spoon with Your Psychokinetic Powers How to Magically Force a Bottle Cap Through a Bottle How to Entertain a Group of Angry Commuters with a Newspaper How to Catch a Ghost in an Airsickness Bag How to Use House Keys to Predict the Future How to Be a Cellular Psychic How to Read Someone’s Mind How to Make Magic with a Paper Cup How to Make an Elephant Appear on a Moving Train Chapter 4: Magic on the Town How to Use Coffee Shop X-Ray Vision How to Make a Saltshaker Glow Like a Light Saber How to Make Magic with Your Sugar How to Make a Coin Pass Through an Ashtray How to Restore a Torn Drinking Straw Wrapper How to Make a Shot Glass Disappear How to Make Ouija Board Magic with a Drinking Straw How to Play the Matchbox Shell Game How to Organize Your Cash with Magic How to Make a Saltshaker Vaporize How to Stick a Knife Through a Five-Dollar Bill Without Making a Hole How to Read Your Date’s Mind How to Use Your X-Ray Vision on a Paper Cup Appendix A: Magic on the Web Appendix B: Magical One-Liners Conversion Chart About the Author As every true magician knows, a master conjurer can make magic happen anytime, anyplace—once he or she has mastered the essentials. Amazing Irv’s Handbook of Everyday Magic is the perfect place to begin to learn the basic techniques and principles that apply magic to the situations of daily life, at home, at work, and every place in between. With just a few mundane, everyday objects at hand, you’ll be amazing your coworkers, friends, family, and fellow commuters in no time flat. The Basics This book will not teach you how to cure the terminally ill or to retire at age 30. But it will let you in on all sorts of small-scale tricks of magic that are often very easy to achieve—once you know how. Seemingly random acts of magic require at least some measure of the three basic components of every trick: preparation, secrecy, and misdirection. These elements are guided by the Five Golden Rules of Magic: Rule #1. Explore Alternatives Rule #2. Make Preparations Rule #3. Practice Rule #4. Practice Rule #5. Practice Everyday Magic If you’ve ever wished you could make yourself levitate, if you’ve ever wondered, “What’s he/she really thinking?” or if you’ve ever just really wanted to be the life of the party or to entertain your seat companion on an airplane, this is the essential handbook you’ve been looking for. The chapters that follow will guide you to all the best deceptions and sleights-of- hand that can be accomplished with little preparation and minimal props. “Magic Begins at Home” highlights tricks you can master with basic household items such as laundry line, ordinary dental floss, and a television remote. “Magic Goes to Work” features tricks based on simple office supplies, including pencils, paper clips, rubber bands, and the company directory. “Magic on the Go” transforms airsickness bags, newspapers, and cell phones into magic props for planes, trains, and automobiles. “Magic on the Town” teaches you tricks for restaurants, bars, and street corners using such unassuming items as napkins, matchboxes, sugar packets, and money. Magic is where you make it. All you need is the will to make it happen … along with some inspiration, improvisation, and a few good paper clips! Note: In the following pages, the “What You’ll Need” sections list the objects necessary for doing the tricks, but if you don’t have those exact items on hand, try some magical improvisation! (For example, try using different denomination coins or bills—or even different currency entirely—for those tricks that require money.)
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