A Magician Goes to Dinner

1954
Written by Eddie Joseph
Work of Eddie Joseph
27 pages (Stapled), published by The Supreme Magic Company
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
30 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Eddie Joseph Introduction on impromptu magic
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Eddie Joseph What the "Extempore" Dinner Magician Ought to Know on lapping
  • letting objects fall through the legs on chair and covering them with legs
  • catching object between legs and standing up, retaining object
 		2
Eddie Joseph The Broken Match Restored broken and restored match with handkerchief, to fool people who know common method
 		2
Eddie Joseph The Flame in the Bottle match is placed inside empty spirit bottle and flame and sound is produced, performer can repeat it but spectator will fail
 		4
Eddie Joseph A Rapid Vanish with handkerchief
 		5
Eddie Joseph Slow Coin Vanish coin in handkerchief vanishes, tabled people can apparently feel coin until last moment
 		6
Eddie Joseph Hot Money coin held over match catches fire
 		6
Eddie Joseph The Thin Man match turns over while pushed through fist, head on other side
 		8
Eddie Joseph The Aerial Match matches vanish one by one and reappear in matchbox
 		9
Eddie Joseph The Crazy Coins coins through table
 		11
Eddie Joseph The Ring and the Coin transposition of finger ring and coin
 		12
Eddie Joseph You Can't Be Sober coin changes to smaller coin, under cover of a bet
 		13
Eddie Joseph Sensitive Touch three marked cigarettes placed in handkerchief bag, performer divines cigarettes by touch and gives them back to owner
 		14
Eddie Joseph The Strait Jacket coin vanishes from handkerchief, tabled
 		15
Eddie Joseph Hot Heads three heads of matches return to hand after being pushed in mouth and ear, finger ring hold out
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Eddie Joseph Personal Magnetism spoon clings to hand, finger ring used
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Eddie Joseph Transmigration cigarette changes to match and back to cigarette, seated using a handkerchief
 		18
Eddie Joseph The Magnetic Touch objects cling to fingers
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Eddie Joseph Glass of Wine Production seated, with handkerchief
 		19
Eddie Joseph The Menu Mystery prediction of chosen course, written on pellet
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Eddie Joseph The Vanishing Coins coins under menu penetrate table one by one
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Eddie Joseph Where is It? coin slapped on table travels to other hand
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Eddie Joseph Individualism borrowed business cards are divined under table
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Eddie Joseph The Absent-Minded Professor signed business card is torn up and restored in jacket pocket
 		22
Eddie Joseph Mark of Identification mark is drawn on finger with burnt match, then finger rubbed on back of other hand and mark appears on palm of the hand
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Eddie Joseph Gone with the Wind coin vanishes from inside a glass, with handkerchief
 		23
Eddie Joseph Penetramus glass with liquid is placed on menu card and on other glass with liquid, coin dropped in top glass ends up in glass at the bottom, with handkerchief
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Eddie Joseph The Travelling Ring borrowed finger ring travels from one matchbox to another
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Eddie Joseph The Vanishing Fruit seated, vanish of an apple or similiar
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Eddie Joseph Where is that Coin? three matchbox drawers and a coin, monte / shell game
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, December 2020.