2017
Written by Gerry McCambridge
Work of Gerry McCambridge
147 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings
Language: English
23 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Ross Johnson Foreword
vii
Steve "Banachek" Shaw Foreword
ix
Gerry McCambridge Preface
xix
Gerry McCambridge Introduction
xxiii
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 1: Acquiring the Information
  • Before you Arrive at the Venue
  • Pre-show On-Location Gathering
  • During the Performance
3
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 2: Using the Information
  • Structured Feedback
  • Improvisational Feedback
9
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 3: Making Leap of Faith Guesses cold reading and learning info about audience members in the moment
15
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 4: Dilute your Misses covering up for “misses” during cold reading
21
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 5: Using the Dual Reality making it seem to audience as if performer knows more info about spectator than he possibly could have
25
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 6: Using Cancelling Methods
  • Pre-Show Patter
  • Onstage Patter
29
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 7: The Blindfold general info about using blindfolds
  • Straight-ahead or Sideward Peek
  • Straight-down Peek
37
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 8: Duct Taping your Eyes details of specific blindfold technique using half-dollars in eyes, duct tape and blindfold on top
41
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 9: How to Begin Doing Q&A general advice
55
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 10: Selecting Audience Members
  • Gender Selecting
  • Avoid Drunks
  • Check if they Need Glasses to Read
  • Required Skills
61
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 11: Consider the Venue
67
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 12: Using a Disclaimer
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Gerry McCambridge Chapter 13: Thirteen Performing Tips general advice
75
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 14: Summary brief outline of info covered in book
81
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 15: Omni Glance three spectators, one thinks of name, one thinks of time and one draws picture, performer correctly gets name, sets a watch to correct time and draws matching picture
Also published here
  • Roy Miller's Mental Montage
85
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 16: Triple Match performer reads spectator thinking of three pieces of info written down by audience (social security number, a playing card and two geometric shapes), performer divines them all
Also published here
  • Roy Miller’s Mental Montage
103
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 17: Three Index Card Q&A performer divines info from three spectators, routine for when audience is too big to distribute slips to everyone or for a short show
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Gerry McCambridge Chapter 18: Performing Q&A on TV general advice
  • Working the TV Host
  • Working a Guest in the Green Room
  • Working the Audience
  • scanned copy of “Permission to Tape Release” form
125
Gerry McCambridge Chapter 19: Practice Slips examples of filled-out slips from audience and comments on how to go about revealing the info, many more practice slips without any comments
137
Data entered by Yehuda Rauch, July 2022.