Mann, Al

Book

1982
Written by Al Mann
Work of Al Mann

28 pages (Spiralbound), published by Al Mann Exclusives
Illustrated with drawings by Al Mann
Language: English

16 entries

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Al Mann	Foreword	mentalism with newspapers			Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Al Mann	The Code	spectator choses a column of a newspaper, performer divines content, dit-dah Morse-type coding	Related to Miracle Department (Flavian, Of Gifts and Talents, 1982) The Delphian Oracle (Al Mann, The Delphian Oracle, 1983)	1	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading
Al Mann	Jaks' Secret	several spectators circle words on a sheet of newspaper, performer divines them	Inspired by Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis (Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse, 1961) Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014)	4	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	Power of the Press	newspaper is torn and a piece selected, performer divines content	Related to Robert Nelson's "Tele-Thought" 1930 Easy-Do Tele-Thought (Al Mann, Six Columns, 1982)	8	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Al Mann	The News Force	newspaper torn into 16 squares, one is selected and content predicted	Inspired by Nirvana Nos. (Fredric Kolb, The Jinx, 1939) Related to Nirvana Nos. (Fredric Kolb, The Jinx, 1939) Century 21 Prediction (Danton, Magick*, 1976)	10	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Chain of Thought	from three pieces of newspaper, performer divines three words		14	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	Public Notices	prediction printed in newspaper		15	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Al Mann	Five-Star Headlines	selected card is found on the headline of a newspaper, or selected word		16	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Mental Magic / Principles / Multiple Out Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Al Mann	The Want Ad Mystery	word from a want ad section is selected and divined		18	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Al Mann	The Longest Word	how to make fake want ad sections for thought divination		19	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Al Mann	The "Impact" Ad Mystery	want ad pages are torn and put in a bowl, three spectators select a piece and think of a word, all are divined		20	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Clip Line	variation on Albert Spackman's "Clip Line"	Inspired by Clip Line (Jack Yates, Minds in Close-Up, 1954) Predicted from the Papers (Tom Sellers, Magic of the Mind, 1960) Related to Clip Line (Jack Yates, Minds in Close-Up, 1954) Clippoline (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) Variations Front Page (Gene Nielsen, Magick*, 1979)	20	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Al Mann, Max Andrews	Coded Headlines	coding a card with a newspaper		22	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant
Al Mann	Haunting Headlines	newspaper page is selected and headline is circled, prediction in envelope		23	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Al Mann	Easy-Do Tele-Thought		Related to Robert Nelson's "Tele-Thought" 1930 Power of the Press (Al Mann, Six Columns, 1982)	25	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	Pegasus Page	first selected page of a newspaper is predicted then it vanishes and appears in envelope, two versions	Related to Whim of Tituba (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1939) also in: Whim of Tituba (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Tituba (Magische Blätter*, 1988)	26	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Pegasus Page

Data entered by Lorenz Schär, March 2016.

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