Beyond Compere

A Pocket Guide To Being An Emcee

Book
1993
Written by Terry Seabrooke
Work of Terry Seabrooke
160 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
26 entries
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Terry Seabrooke The Author's Thanks
5
Richard Kaufman, Alan "Ace" Greenberg The Publisher's Thanks
5
Richard Kaufman Introduction
9
Paul Daniels Foreword
12
The First Bit: A Taste of the Real Thing
15
Richard Kaufman, Terry Seabrooke Seabrooke Emcees A Show description and transcript of a show at the Magic Castle from 1991 hosted by Terry Seabrooke
 		17
The Second Bit: Terry Tells All
29
Terry Seabrooke Preface
30
Terry Seabrooke Why Be An Emcee?
33
Terry Seabrooke What Is The Job All About?
37
Terry Seabrooke Before The Show
  • Artist
  • Time
  • Last Item
  • Side On and Side Off
  • Microphones
  • Introductory Remarks
  • Special Notes
  • Compere's Notes
 		42
Terry Seabrooke The Opening
55
Terry Seabrooke The Show
59
Terry Seabrooke The Closing
66
Terry Seabrooke Emergencies
71
Terry Seabrooke Introductions
77
Terry Seabrooke Compere Madness
86
Simon Lovell 242 Acts in Six Days: A Case of Compere Madness?
87
Terry Seabrooke Suitable Tricks
96
The Third Bit: Q and A And The Rest of The Alphabet
101
Terry Seabrooke Seabrooke Questions Seabrooke
102
Terry Seabrooke, Richard Kaufman The Editor Questions Seabrooke
115
Terry Seabrooke The Emcee's Alphabet
143
Terry Seabrooke The Lifesaver "Paper Balls Over the Head" as emergency out
 		149
Terry Seabrooke Encore
154
Billy McComb Backward
158
Data entered by Denis Behr, March 2026.