The First Book of William

Book
1947
Written by Billy McComb
Work of Billy McComb
52 pages (Stapled), published by A Goodliffe Publication
Illustrated with drawings by Billy McComb
Language: English
23 entries
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The First Book of William (written by Billy McComb, work of Billy McComb, 1947)
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Charles Goodliffe Neale Introduction 5
Billy McComb Preface 7
Billy McComb Biographical Note 8
Billy McComb William's Torn and Restored Newspaper Presentation presenting the effect on stage, with stage light
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Billy McComb William's Bicycle Tyre tire is emptied and blown up again
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Billy McComb William's Ice Cream Production cup filled with confetti changes into ice cream
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Billy McComb More About Ice Cream four more ideas with ice cream tricks
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Billy McComb William's Fantastic Fez performer wears a fez, cuckoo on springs comes out with the selection
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Billy McComb William's New Glove Opening gloves are thrown into the air, small parachute opens and they float slowly down
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Billy McComb William "discovers" "Multicore" Solder two ideas with a special wire
  • bending flower
  • gag with tie
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Billy McComb William's Attache Case Production object appear from empty case
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Billy McComb William's Invisible Paint brush on paper, picture is made without using paint
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Billy McComb William on the Subject of "Stung" sucker trick, card apparently vanished in trousers, version of Stung
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Billy McComb William's Invisible Pipe smoking thumb
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Billy McComb William's Hot Book flames from a book
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Billy McComb William's Comedy Card Flight spectator on stage puts card in stand, card vanishes and appears in envelope, everybody sees how it works except spectator on stage, paper balls over head type
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Billy McComb William Passes On Some Tips on thumb tips, on using milk, on the appearing cane, how to remove paint
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Billy McComb Assorted Gaglets of the William Brand gags with, thimbles, a mouse trap, a spring snake, with ropes, hair, light bulbs, coffee beans, diminishing cards, cracking a spectator's arm, dead rat
Variations
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Billy McComb William's Poker Hand Trick several hands are dealt one hand is chosen it's a royal flush
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Billy McComb William Amid the Fakirs gazing at a match causing it to ignite
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Billy McComb William's Fantastic Table table lift, with ring, then legs fall off and when the table top is shown, the hand stuck to it apparently cut off from the arm
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Billy McComb William's Floating Ball Routine comedy routine on stage, ball is floating up and down and finally vanishes in a box, with assistant
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Billy McComb William Turns Gravity Upside Down board on two trestles with three bricks on top, trestles are removed and the rest floats, then board, lowermost and middle brick are removed one by one, still suspended in the air
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, November 2015.