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1980
Written by Ken Brooke
Work of Ken Brooke
222 pages (Hardcover), published by The Supreme Magic Company
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
108 entries
Edwin Hooper Publisher's Preface
3
Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Section One - Harry Stanley Reminisces
7
Articles / Chapter Heading
Harry Stanley Foreword
Our First Meeting
Ken arrives in London
Great Names and Classic Books
Great Unique Days
A Feat of Magic
8
Articles / Biographical
Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Section Two - Wisdom, Advice, and a Recommended Book
17
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke It's Got to be More than Magic - Some Words of Advice
18
Articles / Articles
Ken Brooke Let's Get With It!
20
Articles / Articles
Section Three - Ken on Kards
23
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke Ken on the Fan Force
Also published here
Die Fächerforce (Ken Brooke, 1991)
24
Cards / Sleights / Force / Classic Force
Ken Brooke The Top Change - May Way
Also published here
Das Filieren (Ken Brooke, 1991)
27
Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Ken Brooke The Ken Brooke Method for Producing Single Cards
Also published here
Einzel-Karten-Produktion (Ken Brooke, 1991)
31
Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Single Cards
Ken Brooke Ken Brooke's Card Vanish packet of cards vanishes, sleeve
Also published here
Ein Kartenverschwinden (Ken Brooke, 1991)
34
Cards / Manipulation / Vanish / Packet
Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Sleeving
Ken Brooke Vanishing Card Case and Cards deck removed from case, case vanishes, case taken from pocket, deck vanishes and is back in case
Also published here
Etui & Kartenverschwinden (Ken Brooke, 1991)
38
Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Card Case
Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck
Section Four - Fun-Magic
41
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke "It's Fun to be Fooled" or "Grandfather's Chestnut Corner"
42
Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Ken Brooke Crazy Paper gags while reading a newspaper, upside down and hole for head
Also published here
Verrückter Zeitungsleser (Ken Brooke, 1990)
42
Newspaper / Miscellaneous
Articles / Joke
Ken Brooke Magic Props - Impromptu comment
42
Cane / Appearance & Production
Ken Brooke Zany Cigarette cigarette staken out of someone's mouth as it is lighted
Also published here
Mein Zigaretten-Gag (Ken Brooke, 1990)
43
Cigarette/Cigar / Miscellaneous
Ken Brooke The Answers a Lemon coin travels under hat, lemon climax appearance
Also published here
Nichts als eine Zitrone (Ken Brooke, 1990)
43
Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Food / Fruit
Clothing / Hat
Ken Brooke Stapled! gag with bill stapled to beer mat
43
Bill / Miscellaneous
Coaster
Ken Brooke Big Squirt syphon bottle held the wrong way and water shoots into performer's face
Also published here
Der Große Spritzer (Ken Brooke, 1990)
44
Liquid / Miscellaneous
Articles / Joke
MC / Compere Bits of Business
Ken Brooke A Betcha gag bet about emptying a glass of beer without being in the room
Also published here
Eine Bierwette (Ken Brooke, 1990)
44
Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles
Ken Brooke Collared! gag with paper collar
Two Handed Gag (for double act)
44
Clothing / Miscellaneous
Articles / Joke
Ken Brooke Big Time gag, cigar stab in cigar tube
Also published here
Der Snob (Ken Brooke, 1990)
45
Cigarette/Cigar / Miscellaneous
Ken Brooke Biting a Glass gag, secret coin
45
Glass / Miscellaneous
Ken Brooke The Twirling Match stunt in which flame on lit match spins
46
Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous
Ken Brooke A Magical Trio from Albert Verity
48
Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Albert Verity Old Clay Pipe pice of clay pipe stem stands up by itself under the bowl
48
Pipe
Albert Verity 10p to 2p Piece tip click, sticky pencil used to pick up shell
Related to
Monedas - Instantaneo (Ken Brooke, Albert Verity, 1977)
Also published here
Wertsteigerung (Ken Brooke, 1990)
48
Coin / Gaffed / Sticky
Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines
Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Albert Verity Crawling 10p Piece coin moves on paper, magnetic
49
Coin / Effect Themes / Animation
Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic
Ken Brooke Penknife Routine
Also published here
Meine Färbemesser-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1990)
50
Knife & Paddle / Paddle Routines
Knife & Paddle / Routines
Light & Fire / Lighter
Move No. 1 - "The Twist"
Also published here
Griff Nr. 1 - Der Messer-Kellengriff (1990)
50
Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move
Move No. 2 - "The Flourish" through-the-fist
Also published here
Griff Nr. 2 - Der Ziergriff (1990)
51
Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous
Move No. 3 - "The Flourish Change" through-the-fist
Also published here
Griff Nr. 3 - Die Ziergriff-Färbung (1990)
52
Knife & Paddle / Transformation
Ken Brooke K.B. Knife Thru Coat
Also published here
Messer durch Jacke (Ken Brooke, 1990)
56
Knife & Paddle / Penetration
Clothing / Jacket
Ken Brooke Something from Nothing routine
Also published here
Bälle aus dem Nichts (Ken Brooke, 1990)
59
Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines
Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket
First Sleight (The Feint) false transfer
Also published here
Griff Nr. 1 - Die Scheinübergabe (Ken Brooke, 1990)
59
Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish
Second Sleight (The Transfer) shuttle pass
Also published here
Griff Nr. 2 - Der Transfer (Ken Brooke, 1990)
60
Ball / "Small" Ball / Switches
Ken Brooke Pencil Pop pencil dropped in paper bag, it changes color
Also published here
Färbebleistift (Ken Brooke, 1990)
62
Pull & Holdouts
Pen/Pencil / Transformation
Ken Brooke My Presentation of the Banknote in the Beer Mat
Also published here
Meine Vorführung des Geldscheins im Bierdeckel (Ken Brooke, 1998)
63
Bill / Appearance & Production
Coaster
Section Five - Some-Things With Silks
65
Articles / Chapter Heading
Tom Waterman, Jack Ledair Sucker Colour Changing Silk with tube gimmick
Also published here
Tom Waterman's Färbetuch (Tom Waterman, Jack Ledair, 1990)
66
Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Jack Chanin The Disposal of the Gimmick sleeving the dye tube gaff
Related to
The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)
Also published here
Die Färberöhren-Ablage (Jack Chanin, 1990)
71
Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights
Jack Chanin The Loading of the Gimmick into the Hand Prior tot eh Colour Change Taking Place adding dye tube gaff from sleeve
Related to
The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)
Also published here
Die Färberöhren-Aufnahme vor der Tuchfärbung (Jack Chanin, 1990)
72
Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights
Jack Chanin The Chanin Application
Also published here
Die Chanin-Anpassung (Jack Chanin, 1990)
72
Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Ken Brooke Method for "The Untying Silk" self-untying knot
Also published here
Das sich selbst entknotende Tuch (Ken Brooke, 1998)
75
Silk & Handkerchief / Animation
Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish
Thread / Reel
Ken Brooke Knot-Out knotting method for Sympathetic Silks
Also published here
Knoten-Beseitigung (Ken Brooke, 1998)
79
Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / False Knots for two Silks
Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Sympathetic Silks
Section Six - Classic Egg Bag and Linking Rings
83
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke Routine For The Egg Bag
Also published here
Meine Eierbeutel-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1990)
84
Egg / Egg Bag
Ken Brooke Linking Ring Count linking ring false count, detailed
Also published here
Linking Ring Count (Ken Brooke, 1954)
Vorzählen der Chinesischen Ringe (Ken Brooke, 1992)
88
Ring / Linking Rings / False Counts and Displays
Section Seven - Bottles and Bills
99
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke Routine for the Padlocked Bill Tube borrowed marked bill travels from under handkerchief to locked bill tube
Also published here
Meine Tuchröhren-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1996)
100
Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous
Bill / Bill Tube
Ken Brooke Another Routine for the Locking Bill Tube marked bill is folded and rubber-banded and put in glass with silk on top, travels into bill tube
103
Glass / Bottomless Glass
Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous
Bill / Bill Tube
Tan Hock Chuan Bottomless Glass Finesse cellophane bottom
103
Glass / Bottomless Glass
Ken Brooke Passe Passe Bottle Routine
106
Bottle / Passe-Passe (Multiplying) Bottle
Ken Brooke Routine For The Multiplying Bottles
Also published here
Meine Flaschenvermehrung (Ken Brooke, 1996)
108
Bottle / Passe-Passe (Multiplying) Bottle
Section Eight - Coin Capers
113
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke K.B. Coins Through Table six coins with three in each hand, multiple phases, jumbo coin climax
Also published here
Münzen durch den Tisch (Ken Brooke, 1990)
114
Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / All at once
Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins
Han Ping Chien
115
Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien
Ken Brooke Okito Box Routine multi-phase routine
Also published here
Meine Okitobox-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1996)
121
Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous
Ken Brooke The Master Move
Also published here
Der Meistergriff (Ken Brooke, 1996)
121
Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers
False Transfer
125
Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Ken Brooke Tea for Two six coins put in German Box (Boston Box without lid) and covered with cup, coins travel underneath a second cup
Also published here
Tea for Two (Ken Brooke, 1990)
127
Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / German Coin Box
Turnover Move tabled
127
Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers
Ken Brooke The Ken Brooke Routine For The Cap And Coins
Also published here
Der Kragenknopf-Trick (Ken Brooke, 1990)
129
Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Spectator's Hand (Stack of Coins)
Coin / Gaffed / Stack Gaffs
Section Nine - Packet and Other Card Tricks
133
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke The Dutch Looper routine with multiple phases
Also published here
The Dutch Looper (Ken Brooke, 1991)
134
Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Step gaff
Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Ken Brooke, Corvello The Blonker Cards of Ken Brooke eleven-card packet, spectator names number up to ten, card at that position is removed, performer finds mate, all other cards are blank
Also published here
Carte Blanche (Ken Brooke, Corvello, 1990)
140
Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Ken Brooke "L'Estrange" cards turn over in nine-card packet
142
Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous
Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Step gaff
Ken Brooke The Faulty Follower
Also published here
The Faulty Follower (Ken Brooke, 1959)
Die ungehorsame Karte (Ken Brooke, 1990)
144
Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet
Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Ken Brooke "Knock-Out" spectator and performer each take two cards from a deck and put it into inside jacket pocket, they match
146
Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Ken Brooke Pocket Gimmick fake inside pocket which swings to back of the body
146
Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous
Block Slip Shuffle
147
Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial
Ken Brooke Ricochet Cards card travels from one pile reversed into rest of the deck sitting in card case
148
Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck)
Ken Brooke Edward Victor's E-Y-E Trick letter cards
Also published here
Errare Humanum Est! (Ken Brooke, 1990)
150
ABC Cards / Miscellaneous
Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Move "A" double lift from three-card packet
Also published here
Griff A (1990)
151
Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from small Packet
Ken Brooke A Clip of a Climax for Edward Victor's "EYE"
Also published here
Errare Humanum Est! (Ken Brooke, 1990)
154
Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards
Oliver Mackenzie, Ken Brooke Drink Trick story presentation, design cards
Also published here
Mackenzie's Päckchentrick (Ken Brooke, Oliver Mackenzie, 1991)
155
Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Picture & Symbol Cards
The Buckle Count
158
Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling
Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Push Off False Count
159
Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Section Ten - Sponges
161
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke The "K.B." Sponge Ball Routine
Also published here
Meine Schwammball-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1990)
162
Spongeball / Routines
Ken Brooke The Pass false transfer
Also published here
Die "Scheinübergabe" (Ken Brooke, 1990)
169
Spongeball / Sleights / Vanish
Ken Brooke The Wrist Transfer hand grabs wrist and hides sponge ball
Also published here
Der "Handgelenk-Transfer" (Ken Brooke, 1990)
169
Spongeball / Sleights / Palming
Section Eleven - Ken Brooke's Card Act
171
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke Ken Brooke's Card Act end strippers
First Effect (Aces produced from shuffled deck, lost in packet and dealt out again, spectator choses Ace packet)
Second Effect (Triumph with fair shuffle)
Third to Seventh (routine with twenty-four duplicates, stripper Svengali, all alike display, switching duplicates in and out)
Also published here
Mein Kartenakt (Ken Brooke, 1991)
172
Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Miscellaneous
Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck
The False Mixing
174
Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Charlier
Section Twelve - Some of Ken's Favourites
183
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke Stuck-Up ideas with double-stick tape
Also published here
Angeklebt (Ken Brooke, 1997)
184
Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Ken Brooke Any Magazine or Book a Switching Tray switch with magazine or book
Also published here
Das Magazin- oder Buch-Austauschtablett (Ken Brooke, 1997)
184
Cards / Principles / Sticky
Coin / Gaffed / Sticky
Coin / Gaffed / Tray
Coin / Sleights / Switches / With Props
Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props
Ken Brooke The Rising Cards wand with sticky end under arm
Also published here
Der Kartensteiger (Ken Brooke, 1997)
185
Cards / Principles / Sticky
Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous
Albert Verity As a Method of Card Control sticky coin attached to card as key card
Also published here
Eine Karten-Kontrollmethode (Albert Verity, 1997)
185
Cards / Principles / Sticky
Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles
Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Ken Brooke Tied card sticks to tie
Also published here
Kravatten-Bekanntgabe (Ken Brooke, 1997)
186
Cards / Principles / Sticky
Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Other item
Clothing / Necktie
Ken Brooke Read "Another" Again ideas with double-stick tape
card sticks to bald head
Utility
Skullocation
A Pot
Red Tape
Also published here
Verschiedenes (Ken Brooke, 1997)
186
Body Loading
Cards / Principles / Sticky
Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Card on Rope/Ribbon
Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Skullocation
Ken Brooke Another deck openly placed against forehead, selection remains there
Also published here
Die Stirnproduktion (Ken Brooke, 1990)
186
Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Forehead
Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
Ken Brooke Brain Wave Outdone
Also published here
Ein neues Brainwave (Ken Brooke, 1997)
188
Cards / Principles / Sticky
Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Ken Brooke Ring Off multi-phase penetration routine with ring, safety pin, rope, handkerchief, wand
Trick No. 1. "The Wand through the Handkerchief"
Trick No. 2. "The Ring on the Rope"
Trick No. 3. "The Ring Off the Rope"
Trick No. 4. "Ring Off the Wand"
189
Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects
Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects
Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick
Ken Brooke A Clean Prediction prediction put in hat, then three items borrowed and one chosen, it is predicted
Also published here
Eine makellose Vorhersage (Ken Brooke, 1997)
193
Mental Magic / Principles / Index
Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Random Object / Miscellaneous
Albert Verity, Malcolm Davison Prediction with Pocket Writing variation
Also published here
Prediction with Pocket Writing (Albert Verity, Malcolm Davison, 1952)
Prediction with Pocket Writing (Albert Verity, Malcolm Davison, 1997)
195
Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing
Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Ken Brooke Spots That Pass blank dice and normal dice with spot, they transpose
196
Dice (small) / Transposition
Bill Wagner Three Card Prediction three card prediction, one ahead and last one forced
Also published here
Drei-Karten-Vorhersage (Bill Wagner, 1997)
198
Cards / Principles / One Ahead
Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck
Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Ken Brooke K.B. Pass the Salt salt from hand to hand, glass tube gimmick
201
Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly)
Ken Brooke Routine For Milbourne Christopher's "High Signs" square compass
203
Paper / Chinese Compass
Ken Brooke, Cecil Keech The Gozinta Tube two different colored pencils change places, tube and pocket, then both pencils are put into the tube, which should be too small
Inspired by
Gozinta Pencils (Cecil Keech, 1967)
Also published here
Die Gozinta-Tube (Cecil Keech, Ken Brooke, 1997)
205
Pen/Pencil / Miscellaneous
Pen/Pencil / Traveling / Pen travels
Last Section - Three Cups-One Cup
209
Articles / Chapter Heading
Ken Brooke Cups and Balls three cups
211
Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Ken Brooke Routines with the Chop Cup intro
216
Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
Ken Brooke My Chop Cup Routine
Also published here
Routinen mit dem Chop Cup (Ken Brooke, 1997)
218
Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
Ken Brooke Bertie the Baseballer
Also published here
Routinen mit dem Chop Cup (Ken Brooke, 1997)
221
Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
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