Magicomedy by Peter Marucci

		Lecture Notes and Magic Effects by award-winning magicomedian and Linking Ring columnist Peter Marucci SPECIAL: Bizarre, Too: The second lecture on bizarre magic by Peter Marucci. Nine story-telling routines in 14 pages. From the Bermuda Triangle to Jack the Ripper. $10.00 "Simple techniques and strong stories." - Dave Goodsell, review, M-U-M. "More than worth the price . . . recommended." - Fred Rosenbaum, review, The Linking Ring magazine. Real-Life Table Hopping: Everything you ever wanted to know about performing magic at tableside in restaurants and bars, from magicomedian Peter Marucci, who has been performing at tables and across the bar for more than 10 years. From how to get the job to how to approach tables to the act itself, this is everything you need to know to get into this lucrative field. All that - plus seven tricks that make up a working table act; tricks that have been proven in real-life situations hundreds of times. This is 20 pages of the most useful information you're likely to get. Only $10.00 Wild West Wonders: Eight fully scripted routines, each on a theme from the American frontier. What was Doc Holliday's Dilemma? Who's the guilty one in The Wild Bunch? What's the truth about Wild Bill Hickock? Seventeen pages of magic that you CAN do, each routine an audience-grabber. This is new - and this is good! $8.00 Bizarre Magic: Meet the OTHER side of funnyman Peter Marucci as he takes you on a tour of the occult world with seven fully scripted routines of bizarre magic. This will take your magic to a new, emotional level. (Includes routines - but not props - for Finger of Fate; see "tricks" below) $8.00 "If you are looking for ideas on how to use some old (tried and true) simple tricks to weave a spooky story BUY THESE NOTES." - Larry White, magic editor, M-U-M magazine. "These notes are recommended." - Fred Rosenbaum, review, The Linking Ring. Bar Magic: Fourteen pages including how to get started in the lucrative field, what to do and how to do it. Routines that have been proven across the bar thousands of times. $6.00 "Six tested effects along with pithy and 'right on' advice. Well worth the money." - Phil Willmarth, Linking Ring review. Peter's Patter: Nineteen pages with eight comedy-filled routines, including Marucci's famous Snake Basket on a Budget. Plus how to write your own comedy routines. $6.00 "Some favorites from (Marucci's) popular Showtime column (in the Linking Ring). Highly recommended." - Phil Willmarth, Linking Ring review. Funny Business: Seven laugh-filled original routines, 12 pages; an audience-tested act in itself. All with that special Marucci touch. $6.00 "Typical, easy-to-do Marucci tricks and fun presentations." - Phil Willmarth, Linking Ring review. Bits O' Biz: More than 100 gags, routines, and bits of business for almost any occasion. Designed for magicians but ideal for emcees, clowns, comics and anyone who enjoys a laugh. $6.00 Booklets: Jack the Ripper: A séance of bizarre magic. Seven completely scripted routines;, done with props you either have or can easily lay your hands on. NEW!!! $10.00. Magic Effects: The Finger of Fate: An old favourite is available again! Six cards are shown face up and the spectator has a truly FREE choice of any card. The prediction in the finger, that has been on the table all the time, is correct! A wonderful routine. $10.00 Message from the Titanic: A photo of an actual luggage tag, recovered from the Titanic, has three digits on its back; a spectator chooses three cards from a deck. The cards match the number on the luggage tag but the tag is NEVER touched until the number is revealed. Complete with routine and tag $10.00 Our most requested and most acclaimed trick! Highest possible recommendation! The World's Most Dangerous Magic Trick: A comedy version of the Bullet Catch, using a deck of "smiley face" cards. Loads of humor and audience participation. Complete with patter, cards, and gimmick. $12.00 The Dude and The Cowboys: A story using a full deck of cards that can be cut repeatedly by the spectator, but you always end up "the winner" with the punchline ending! Finally, a full-deck routine with a LOGICAL ending! Complete with set-up deck of Bikes and gimmick. NO sleights! $12.00 Love and Death: It's a bizarre routine; it's a psychic routine; it's - well, whatever you want to make it. Two Tarot cards - Lovers and Death --are shown, full front and back. They are laid on a picture of a palm and the picture folded around them. When the picture is unfolded, a coin appears, having "crossed the palm with silver". Everything can be examined - because there is NOTHING to find. $10.00 Mirror Monte: Forget every other monte routine you've got; this will probably be your favorite! Show three cards front and back - two jokers and a face card. First the cards become all face cards, then all jokers, then a joker, a face card, and - A MIRROR! (Proving that the trick was done with mirrors!) Only three cards. No sleights, no "funny" counts, no rough and smooth, instant reset, and plays BIG! Perfect for bar magicians and table hoppers. $10.00 Stonehenge Sponges: To a story involving the mystery surrounding Stonehenge in England, three "stone" sponges leap from hand to hand, and from the magician's hand to the spectator's hand and, finally, they all vanish. This could be the perfect table-hopping sponge routine. $6.00 Psychic Darts: A spectator throws an "invisible" dart at a dartboard and hits a freely chosen number (and it is truly a free choice). When the board is turned around, the symbol matching the freely chosen number is the same as the one predicted before the trick began! Complete with special dartboard. $10.00 The Frog Prince: A spectator has a truly free choice of any one of six cards. The unchosen ones are all the same but the chosen one is the only one that is different. Complete with cards and routine with a "killer" punchline. $10.00 All prices are in U.S. dollars. All items are shipped post-paid, the same day. Please make cheques or money orders payable to Peter Marucci. Send to: Peter Marucci 200 River Street, Suite 303 Fergus, Ontario, Canada N1M 3H8 For more information, e-mail: pmarucci@cogeco.ca