Product Description
Michael Weber's collection of techniques and routines that can be performed with ordinary materials indigenous to particular locations. These routines can be quickly improvised in a variety of locations (the office, restaurants, bars, friends' homes, or just out on the town).
Contents:
Improvised vs. Impromptu: An introduction by way of definition.
The Expert at the Dinner Table:
- You're Uri
- Coffee Machine
- Hiding McBride
- A Man for All Seasonings
- Tear for Two (Ray Kosby)
- Hot Production Item
- Off the Deep End
- Change of Seasons
- Sub-Strategy
Object Lessons:
- Swatch This
- The One-Two Punch
- Moxie
- Thoughts of Tom Jacobsen
- Down With Safety
- An End to Pindemonium
- Knot the Truth
- Knocked for a Loop
- Offhand Penetration
Little or Nothing:
- Working Without a Grant
- 5 Cent Ring on Stick
- Q-tip
- Powers of Dimness
- Penny Candy (Eric Maurin)
- The Laying on of Hands
- Crosswords
- Directory Assistants
By One's Own Devices:
- Satan's Serviette
- United Divinations
- Improvised Pulls
- The Wrigley Device
- Flame Thrower
On Location:
- Undercover Transposition
- To Feed Many
- The Cap in the Bottle
- Sight of Hand
- Dispensed Deception
- Appealing Illusion
- Just the Fax
- The Ship in the Bottle
- 20th Century Ten
Special Effects:
- A better Mousetrap
- Stretching It
- Four Dollars in Change
Pages 165 - Hardbound and Illustrated
