Ken Brooke – The Unique Years

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Contents:

3 Publisher’s Preface: Edwin Hooper

7 Section 1

7 Foreword: Harry Stanley Reminisces

17 Section 2 Wisdom， Advice and a Recommended Book

18 It’s Got to be More than Magic: some words of advice

20 Let’s Get On With It

23 Section 3 Ken on Kards

24 Ken on the Fan Force

27 The Top Change – My Way

31 The Ken Brooke Method for Producing Single Cards

34 Ken Brooke’s Card Vanish

38 Ken Brooke’s Presentation of the Vanishing Card Case and Cards

41 Section 4 Fun – Magic

42 It’s Fun to be Fooled or Grandfather’s Chestnut Corner

42 Crazy Paper

42 Magic Props – Impromptu

43 Zany Cigarette

43 The Answers A Lemon

43 Work It This Way

43 Stapled

44 Big Squirt

44 A Betcha

44 Collared

45 Two Handed Gag

45 Big Time

45 Biting a Glass

46 The Twirling Match

48 A Magical Trio from Albert Verity

48 – Old Clay Pipe

48 – 10p to 2p Piece

49 Crawling 10p Piece

50 Ken Brooke’s Pen Knife Routine

56 K.B. Knife Thru Coat

59 Something From Nothing

62 Pencil Pop

63 My Presentation of the Banknote in the Beer Mat

65 Section 5 Something – Things With Silks

66 Tom Waterman’s Sucker Colour Changing Silk

75 Ken Brooke’s Method for The Untying Silk

79 Knot-Out

83 Section 6 Classic Egg Bag and Linking Rings

84 Ken Brooke Routine for the Egg Bag

88 Ken Brooke Linking Ring Count

99 Section 7 Bottles and Bills

100 Ken Brooke’s Routine for the Padlocked Bill Tube

103 Another Routine for the Locking Bill Tube

106 Ken Brooke’s Passe Passe Bottle Routine

108 Ken Brooke’s Routine for the Multiplying Bottles

113 Section 8 Coin Capers

114 K.B. Coins Through Table

121 Okito Box Routine

127 Tea for Two

129 The Ken Brooke Routine for the Cap and Coins

133 Section 9 Packet and Other Card Tricks

133 The Dutch Looper

140 The Blocker Cards of Ken Brooke

142 L’Estrange

144 The Faulty Follower

146 Knock-Out

148 Ricochet Cards

150 Edward Victor’s E-Y-E Trick

154 A Clip of a Climax for Edward Victor’s EYE

155 Oliver Mackenzie’s Drink Trick

161 Section 10 Sponges

162 The K.B. Sponge Ball Routine

171 Section 11 Ken Brooke’s Card Act

183 Section 12 Some of Ken’s Favourites

184 Stuck-Up

184 Any Magazine or Book a Switching Tray

185 The Rising Cards

185 As A Method of Card Control

186 Tied

186 Another

187 Read “Another” Again

187 – Utility

187 – Skullocation

187 – A Spot

187 – Red Tape

188 Brain Wave Outdone

189 Ring Off

193 A Clean Prediction

196 Spots That Pass

198 Bill Wagner’s Three Card Prediction

201 K.B. Pass the Salt

203 Ken Brooke’s Routine for Milbourne Christopher’s High Signs

205 The Gozinta Tube

209 Last Section Three Cups One Cup

211 Ken Brooke’s Cups and Balls

216 Routines With the Chop Cup

218 My Chop Cup Routine

221 Bertie the Baseballer