Table of Contents
Foreword Penn Teller 5
Introduction 7
Preface Lewis T. Monkey 9
Magic Rules! 10
Rope Tricks 12
Knot So Fast 14
Knot As Fast 16
Knot So Simple 18
How to Cut Your Scoutmaster in Half 20
Psychic Lariat 24
The Great Outdoors 30
Get A Life 32
Plant Manager 34
The Stick Sticks 36
Burn, Baby, Burn 38
Card Tricks 40
A Simple (but Deceptive) Force (With Applications-0-Plenty) 42
Predict-o-Matic 44
Karate Card 48
Seven and Three-Quarters 51
This I Cannot Fail to Do 54
Magic of the Mind 60
Extra Sensory Deception 62
Dead or Alive 66
No Joke 68
Telepathy For Two 70
Feet of Fortune 73
Gear Up 76
(Un)True North 78
Water on the Brain 81
Cap-Cake 86
Baffling Bandage 92
Holey Shirt! 94
Baffling Bolo 100
Bound For Glory 103
Bandana Split 105
Body Parts 108
I Have 11 Fingers! (Three Excellent Methods) 110
You Can't Do What I Do 113
You Still Can't Do What I Do 115
Hocus Poke-Us 117
Mind Rewind 118
Coin Tricks 120
Through and Through 122
Follow the Money 124
Money For Nothin' 128
Porous Palm 131
The Buddy System 136
The Last Person You'd Expect 138
Cut the Cards 140
Black Magic 142
Phoney Wizard 144
It's Not Really Magic, But... 148
Rock Star 150
Mystery Matches (Six Flaming Great Ones) 151
Recycled Paper 154
Up the Ladder 156
Routine Magic 158
A Comedy Magic Act 160
The Next Steps 172
Who's Who at Mac King's Magic in a Minute 174
Acknowledgements 176
