Amazing Irv's Handbook of Everyday Magic: Tricks to Confuse, Amuse, and Entertain in Every Situation [Paperback]

Irv Fuhrman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

Here's the ultimate modern guide to magic tricks for everyday situations--using cell phones, floppy disks, airsickness bags, TV remote controls, and other everyday items. This handbook features more than 40 do-it-yourself illusions to perform in your home, office, car, in transit, or out on the town, with step-by-step instructions and illustrations throughout. Learn to: Magically Feed a Parking Meter Make Yourself Levitate Pull a Banana Out of Thin Air Make a Claculator Predict the Future Make a Shot Glass Disappear Make Time Stand Still And More! With so many amazing tricks, Amazing Irv s Handbook of Everyday magic brings instant fun to family outings, business meetings, cocktail parties, and dozens of others situations.

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About the Author

Irv Furman teaches a course in magic at Temple University and is the owner of the Hocus Pocus Magic Shop in Philadelphia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Quirk Books (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931686017
• ISBN-13: 978-1931686013
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,752,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars amazing...i don't think so, October 23, 2002

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Amazing Shazam (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amazing Irv's Handbook of Everyday Magic: Tricks to Confuse, Amuse, and Entertain in Every Situation (Paperback)

Amazing Irv doesn't deserve the title. The only trick in this book worth practising is the levitation, it is basically the classic baldacci levitiation, re-popularised by David Blaine and shown on his recent tv special. Other than that forget it. You would be better off with Karl Fulves Selfworking table magic - 97 fool proof tricks, as these require no set up, faked props or - most important, accomplices (i mean, it's hard enough finding friends nowdays let alone stooges). Oh yeah, Diamond Jim, when are you going to republish Pocketfull of Miracles ?
Sometime soon I hope.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and simple to learn tricks!, June 11, 2011

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PMacLady (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amazing Irv's Handbook of Everyday Magic: Tricks to Confuse, Amuse, and Entertain in Every Situation (Paperback)

This book was a hit in the classroom! Kids who normally hate to read were studying the directions for the simple tricks and performing them in a short time. Great gift!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ... !, October 2, 2002

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Gregg A. Einhorn (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amazing Irv's Handbook of Everyday Magic: Tricks to Confuse, Amuse, and Entertain in Every Situation (Paperback)

I was REALLY disappointed with this book. The back of the book reads " Be ready to create magic anytime, anyplace with this entertaining book..." While this may be true, the majority of the tricks included in this book can only be performed with quite a bit of set-up. I had hoped that the book would provide me with magic tricks that I could perform "on the fly". Unfortunately, almost every trick in the book requires some sort of ridiculous set up using items that one could hardly classify as "everyday". Don't bother with this one. Sorry Irv, but I was not amazed.