Kaye, David: Super Sized Silly ©2016 David Kaye, Kaufman & Co. Hardcover, w/dj, 8.5x11", 387 pages

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Comments: 75 lessons to make you a better kid show magician, plus 150 routines by 100 different magicians.

Contents (courtesy Evan Shuster, MagicCafe.be):

18 Introduction

20 Chapter 1 Basic Techniques For Entertaining Children With Magic
22 If You’re Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands (David Kaye): It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Ride
25 Hey Bozo, Are You Blind!!?? (Brudce Bray): Understanding Look, Don’t See
28 I Know There’s A Snake In That Snake Can, You Snake! (Mike Bent): Combating “I Know That One"
31 K.I.S.S. Me (Eric Meade): Keep Your Plots Simple
34 Something Familiar, Something Peculiar (David Callahan): Use Props That Are Familiar To Children
38 There’s No Business Like Bits Of Business (Conny Ray): Adding Bits of Business To Your Show
42 We Will Be Cruising At A Decibel Level Of “Loud” (Terry Herbert): Warm-ups And Pre-Show Silliness
44 Gentlemen, Start Your Engines (Tiziano Medici): Creating A Great Warm-Up

48 Chapter 2 Advanced Techniques For Entertaining Children With Magic
50 Adults Are People Too (Michael Stroud): Entertain The Adults In the Audience
53 Creating Magical Moments Is As Easy As ABC (Ralph Metzler): How To Put Strong Magical Moments In Your Show
56 What A Long, Strange Trick It’s Been (Jim Kleefeld): Justify Your Use Of Strange-Looking Props
60 Dr. Silly’s Miracle Elixir (Tim Hannig): Using A Child And Adult Together
64 This Damn Reel Is Acting Up (Warren Stephens): Using The Principle Of The Ornery Prop
67 I’ll Be Back (Jeff Bibik): Putting Stuff On Your Helper’s Back

72 Chapter 3 Audience Management Using Your Routines
74 Sir! Abracadabra, Sir! (Robert Baxt): Teach The Rules Of The Show With Your Routine
77 Silence Of The Ma’ams (Wally Boyce): Keep The Adults Quiet By Using Lots Of Kids In Your Show
80 Ho, Ho, Hold It Down Back There (Ken Scott): More Help Keeping The Adults Quiet
83 Silly Billy So Silly, Banana Fana Fo Filly (Rafael): How To Get The Children To Remember Your Name

86 Chapter 4 How To Create Original Magic Routines
88 Nothing Routine About It (Warren Stephens): Matching Your Routines To Your Character
92 Three Courses Makes A Meal (Terry Herbert): How To Build A Routine
95 Normal Prop, Great Routine (Richard Lyn): Keep Working With That Prop
99 Fickle, False, And Dead One (Eric Henning): You Can Get Lots Of Entertainment From Small Props
102 Hat. Hit. Hurt. (David Charles): How To Turn A Short Gag Into A Longer Routine
105 She Screamed Her Last Words, “All The Zombies Look The Same!” (John Dixon): Create A New Trick By Changing The Props
107 They’re Finger Stickin’ Good (Tony Brent): Create A Routine For Kids By Replacing Props From the Adult World
110 Ketchup Goes With Fries (Shabum): Match Your Bits Of Business To The Routine
114 The Light And Heavy Toy Chest, Bill In Binky, Sawing A Donut In Half (John Cassidy): Use Plots From Adult Routines And Change The Props
117 Misers Dream About Pots Of Gold (Lenny Lombardo): Use Plots From Adult Routines And Change The Props
120 Double Vision: Use Two of the Same Props To Create A New Routine
123 The Great Gig In The Sky (Ramon Gomez): Link Two Different Routines Together To Create A Brand New Routine
127 Delicious Marshmallows Over The Head (Michael Thomas): Link Two Different Routines Together To Create A Brand New Routine, Again
130 Cinderella, Kermit, And Darth Vader Walk Into A Bar (Mike Bent): Kids Love It When You Reference Pop Culture

134 Chapter 5 Using Storytelling Techniques To Enhance Your Routines
136 Tell Me About It! (Krystyn Lambert): How To Add Storytelling Elements To Your Routines
139 A Likely Story! (Greg McMahan): Masquerade Your Sucker Tricks Within A Story
142 A Visit From The North - Pom-Pom - Pole (Terry Parrett): Relate Your Stories To The Lives Of Children
145 Eyes On The Surprise (Eric Paul): Using The Element Of Surprise In Your Routines
149 An Introduction To The End (Michael Sondermeyer): Creating An Ending To Your Routine

152 Chapter 6 Routines For Specific Audiences
154 We Don’t Need Cropsey; I Will Kill Your Counselor Myself (David Levitan): Performing Danger Tricks At Summer Camps
157 Pray Hold Forth An Appendage, Nay, Nay The Unsoiled One (Master Payne): Performing Magic At Renaissance Fairs
161 Donde Esta La Tienda De Magia? (Mike Gomez): Performing Magic For Spanish-Speaking Families
164 Tween, Tween, the Fear Machine (Terry Parrett): Performing Magic for Tweens
169 Nigerian Prince Shares Huge Inheritance (Chris Capehart): How To Handle The Know-It-All Older Children

172 Chapter 7 Routines For School And Library Shows
174 Too Legit To Fit (Doug Scheer): Teaching Tolerance And Diversity in Schools
179 Make Moolah In Schoolah (Doug Scheer): A School Show Routine On Paying A Compliment
185 Teaching The Invisible (Doug Scheer): How To Teach Invisible Concepts To Children
188 New Routines Taught Here On Every Page (John Tudor): Teaching In School Shows Using A Paper Tear
192 One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Illiterate Fish (Mark Daniel): How To Teach In A Reading Show
194 Read ‘Em And Reap - The Rewards (Tommy Johns): Another Great Reading Show Routine

198 Chapter 8 Kid Show Kalendar - Routines For Every Holiday Of The Year
200 Kid Show Calendar Introduction
202 The Mother Of All Hat Tear Routines (Ken Johanson): A Routine For Mother’s Day
206 Who’s Your Daddy? (David Oliver): A Routine To Celebrate Father’s Day
210 Father Knows Best (Dave Mayer): Another Great Routine For Father’s Day
215 We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident, That All Children Are Not Created Equal; Some Are Real Monsters! (John Bundy): A Routine For the Fourth Of July
217 Summer Routines Introduction
220 Drowning in Great Ideas (Mark Byrne): Hilarious And Fun Water Tricks
222 Boys And Girls It’s Spilly Billy! (Don Miller): More Hilarious And Fun Water Tricks
225 Water, Water Everywhere (Dave Arch): An Insane Water Routine From A Boat
227 More Messy Magic (Gay Ljungberg): More Wet Magic Routines
230 Halloween Routines Introduction
231 Don’t Be Scared To Theme Your Show for Halloween (John Bundy): A Terrific Halloween Routine
233 Theme! Scream! Halloween! (John Bundy): More Great Halloween Routines
235 Best Name For A Drackula Duck: Count Quackula or Count Duckula? (Mike Bent): Still More Great Halloween Routines
237 Happy Hallow-Tween (Terry Parrett): Voodoo Halloween Magic Just For Tweens
241 Trick or Trick (Don Miller): Lots Of Great Halloween Ideas
244 I See A G-G-G-G-Ghost! (Tony Daniels): Still More Great Halloween Ideas
247 Here Is A Trick Or Treat Bag Full of Goodies: Are You Kidding! Still More Great Halloween Routines
251 Christmas-Time Routines Introduction
252 It’s A Great Day To Go To The Poles (Jack Skrip): Two Great Routines About The North Pole
254 Ho, Ho, Ho-ly cow I have a lot of shows in December!(Mark Strivings): Two More Hilarious Christmas-time Routines
257 How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Dean Carnegie): Plus A Stocking Full of Magical Christmasy Ideas
259 Question: What do you call someone who is afraid of Christmas? (Jeff Russ): Can You Believe It? Another Christmas-Worthy Routine!
262 Christmas Wish List: A Wooden Box With A Giant Die In It (Chuck Lehr): A Great Christmas Show Routine With A Die Box
265 Look What Santa Brought You In His Sack: Eight More Amazing Holiday Routines

268 Chapter 9 Not Normally Done For Kids
270 Introduction To Close-up Magic For Kids
272 All Right, Mr. Kaye, I’m Ready For My Close-Up (Trixie Bond): Performing close-up magic for children
273 Is this your Yu-Gi-Oh! Card? (Trixie Bond): More Close-Up Magic For Kids
276 All This But No Toothpick (David Williamson): A Great Card Trick For Kids
280 Introduction to Mentalism For Kids
283 How Much Is That Doggy In The Window? (Doug Green): Two Amazing Mentalism Routines For Children
285 Psst! What’s the answer to number 4? (Doug Green): Four More Mentalism Routines For Kids
288 The Cards Say, “Work Harder in School” (Robert Wong): Motivational Magic For Children
291 Continue Schooling. I’m Not Fu Ling (John Tudor): Performing Motivational Magic For Pre-teens
294 A Magic Show For Kids? Get Me Outta Here! (Jens Bjørn): Performing Escape Routines For Children

298 Chapter 10 Unusual Choices For Your Character
300 Taking Candy From Strangers (Jozo Bozo): Turn Your Audience Against You
304 I Thought It Was Saliva, But It’s Not (Don Russell): Performing Routines With Gross Out Humor
307 A Little Sponge Bunny! Isn’t That Funny (James Agostini): Performing In Rhyming Patter
311 A Case of Multiple Personalities (Andres Hinojosa): Creating Many Different Characters and Shows
314 The More The Merrier (Ron Manoviec): Performing A Show With Multiple Actors

316 Chapter 11 Exploring A Single Effect
318 The Chameleon of Magic Tricks (Ken Scott): Here Is A Trick You Can Customize For Any Show
321 There’s Thumb-thing About Jozo (Jozo Bozo): A Great Routine Using The Thumb Tip
325 Tie up your Summer Performing Problems With a Rope Trick (Magic Al Garber): A Silly Routine For Professor’s Nightmare
327 The Professor’s Real Nightmare: Several Interesting Versions of Professor’s Nightmare
331 Let’s Eat, Grandpa! Or Is It Let’s Eat Grandpa?: Two Very Different Routines For The Same Trick
338 A Trick That Repeats On You (Nick Brown): Examining Six Card Repeat
342 He Who Spelt It, Dealt It (Dal Sanders): The Versatility Of A Spelling Test Routine
348 "Milo And" Roger, Bugs, Peter, and Thumper (Norm Barnhart): Producing A Rabbit In A Meaningful Way

350 Chapter 12 Magic Routines Paired With Allied Arts
352 Magic Tricks With a Twist (Buster Balloon): Performing Magic Tricks With Balloons
355 Two Sixty, Or Not Two Sixty, That Is The Question (Tom Vorjohan and Daniel Herron): Twisting A Rabbit In The Hat Balloon
358 Talk To The Hand (Dave Allen): Using Puppets In Your Magic Show
361 Penn And Tenor (Ken Scott): Using Music In Your Show
365 In a Senti-Mental Epic Mood (Kerry Pollack): A Great Magic Routine That Uses Music

368 Chapter 13 Advice From Surprising Sources
370 A Finney Thing Happened On The Way To The Theme Park: (Michael Finney): Talks About His Days Performing Family Shows
373 Kids Magic To The Max (Max Maven): Max Maven On Kids Magic

376 Chapter 14 It Wasn’t The Destination, It Was The Ride
378 In Summary
379 The Bakery Bear (Brian Scott)
379 Eggs From Mouth (Mark Popovich)
380 Miser’s Dream (Tim David)
380 The Nothing Box (Spidey)
381 A-B-C Blocks (Billy McComb)

383 Indexes