William Miesel: Forks Full of Appetizers

Miesel, William P. (editor): Forks Full of Appetizers
©2022 Meir Yedid Magic
Softcover, perfect-bound, 6x9", 232 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-7335972-2-7

Also in Hardcover

Fork Full Of Appetizers Book 1:
Original copyright by Obie O’Brien in 1982.
Fork Full Of Appetizers Book 2:
Original copyright by Obie O’Brien in 1984.

Willliam Miesel: Forks Full of Appetizers
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Comments: Illustrated by Tom Gagnon. An updated compilation of the original Fork Full of Appetizers and Fork Full of Appetizers Book 2, originally produced in 1982 and 1983. (those books listed separately as well). 

Contents (from book ToC):

11 Foreword (Meir Yedid)

13 Fork Full Of Appetizers Book 1
15 Introduction (Obie O’Brien)

17 Cards
17 Unknown (Harry Carroll)
19 Five Finger Discount (Del Copley)
21 Mental Nick (Tom Craven)
23 Side Steal A La Doty (J.J. Doty)
25 Joe’s Trick (Ed Eckl)
27 Blazing Saddles (Tony Econ)
29 Everywhere And Nowhere (Neal Elias)
31 Double-Dazzling Slop Shuffle Triumph (Bob Farmer)
35 Universal Prediction (Max Maven/Phil Goldstein)
36 Any Card—Any Wallet (Bob Haines)
37 No Skill Four Ace Assembly (Mike Hilburger)
39 AC/DC TBSMRR (Peter Isaacs)
42 Houdini And The Svengali (Denis MacKenzie)
43 Mirror Twist (Ray Mertz)
45 Water And The Oil Barrons (William Miesel)
46 The Card Is Cigarette (Tom Mullica)
48 Four Card—Do As I Do (Mike O’Dowd)
50 Challenge Poker (Mack Picknick)
52 The Gambler And His Accomplice (Mack Picknick)
53 Three Alike (Victor Trabucco)
54 Progressive Blues (David Walker)

61 Coins
61 Deflation (Del Copley)
62 Bomb Bay Production (Tom Gagnon)
65 Vis-Sil-Co (Obie O’Brien)
66 Reverse Color Changing Matrix (Tom Staton)

69 Miscellaneous Close-Up Magic
69 Son Of Morning (Gene Anderson)
70 The Orange Chop (Bob Follmer)
72 A Ball Penetration (Tom Gagnon)
73 Eggstraordinary (Claude Hale)
74 A Tape Recorder Gag (Mike Hilburger)
75 Ring On Wand Routine (Karl Norman)
77 Zig-Zag Thumb (Meir Yedid)
80 Out Of This Alphabet (David Drake)
81 Love Match (Norman Houghton)

83 Fork Full Of Appetizers Book 2
85 Preface (Mike Hilburger)

89 Cards
89 Face Up Cutting The Aces (Harry Carroll)
91 Forget And Remember (Dom Cervas)
93 Challenge Poker Deal (Del Copley)
95 Face Down Poker (John Cornelius)
97 The Invisible Bottom Deal (Tony Econ)
100 The Four Packet Shuffle (Neal Elias)
101 A Gallo Sandwich (Lou Gallo)
103 Flushback (Dan Garrett)
105 Two For One Split (Paul Gertner)
108 Broad Jump (Max Maven/Phil Goldstein)
111 World’s Fastest Card Trick (Gene Gordon)
112 Where The Hell Did That Come From? (Bob Haines)
113 Visual Aces (Joe Hammer)
116 Trapped Triumph (Bill Kalush)
119 Devilish Digit Cut (Richard Kaufman)
120 The Simple Killer (Fast Mike Lewinski)
122 Old Spell—New Twist (Sid Lorraine)
124 A Test Of Flirtatiousness (John FC McLachlan)
126 R.M. Card in the Wallet (Ray Mertz)
128 Twice Under The Shot (William Miesel)
131 Repeat Cards Under Ashtray (Tom Mullica)
133 Kolossal Kolored Kards (Obie O’Brien)
139 What’s In The Envelope (Mack Picknick)
141 New King Cut (Michael Skinner)
143 Twisted The Hard Way (Chuck Stanfield)
145 The Final Card (Robert Stencil)
147 Everyplace (Hans E Trixer)
153 Five-Way Fours (Randy Wakeman)
155 Holy-Holey (David Walker)
157 Here Come The Aces (Carl Wiesinger)
159 The Missionary Who Came As Dinner (Phillip R Willmarth)
160 Royal Miracle (Meir Yedid)
163 The Dealer Wins (Frank Zak)
164 Multiple Switch-In (Herb Zarrow)

167 More Cards
167 Sweet Lorayne! (Allan Slaight)
171 Gambo Magique (Robert Farmer)
176 The Irish Card Routine (Joe Riding)
180 Reshuffling Unshuffled (Robert Wicks)

185 Coins
185 De-Material-Ization (Bruce Barnett)
187 Squeaky-Clean Transposition (Jon Brunelle)
188 Four Coins And A Purse (Tom Craven)
191 Susie B (Ed Eckl)
193 More Than A Penetration (Mike Gallo)
194 Double Reverse Matrix (Bob King)
197 New Karate Coin (Gary Ouellet)
198 Coin Through Balloon (Peter Tappan)
199 Using The Hand As A Servante (Victor Trabucco)

201 Miscellaneous Close-Up
201 Bill To Cigarette (Michael Ammar)
204 The Hole(y) Tearer (Roy Cottee)
206 Four Dice Repeat (David Drake)
207 Calendar Card (Carl T Dreher)
208 Dusheck’s Dollar (Steve Dusheck Jr)
210 La Paloma II (Jim Gabor)
211 Two Rings And A Rope (Michael Gorman)
213 The Shadow Switch (Carl Herron)
216 Shooting A Girl Into A Nest Of Boxes (Richard Hughes)
217 Dollar Duo Digits (Roy Miller)
218 Bill In The Cigarette (Karl Norman)
221 Polychromatic Gum (Mel Stover/Rev O.T. Slem)
223 The Ring Thing (Warren Stephens)
225 Cocktail Sword And Straw (Wally Wilson)
226 Dice Climax (Tommy Wonder)
227 The Broken And Restored Ring (Ron Zollweg)

231 4F Guests Of Honor


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