- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (Feb 26 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0609805916
- ISBN-13: 978-0609805916
- Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 1.1 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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#372,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #72 in Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Magic
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Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
Magic and Megacheese"Cat Chiropractor," "Funnel in Pants," "Fingertip Eyeballs" and "A Trick with Ben Franklin's Head" are just a few of the Tricks with Your Head: Hilarious Magic Tricks to Disgust and Delight offered by Las Vegas magician Mac King, who performs on NBC's annual World's Greatest Magic, and book wholesaler Mark Levy (Magic for Dummies). With clear (and joke-filled) instructions and 68 line-drawings, even the most inept should find something to amaze the experts and tyros alike.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
“Mac King is a god.” —Penn and Teller
Tricks with Your Head is the world’s greatest (and only) collection of hilarious, mystifying, and sometimes repulsive magic tricks that you can perform with your very own head.
If you’ve only thought of your head as a receptacle for so-called higher learning, or as a structure for keeping your haircut from falling into your body cavity, rejoice! Now you can use that ten-pound meatball between your shoulders as a source of ribald entertainment. Best of all, when you learn to perform a head trick, you can never be caught without your prop.
Mac King and Mark Levy have perfected the ultimate mix of head games (literally) in this clever illustrated volume that teaches you how to:
* Make your head disappear
* Penetrate your skull with a drinking straw
* Make a french fry vanish up your nose
* Read someone’s mind
* Jab a fork in your eye
Tricks with Your Head is the world’s greatest (and only) collection of hilarious, mystifying, and sometimes repulsive magic tricks that you can perform with your very own head.
If you’ve only thought of your head as a receptacle for so-called higher learning, or as a structure for keeping your haircut from falling into your body cavity, rejoice! Now you can use that ten-pound meatball between your shoulders as a source of ribald entertainment. Best of all, when you learn to perform a head trick, you can never be caught without your prop.
Mac King and Mark Levy have perfected the ultimate mix of head games (literally) in this clever illustrated volume that teaches you how to:
* Make your head disappear
* Penetrate your skull with a drinking straw
* Make a french fry vanish up your nose
* Read someone’s mind
* Jab a fork in your eye
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure Genius!!!,
By Steven (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tricks with Your Head: Hilarious Magic Tricks and Stunts to Disgust and Delight (Paperback)
This book is a must for anyone that has any social fiber in them. Have you ever wished you had some great little gag to break the ice at a party? How about having the perfect anecdote to get the attention of that person across the bar? This book has page after page of hilarious gags and tricks you can perform with very little skill or preperation. Even if you never perform a single one of this stunts outside the comfort of your own home, the laughs you will enjoy while reading this book are well worth the price.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth a 10 year wait... mostly,
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This review is from: Tricks with Your Head: Hilarious Magic Tricks and Stunts to Disgust and Delight (Paperback)
I've been waiting for this book for about 10 years or so... that's how long it's been since Penn & Teller deified Mac in their book "How to Play With Your Food". The title changed slightly (originally, they said to look for "Playing With Your Head"), and in that time, I had the opportunity to see Mac perform on a few "World's greatest magicians" type specials. Thus, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. And for the most part, I was right.The star rating I used above is an average of ratings... if you've never read a book on goofy tricks like these, add a star. The originality will make you snort beverages through your nose when you think about poking your eyeball out with a fork. Gruesome as it sounds, I've done it before, and it's a great gag. Mac even suggests two different outcomes for you to try, depending on how far you want to string the audience along. The novelty of it all will also make you a little more forgiving for certain tricks like sticking a french fry up your nose (to keep more beverages from coming out, of course). On the downside, if you have read books like this before, deduct a star. There is enough original material here to make up for gags that seem like old chestnuts, and the writing is entertaining and instructive. Regardless, you'll still feel like you've seen a bunch of this already, and odds are you will have.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tricks With Your Head,
By "mikegarin01" (West Bloomfield, MI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tricks with Your Head: Hilarious Magic Tricks and Stunts to Disgust and Delight (Paperback)
This book is awesome. I got it from Harrah's hotel in Las Vegas after his show. I even got it AUTOGRAPHED by the man! This book will keep you laughing. You'll make some enemies guaranteed, but as consolation, you'll be peeing your pants because the tricks are so great
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