The William W. Larsen Memorial Library

Mr. Fingers – The Magic of Irv Weiner

Author/Editor: Martell, Scott

w/ dust jacket

With Appreciation (Irv Weiner)
For the Goulets (Irv Weiner)
Foreword (Max Maven)
Preface
Introduction

MIRACLES CAN BE YOURS!

SIMPLICITY MAGIC
CARD MAGIC
Pivot Palm
Pivot Palm from the Deck
Control of One Card to the Top
Crimp Control
Shoot Out
Simplicity Jog (Automatic Jog)
The Jog as a Short Card
Bluff Insertion from the Front
The One-Hand Side Steal
The One-Card Double Lift
The Ambitious Double Deal
Beyond Belief
In the Can
Miracle Move
The Elusive Three
Ever Ready Rising Cards
Princess Card Trick
Guillo-Card
Perfected Card to Pocket, and Wallet
A Simple and Practical Floating Card

MENTALISM
The Simulated Center Tear
One-Tear Message Reading
Center Tear Holdout
Nail Writer Holdout
The Prophet’s Beard
Crazy, Huh?
Impromptu Impression
Last Word Book Test
Miraculous Test
Diabolical Digits
7 Up Card Trick
Block Busters

NOVEL CONCEPTS
Dancing Egg Routine
Jigsaw Puzzler
A Lesson in Magic

THE CUPS AND BALLS
Patriotic Cups and Balls Routine
Passe Passe Cups and Balls

ROPE & RINGS
String-A-Ring
Pet Quickie, Ring off Stick
Quicky Ring on Chopstick

PAPER MAGIC
Impromptu Vanishing Napkin and Burned Restoration
The New Balls to Hat Routine, with a Surprise Climax

COIN MAGIC
Just Imagination
Perfected Nested Boxes Routine
Kleen Kut Coin Vanish
Stapled
A Sleeving Twist

CIGARETTE MAGIC
Impromptu Bill in Cigarette
The Phantom Cigarette

SPONGE MAGIC
Soft Dice
Three-Dimensional Sponge Rabbits

NOTEBOOKS
Phantom Tabletop
The Genius/Jerk Medal Production
The Perfected Salt Trick
The Spectator Makes a Break
Fire Eating
Nu Torn & Restored Paper Strip
Cleaning Tips
East Indian Needle Trick
Biz-Escape
Medium Cues You
Egg Gag
Accompanying Music
Pip Liquid
Egg Bag Watch Steal

PRIVATE SCRAPBOOKS
Impromptu Bill Holder with Napkin
Egg in Strainer Variation
The Perfect Sucker Silk to Egg Routine
Simplicity Poker Cull-Cut-Stack
Which is Which? Second Method
Creativity Tree

MANU-SECRETS AND MORE
IBM Card Trick
Dolls Jump Rope Restoration
Mal Cameron’s Impossible Rope Trick
Blocks of Blue
Face Up Aces
Flabbergasting
Four Letter Words
Invisible Transposition
Triple Transposition
Red Tape Thumb Tie
Complete Cigar Act
Cut Control
Impromptu “No Nesting” Cups & Balls
The Traveling Salesman
Manu-Secrets on Parade

PERFORMER
The Mr. Fingers Show: An Evening With Irv Weiner
Analysis of the Show
Hand Stunts and Finger Bits, Just for the Fun of It
The Beginnings of a Master Showman
A Lady Volunteers, Manipulative Magic in Her Hands
A Matter of Weight, Miraculous Transposition
Capping the Deck, You Can Be Cheated
Sheer Magic, Just a Piece of Rope
Is It Voodoo or Mind Over Body Control?
They Call Me Mr. Fingers, Not Mr. Thumb! (Red Tape Thumb Tie)
Silent Mora Ball and Silk
Many People and Many Cards, Max Malini’s Favorite Card Trick
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Thoughts Are Mine
Newspaper Headline Prediction
A Final Gift
Irv’s Blister
Close-up Magic on Stage
Peter the Miser, Money Mad Routine

PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL

TEACHER
A Short Talk on Varied Magic
The Studio of Magic presents: Lecture Lessons of Intimate Magic

APPENDIX
Friends in Magic
Scrapbooks
Acknowledgments
Select Bibliography
Permissions
Additional Magic by Irv Weiner