THE MAGIC OF JIM BUFFALOE

THE MAGIC OF JIM BUFFALOE

Great original Coin Magic and Card Magic.

Buffaloe'd contains very commercial coin magic as well as some of the finest general magic and magic essays in print today.

Here is a review from MAGIC magazine:

“...a book which contains mostly coin routines, all structured for maximum entertainment. Buffaloed is one of the best books of non-card magic that I have read in a long time. Excellent routines, excellent thinking, excellent essays. What more could you want? This is a fine, fine book, and it should be in your library. Highly recommended.” - Michael Close.

Here’s another review from The Magic Menu:

“...one of the most refreshing books I’ve read in years. First, [Jim Buffaloe’s] coin work is superb. Lots of stuff for walkaround or table-hopping that needs no table surface. The plots are fun, fresh and intriguing. Example: he has a routine in which a half dollar is ‘curled up’ by the magi’s super-strong fingers, then unrolled... using a miniature rolling pin! Another routine, The Steroid Coin, follows the adventures of a silver dollar which gets chopped by a Ginsu® knife into ten dimes, re-formed, thrown through a drinking glass, then melted using a ‘laser gun.’

“Second, Buffaloe has lots of coin routines and even two full coin acts that have played really well for stand-up and stage audiences. This stuff, by the way, is what he has used in his act for decades. It’s proven and refined, not pie-in-the-sky stuff.

“Third, he has lots of non-coin material that’s also great for stand-up and kid shows. Ring on ropes, a ‘fish-on-rope’ routine (you have to read it), and even a kid show routine with Ton Onosaka’s jumbo Monte cards (worth the price of the book).

“Fourth, Jim has a number of essays on theory, and unlike some, he is actually qualified to teach on these subjects. for example, he was a music teacher for 26 years, and his essay on speaking voice should itself be required reading for every magi.” - Eric Henning.

Illustrated by Tony Dunn. Hardbound, 224 pages. An excellent book and available now for only $40 at Tin City Magic.