Gene Anderson — The Book

pure GENEius

2016
Written by Gene Anderson
Work of Gene Anderson
256 pages (Hardcover), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Gene Anderson
Language: English
64 entries
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Gene Anderson Acknowledgments
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Gene Anderson Convention Conversations
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Mac King Foreword
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Gene Anderson Introduction
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on why Roy Benson's Zipper Banana is funny
Related to
  • Levent & Todd Karr's "Roy Benson By Starlight" p. 156.
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Gene Anderson Star of the Show cutting a star with one cut
  • A. The mighty template
  • B. Folding the star
  • C. Performance
  • D. Impromptu star
  • E. Gene's script
  • F. Star from "restored" newspaper
  • G. Many "stars"
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool anecdote of a gig
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Gene Anderson Picto Transpo performer draws spectator and vice versa on poster boards, signed pictures change places in envelopes
  • A. Performance
  • B. Introduction
  • C. Set-up and handling
  • D. Gene's script
  • E. Props
Inspired by 17
Gene Anderson The Gene Pool anecdote of performing Picto Transpo
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool anecdote of performing Picto Transpo
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool anecdote of performing Picto Transpo and Persi Diaconis
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Gene Anderson Anderson Die Box with Gospel Magic parody presentation
  • A. Props
  • B. Gene's script
  • C. Final message
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Gene Anderson Vanishing Match vanish of burning match
  • A. Performance
  • B. Gene's script
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Gene Anderson, Jim Hooper, Roy Johnson Nemo Jumbo Rising Card with houlette, card rises from envelope, two phases
  • A. Sneak preview
  • B. Background and credits
  • C. Introduction
  • D. Gene's Script
  • E. Rapid prototype
  • F. The props
  • G. Thread preparation
  • H. Thread management
  • I. Understanding thread
  • J. Initial set-up and first card rise
  • K. Second card rise
  • L. Striking and resetting
  • M. The quest for thread
Variations 41
Gene Anderson The Gene Pool anecdote of Nemo Rising Card, Mac King and Greg Frewin
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool anecdote on working with thread
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool anecdote on catching fish
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Gene Anderson Tables different table designs
  • A. Roll-on tables
  • B. Lightweight traveling table
  • C. Parlor "close-up" table
  • D. Portable podium
  • E. Microphone stand table
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Earl Ray Wilcox
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool anecdote of FFFF 2005
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Gene Anderson Card in Bottle selection vanishes between two Jokers and appears in bottle inside cigar boxes, which has been shown empty in the beginning
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Cards, bottles and boxes
  • C. Table
  • D. Gene's script
  • E. Servante
  • F. Epilogue
Inspired by 67
Gene Anderson The Pajama Cord Trick rope cut into three pieces, lengths change and after ends are knotted it restores again
  • A. Performance
  • B. Props and set-up
  • C. Gene's script
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Joe Riding
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Gene Anderson Tying the "Pop" Knot knot jumps from rope when pulled
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Gene Anderson The Newspaper Act entire newspaper act, including folding and cutting designs and tricks with newspaper
  • A. How it all began
  • B. The act
  • C. Set-up
  • D. Gene's script
  • E. Music
  • F. Keeping Current
  • G. Storing the prepared act
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Gene Anderson Star of David - The Six-Pointed Star cut from newspaper, two cuts
  • A. "Clean copy" pages
  • B. Folding the pages
  • C. Performance
  • D. Presentation possibilities
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Gene Anderson Peace Symbol cut from newspaper, one cut A. Folding the newspaper B. Performance
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on teaching the Peace Symbol to Doug Henning
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Ken Bowell, Gene Anderson Squircle circle cut into newspaper, when unfolded it is a square, with credit information
  • A. Selecting newspaper pages
  • B. Preparing Squircle's pages
  • C. Storing the prepared Squircle
  • D. Performance
Related toAlso published here 107
Gene Anderson Wastebasket basket attached to trousers to store crumbled and cut paper
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Gene Anderson Chapeaugraphy - Forty Years to Make a Hat chapeaugraphy act with newspaper
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Getting Started
  • C. Creases and stiffeners
  • D. Preparing the Mortarboard
  • E. Making the tassel
  • F. Finishing the folds
  • G. Performance
  • H. Gene's classic origami hats
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on perfecting the Stetson crease
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on lecturing at Magic Inc.
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Gene Anderson Ship's Wheel & Dolls cutting dolls and a ship's wheel from newspaper
  • A. Preparing the pages
  • B. Performance
Related to
  • Vin Carey's "Easy Do' Paper Act", 1941.
Also published here 		132
Gene Anderson Corn Stalk newspaper tree
  • A. Preparation
  • B. Performance
Also published here 134
Gene Anderson Hello Trick word "hello" shall be cut from paper, but then it is hell, then "O" appears on wrong end and finally with another cut it is restored to the other end
  • A. Clippo times two
  • B. Getting started
  • C. Newspaper
  • D. Props
  • E. Glue lines
  • F. Folding the Hello strip for performance
  • G. Performance, Phase I "cutting" Hell
  • H. Performance, Phase 2 - cutting the "O" for O Hell
  • I. Performance, Phase 3 - Clippo cut for Hello
  • J. Gene's script
  • K. Rubber cement
  • L. The history of Clippo
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Gene Anderson Torn Message message torn into newspaper
  • A. Finale message
  • B. Introduction
  • C. Preparing the papers
  • D. Preparing the message
  • E. Performance
  • F. Production Run
  • G. Gene's script
  • H. Newspaper article
Inspired by
  • Jean Hugard's "Paper Tearing Extraordinary" in "Hugard's Magic Monthly" February, 1957.
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool using the Torn Message at a symposium
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Doug Henning's wedding
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Gene Anderson The Part-Time Pro
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Magic Castle debut
  • C. Getting your act together
  • D. Letters of Agreement
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on doing the medicine pitch
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Professor Creep and Friend
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Gene Anderson Marko message appears on strip of paper
  • A. Gene's script
  • B. Preparation
  • C. Additional routines
Inspired by
  • Percy Bee's "Cecil, the Educated Chalk" in "Linking Ring" December, 1968.
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Juan Tamariz Double Crossing the Gaze Switch
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on "Marko", appearing ghost on paper
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Gene Anderson Knot Dr. Seuss big knot is formed, falls of rope and performer is left with short piece of rope, Pavel's Krazy Knot
  • A. Background and Credits
  • B. The poem
  • C. Gene's script
  • D. Materials and tools
  • F. Seuss book
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Anderson's "Graduation" party
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Gene Anderson, Karl Germain String Thing restoration of cut string
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Preparation
  • B. Gene's routine and script
  • C. String holder
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Gene Anderson, Tadashi Tokieda Precocious Paper Chain
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Preview to precocious
  • C. The Möbius strip
  • D. The precocious Möbius strip
  • E. Gene's presentation
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Tadashi Tokieda
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Gene Anderson Gene's Egg Bag Routine based on Charlie Miller and Ken Brooke
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Personalizing the routine
  • C. Gene's script
  • D. Egg bag and egg
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Gene Anderson The Hindu Thread Trick
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Hind Thread or Gypsy Thread... what's in a name?
  • C. Gene's presentation and script
  • D. Preparation
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Doug Henning performing the Hindu thread
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Gene Anderson Si Stebbins Card Routine multiphase routine, missing cards divined by riffling the deck, by listening, named card is found, speller
  • A. Stacking the deck
  • B. Charlier False Haymow Shuffle
  • C. Gene's routine and script for the Si Stebbins stack
  • D. Resetting the deck
  • E. About Si Stebbins
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Gene Anderson, Charlier Charlier False Haymow Shuffle
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Ed Watkins and Si Stebbins
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Nick Trost's Lie Speller and Dennis Loomis
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Gene Anderson, Dennis Loomis, Nick Trost The Lie Speller
Inspired by 223
Gene Anderson The Tear Through Time - History and Evolution of the Torn & Restored Newspaper
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Cortini
  • C. Benno Pantel
  • D. Carl Brema
  • E. Janos Bartl & D. J. Stringer
  • F. Al Baker
  • G. Al Koran
  • H. Gene Anderson
  • I. Doug Henning
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Wittus Witt
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Charlie Miller seeing the T&R Newspaper for the first time
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Gene Anderson Gene Anderson's Torn & Restored Newspaper flash restoration
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Gene's script
  • C. Preparing the newspaper
  • D. Colored pages
  • E. Newspaper page sizes
  • F. Folding the newspaper
  • G. The Clip
  • H. Setting up for performance
  • I. Showing the pages
  • J. Tearing the newspaper
  • K. Restoration
  • L. Showing the pages
  • M. Resetting the T&R newspaper
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on Willard the Wizard and Frances Willard
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Gene Anderson The Gene Pool on a tip by Bob Fitch
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, July 2019.