The Magic of Matt Schulien by Philip Reed Willmarth

This is one of the all-time great books on magic, because it teaches not just a large selection of great tricks, but also a lot of concepts, applied psychology and ways to handle spectators.

A great big wonderful ebook about a great big wonderful performer and his tricks – the late great restauranteur, Matt Schulien. Schuliens Restaurant, the legendary and favorite eatery of local Chicagoans and visitors from abroad was a family owned enterprise for 113 years. Matt grew up in the family business and a lifetime of fooling patrons at his saloon made Matt one of the world’s finest close-up men. His goldfish trick made him famous. His gags and quick tricks are a bartender’s delight. This fascinating ebook is filled with photographs, illustrations, interesting historical and biographical documents and accounts and includes over fifty effects that Matt performed for his patrons.

1st edition 1959; 1st digital edition 2012, 207 pages.

Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. Not The Best, But The BiggestBasic Sleights
4. Matt’s Fan Location
5. The Crimp Location And Steal
6. The Palm
7. Matt’s HideawayQuick Discoveries
8. Cut The Cards
9. The Card In The Hat
10. Air Pressure
11. The Card In The Cuff
12. The Card In The Card Case
13. One Hand Discovery One Card
14. One Hand Discovery Two Cards
15. Spell It
16. Three Reversed
17. The Invisible Hair
18. The Slap DiscoveryTricks With The Change
19. The Change
20. The Professional Touch
21. Put It Back In The Deck
22. The Slam And Flip Over
23. That’s Your Card (A Sucker Trick)
24. Matt’s Ribbon Spread TrickSphinx Picture

    Tricks With The Force

25. The Face-Up Spread Force
26. The Fan Force
27. Matt’s Call A Card Force
28. Matt’s Face-Down Spread Force
29. Find The Five
30. The Lie Test
31. The X-Ray EyesMiscellaneous Magic And Gags
32. The Vanishing Deck
33. Testing A Half Dollar
34. Bending A Spoon
35. Bending The Arm
36. Twister
37. Matt’s Match Magic
38. The Jumping Match
39. Matt’s Goldfish EatingCard Routines
40. Where Do You Want Your Card?
41. The Mental Fan Force Routine
42. A Sample Routine
43. Counting The Cards
44. Phase I “Give Me Six Cards”
45. Phase II “Call a Number From Six to Ten”
46. Phase III “Call A Number Less Than Six”
47. Phase IV “Did You See How I Did That?”
48. Phase V “How Many Did We Have?”
49. Phase VI Passing The Cards
50. Phase VII Finale
51. Matt’s Crazy Poker Deal
52. The Cards And The CigaretteTricks With Gimmicks
53. The Pea Can
54. The Half In The Bottle
55. The Fifty Sponge Balls
56. Matt’s Color Changing Knife Routine
57. A Knife Gag
58. The Case Of The Missing HandleSmash Discoveries
59. The Card In The Sugar
60. The Corner In The Glass
61. Card In The Matchbook
62. The Card Under The Tablecloth
63. “Here Comes Kelly” The Card In The Glass
64. The Card On The WallThe Real Secrets Of Matt Schulien
65. A Summary Of Matt’s Advice On Magic
66. About Matt
67. Schuliana
68. Bibliography
69. Puzzle PictureMatt’s Kind Of Magic
70. Matt’s Card In The Matchbook-Two
71. Larry West’s Card And Glass
72. The Card On The Forehead
73. The Vanishing Match, Jim Ryan
74. Eddie Fechter’s Card Under The Lapel
75. Johnny Platt’s Which Is Which
76. Chuck Morris
77. Air Pressure Turnover
78. Heba Haba Al
79. The Sugar Cube Trick
80. Frank Everhart
81. The Sponge Rabbits
82. Frank Everhart Does Paper Hats And Pants
83. A Trick You Can Write Home About! Don Alan
84. Don Alan
85. Chicago Restaurateur Matt Schulien Dies
86. About The Author
87. Schuliens’ Today
88. Schulien Update 1994

word count: 72664 which is equivalent to 290 standard pages of text