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The World's Most Famous Unknown Magician and Ventriloquist (Paperback)
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The World's Most Famous Unknown Magician and Ventriloquist (Paperback)
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Loot Price R522
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The adventures of a road show warrior featuring Bob Carroll.
Whether you do school shows or travel around the country
performing, this will make you laugh and think about your
performances in a new way. Bob has performed for over 40 years
doing amusement parks and school shows with his comedy magic and
ventriloquist act. This started out as a lecture for magicians and
turned into a journey about Bob's adventures and career. This is a
story for all those entertainers who refuse to give up but never
get to be famous There are thousands of acts right now touring the
country that are talented and hard working. This is just one story
about the unknown career of Bob Carroll. If you are a clown,
ventriloquist, juggler or magician, there are tips to make your
school shows more fun Valuable tips and secrets that you can use to
help your shows. Bob also shares several comedy magic routines for
magicians who do birthday parties, school shows or family events.
Find out why Long John Silver's restaurant scares Bob to this day
Journey on the tour called "Bob's Not So Excellent Adventure" and
learn magic routines that can make you think about the way you do
school shows. Read about his Guinness Book of World Record Joke
Telling event. Find out how Bob started out in amusement parks,
strip clubs and eventually toured doing school shows for over 25
years. There is also a tribute to some of the performers that Bob
has worked with over the course of his career. "This book was
great. It's actually an Oreo Cookie of a book, and as much fun. The
opening and closing chapters are colorful "stories of the road,"
from a performer who's been a magician, ventriloquist, clown, DJ,
strip show m.c., close up performer, Vegas act, resort act, and
amusement park act. The stories are as wild and wacky as the
business of show business. The middle of the book is all about
school shows, kids audiences, and how to navigate and survive them.
If you're a variety performer, you'll like the outer ends best. If
you are, or ever want to be a school show performer, you'll NEED
the middle part most. Let me repeat - NEED There is more good
performing advice and more good tips for doing school shows there
than I've ever seen in one place, at one time, ever You'll get
thousands of dollars worth of advice from a seasoned performer
who's done it all, and isn't stingy about sharing his experiences.
I, for one, am glad I got it " "As a fellow entertainer I can
relate to these stories and I was more than entertained by this
book. I was nearly thrown out of a doctors waiting room as I was
reading and got laughing really loud and I had to go outside for a
minute to calm down. It is a very, very funny book. These are real
life situations that would make a great movie I haven't seen a
movie in years that was half as funny as the tales he tells here."
"A compilation of great stories and great advice to anyone
interested in performing or just learning about it. I've read many
books about the entertainment industry but never anything like this
A compelling book that not only gives you a view into the hilarious
experiences of one man but also provides some insight into just how
complicated and down right difficult it must be to do this for a
living." "Having seen Bob perform many years ago at Gaslight
Village in Upstate New York, I had to buy the book. After starting
to read it, the only reason I put it down was to wipe the tears
from my eyes from laughing so hard. Fun and entertaining read from
a fun and entertaining entertainer " "I recently purchased this
book by magician/ventriloquist Bob Carroll and it was one of those
books you start reading and you can't put it down until you have
reached the end of the last page." "Just read Bob Carroll's great
book on school shows and his wonderful "Road Show" warrior stories.
Valuable advice and tips for those seriously going into that
market. Recommended." George Schindler
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