The FFFF Book by Obie O’Brien

Details: Over 20 years in the making! The FFFF Book is a collection of routines and memories from and about the Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic convention.

Contributors include:

• Paul Gertner,
• Steve Beam,
• Pit Hartling,
• Ray Ben,
• Dan Garrett,
• Harrison Carroll,
• David Lederman,
• Steve Dushek,
• Doc Eason,
• Phil Goldstein,
• Tom Craven,
• Ray Mertz,
• Bill Miesel,
• David Neighbors,
• Earl Oakes,
• Pete Tappan,
• Scott Wells,
• Sid Lorraine,
• Ed Eckl,
• Tony Econ,
• David Williamson,
• Mike Skinner,
• Allan Slaight,
• Gary Plants,
• Joe Riding,
• Herb Zarrow
• and the head Forker himself, Obie O’Brien.

Contents:
009 Foreword (Charlie Randall)
012 Prologue
025 A Card Stab (Carl Andrews, Jr.)
029 The Layover (Steve Beam)
035 Cap In Bottle (Ray Ben)
041 One-Finger Vanish (Glenn Brown)
043 Transporter (Harry J. Carroll)
045 Too Puzzling (Steve Cohen)
049 Manchurian Candidate (Dick Cook)
057 Flexible Ring Flight (Del Copley)
061 All Backs Routine (Tom Craven)
065 Triple Decker Sandwich (Eric Dockery)
071 The Steel Balls (David Drake)
075 Hybrid Coin (Steve Dusheck)
079 Crystal Ball Delight (Bill “Doc” Eason)
085 Mes Seau Rouge (Ed Eckl)
089 Triple Coincidence (Tony Econ)
093 Plunger Rising Cards (Neil Elias)
097 The Saxon Card Rise (Harry Franke)
101 The Pinch Switch (Dan Garrett)
105 Unshuffled (Paul Gertner)
109 Karate Match (Bill Goldman)
115 Houdini Outdone (Joe Hammer)
117 Unforgettable (Pit Hartling)
125 No Sleight of Hand Knife Through Handkerchief (Reg Holden)
127 “A New Coin Fold” (Norm Houghton)
129 An Advertising Piece (Cap’t. Bill James)
131 Dracula Goes Wild (James Krenz)
135 Signed, Sealed Delivered in Advance (Gary Kurtz)
141 Slothful Mentalist (Gary Kurtz)
143 Prefiguration Refigured (David Lederman)
145 Fastest Overhand Shuffle Stack (Harry Lorayne)
149 To Vanish A Card (Sid Lorraine)
151 An Arresting Opening for a Coin Routine (Dan McDonald)
155 P.T.E.B.O. (Mike McGiven)
161 R.M. Dice Stacking Routine (Ray Mertz)
165 Irish Poker (Chuck Meyer)
169 Growing Penny (Chuck Meyer)
172 My Early Memories of Eddie (by Bill Miesel)
195 A Clean Nudist (Bill Miesel)
199 First Class Backfire (Dave Neighbors)
205 Quickshot (Dave Neighbors)
209 Ring Vanish (Earl Oakes)
213 The Matching Color Mates (Obie O’Brien)
217 Coins to Glass (Michael O’Dowd)
221 What I Could Have Had (Tom Ogden)
225 A Card Control (Gary Plants)
231 Floating Aces (Joe Riding)
237 The M.R. Aces Routine (Mike Robinson)
239 Flash Coins Across (Rocco)
243 The Hay-Dai Stack (Mike Skinner)
247 Jacks Are Better (Allan Slaight)
251 No Shoots-NoSlides-No Slits (Dr. Robert Smith)
255 Ring Hank Penetration (Warren Stephens)
259 Two Card Backfire Matrix (Mark Tams)
265 Two Thimble Vanishes (Pete Tappan)
269 Heartburn (Scott Wells)
273 Double-Snap (Robert Wicks)
279 Perverse Open Spelling (David Williamson)
283 “Hi!” Sign (Phil Willmarth)
289 A Business Card Trick (Frank Zak)
291 Coincidentally Yours (Herb Zarrow)
297 The Non-Invisible Pass (Hal Zeve)
299 Immigrant (Ron Zollweg)
303 Appendix

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