Limited Edition: This Is #17 Of 200 Signed & Numbered Copies
Anderson, Harry: Tipping The Hat
©2011 Spade & Archer, NC
Softcover, perfect-back, 8.5x11", 136 pages
Comments: There seem to be two editions of this book, an original from a London appearance in 2011 and then an updated 2013 edition from the T.A.O.M. Convention in Dallas. I'm not sure of the exact differences. Each edition came with a DVD - either Tricks Of His Trade, or Hello Sucker.
Contents (from 2011 book ToC, numbers are not page numbers):
1 Harry The Hat Tonight
2 Wise Guy Monte
3 Opening Banter
4 The Brain Shows Off-Act I
5 Practical Magic
6 Card Counting Explained
7 A Lady Chooses
8 A Deck Counted With Music And A Joke
9 Skippy
10 A Middie-Aged Straitjacket Escape
11 The Brain Shows Off - Act II
12 The Lady Returns
13 A Deck Recalled With A Dance
14 A Chosen Card Announced
15 A Magic Square Revealed
16 Bonus Stuff
17 Buffalo Bill's Cufflinks
18 The Cufflinks
19 The Locking Himber Wallet
20 Grant's Million Dollar Bill Mystery
21 A Buffao Bill's Cufflinks In Brief
22 A Drunkard's Square
23 Helpful Household Hints
24 Jay Jonson
25 Eva Anderson
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Harry Anderson's Tipping The Hat T.A.O.M. Edition Book
Limited Edition: This Is #17 Of 200 Signed & Numbered Copies
Fresh off his appearance at the T.A.O.M. Convention in Dallas in September 2003, where he presented his award winning lecture (Magic Castle's 2013 Lecturer of the Year), Harry Anderson agreed to print some extra copies of his customized lecture notes which are closer to being a book. The book covers many of Harry's routines which include techniques, tips, banter, prop list, staging, music cues and even scripts.
Routines, techniques and stories discussed and dissected include: Wise Guy Monte, Practical Magic, Card Counting Explained, A Lady Chooses, A Deck Counted with Music and a Joke, Skippy, A Middle-Aged Straitjacket Escape, The Deck’s Which, Stacking The Deck, The Brain Squares Off, Buffalo Bill’s Cufflinks, Grant’s Million Dollar Bill Mystery, Cufflinks Routine In Brief, A Drunkard’s Square and more. You also get additional essays and stories by Harry Anderson, Jon Racherbaumer, and Jay Johnson.
As a special bonus the book includes a DVD of Harry Anderson's CBS television special Tricks Of His Trade. A 136-page, 8.5"x11" perfect bound book with many photographs. Published in 2013 by Spade & Archer. A limited edition of 200 autographed and numbered copies by Harry Anderson.
When Harry Anderson was booked to perform at the TAOM convention he was told that Tom Mullica was going to be the guest of honor. In his honor he customized his lecture book, "Tipping The Hat," to say TOM instead of TAOM and then hand inserted the letter "A." See the photos.
Since nobody got the joke, when he printed the rest of the 200 copies he corrected it to TAOM.
| Extras | Autographed |
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| Owner | Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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| Location | Magic Library (Home) |
| Index | 3790 |
| Added Date | Jul 01, 2017 03:06:55 |
| Modified Date | Apr 06, 2026 14:21:01 |
| Book Condition | Very Fine |
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Harry Anderson
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Harry Anderson (b.1952-d.2018) was an Emmy Award-nominated American actor and magician.
Harry Anderson
Born Harry Laverne Anderson
October 14, 1952
Newport, Rhode Island
Died April 16, 2018 (age 65)
at his home in Asheville, North Carolina
Notable works NBC's Night Court, CBS's Dave's World
Early Anderson video
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Anderson was a street magician before becoming an actor. He is famous for the role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984-1992 television series Night Court. In addition to eight appearances on Saturday Night Live between 1981 and 1985, Anderson had a recurring guest role as con man "Harry the Hat" on Cheers, toured extensively as a magician, and did several magic/comedy shows for broadcast, including Harry Anderson's Sideshow (1987). Anderson starred in the 1985 Tales from the Darkside episode 'All a Clone by the Telephone'.
In 1990 he starred in the successful television adaptation of Stephen King's IT directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. From 1993 to 1997, Anderson starred in the sitcom Dave's World, based loosely on the life and columns of humor columnist Dave Barry. Together with long-time friend Turk Pipkin, Anderson wrote a book called Games You Can't Lose: A Guide for Suckers, a collection of gags, cons, tricks and scams. First published in 1989 (ISBN 1-58080-086-6—2001 reprint), this title also contains a survey of "Games You Can't Win" told from an insider's perspective.
A long-time Mel Tormé fan, Anderson and his wife Elizabeth once owned a small shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans named "Sideshow" selling various "magic, curiosities, and apocrypha." In the summer of 2005, Anderson also opened a nightclub in the French Quarter called Oswald's Speakeasy, located at 1331 Decatur Street. He performed a one-man show there called Wise Guy. Harry has a son, Dash, and a daughter, Eva, from a previous marriage to Leslie Pollack.
Anderson appears in "Hexing a Hurricane", a documentary about the first six months in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
In August 2006, Anderson and his wife announced their decision to leave New Orleans. The Andersons have purchased a home in Asheville, North Carolina, sold their house in New Orleans and Oswald's Speakeasy as of October 2006.
Appearances
Saturday Night Live (1981)
Cheers (1982)
Night Court (1984-1992)
Tales from the Darkside (1985)
Steven King's It (1990)
Dave's World (1993-1997)
World's Greatest Magic (1998)
Hexing a Hurricane (2006)
Books
Harry Anderson, Wise Guy written by Mike Caveney (1993)
External links
Harry's Wikipedia page
Genii Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 2, February 1984, Magi-Clips, Just like magic, Harry Anderson lands in 'Court', by Eirik Knutzen, page 134
The New Tops, Vol. 28, No. 11, November 1988, PERSONALITY PARADE by Geoffrey Hansen, Harry Anderson, page 34
Magic, The Magazine for Magicians, Vol. 1, No. 12, August 1992, Harry Anderson, by Mike Caveny, page 30
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