Tyler, Diamond Jim

Bamboozlers

Volume Two

Diamond Jim Productions (Dec 2009)

978-0-9676018-3-0

| Softcover

136 pages | eng

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Magic tricks

Plot

Tyler, Diamond Jim: Bamboozlers Volume Two
©2009 Diamond Jim Tyler
Softcover, leather-bound, 3x5", 136 pages
ISBN-13: 9780967601830
ISBN-10: 0967601835

Comments: "There are 75 more effects full of one-liners, with 136 pages and over 100 illustrations. Some are classics and some are seeing print for the first time...Those who have read it say that it is even better than the first volume."

Contents (courtesy Diamond Jim Tyler):

9 Foreword (Tom Mullica)
10 Introduction (Diamond Jim Tyler)

11 Crackers
12 Citrus Carny
13 The Flying Dime
14 Beer Bonking
16 Beer Freeze
18 Water Buffaloed Nickel
20 Credit Card Swipe Gag
22 Magic of the Mind
24 Soda Stunt
25 Birthday Betcha
26 Karate Matchbook
28 Magic Smoke
30 Sticky Pencil
32 Card Conundrum
34 Odd Coins
35 Hydrostatic Bottle
38 Golf Tee Puzzle
40 Out to Lunch
42 Free Toyota
43 Vino Magnifico
44 Numerical Nim
46 Calling Mr. Wizard #2
48 Four Play
50 Sixer Mixer
51 Bottle Wedgie
52 Snap, Crackle & Pop
54 Credit Card Cling
57 Ten to One Backwards
58 $3.41 Challenge
60 Bottle Cap Betcha
61 Glass Toothpick Puzzle
62 Safety-Pin Surprise
64 Cellophane Surgery
66 Match Game
68 Strong Armed
70 Convoluted Coin Prediction
72 Whiskey & Water Wonder
73 Cig in Knot
74 Defacing a Bill
77 Salty Beer
78 Hot Check
80 Trick Shot Coin
81 Napkin Critter
82 The Grape Escape
83 Nine Dot Puzzle #2
84 Book Test
86 Bic Trick
87 Cork on End
88 Head Banger
89 Matchstick Money
90 Floating To-Go Cup
92 Red & Black Prediction
94 Thumbtack Dart
96 Centrifugal Concoction
98 One Dollar Psychic
101 Fifteen Cents Profit
102 Confederate Coasters
104 Bad Math
105 The Missing Match
106 Bill & Bottle Betcha #2
108 Fourteen Nails Puzzle
110 Coffee Wrapper Illusion
111 Free Beers
112 Nose for News
114 Assaulted
115 Checkerboard Squares
116 Penny Paradox
120 Straw Betcha
122 Nail a Nickel
125 Toothpick Star
126 Fly Resurrection
128 Sleight of Eye
130 Coin, Coaster & Cig
132 Phone Number Trick
134 Riddle Mortis

In 2008, Texas magician Diamond Jim Tyler released a pocket-sized compendium of bar bets, stunts, and magic tricks. That collection was called Bamboozlers. The contents were impressive enough for none other than Martin Gardner to write the introduction to the book. Now Diamond Jim is back with the second installment in a proposed series of these diminutive digests of deceptions. In Bamboozlers Volume Two, 75 feats, tricks, and practical jokes are described in a playful, easy-to-digest manner. This time around, Tom Mullica has written the introduction. The same charming illustrations and design that tied together the prequel were used for this little book, too. Personal favorites in the collection include a fantastic credit card swiping gag, the old floor nickel gag (in which a coin is apparently nailed to your forehead and removed), and a number of the one-liners that you'll either love or hate. I'm in the former camp. The tricks that do go into your repertoire of off-the-cuffers will serve you well and might win you a few drinks, too. Bound in a brown faux leather with silver stamping, with silver-edged pages and a ribbon bookmark, the production values on this little gem are high. Diamond Jim Tyler is to be commended for compiling this cogent, concise collection of cunning conceits fit for any conman or conjurer. Congrats! -Gabe Fajuri

Details

Extras	Author autograph

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	5562
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:54
Modified Date	Mar 31, 2026 16:16:02

Value

Book Condition	Mint

Notes

About Diamon Jim Tyler
by David Groves

Early on, Diamond Jim's magic skills were prodigious. By the age of two, he knew every card in the deck, and by age six, he had pored through the daunting volume, Magic with Cards, by Garcia & Schindler. By age 16, Diamond Jim was performing close-up and stand-up magic professionally. That same year, he became a demonstrator for a local magic shop in Dallas, dazzling and absorbing for eight years. At age 22, his career heated up; he added fire-eating to his repertoire.
Diamond Jim's ascent in the magic world has been as a meteor from the heavens. In September of 1999 he earned the prestigious Best Close-Up Performer trophy at the Texas Association of Magicians (TAOM) Convention in Austin, Texas. He has performed on television, at hotels, and in restaurants. He has appeared at the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. And in the corporate world, he has performed at trade shows and other events for such top clients as AT&T, IBM, Mobil, Pepsi, and Time Warner.
The arrival of Diamond Jim's first book has taken on the aura of An Event. Pockets Full of Miracles: Secrets from the Repertoire of a Professional Close-up Magician is packed full of Jim's favorite routines and best kept secrets. Diamond Jim is perhaps best known as the inventor of the Diamond Deck, the greatest advance in trick decks in many years, which is sold in magic shops worldwide. His follow-up trick deck, the Millennium Pack, takes everything two big steps further, inciting rave reviews from his peers. Several of Diamond Jim's routines have been featured in Genii, Magic and Linking Ring magazines.
Currently, Diamond Jim is at the top of the entertainer heap in Dallas, Texas. In addition, he performs at three restaurants in the Dallas metroplex: Tenaya's (in Plano), Slider & Blues (in Plano), and Pappadeaux's (in Dallas). If you're on the Web, Diamond Jim's heavily trafficked Web site sits in the middle of everything magic. His domain www.diamond-jim.com has been prominently featured in Internet books and directories. If you visit the site, you certainly won't be bored: The site features games, prizes, interactive magic and even excerpts from Jim's new book.
On a personal note, Diamond Jim's greatest accomplishment has been his recent triumph over cancer (Hodgkin's Disease), of which he has officially been declared cured. That news is the magic community's triumph as well, paving the way for ever-greater contributions to the art that Diamond Jim loves so dearly- sleight-of-hand magic.

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Diamond Jim Tyler has been practicing magic since 1976 and performing it professionally since 1986. Admired by his peers in the entertainment circle, he is a magician s magician. His first book Pockets Full of Miracles, and several of his effects, like the Diamond Deck, have been well-received internationally, making him a global brand name. He has won awards for his close-up magic from the Texas Association of Magicians and the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He has performed on television, for celebrities, and for many corporate clients like IBM, Exxon/Mobil, Pepsi and Time Warner. He has performed at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California on numerous occasions. Plus, magicians all over the world perform effects that he has created. To date Diamond Jim has performed in over half of the states in the United States and in parts of Canada. As he wraps us this book project he is returning from his first European lecture tour where he lectured in 15 different cities throughout the U.K. Most recently he was a consultant for a major motion picture. For more about DJ type his name into Google and visit his website.