Richard Kaufman and Mark Phillips – The Underground Man

Gallo was an expert at leading magicians down the garden path and turning the hose on them. If you are looking for principles that will allow you to fry your fellow magi, this book is an incredible resource.

Illustrated by Joseph K. Schmidt. Edited by Harvey Rosenthal, Matthew Field, and Stephen Hobbs.

Contents (from book ToC):

1 Masterpieces in Coin Magic

1 The Gallo Pitch

6 Pitch Flight

8 Fifty-Cent Pitch

10 A Pitch for a Change

11 Pitch a Little Woo

13 – The Bluff Pitch

13 Pitch Silver

16 Rub Rub

19 Thieves and Sheep

22 Thieves Pitchin’ Sheep

25 Pitching Okito

28 Purs-e-verance

32 Incredible Cards and Coins

35 Coins of the World

39 Singular Creations in Card Magic

39 With Aces

39 Lost and Found Aces

43 Christmas Aces

47 Actually Cutting the Aces

50 10,002nd Aces

52 Sleeper Aces

55 Good Neighbor Lou

58 With Aid

58 One-Way Pips

60 Bent Key

62 Stretching Card

65 New Signed Card

65 – With Normal Cards

67 – The Gimmicked Helper

68 Cut Me In

70 Match Book – The Vibe Teller

73 With Two Cards

73 Two-Card Reverse

75 Two-Card Tabled Triumph

78 Two-Card Popover

80 Top and Bottom Card Exchange

82 Matedburger

83 Sleightly Extra

86 Double Deuce

88 Fourth Down

91 Fourth Down Plus

93 With Ingenuity

93 All Backs Potpourri

95 Only the Lonely

97 Family Affair

98 – Mike Gallo’s Handling

99 – Lou Gallo’s Handling

100 – Joe Gallo’s Handling

102 L.C. Bury

104 Poker Dilemma

108 Queens to Aces

111 Seconds Middles and Bottoms

114 Lou Gallo vs. The Gambler

116 Unbridled Astonishment

116 Rubik’s Revenge

118 Fechter’s Sponge Balls

121 The Shock

Publisher: Kaufman and Greenberg

Pages: 126

Location: Washington DC, USA

Edited by: Matthew Field, Harvey Rosenthal, Stephen Hobbs

Dimensions: 9″x11″

Date: 1996