Quintet

THE BLURB:

QUINTET: PREDICTIONS FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Introduction by Marc Salem

Jack Kent Tillar continues his acclaimed series covering
more than five decades in the world of mentalism. This
collection includes all of his classic prediction effects
for television, stage, parlor and close-up

--- and for those important promotion or publicity parties –

ALL under one cover -- with NO electronics or apparatus!

• Over two dozen performance pieces!
• Five commercial prediction routines directly from Jack
Kent Tillar’s private catalog!
• Insider professional tips on maximizing impact and
entertainment value by Ross Johnson and Maurice Fogel!
• Three private routines: Comic Book Hero, The Signed and
Numbered Art Piece Prediction plus The Man Who Saw Tomorrow!
• Two effects slated for individual commercial release: ESP
Symbol Control and The Annemann $2,000 Card Challenge!
• Publicity routines including “See-Through” Headline
Prediction, The Joe Renzetti Stage Prediction, and the new
“Parachute” Miniature Nest of Boxes Prediction!

“Let me tell you a secret, I can’t tell the future. But if I
could, I would say Jack has another hit in his series.”
-- Marc Salem

MY COMMENTS:
Once again, I have to qualify this review by saying I'm a
bit biased. I've been helping Jack edit and publish his
works. Of course, I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't
think they were worth it. That said, let me just say that I
really felt that this entry would be one of the weakest in
the series. I was pleasantly proven wrong. Personally, I
hate predictions. They're way too powerful. I usually turn
them into demonstrations of mind control. Interestingly,
Jack feels the same way and these effects, though
technically predictions, can be used as such. Plus, there
are many who like performing prediction effects as
predictions and I certainly won't tell you it's wrong,
because every person's style is and should be different.

Getting back to the subject at hand (and back to being a bit
more objective), the book contains over two-dozen creative
effects, some of which are by others, such as Burton
Sperber, Richard Webster, and Glenn Falkenstein. The
effects are divided into five categories, which are
commercial effects, performance pieces, close-up
predictions, publicity predictions, and friends' routines.
I'm sure you'll find at least a few goodies in this
146-page, 6" x 9" softbound book. I'll just close out my
comments by this by noting that Marc Salem very rarely
endorses any products. Not only has he provided a
testimonial, but he's written a brief introduction for the
book. That alone should speak well enough of the material
within this book, not to mention the others in the series.

Contents:
Part I: The JKT Commercial Prediction Effects
Lottery Fever
A Prediction for Everyone
Super Bowl Party Prediction
Go Figure!
A Perfect Prediction

Part II: Performance Pieces
Parachute Prediction
See-Through Prediction
ESP Symbol Control
Joe Renzetti -- Stooge!
Fogel’s Loose Change Prediction

Part III: Close-Up Predictions
Multiplying Your Outs
A & S Double Prediction
A Pateo for Two
My Half Thumb Tip Writer
An Old Friend Prediction

Part IV: Publicity Predictions
The “Bust” Prediction
Comic Book Hero
Signed and Numbered Art Piece
Initialed Card – Just in Case
Annemann’s $2,000 Card Challenge

Part V: The Magic of Friends
Burton Sperber’s Mind Flash
Mark Edward’s The Nazca Stone
Robin Robertson’s Mix and Match
Richard Webster’s Memorable Prophesies
JKT’s The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Glenn Falkenstein’s Divine a Card