TOMMY COOPER

TOMMY COOPER(1921 – 1984)WAS ONE OF BRITAIN'S FUNNIEST MAGICIANS AND THE BEST-LOVED COMEDIANS.HIS TRADEMARK FEZ AND RECOGNIZABLE LAUGH,TOGETHER WITH MANY HYSTERICAL ROUTINE AND SKECTHES,LEFT HIS AUDIENCES BELLOWING WITH LAUGHTER.ONE OF HIS JOKE WAS:I WENT TO THE DENTIS.HE SAID'SAY AAAH'I SAID,'WHY?',HE SAID,'MY DOG DIED!'

HARLAN TARBELL

HARLAN TARBELL (1890-1960) WAS THOUGHT BY MANY TO BE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITER ON THE SUBJECT OF MAGIC AFTER PROFESSOR HOFFMAN.HIS HUGE "COURSE IN MAGIC"CONTINUES TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FINEST SETS OF BOOKS AVAILABLE.

ROBERT HARBINS

ROBERT HARBIN(1910-1978)WAS BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA.HARBIN IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR THE INCREDIBLE ZIG-ZAG GIRL ILLUSION.IT WAS TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND MOST PERFORMED ILLUSIONS OF ALLO TIME.

SELBIT

(1881-1972)SELBIT WAS THE CREATOR OF "SAWING A WOMAN IN HALF"AND MANY WONDERFUL ILLUSIONS WICH ARE STILLIN USE TODAY.HE TOURED THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE USA,SHOWCASING HIS INCREDEBLE INVENTIONS.SINCE THEN,COUNTLESS VERSIONS HAVE BEEN INVENTED WITH A SURPRISINGNUMBER OF DIFFERENT METHODS-WITH OR WITHOUT BOX,USING LARGE OR SMALL SAWS,AND MOST RECENTLY USING LASERS.