Well, well, well, the house is full... peek out there, Ted Heuber, and see the mob... guess they like magic, HAY? Everything all set? Everybody off stage... flash for the music, Harry... there they go... O.K. Al... CURTAIN...
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FRANK LANE: good evening, gents... and ladies, too... well, here we are for the first magic show via a book... we have a great time in store for you, some swell performers, some great ideas, some novel tricks... and so sit right back, light your pipe, fill up your glasses, and be prepared to enjoy yourself... ME?... well, I don't do much... I really was intending to sing a little song for you tonight but I forgot how it went. I'm getting awful absent-minded lately. I keep forgetting things. Well, to give you an idea... I went out auto riding with my wife the other night AND WE PARKED in a lonely lane... Ha... you can imagine how easy it is to forget... well, you'll see too much of me here tonight, I guess, so I won't talk too much... I'm going to start introducing the boys... give 'em all a good hand and they'll work hard for you...
And now, folks, we have a real treat for you. I could tell you millions of good things about this chap, but anything that I'd say would be superfluous. He is too well known for me to boost. The only thing I'm GOING to say is that he's a friend of mine, and I'm proud of it. If JOHN NORTHERN HILLIARD were alive today he would open one of the chapters of the book he intended to write with this quotation: "If there had never been such a thing as magic, AL BAKER would have made it," and I think we'll all agree on that. So here's our old friend, none other than...
AL BAKER SPEAKS: Glad to be here with you, Frank, and all the rest of you boys; and I have a new one here for you that I think you might like. I thought you had enough card tricks, so here's one a little different. Hope you all like it. Next