The Encyclopedia of Patter by Robert Orben

2 Introduction 5 My Life of Magic or If I Had My Life to Live Over Again - I Wouldn't 7 My Life in the Post-School Era or Doesn't He Ever Stop? 8 My Impression of an Evening With a Push-Button Radio 10 The Saga of Daisy or I Go Out With Good Girls - I Can't Afford the Other Kind 11 Patter Routine for Clipper 14 She Was Only a Carnival Queen But She Sure Made a Lot of Concessions 15 Comedy Song Titles 15 Patter for the Returned Serviceman 18 Card FAn Production Finale 18 Burlesque or She Stripped for a Bare Existence 19 I Go In Search of Food or WHY? 20 MagicDotes: one-liners about magic 21 My Boss or My Buddy With the Fringe on the Top 22 A Crook's Tour of Hollywood 22 Patter For Female Magicians or Assistants 23 Income Tax or God's Gift to Government 24 Hangover Heaven 24 Crime Doesn't Pay - As Much as It Used To 25 Horse Sense or A Perilous Paper Tear: for torn and restored jumbo bill 27 My Life of Married Bliss or He Had a Wooden Leg But She Had a Cedar Chest 28 My Summer Vacation or Loose Living Takes Its Toll 29 My Day 30 What to Do When They Cry "Encore!" 31 Ideas: vent act 32 Openings: starting your act 33 Closings 34 Introductions: for the male entertainer, male vocalist, female vocalist 34 What To Do If a Trick Goes Wrong: one liners 35 Hecklers: retorts 36 The Children's Show Heckler: advice 37 Miscellaneous Patter 40 Poem