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Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food Paperback – November 18, 1992

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What kid of any age can resist a book guaranteed to make fellow diners blanch at restaurants or at the family dinner table? Mean, disgusting, vile, hilarious. The book that makes CRUEL TRICKS look like an etiquette guide. 35 black-and-white photos.

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any age can resist a book guaranteed to make fellow diners blanch at restaurants or at the family dinner table? Mean, disgusting, vile, hilarious. The book that makes CRUEL TRICKS look like an etiquette guide. 35 black-and-white photos.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Villard Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 18, 1992
Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679743111
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679743118
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.5 x 10 inches

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Penn Jillette is an Emmy-winning, New York Times bestselling author, whose live stage show, along with silent partner Teller, has been a long-running hit in Las Vegas, as well as on Broadway and on sold-out tours. On TV, he is the co-host of The hit CW series, "Penn & Teller: Fool Us!" and has made dozens of guest appearances on shows ranging from "Modern Family" and "Friends" to "The Simpsons" and "Scorpion."
His latest book, "Presto! How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales," hysterically chronicles his unconventional weight loss journey. Topping 330 pounds and landing himself in the hospital, Jillette knew he had to make a lifestyle change. A rollicking read, "Presto!" is brimming with Jillette's biting humor and trademark skepticism detailing his weight loss of over 100 pounds.
Jillette is a frequent contributor to the Op/Ed pages of Los Angeles Times, CNN.com and The Wall Street Journal, as well as a pundit on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.
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Customers find the book funny, with one mentioning that both teens and adults enjoy it. The tricks are fantastic, with one customer noting they are mostly harmless pranks.

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Customers find the book humorous, describing it as one of the funniest books they've read, with many appreciating the funny little pranks.

"...do not plan on doing the tricks the book is still great because of the humor and they reveal how they performed some of their tricks on TV...." Read more

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David333
Amaze your friends, scare young children and maybe scam a free meal all while learning how some P&T magic is really done.
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016
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Simple cute tricks even I can do. Even if you do not plan on doing the tricks the book is still great because of the humor and they reveal how they performed some of their tricks on TV. I literally laughed out loud in several places. Don't think of this as a "how to do magic tricks", it sort of is but get it for fun stunts and tricks you can play on your friends...and the humor. I have the "How to Play in Traffic" also but I think this one is better. Both are great. These guys would be great to hang around with just to hear their stories. You might not want to do the "poke your eye out" trick around old or feeble people, it could give them a heart attack...but if you didn't like them anyway....never mind.

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funny magic book
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2010
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This is certainly one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. The book is filled with pranks, tricks, and funny anecdotes of Penn and Teller's life experiences. A few of the reviews I've read lamented at the used version of the book they bought not having a bag of tricks that comes with the book. In my opinion though this is hardly reason to complain. It only affects about 3 of the tricks in the book and of those only 2 of them can't be overcome with a little ingenuity from the reader. The only one that may be problematic is the one trick involving a Kevlar sugar packet. Either way all three of these tricks are extremely enjoyable anyway and certainly worth the money for the book. All of the tricks in the book are quite enjoyable its difficult to pick out a favorite.

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JoAsis
I'd forgotten how to be junenile
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2011
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If you like Penn and Teller, you should like this book. It's like a cookbook for bad adolescent behavior. Full of fun and mostly harmless pranks, tricks, or gags (literally) that can offend, upset, or nauseate the whole family.

I had a copy years ago and i was surprised to be able to still find it for Christmas gifts for my kids even though i had to order single copies from individual vendors since no one had more than one in stock. One of them even had a partial bag of goodies that comes with it, which after this long after publication, i absolultely did not expect.

If you like mild pranks and harmless practical jokes at the dinner table, this is the book for you.

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C. Polizzi
A classic - but no props included
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2023
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This is been a favorite of mine for decades. The only down side is that originally, the book came with props needed for some of the tricks that are no longer included (the Plate Lifter, fake roach and unopenable packet of sugar). Still, many incredible tricks that will shock and amuse.

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Fred Shoppin
Really funny and has good tricks
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2014
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If you enjoy Penn's sarcastic, caustic wit you'll enjoy this book. It contains lots of easy to do "tricks" you can entertain friends with. He presents the tricks in some cases as ways to scam your friends, but you can play the same tricks without scamming them. (Example -- the free meal trick described can be turned into a nice piece of fun by disclosing the trick at the end of the meal.) And by easy, I mean that some of the tricks require no skill, such as sleight of hand. One just has to follow the trick set up rules. As usual, some of the tricks are outrageous -- like the bloody spaghetti trick.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2023
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I thought the look of the pictures made the book seem small. Guessnot! Still awesome!

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mildly diverting book-quick delivery
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2022
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penn & teller fans may enjoy parts of this book. thrift books is always a top notch seller

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CJ Ink
Not for children!
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2022
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I imagine this book is great for people who know of Penn and Teller but I bought it because of the title. I thought it would be fun for my 13 year old friend. Not so much!

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Mikki B
Great as a fan but a little let down...
Reviewed in Australia on October 8, 2020
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Print quality is a little lower than I expected and did not come with the envelope.

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Michelle Pattison
Brilliant !!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2022
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I run a beaver scout colony & some of the experiments are brilliant for little kids 👍

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Penn & Teller's How to play with your food.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2018
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I haven't read it yet, but it arrived and is in a very good condition. A family member thinks that the recipe for Swedish Lemon Angels sounds delicious. I'm not cleaning up when they make them. I may see if 'How To Get A Full Course Dinner For The Price Of A Tip' works out.

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Peer Sylvester
Ein paar nette Tricks & viel Humor
Reviewed in Germany on June 20, 2012
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Penn & Teller sind ein Magierduo, das seine Tricks unglaublich witzig präsentiert. Entsprechend ist das Buch "How to play with your food" auch sehr witzig geschrieben und allein deshalb schon fast sein Geld wert (auch wenn der eine oder andere Bezug 20 Jahre nach erscheinen des Buches natürlich weg ist).
In dem Buch beschreiben die beiden eine Menge Dinge, die man mit Nahrungsmitteln anfangen kann - darunter eine Reihe von Salonzaubertricks, aber auch ein paar Anekdoten und vor allem allerhand Schabernack, wie ein Kuchendessert, der beim Aufschneiden blutet oder ein Kochrezept, bei dessen Anwendung der Teig fömlich explodiert (Mit Backpulver + Säure). Das ist - wie erwähnt alles sehr lustig und vieles möchte man schnell ausprobieren. Nur für die Zaubertricks alleine lohnt sich das Buch aber nicht unbedingt, da gibt es sicherlich besseres auf dem Markt (aber kaum eines, dass solch witzigen Sprüche zum präsentieren vorschlägt!).
Einen Teil möchte ich aber noch besonders erwähnen: Der Trick, bei dem Penn & Teller eine Uhr zerstören und die dann aus dem Bauch eines Fisches heraushole wird erklärt - schon interessant wie einfach das Prinzip hinter professionellen Tricks ist!

Übrigens: Zu dem Buch gehört eigentlich noch ein kleiner Umschlag mit Zusatzmaterial. Der fehlte bei meiner Version, was bei einem gebrauchten Buch aber wohl zu erwarten war. Dadurch funktionieren zwei weitere Tricks nicht.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2015
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A Joy - from doctored fortune cookies to his satanic majesty's burrito.

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