Dunninger Knows by Joseph Atmore – Book

Dunninger Knows provides a rare opportunity to learn about the incredible Brain Busters Dunninger performed as well as providing the information to incorporate them into your own act.

In 2001, Joseph Atmore authored Dunninger’s Brain Busters which covered primarily Dunninger’s radio work. In the ten years since publication, Atmore have collected a huge amount of TV scripts, researched the popular and magic press, conducted interviews with cast and crew and located film footage of his television work. Heck, he even recreated his radio show This new book covers all of his television series in chronological / airdate order and some of his guest appearances on other shows. The “in between series” years are also covered. There is quite a lot of the behind the scenes history into his four series and rare and unique photographs and documents are included to tell the story. While consulting on Uri Geller’s show in Germany a few years ago, he even tracked down a 1955 television film in Europe.

Over 100 Brain Busters are examined by not only me, but Banachek, Jan Bardi, Stuart Cumberland, Ken Dyne, Lee Earle, Mathias Fischedick, Nicolai Friedrich, Devin Knight, Looch, Drew McAdam, Colin Mcleod, Max Maven, Richard Osterlind and Marc Paul. The foreword has been written by the International Man of Mystery, David Berglas who can truly understand Dunninger’s impact to the world of mentalism. Methods are provided and in some cases, multiple methods are developed for the routines. In cases where a routine would need to be modernized for today (which actually is the rare exception), that information has been provided.

“For the last 5 years, Joe has been a consultant on my international live television series, Phenomenon aka The Next Uri Geller. Almost immediately when he joined the team, I learned about his fascination with Dunninger. We’ve had many conversations about Dunninger’s impact on mentalism and his creativity and boldness. Dunninger Knows presents a scholarly look at his television work. I usually never read magic books but Dunninger always fascinated me, so I couldn’t resist! After reading the routines in Joe’s book, I now know why he was always trying to incorporate some of Dunninger’s routines into my show!”
– Uri Geller

” This book is the result of years of passionate research, giving us an insight into the life and career of Dunninger. Most of these anecdotes would have been lost to our history without Joe Atmore’s meticulous work. This is a rare opportunity to get inside the mind of Dunninger.”
– David Berglas

Pages: 398 – 8.5″ x 11″ – Hardcover – Black and white photos