In the mid to late 1970s I either owned or checked out of the local public library a magic book that I thought would have been Henry Hay's Amateur Magician's Handbook.
Near the back of the book was a fully realized parlor / stage act called, I believe, "And So To Bed". In this act which I believe was silent / to music, the magi comes home inebriated and all sorts of shenanigans occur to and around him, much to his amazement, as he makes his way to bed.
I believe this same book had a kids section / routine with a puppet named Ishkabibble that would find selected cards, etc. I distinctly remember the patter seemed to have an affected accent, substituting "Hallo" for "Hello".
Does this ring a bell with anyone? Was it an early edition of AMH or something else?

It's funny the things we remember.

After much Google-Fu I'm pretty sure the book I'm thinking of is the Stein and Day Handbook of Magic by Marvin Kaye. I had that book at one time and just ordered a used copy from Amazon.

Hello dmcknight,

I just checked the Kaye book. The routine entitled "The Drunken Magician" starting on p. 223 of the edition I have matches your description for the first routine.

However a quick scan didn't turn up the puppet routine, but maybe I flipped pages too fast.

Here's the bibliographic details for the copy in my collection:

Marvin Kaye, The Handbook of Magic, (New York: Dorset Press, 1989).

I see that this is a republication of an earlier edition from Stein and Day, with a copyright of 1973.

Thomas Henry

Thanks Thomas! In this article / TOC https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php......of_Magic there's mention of Melville the Dragon. It's possible that I used elements of this routine but with a sock puppet I named Ishkabibble, will know once my copy from Amazon comes in. I don't know where I would've heard the name Ishkabibble in 1977-78 otherwise.