1990
Written by Ben Harris
Work of Ben Harris
85 pages (Stapled), published by BHM Industries / New Directions Publishing
Illustrated with drawings by Ben Harris
Language: English
31 entries
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Michael Ammar Foreword
v
Jeff Busby Foreword
vii
Ben Harris Acknowledgements
xi
Ben Harris Musings
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Ben Harris Click Click Click some blank cards change into three selections
Inspired by 1
Dai Vernon Add On Move
2
Ben Harris The Fandango Move one-handed, bottom cards of small packet turned over
Also published here 3
The Flushtration Count
4
Ben Harris The Norway Addition to Fandango Move center face-up card of sandwich visually transforms
Also published here 6
Ben Harris HighLight numbers on paper, one marked with highlight pen, digit travels to another paper, using principle that highlight pens dissolve printing on NCR paper (no carbon required)
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Ben Harris, Mark Kriewaldt Credit HighLight signature on spectator's credit card vanishes, a signature from a paper travels back onto credit card
13
Ben Harris Through the Universe - Backwards odd-backed prediction card changes (turns out to be) selection, then transposes with it, then deck changes back color, "Structually, the effect is subtle, yet at the same time fully cocked."
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Biddle Steal
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Ben Harris Flight of Fancy three empty wine glasses are covered with paper tubes, three signed cards vanish from deck and reappear in those glasses
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Ben Harris Mental Photography three photographs are introduced, three spectators each select one, performer divines who has which one
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Ben Harris The Creeps matchbox opens by itself, rubber band as secret power
Related toVariations 38
Ben Harris The Strange Little House Upon The Hill card folded to matchbox that opens by itself
Inspired by 43
Ben Harris Tagged key penetrates off and onto key ring that has a tag on it as well
Inspired by 46
Ben Harris, Geoff Pearce Knuckle Buster borrowed finger ring stuck on performer's finger, finger is broken at its knuckle to release ring
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Ben Harris Prologue: A Little Sadist-fax-ion on fax machines
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Ben Harris MentaFax photocopy of fifty-two cards with one reversed, freely thought-of card is missing
Inspired by 59
Ben Harris Brain Scan number arrived at with procedure, a fax sent earlier predicts that number in an indirect way
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Ben Harris Mirror Image Gag gag for fax, writing is printed in mirror image
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Ben Harris End Paper Gag gag for fax machine
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Ben Harris Blank Off Gag sending many blank pages via fax as gag
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Ben Harris MediFax Alert Gag gag, sending medical graph
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Ben Harris Million Dollar Gag fax gag, sending lottery winning notification
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Ben Harris The Pseudo Telephone Answering Machine Gag
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Ben Harris Some Tone-Generated Bits telephone gags
  • Twilight Zone
  • On Hold
  • Beam Me Up, Scotty
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Ben Harris Dimensional Relativity reprint of effect, card reversed on both sides is placed reversed in deck, rest of deck changes back color, then selection turns "inside out" and becomes kind of a double blank card with both signed sides inside
Also published here 76
Rose Flourish squared deck is spun and smears into a rosetta
77
Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2019.