The Trapdoor — Volume One

No. 1 — 25

2011
Written by Steve Beam
Work of Various
510 pages (Hardcover), published by Trapdoor Productions
Illustrated with drawings by Steve Beam
Language: English
381 entries
Cover photograph
250 per page
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page Categories
Steve Beam Guilty credit correction
Related to 19 1987 328
Steve Beam Day Job humorous article on enhancing the quality of the day job with magic and gags
 		19 1987 328
Steve Beam Subscriptions - Last Request on Death Row
19 1987 331
Steve Beam Leftovers on John Riggs, Doug Henning, Danny Smith, Genii
 		19 1987 332
Steve Beam The Bald Issue on hair and toupees
 		20 1987 333
Steve Beam Head Lines jokes about being bald / losing hair
 		20 1987 334
Paul Sorrentino Blowout gag with a balloon dog and a toupee
 		20 1987 335
Steve Beam College Days joke with a toupee
 		20 1987 335
Steve Beam Bearded beard / toupee joke
 		20 1987 336
Paul Sorrentino Cheek to Cheek joke, mooning a heckler with a painted bald head
 		20 1987 336
Wayne Kyzer, Steve Beam Slicker toupee put in card case, cards transform into toupee and in case selection is found
 		20 1987 336
Steve Beam Hair Rising hair is stretched and cut from head
 		20 1987 338
Steve Beam Subscriptions - Coupon for Free Issue
20 1987 338
Phillip Young The Pits joke, on the beach, performer first rips hair from armpit then produces rabbit from other armpit
 		20 1987 339
Wayne Kyzer, Steve Beam Blindfold joke, toupee comes off in a blindfold act
 		20 1987 339
Wayne Kyzer Hair Production toupee is produced from handkerchiefs
 		20 1987 339
Dexter Cleveland Historical Note fake article on Harry Houdini
 		20 1987 339
Jim Hyams Up and Up gag, toupee rises on head
 		20 1987 340
Rhett Bryson, John Riggs Zombie gag, bald head zombie
 		20 1987 340
Steve Beam Combed humorous comb production
 		20 1987 340
Wayne Kyzer, Steve Beam Grow comb grows
 		20 1987 341
Steve Beam Comfort joke, jacket is removed and along with it goes performer's hair (toupee)
 		20 1987 342
Jim Hyams Splitting Hair gag, performer's toupee is split in two and given to spectator
 		20 1987 342
Bev Bergeron Letter to the Trapdoor jokes on being bald
 		20 1987 343
Jim Hyams The Traveling Toupee toupee vanishes from head and appears in clear plastic box, Crystal Casket
 		20 1987 344
Wayne Kyzer Sweat Silk while doing the card silk, performer accidentally removes his toupee
 		20 1987 344
Gary Plants Headboard ashes on bald head
 		20 1987 345
Steve Beam, Wayne Kyzer Fallout gag, toupee jumps from one hand to the other
 		20 1987 346
Steve Beam Shampoo gag, more ideas with a toupee and a reel
 		20 1987 346
Frank Herman Fearless Fido Charlie Miller's Royal Rising Pencil with a hot dog weener
Inspired by 20 1987 347
John Riggs Cranium Vanish gag, coin is thrown in the air and lands on performer's head, he then removes the coin and it vanishes, for bald people only, tattoo
 		20 1987 349
Steve Beam Leftovers on Wayne Kyzer, John Riggs, Phillip Young, TV show "The Search for Houdini", James Randi, The Pendragons
 		20 1987 352
Steve Beam How to Practice the Classic Pass by Yourself actually classic force, continues on p. 367
 		21 1988 353
Steve Beam Mirror Change with a small packet, rotated in the hands
Related toAlso published here 21 1988 355
Steve Beam Turnabout four nines turn into four sixes
Related toAlso published here 21 1988 357
Edward Marlo ATFUS
21 1988 357
Steve Beam Christmas Special lights on christmas tree reveal chosen card, signed card is then found in present under the tree
Related to 21 1988 360
Steve Beam, Rhett Bryson Over the Top gags for card cascade
 		21 1988 361
Steve Beam Terminal Tricks cards on screen, spectator stops at a card, that card is removed from the computer / pulled from the screen, program code
Related to 21 1988 362
Steve Beam Subscriptions
21 1988 366
John Riggs Ups and Downs jokes for Upside Down
Related to 21 1988 367
Steve Beam Leftovers on John Miller, publishing a magazine
 		21 1988 368
Steve Beam Upwardly Mobile 1 card sticking out at the front slowly and visibly rises to the top
Related to 22 1988 370
Steve Beam Upwardly Mobile 2 card sticking out at the back slowly and visibly rises to the top
Related toVariations 22 1988 372
Steve Beam Card Cleavage four split in two deuces, deuces split into aces
Related toVariations 22 1988 373
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Two Card Catch
22 1988 375
Steve Beam The Snapper using the snap change for splitting a four into two deuces
 		22 1988 377
Steve Beam The Jogger gag revelation of selection, see p. 422 for correction
Related to 22 1988 379
Steve Beam Tenkai Charlie ambitious card move
Related toVariationsAlso published here 22 1988 381
Steve Beam Subscriptions
22 1988 382
Steve Beam Leftovers on David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone Jr., Stephen Minch
 		22 1988 384
Steve Beam Tom Gagnon
23 1988 385
Tom Gagnon Pop Top coin vanish and appearance, thumb tip and folding coin
 		23 1988 386
Tom Gagnon The Tipsy Vanish
23 1988 387
Tom Gagnon The Tipsy Production half dollar production
 		23 1988 388
Tom Gagnon Cutting Up false cut, shifts bottom card to the top, tabled
Inspired by 23 1988 389
Tom Gagnon The Dunbury Switch drop switch variation from the Dunbury Delusion
Inspired by 23 1988 390
Tom Gagnon The Blink Shrink with miniature card
Inspired by 23 1988 391
Tom Gagnon Stranger Exchanger
23 1988 393
Edward Marlo, Tom Gagnon The Miracle Spread variation
Inspired by 23 1988 393
Tom Gagnon The Scoop
23 1988 394
Tom Gagnon The Shelter Change coin change with card
 		23 1988 396
Tom Gagnon The Slider coin travels to other coin, two cards, slider move
 		23 1988 397
Tom Gagnon You Have My Sympathy with close up map
Inspired by 23 1988 399
Steve Beam Subscriptions deck warmer
Also published here 23 1988 403
Steve Beam Leftovers on Tom Gagnon, Dick Dale
 		23 1988 404
Steve Beam Upwardly Mobile 3 card sticking out face up at the back slowly and visibly rises to the top
 		23 1988 404
Mark Lefler Topless topless performer with a coat, shirt appears
Related to 24 1988 405
John Riggs Cool Change color change using Riggs' "Cold Fold"
Related to 24 1988 407
John Riggs Cold Case using John Riggs' "Cold Fold"
Related toAlso published here 24 1988 408
Scott Robinson Down Shift Circle Shift as a half pass
Inspired by 24 1988 409
Gary Plants Remember and Forget
24 1988 410
Bubble Peek
24 1988 411
Paul Sorrentino Cased Coins deck removed from case, then coins appear from case, see p. 421 for additional information
 		24 1988 412
Steve Beam Subscriptions
24 1988 414
Steve Beam The Drop Change card dropped on pile changes into selection
Also published here 24 1988 414
Steve Beam Shattered four splits into a three and an ace, then three splits into other three aces
 		24 1988 415
Edward Marlo, Steve Beam Visual Retention Change for splitting cards, with finesse that cards split when landing on the table
 		24 1988 416
Steve Beam Drop In on the pack, with the drop change
 		24 1988 417
Phillip Young Upwardly Mobile IV
24 1988 418
Steve Beam Bird Brain joke, dove poops as many times as thought of number, see p. 421 for comment an alternative effect
Related toVariations 24 1988 419
Steve Beam Leftovers on William Poundstone's Bigger Secrets,David Copperfield, Jim Hyams,Paul Sorrentino. Gary Plants,Evert Chapman
 		24 1988 424
Steve Beam Winding Up on changing the name for more success
 		25 1988 40
Steve Beam Name Brand Magic promoting the name, like a brand
Related to 25 1988 425
Steve Beam In Heat patter line, intro
 		25 1988 426
Steve Beam Last Initial producing initials with a deck of cards
 		25 1988 427
Steve Beam Lighten Up patter lines
 		25 1988 428
Steve Beam Armchair Painter toy letters on a slate forming a message, some fall down and forming name of selection
 		25 1988 428
Steve Beam Subscriber News Service
25 1988 431
Steve Beam Sucker Sandwich I, II & III sandwich routine with two odd backed cards, gag as a second phase, three versions
 		25 1988 431
Steve Beam Thru card is dropped face up on the deck, it penetrates deck and is stopped in the middle by selection, drop change
 		25 1988 433
Jim Hyams Med-Update
25 1988 435
Steve Beam Five Year Index
25 1988 438
Steve Beam Thanksgiven
25 1988 443
Steve Beam Leftovers on auctions, the Magic Castle, Tom Gagnon, Paul Sorrentino
 		25 1988 444
Steve Beam Addendum
Addendum 2011 i
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #1
Related to Addendum 2011 iii
Steve Beam The Beamsley Count aka the Maeb-y Count, includes the Third Finger Buckle
Related toAlso published here Addendum 2011 iv
Steve Beam Testosterone Test (new) red/black order of Aces changes, observation test
Also published here Addendum 2011 vii
Steve Beam The Steam Count Jordan Count alternative, third finger buckle
Also published here Addendum 2011 ix
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #2 on drawing illustrations (tip by Jerry Andrus), Don Harris, Coins in Bottle
Related to Addendum 2011 x
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #3 on illustrations, John Riggs, Upside Down, Human Printing Press, Credit Check
Related to Addendum 2011 xii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #6 on Calculator Trick, The Cold Fold, Compu-Card & Teleforce, on digital trickery, GIGO
Related to Addendum 2011 xii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #4 on The Human Eraser, False Faro
Related to Addendum 2011 xiv
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #5 on Creating Magic, Stewart James, David Ben, Credit Check
Related to Addendum 2011 xv
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #7 on Multiple Impact, The Great Divide, Siamese Stab, Credit Check
Related to Addendum 2011 xix
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #8 on Time Bomb, Middle Gauge Spread, Double Prophecy, The Electric Chair
Related to Addendum 2011 xxi
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #9 on Shakedown, Finger Flinger Reversal, Woody Landers, Card Compression
Related to Addendum 2011 xxii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #10 on Charged Cards, Beam's Guide to Attending Magic Conventions
Related to Addendum 2011 xxiii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #11 on Expanded Autograph Hound, The Throw Up Move, Jim Swoger
Related to Addendum 2011 xxiv
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #12 on illustrations, The Thing
Related to Addendum 2011 xxv
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #13 on Jinxed, Reserved Seating, 6801 Prediction
Related to Addendum 2011 xxvi
Steve Beam Greased Shortening one of five
Related toAlso published here Addendum 2011 xxvi
Steve Beam The Acquisition Shuffle setting some cards to specific positions
 		Addendum 1987 xxvii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #14 on John Riggs cartoon, Cashpack, Well Shaken
Related to Addendum 2011 xxx
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #15 on being a hobbyist, magician-as-actor
Related to Addendum 2011 xxxi
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #16 on proofreading
 		Addendum 2011 xxxiii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #17 on four-of-a-kind productions,Abbot's, Street Magic, Floating Trash, Milked
Related to Addendum 2011 xxxiv
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #18 on Cardtrik
Related to Addendum 2011 xxxvi
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #19 on Blender, Guilty
Related to Addendum 2011 xxxvii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #20
Addendum 2011 xxxviii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #21 on Mirror Change, Turnabout, Christmas Special, Terminal Tricks
Related to Addendum 2011 xxxix
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #22 on Stephen Minch, Upwardly 1 &2, Card Cleavage, The Jogger, Tenkai Charlie
Related to Addendum 2011 xli
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #23
Addendum 2011 xlii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #24 on Topless, Bird Brain
Related to Addendum 2011 xliii
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #25 on Name Brand Magic
Related to Addendum 2011 xliv
Steve Beam Table of Contents - Issue by Issue
Addendum 2011 xlv
Steve Beam Special Issues #05 1st Annual - Creating Magic
#10 2nd Annual - Beam's Guide to Attending Magic Conventions
#11 No Steve Beam Issue
#12 John Riggs' 1-Man Issue
#15 3rd Annual - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
#15 Dead Raccoon Issue
#20 4th Annual - The Bald Issue
#22 The Power Session - All Cards
#23 Tom Gagnon - One-Man Issue
#25 5th Annual - Name Brand Magic
 		Addendum 2011 liv
Steve Beam Table of Contributors
Addendum 2011 lv
Steve Beam Alphabetical Table of Tricks
Addendum 2011 lix
Steve Beam Thanksgiven
Addendum 2011 lxv
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, December 2016.