Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2

Seconds from the Forkers

1984
Written by William P. Miesel
Work of Various
140 pages (Spiralbound), published by Obie O'Brien
Illustrated with drawings by Tom Gagnon
Language: English
109 entries
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Mike Hilburger Preface second 4F book
William P. Miesel Cards
1
Harrison Carroll Face Up Cutting the Aces
Also published here 1
Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
Also published here 2
Slip Cut
2
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
 		2
John Cornelius Flicker brief
 		2
Dom Cervas Forget and Remember with one spectator
 		3
Two Card Peek incomplete faro, control
 		3
Del Copley Challenge Poker Deal four aces are found in selected hand, bottom deal gambling demo
 		5
J. B. Bobo Multiple Card Control hindu shuffle control to bottom for one or multiple cards, crimp addition
 		5
John Cornelius Face Down Poker twisting four cards, then they turn into Aces, see Roger Smith reference for credit information
Related to 7
Tony Econ The Invisible Bottom Deal fake bottom deal gambling demo
 		9
Multiple Bottom Palm
10
Neal Elias The Four Packet Shuffle without selection
 		12
Slop Shuffle with small packet
 		12
Lou Gallo A Gallo Sandwich between random cards
 		13
Bottom Tilt
13
Small Packet Turnover while cutting the deck
 		14
Dan Garrett Flushback royal flush
 		15
Shigeo Takagi Blank Card Turnover Sequence Takagi Turnover Count
 		16
Snap Turnover on table, turning over several cards at once
 		16
Paul Gertner Two for One Split split on table, two selections
 		17
Dribble Force
18
Philip T. Goldstein Broad Jump signed card on table changes place with one of the queens
 		20
Norman Osborn, Philip T. Goldstein Unlimited Count Variation
20
Philip T. Goldstein Downs Change Variation
22
Gene Gordon World's Fastest Card Trick card vanish, with variation
 		23
Bob Haines Where the Hell Did that Come From? card appears face up on half, while quickly covered by fanned cards
 		24
Joe Hammer Visual Aces four random cards produced, change into aces one by one
 		25
Snap Over Change
27
Bill Kalush Trapped Triumph combination of Triumph and Sandwich effect, deck in order with card in correct position, with variations
Related to 28
Richard Kaufman Devilish Digit Cut combination of Vernon's One Handed Slip Cut and the Benzais' Spin-Out
Inspired by 31
"Fast Mike" Lewinski The Simple Killer card in signed envelope changes into ashes and is found in nest of boxes, Himber Wallet, duplicate
 		32
Sid Lorraine Old Spell - New Twist "This is your card" is spelled to find selection, these words are also found printed on card, duplicate
 		34
John F. C. McLachlan A Test of Flirtatiousness four blue-backed jokers, turn red one by one, then blue again
Inspired by 36
Ray Mertz R.M. Card in the Wallet with a gag lock on wallet
 		38
William P. Miesel Twice under the Shot card under shot glass changes into signed selection, card is put back under glass then a second card is selected and signed on the back, signatures turn out to be on same card
Inspired by 40
Dai Vernon The Simple Turnover Switch wothout credit
 		42
Tom Mullica Repeat Cards Under Ashtray
43
Obie O'Brien K.K.K = Kolossal Kolored Kards four jumbo cards turn over one by one and change back color
 		45
Alex Elmsley Elmsley Count Technique
50
Mack Picknick What's in the Envelope signed selection in sealed envelope transposes with ace
 		51
Push-In Unload while removing quartet, one card pushed back in
 		51
Michael Skinner New King Cut Kings change to Aces, Kings are also cut to
Also published here 53
Packet Switch
53
Roy Walton Triple Cut Zarrow Triple Cut Zarrow bringing cards from top to bottom
 		53
Card Switch with Envelope double lift, with deck in hand
 		54
Dai Vernon Reversal of Bottom Cards during riffle shuffle
 		54
Dai Vernon Transferring a Bottom Stock to the Top
54
Chuck Stanfield Twisted the Hard Way four cards with crosses on the backs turnover one by one, then crosses change to circles
 		55
Brother John Hamman Gemini Count
55
Daryl Martinez Two as Four Count
56
Paul Harris Interlaced Vanish
56
Bob Stencel The Final Card final card vanish for cards to pocket / up the sleeve, with a handkerchief
 		57
Hans E. Trixer Everyplace with all blank faces kicker
 		59
Frederick Braue Braue Reversal
62
Randy Wakeman Five-Way Fours miniature card prediction, other three cards of same vale are found as a kicker
Variations 65
Dave Walker Holy-Holey moving hole, with red and blue back cards
Inspired by
  • Michael Powers' "Holy Terror"
 67
Carl Wiesinger Here Come the Aces five card are selected, and one turned over, others are aces
 		69
Philip Reed Willmarth The Missionary Who Came As Dinner
71
Meir Yedid Royal Miracle Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by 72
Frank Zak The Dealer Wins two card change two times, Black Jack presentation
 		75
Herb Zarrow Multiple Switch-In while counting four cards in Biddle fashion, two are placed in different locations in the deck
 		76
Herb Zarrow Choose the Aces named colored aces travel to the deck face up
 		76
Herb Zarrow Two Card Transition Biddle trick with two selection, in different parts in the deck
 		77
William P. Miesel More Card
78
Allan Slaight Sweet, Lorayne! Cutting the Aces, mixture between Lorayne and Christ's routines, with full patter
Inspired byVariations 78
Bob Farmer Gambo Magique
Inspired byRelated to 82
Bob Farmer Transfer Cut from bottom to center, tripple cut in the hands
Inspired by 83
Bob Farmer Swivel Slip Cut several cards from top to center
Related to
  • Doug Edwards' "Cardmania", same idea
 84
Joe Riding The Irish Card Routine four aces are found by cross sum of named number
 		87
Cross Sum Force nine force
 		87
Joe Riding Irish Calculator
88
Joe Riding Aces About kings change into aces
 		89
Edward Marlo Braue Addition without credit
 		89
Joe Riding Irish One-Liners
91
Robert Wicks Reshuffling Unshuffled different ideas with the Unshuffling concept and credit history
  • Aces Up
  • X Marks the Spot
  • The Greeks had a Word for It
  • Lost and Found
  • Circle Back
  • Arcade Computer Game
  • Your Card - My Card
Related to 91
William P. Miesel Coins
96
Bruce Barnett De-Material-Ization silver coin under handkerchief transposes with chinese coin in pocket, Chinatown Half
 		96
Jon Brunelle Squeaky-Clean Transposition three copper coins in Okito Box change place with three silver coins one by one
 		98
Frank Thompson Lid as Loading Device
98
Tom Craven Four Coins and a Purse four coins travel into purse one by one
Inspired by 99
Ed Eckl Susie B. torn coin
 		102
J. B. Bobo Bobo Switch
103
Mike Gallo More Than a Penetration coin penetrates hand three times, then coin grows in two step
Inspired by 104
Bob King Double Reverse Matrix three silver coins join a copper to a corner twice, flash-back finale
 		105
Gary Ouellet New Karate Coin design of hole
 		108
Peter W. Tappan Coin Through Balloon coin put on uninflated balloon, when balloon is blown up coin penetrates it
 		109
Vic Trabucco Using the Hand as a Servante
110
William P. Miesel Mis. Close-Up
112
Michael Ammar Bill to Cigarette first rolled up bill and cigarette change places, then cigarette vanishes bill changes into cigarette eventually bill is found in cigarette
 		112
Cigarette Vanish sleight
 		114
Roy Cottee The Hole(y) Tearer routine with paper napkin
  • hole torn in center, torn out piece is smaller than hole
  • both rolled up and bigger ball vanishes when lit
  • match vanishes and found in smaller ball
 		115
David (Foote) Drake Four Dice Repeat die tube routine, when pushed through tube, die changes number, four dice
 		117
Carl T. Dreher Calendar Card calendar card, named birthday is encircled
Inspired by 118
Steve Dusheck Dusheck's Dollar convincing cut and restored bill
 		119
Jim Gabor La Paloma II double dove production, finale for close up act
 		121
Michael Gorman Two Rings and Rope elaboration of dropping ring on rope, with two rings
 		122
Carl Herron The Shadow Switch switching envelope
 		124
Richard Hughes Shooting a Girl into a Nest of Boxes signed billet is shot with a small cannon into a box, Lippencott Coin Box
 		127
Roy Miller Dollar Duo Digits dollar bill is selected among eighteen bills, same last two digits of the serial number as the prediction bill
 		128
Karl Norman Bill in Cigarette
Also published here 129
Rev. O. T. Slem Polychromatic Gum paddle with strips of gum routine
 		132
Warren Stephens The Ring Thing penetration of rope, with gimmick
 		134
Wally Wilson Cocktail Sword and Straw ring on wand, with cocktail sword and straw
 		136
Tommy Wonder Dice Climax climax for dice stacking routine, sponge 4
 		137
Ronald Zollweg The Broken and Restored Ring stone is broken out of ring and restored again
 		138
G. W. Hunter The Gypsy Switch
Also published here 140
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, May 2017.