Much Ado About Something

1995
Written by Karrell Fox
Work of Karrell Fox
164 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Greenberg
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Ed Harris
Language: English
81 entries
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Karrell Fox Thank You...
4
Marvyn Roy The Desert Fox
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Joe Stevens Foreword
11
Karrell Fox Introduction
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Karrell Fox Foxy Foldup no steal, pocket in paper
 		14
Karrell Fox Slap-Down Coin Vanish hand slapped on coin and coin apparently dragged forwards
 		16
Karrell Fox Gold Dust borrowed finger ring put in envelope and hammered upon, becomes gold dust
 		18
Karrell Fox A Pin And Pencil Set pen clings to hand
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Karrell Fox A Dollar Matched dollar bill to match book
 		21
Karrell Fox The Pinch Coin Vanish
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Karrell Fox The Medicine Man borrowed finger ring into plastic medicine bottle
 		24
Karrell Fox Fantom Fire performer can make paper napkin flash when touched with cigarette, spectators cannot
 		26
Karrell Fox "Hinge-Enious" Coin coin catcher gimmick
 		28
Karrell Fox Sympathetic Coins bunch of quarters are alternating heads up and face up, when dropped singly all heads up
 		29
Karrell Fox Stabracardabra knife stuck into napkin-wrapped deck, napkin torn away and selection sticks to knife
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Karrell Fox See The Marks? comedy presentation for revealing a reversed card
 		34
Karrell Fox Your Card Is... spelling YOURCARDIS
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Karrell Fox For Good Measure selected card written on measuring tape
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Karrell Fox Here's Looking At You deck dropped in paper bag and shaken, spectator is told to take out any card he sees, it's the selection
 		38
Karrell Fox 3 More Reasons To Perform "Out Of This World"
  • twenty-sixth card face-up
  • switch handling
  • Joker finish
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Karrell Fox There It Is
Related to 41
Karrell Fox Karrell's Kard Schtick stick with four suits on them, changes in stick with four hearts and Four of Hearts is selection
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Karrell Fox A Sizable Card Revelation BIG and LITTLE printed on cards, the fitting one changes into selection
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Karrell Fox Fox's Fabulous Fickle Finger Force riffle force, right first finger apparently drags out center card but takes top card instead
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Karrell Fox The Un-Marked Deck selection made face-up (Riffle Force), it's the only obviously marked card on the back
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Riffle Force break
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Karrell Fox The Sloppy Fox Rollover with eight-packet display that is "rolled up"
Inspired by
  • Sid Lorraine
 49
Karrell Fox The Unfaked Card To Wallet signed card into ungaffed, rubber-banded wallet
 		51
Karrell Fox A.T.S. Book Test "Almost Too Simple", page in magazine selected, torn out and crumpled up, tossed to spectator, then content described, no switch, long-short magazine
Related to 54
Karrell Fox SealedStab Prediction envelope stabbed in deck, card stabbed to is predicted in envelope, under-the-handkerchief-force adaption
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Karrell Fox Actions Speak Louder Than Words six actions written on cards in six envelopes, one selected and performer does action (e.g. "stand on one foot")
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Karrell Fox The Envelope Please card stopped at predicted with jumbo card in envelope, half forcing deck
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Karrell Fox Dream Girls five photos of actresses chosen, performer divines them
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Karrell Fox The Cereal Killer favorite breakfast cereal chosen from multiple boxes, prediction
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Karrell Fox A Bottomless Prediction loading prediction into bottomless pay envelope
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Karrell Fox The "Hare-Tar" torn and restored strip into paper rabbit, corny gag
Inspired by 68
Karrell Fox The Super-Simple Coin Wand
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Karrell Fox The Unfinished Palette mismade silks, blendo type effect in which small colored silks are merged with color palette on big silk
 		72
Karrell Fox The Static Tie necktie moves up instead of paper in hand, nailed to stomach
Inspired by
  • Jack London's "Pop-Up Tie"
 74
Karrell Fox Willie The Worm spring snake from snake can comes out of apple apparently
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Karrell Fox Traffic-Trick black and white traffic light on silk becomes colorful, teaching about traffic safety
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Karrell Fox How's Ticks? stethoscope comedy prop made from plunger
 		80
Karrell Fox Take Your Pick car key tags chosen from change bag, all the same brand, trade show presentation
 		84
Karrell Fox The Topper trade show presentations for U.F. Grant's Strat-O-Spheres prop
 		86
Karrell Fox Producing The Product Paul Stadelman Rabbit Production box for trade show use
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Karrell Fox It's In The Bag letter cards put in bag, ribbon dropped in, on it appears slogan or company name, trade show
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Karrell Fox A "Flashy" Logo flash paper on board, company name appears in flash, trade show
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Karrell Fox The Applause Sign sign on which the message changes, Tommy Windsor prop, trade show presentation
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Karrell Fox Jet-Settings backdrop for parlour or children performances
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Karrell Fox Heart Smart heart balloon as give-away at table
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Karrell Fox A Proper Dropper coin dropper, film canister
 		101
Karrell Fox A "Handy" Exercise hand exercise with two sheets of paper
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Karrell Fox The Family Album large album on easel, faces on different sheets that can move their mouths, idea
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Karrell Fox The Bag Table bag attached to microphone stand
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Dick Jarrow The Secret Six A Sort Of Historical Rundown By Dick Jarrow
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Karrell Fox The Lucky Fox bill in thumb tip, Jack London
Related to 114
Karrell Fox "When All Else Fails" Rope Trick extra loop added
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Karrell Fox The Embarrassed Medal medal on lapel crawls back inside breast pocket after bad joke, sight gag
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Karrell Fox Tissue Color silk pushed through a hole in tissue paper changes color
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Karrell Fox "Scissrope" extra loop added with scissors
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Karrell Fox Splitting-Hares arm chopper with rabbit inside
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Karrell Fox At The End Of My Rope
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Karrell Fox Over The Rainbow Blendo blendo without props
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Karrell Fox The Actual Selected Card In Balloon no prop
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Karrell Fox A "Cheep" Trick egg to live baby chick in napkin
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Karrell Fox Fox Passes The Salt long pour
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Karrell Fox Never Say "Dye" eggs become colorful easter eggs in change bag
Also published here 134
Karrell Fox Stringaring paper bag with string sticking out, vanished finger ring appears on string
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Karrell Fox An Uplifting Miracle gag with electric deck
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Karrell Fox A Silk To Egg Tip thumb tip and real egg
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Karrell Fox Color Pop silk pushed in hand, changes color when opened
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Karrell Fox Peek-A-Boo silk from breast pocket vanishes in hand, reappears by slowly crawling out of breast pocket again
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Karrell Fox Right Off The Top Of Your Head chosen audience member divines selection, lazy tongs with card behind spectator
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Karrell Fox Confusin' Confetti confetti on plate, when confetti is shaken off, confetti in form of card name remain on plate
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Karrell Fox Cardician Blendo Revisited two card silks with wrong cards change into large silk with selection
Inspired by 147
Karrell Fox Blendo Trio blendo presentation ideas with printed silks
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Karrell Fox The "Presto-Chang-O" Tube tube to switch or produce silks
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Karrell Fox "A. And P." Card In Balloon "Almost Perfect", duplicate
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Karrell Fox Karrell's Korny Komments Silks humorous printings on silks
Related to 156
Karrell Fox Don't Miss Your Cue billiard ball to pool cue in bag
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Karrell Fox Parting Thots
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Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2018.