Over the Coffee Cups

1949
Written by Martin Gardner
Work of Martin Gardner
34 pages (Stapled), published by Montandon Magic
Illustrated with drawings by Martin Gardner
Language: English
81 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Martin Gardner Introduction
Unknown Cube Levitation two sugar cubes stick together
 		1
Unknown Steady Hands puzzle / bar bet with sugar cubes
 		1
Unknown Five Cube Pick-Up bar bet with sugar cubes, lifting five cubes with one finger
 		1
Unknown, Dorny, Chuck Sanders Mysterious Initials initial written on sugar cube, sugar is dissolved in coffee and initial appears on spectator's hand
 		2
Larry Arcuri Sugar Penetration sugar penetrates wrapper and hand
 		3
Unknown Hand to Hand sugar cube travels to other hand, lapping
 		3
Unknown Cubes, Papers, and Coin bar bet, three cubes are stacked on a coin and with piece of paper in between, slips and coins must be removed without touching the sugar
 		3
Unknown Tender and Private gag, folding a Dollar bill to form other words
 		4
Unknown Strike Match on Bill igniting match with Dollar bill
 		4
Unknown Vanishing Creamer creamer vanishes from tube formed with a bill
 		4
Samuel Berland Berland's Vanishing Bill bill folded to simulate two bills
Variations 5
Unknown Mushroom, Key, and States folding Dollar bill to make picture of a mushroom
 		6
Dorny Valuable Paper Wad bill is folded to white little packet, curiosity
 		6
Unknown Indestructible Bill bill soaked in whiskey burns without damage
 		6
Milbourne Christopher Paper to Bill newspaper ball changes to bill
 		6
Unknown Balancing Knife and Spoon no trick
 		7
Walter Price Catching the Salt salt on knife
 		7
Unknown Cross of Knives special way to hold two knives, bar bet
 		7
Unknown Rotating Knife knife and fork as spinning wheel on the table, to find selection
 		8
Abril Lamarque, Bert Easley Diver in the Spoon making figures with the reflection of a spoon
 		8
Unknown Floating Match burning match, behind fingers
 		9
Unknown Grasshopper Matches jumping match
 		10
Unknown Happy Birthday practical joke with matches
 		11
Unknown Have a Light match balanced on finger and strike match behind ear
 		11
Unknown Kiddie Kar practical joke with matches
 		11
Unknown Rocket Matches match zooms across the room, gag
 		12
Unknown Match Penetration - 1 classic
 		12
Unknown Match Penetration - 2 with paper matches, visual
 		13
Unknown, Jerry Lukins Mike and Ike matches in bottle with water sink and come back up again
 		13
Unknown The Three Bears joke with matches
Also published here 13
Dr. Boris Zola Doc Zola's Magnet Routine matches penetrate card, with matchbook
 		13
Unknown The Hobo's Prayer penny changes into dime, with prepared matchbook
 		15
Fred Peterson Match Head Amputation in spectator's hand
 		16
Seymour Davis Phantom Napkin knife through handkerchief
Related to 16
Bert Kalmar Spooky Monkey Business gag with handkerchief
Also published here 17
Unknown Saucy and Lady making impromptu puppet of old lady with handkerchief and cigarette
 		18
Unknown Stretching the Napkin
18
Unknown Lemon Bug napkin moves eerie over table
Also published here 18
Edwin Tabor Pull Apart Napkins two silks are tied together in center and come apart
Also published here 18
Unknown Rising Cigar Wrapper
19
Unknown Jumping Cigar Band from finger to finger
 		20
Unknown Indian Gift cigar gag, apparently placing it into pocket of spectator
 		20
Unknown Cigar Antics classic gags with cigarettes
 		20
Unknown Sixteen Coin Puzzle
21
Unknown Three Stunts with a Dime bets and gags with coins
 		21
Johnny Paul Spinning the Half Dollar spinning a coin on its edge without touching it
 		22
Unknown Sucker Bet gag with coins
 		22
Unknown Penny Puzzle how many letters on coin, puzzle
 		22
Unknown Try this on Your Ham Sandwich coin travels into sandwich
 		22
Unknown I. Q. Test for Waitresses practical joke, filled glass is inverted on table
 		23
Unknown Brim to Brim two filled glassed placed mouth to mouth, puzzles
 		23
Unknown Problem of the Six Glasses puzzle with three empty and three filled glasses
Also published here 23
Unknown The Pyramid removing napkins between glasses
 		24
Unknown Penny Game puzzle with cigarettes, glass, coin and paper, set-up for joke with flash paper
 		24
Johnny Jones Cross of Pepper pepper on water, making a cross with match
 		24
Unknown Match, Nickel, and Glass match balanced on edge of coin is moved, under glass
 		25
Unknown Glass and Check removing check under glass, with coin balancing on rim
 		25
Unknown Fireproof Fingers holding burning cigarette between two fingers
 		25
Unknown Ear Inhale gag, inhaling smoke with ear and exhaling it from mouth
 		25
Unknown Cigarette Pack Gags
26
Unknown Jugglery cigarette jugglery with lips
 		26
Unknown Smoke Rings hole in cellophane of cigarette packet to form smoke rings
 		27
Unknown Vanishing Smoke removing smoke from empty whisky bottle
 		27
Unknown Jumping and Rising Cigarette from cigarette packet
 		27
Unknown Buck Teeth gag with cigarettes
 		27
Unknown Handkerchief Escape with fingers
 		28
Unknown Stirring Stick Movies figure is drawn on stirring stick, to make easy optical animation
 		28
Unknown Catching the Check catching check / bill between fingers
 		29
Unknown Swizzle Stick Gags reading sentences through swizzle stick fro different meaning, gag
 		29
Unknown Knuckle Popping with gimmick, gag
 		30
Matt Schulien The Fifty Sponge Balls
30
Unknown Up the Scale making different sounds with straw, gag
 		31
Unknown Financial Spectacles glasses with Dollar signs, gag
 		31
Unknown Mental Prediction three psychological forces, 37
 		31
Val Evans Crazy Crackers chinese compass with crackers
Also published here
  • "Optogramma" Lloyd Jones' "The Bat" 1948.
 32
Charles "Chic" Schoke Schoke's Wise Cracker gag, bar bet with cracker
 		33
Stanley Collins Thumb Tip Quickie catching thumb gag
Also published here
  • A Conjuring Melange (Stanley Collins)
 33
Unknown Sailor and the Doughnut gag puzzle
 		33
Unknown Ring Vanish with handkerchief
 		34
Unknown Between the Teeth gag with toothpick
 		34
Data entered by Lorenz Schär.