Simon Says!

The Close-Up Magic of Simon Lovell

1997
Written by Simon Lovell
Work of Simon Lovell
242 pages (Hardcover), published by L&L Publishing
Illustrated with drawings by Hannah Ammar
Language: English
126 entries
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Simon Lovell Dedication
v
Simon Lovell Thanks to...
vi
Randy Wakeman The Totally Official Foreword
x
Father Cyprian Father Cyprian Says...
xi
Scotty York Scotty York Says...
xii
Simon Lovell, Walt Lees Who Is This Lovell Guy Anyway?
xiii
Simon Lovell Introduction
xv
Simon Lovell What Is Close-Up Magic?
3
Simon Lovell Approach, Opening, Time Served and the Closing Cheer!
  • The Table-Hopping Opener
  • The Walk-Around Opener
  • Lucky You - They've Requested to See You!
  • Time Served
  • The Closing Cheer
 		6
Simon Lovell Comfort Zones
  • What Are Comfort Zones?
  • Invading Comfort Zones
 		11
Simon Lovell Routining and Resetting
13
Simon Lovell Top Tip or Not To Tip?
16
Simon Lovell Flukes!
17
Simon Lovell Entertainment and Sleight-Of-Hand!
18
Simon Lovell First Things First... chapter intro
 		21
Simon Lovell Fingered Number Three wrong card under spectator's finger, same card shows up reversed in deck and selection is now under finger
Inspired byRelated to 22
Diagonal Insertion
22
Frederick Braue Braue Reversal
24
Simon Lovell Fingered Number Four card to wallet addition
Related to 25
Simon Lovell PalmThinks top card is levered up with left thumb into right hand
 		25
Simon Lovell Packed Wallet card to wallet, second phase 51 cards to wallet
  • Fingered Packed Wallet (as finale to Fingered Number Four)
Related toAlso published here 28
The World's Easiest Riffle Force roll-over, discrepant
 		28
Deck Cop
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Simon Lovell Another Departed Point two duplicates
Also published here 33
Simon Lovell Optician's Delight card to behind glasses
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Simon Lovell Vernonesque Three Way packet stop force with outs
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Simon Lovell The Gambler's Move Kings and Aces, repeated
Variations 43
Simon Lovell Hold The Mayo red Kings in deck, selection appears between them, repeat, then Kings split and then find selection
  • Stage One - Butter the Bread!
  • Stage Two - Add the Ham
  • Stage Three - Hold the Mayo!
Variations 47
Charles Nyquist Ribbon-Spread Hide-Out
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Simon Lovell Give Me The Mayo cleaner handling with double backer
Inspired by 53
Simon Lovell Ambitious Everywhere and Nowhere
Also published here 55
Simon Lovell Fanforcethinks
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Simon Lovell TopChangethinks
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Simon Lovell HinduShufflethinks as all alike display
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Simon Lovell Afterthinks addition in which selection is torn and put in case, then it is chosen again and torn card turn out to be Joker
 		60
Simon Aronson, John Bannon ExtraChicagothinks idea to incorporate "spectator sits on card"
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Simon Lovell Business Card Giveaway business cards stapled to top indifferent card which is placed in center, it comes back to top and is now selection
Also published here 62
Forming a Little-finger Break Under Multiple Cards one-handed, push-off
 		64
Push-In Change
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Simon Lovell SloMo Pass
Variations 65
Simon Lovell Capped SloMo Pass bottom cover pass
Inspired by 67
Simon Lovell Challenge Reverse! multiple cards selected and replaced, they all reverse
 		68
Simon Lovell Gesture Rightening top card of deck secretly reversed, rightened in up-and-down movement
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Simon Lovell Sleight Of Mouth - Effect Number One card unfolded with tongue in mouth à la Tom Mullica
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Simon Lovell Super Quick Simey Fold into fourth at deck
Inspired by 71
Simon Lovell Sleight Of Mouth - Effect Number Two Joker folded up with mouth alone, then unfolded with mouth and it changed into selection
  • The Simey Sloppy Card Fold
 		75
Simon Lovell Bonus Fold Effect spectator cuts and folded selection happens to be where he cuts
 		78
Simon Lovell Card In Bottle handkerchief put over deck, bottle appears underneath with signed selection in it
Related to 79
Simon Lovell Who Killed Lilly Longlegs?
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Simon Lovell The Switch deck switch during a non-card trick in pocket
 		83
Simon Lovell Pushthroughriffleshufflethinks
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Simon Lovell Outfold indifferent card folded into fourth face outward, changed into back-outward and then into selection, two methods
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Simon Lovell Sitting Deck Vanish oker changes to selected card, deck vanishes from case
Also published here 94
Simon Lovell Curryturnoverthinks
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Simon Lovell Oily Snobs 4&4
  • Phase One - Mix and Separate
  • Phase Two - Try Harder, Tramps!!
  • Phase Three - The Solo Tramps Goes For It!
Related to 98
Simon Lovell The Lemming Ace Exchange four jumbo Aces, suit that matches selection is turned-over and when turned over the jumbo card became the selection and the selection became the Ace
Inspired by 103
Simon Lovell The Squelmsley Count with jumbo cards
 		103
Simon Lovell Two-Step Top Change card put on deck for a moment
 		105
Simon Lovell Vanishing Moustache moustache on printing of one of the four Kings vanishes
 		107
Simon Lovell Oooops! spectator receives four Aces and a Joker, performer has six Aces
 		109
Simon Lovell Gambler's Flat Palm Addition to top
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Falsecutthinks simple tabled false cut
 		110
Simon Lovell Simple Double Deal
111
Simon Lovell Impossible Location! spectator stops anywhere and remembers card, later divined
Related to 113
Simon Lovell Double Trouble two magicians perform in different parts of the room, one cannot find card and other magicians shouts out name, repeated
 		115
Morley Budden Pyramid Power spectators write secret fantasies on business cards, the performer know who wrote what
 		117
Simon Lovell Hyperpoke first finger penetrates deck of cards and stops at selection
 		123
Simon Lovell Predicted Bermuda three cards chosen behind back of spectator, same cards reversed in prediction deck, extra deck, ends clean
Inspired byVariations 126
Simon Lovell, Michael Austin Blind Date Bermuda spectator pockets three cards behind his back, performer takes another deck and finds the mates
Inspired by 129
Deck Pocket Transfer deck put in breast pocket apparently, same deck removed from trouser pocket
 		130
Ermintrude - The Mind-Reading Joker! Joker first says "I've no idea", then hold mini card of selection
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Peek Deck Forcing Pair tape at bottom
 		132
Simon Lovell Kicked! two card placed in deck during deal, next to matching cards, rest of deck turns out blank
Inspired by
  • "The Kick" (Harry Baron)
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Jim Zachary Simplicity Outdone card chosen in fair manner, spectator deals and stops at selection
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Jim Zachary Jimbo's Sneaky Shuffle Action divided deck overhand shuffle with one half short
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Simon Lovell Heartless whole deck has a large whole in the center
Related toAlso published here 141
The Tilt Move (or Depth Illusion)
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The Snap-Over Color Change
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Simon Lovell Heartlebox hole also appears in case
Related to 147
Simon Lovell The World's Only Blue-Backed Double-Faced Card! gag
  • Bonus Magicians-Only Gag Number One
  • Bonus Magicians-Only Gag Number Two
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Simon Lovell Flashburn 2! card lost, coin wrapped in flash paper and put on deck and burned, paper circle under coin has name of selection, selection is torched
Inspired by
  • "Meltdown" (Harry Baron & Simon Lovell)
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Edward Marlo Pinky Pull Down
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Simon Lovell Three Card Pop three cards appear on three piles à la Jennings Revelation
Inspired by 157
Simon Lovell The Non-Panoramic Shift straight to bottom in straddle type action
 		157
The Flat Palm off the tabled deck, transfer to other hand
 		160
Simon Lovell Simon Takes On Le Paul
Inspired by 162
Simon Lovell The Turn-Up Multiple Top Change packet turned over on deck, Talazac type
Variations 162
Simon Lovell The Table Spread Multiple Top Change table spread as cover after switch
Inspired by 166
Simon Lovell Sambitious Card
168
Simon Lovell FLOOP "Finger Loop Double Lift"
double card spun out of center with top half in right-hand end grip
Variations 168
Al Leech, Edward Victor Paintbrush Change
171
Simon Lovell, Ben Harris Super Flip Variation turnover at end of dribble
Inspired by 172
Simon Lovell Bonus FLOOP Color Change double held away from half in left hand with left finger and thumb, other half fanned over it
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Simon Lovell Spinnup! outjogged card spun around fingers, Jerry Andrus Twirl
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Simon Lovell Cheats' Honesty Test Aces produced, then they change into Royal Flush
Inspired by
  • "Radical Aces" (Bill Malone, MUM, Vol. 82 No. 11, Apr. 1993)
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Simon Lovell Razahtab
Inspired by
  • Baltazar Fuentes Change (see Malone's "Radical Aces", MUM, Vol. 82 No. 11, Apr. 1993)
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Piet Forton Forton Pop-Out
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Simon Lovell The Bottom Deal
Related to 181
Simon Lovell Frank's Fave number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection at chosen number within this packet
Related to 185
Paul LePaul Throw-Jog top half dropped onto lower half
 		186
Simon Lovell Elmsley Cut Elmsley Ace to King shown and lost, number card chosen, top cards dealt, they form the straight again and card at value of spectator's card is selection
Related to 190
Simon Lovell The Push-Off Second Deal detailed
  • The Side Sweep Stud Push Off
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Simon Lovell Double Coincidence two cards end up in same position in two piles
  • Bonus Method Number One
  • Bonus Method Number Two
Also published here 198
Simon Lovell The One-Handed Push-Off Second Deal
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Simon Lovell Mini All Backs all backs with deck and small backed
Inspired by 202
Simon Lovell Countthinks on the Flushtration Count
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Countthinks
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Simon Lovell Coin From Pack large coin appears from between two cards
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Simon Lovell The Coin-Eating Pack coin put on deck of cards, it vanishes
Inspired by 212
Simon Lovell Whoops! The Bonus Reproduction coin appears again
 		213
Simon Lovell Number 1 - Instant Tosheroon coin vanishes from deck and reappears next to selection
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Simon Lovell Number 2 - Finger Ring Fun finger ring penetrates deck and reappears on finger
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Simon Lovell Pen Through Tongue fake tongue
Related to 219
Simon Lovell Tongue of War fake tongue flies into audience from mouth
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Simon Lovell Self-Writing Pen pen writes/moves by itself
 		222
Simon Lovell Sebastian the Mind-Reading Chicken gag with drawing of chicken and a part that is apparently about to vanish
Also published here 224
Simon Lovell, Ken Brooke Any Dog Called For! any dog apparently appears under a glass, "puddle" gag
 		226
Simon Lovell The Nightmare Deck apparently only spectator with special glasses can see large marks on the back
 		228
Simon Lovell Anyway I Could Know Your Card? (X 2) gag, card is not found
  • Anyway Number One
  • Anyway Number Two
 		230
Simon Lovell Anticadge cigarette removed from cigarette case, case is then restored again
Inspired by 231
Simon Lovell Cointear coin is torn
 		234
Simon Lovell The Infamous Submarine Card gag routine in which glass of beer is spilled all over the place as a deck of cards is put inside
 		236
Harry's Page typed by Lovell's cat
 		239
Simon Lovell Final Simey Words
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Terry Seabrooke End Words
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Simon Lovell One Last Piece Of Advice...
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Data entered by Denis Behr, September 2019.