2000
Written by Simon Lovell
Work of Simon Lovell
197 pages (Hardcover), published by L&L Publishing
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Simon Lovell
Language: English
77 entries
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Simon Lovell Why "Son of Simon Says"?
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Simon Lovell Acknowledgements
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David Acer Foreword
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Jon Racherbaumer Racherbaumer Says...
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Simon Lovell Introduction
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Simon Lovell More Thoughts of Chairman Lovell
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Simon Lovell So, What do you need to learn Sleightwise to be a Magician?
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Simon Lovell The Mob and the Magi!
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Simon Lovell Pocket Management
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Simon Lovell Logic and Thinking
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Simon Lovell A Quick Word About Bar Magic
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Simon Lovell The Magic Moment
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Simon Lovell End Bit
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Simon Lovell Lovey Dovey Sandwich two selected cards are sandwiched at once
Inspired by 15
Simon Lovell Star Trick aircraft is formed with cards, selection is found and matching cards as kicker
Inspired by 19
Simon Lovell Moments and Musings on Harry Baron
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Simon Lovell The Namer back of signed card changes to another back with "Your Signature" written on it
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Edward Marlo Pinky Pull Down
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Simon Lovell Two Cards and a Glass wrong card becomes right card under glass, John Scarne glass staging
  • Fingered Two-and-a-Half (without table)
Also published here
  • "Fingered Number Two" (Simon Lovell, "Club 71" and "The Magic Menu")
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Simon Lovell The Murder Mystery four objects in box and also names written on paper, knife is selected and blood is found on blade, murder presentation
Inspired by 31
Glide Force small packet
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Paddle Move
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Simon Lovell Moments and Musings on Fred Robinson
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Simon Lovell Super Play It Straight! wrong suit is turned over, then changes into correct one, or change with two selection, half the deck is double backers
Inspired byRelated to 37
Simon Lovell Imagination deck held face-up in right-hand end grip, top card change into selection and then back
Related to 41
One Hand Top Palm
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Simon Lovell Backwards Kelly Replacement Jack Birnman?
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Simon Lovell Collectors 21!
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Simon Lovell Sidney the Hamster one handed fan that opens and snaps shut again
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Simon Lovell The Flipster flourish sequence in which the cards are fanned out and closed and secretly displaced, Twisting the Aces application
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Simon Lovell Moments and Musings on Eric Mason
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Simon Lovell Granama spectator's name written on card and turn up with one letter per piece to make anagrams, then restored
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Signed Pseudo Duplicate name of spectator written on card by performer
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Simon Lovell Five-and-a-Half! multiple on-handed cut
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Simon Lovell The Angle of the Dangle as top card is shown, a card is stolen into LTP
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Simon Lovell Bermuderama spectator choses card behind back, performer does the same, the cards match, uses three deck instead of one
Inspired by
  • Juan Tamariz performance
Variations
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Simon Lovell Moments and Musings on Fred Kaps
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Simon Lovell One Way to Bermuda different presentation, mate turns over in deck
Inspired by 81
Simon Lovell Blind Man's Bluff spectator finds cards in deck, rest is secretly blank, cards are predicted
Inspired by 85
David Acer Mousehunt selected card transposes with another card sandwiched between the Kings that has holes in it (like Swiss Cheese)
Inspired byAlso published here 89
Gerald Kosky Koskycardchangethinks
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Shaun Robison Ace-O-Rama! Aces produced, after twisting card appears within, repeat with 52-on-1 gag card, deck is now blank
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Simon Lovell The Wyoming Wobble selected card disappears between the four Aces and reappears face up in the deck
Also published here 99
Simon Lovell Copthinks
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Simon Lovell Topchangethinks
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Simon Lovell The Bucket Cull
  • One Bucket! (single card)
  • Several Little Buckets Hanging on a Wall! (multiple cards)
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Simon Lovell Bonus Trick - Fourplay card chosen and lost, produced with its mates
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Simon Lovell Moments and Musings on Steve Beam
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Simon Lovell Waiting for God "God" calls on the performer's cell phone and names card and position
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Simon Lovell Harry's Catnip Principle cat locates card
  • Bonus Number One - Free Choice Catnip!
  • Bonus Number Two - The Mind Reading Cat (cat locates object)
  • Bonus Number Three - Gambling Kitty (cat finds money card in monte, with Guy Hollingworth variation)
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Simon Lovell Matchbox Betcha number of matches in matchbox divined, mathematical
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Eric Mason Matchbox Betcha Number Two! matchbox drawer balanced on cover under glass, bet to get drawer into cover without touching
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Simon Lovell Moments and Musings on gambler Fast Jack
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David Oliver Don't Touch numbers added on add-a-number pad, sum predicted
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Simon Lovell Two Pieces of Silliness - Teethy "Silly Stunt Number One"
piece of glass bitten out of glass, coin for sound effect
Related to
  • Martin Gardner's Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic
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Simon Lovell Two Pieces of Silliness - Cancan "Silly Stunt Number Two"
can is crushed flat in two seconds
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Simon Lovell The Texas Chainthumb Massare or Grand Guignol Revisited thumb is cut with a knife until the performer bleeds, wound is healed
Inspired by 135
Simon Lovell Business Card Flash! blank card tabled, coin on top, flash paper on coin, ignited and card visibly prints, pull into lap, also with playing card
Also published here
  • video "The Office Animal"
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Simon Lovell Moments and Musings on Cardini
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Simon Lovell Coins, Dice and Grandfather's Beer! some bar bets, then full glass of beer produced
  • Stage One - Selling the Roll Out
  • Stage Two - Selling the Six Dice Stack
  • Stage Three - Grandfather's Beer
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Simon Lovell Imagiro bill folded (?) into animal behind back of performer
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Robert E. Neale A Hair of the Dog bill folded into dog
  • Bonus Number One - Bob's Presentation
  • Bonus Number Two - Magic Doggie! (dog stands up by himself)
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Simon Lovell Twisted Roses making a rose out of paper napkin
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Simon Lovell, Keith Charnley Chop Wallet Chop Cup style routine with coin and wallet - final production of ten pound note under the wallet
Also published here 163
Thumb Clip Coin Vanish
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Ash-Lee Fantasy in Salt and Vinegar predict flavour of crisps - when wrong, magician makes flavour change to match prediction
Also published here 169
Simon Lovell The Incredible Card in Dove Number Two! card with torn-off corner to rubber dove, comedy prop extravaganza
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Simon Lovell Torn Corner Switch
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Simon Lovell Lobster Watch! broken and restored watch, reappears at performer's wrist, comedy prop extravaganza
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Simon Lovell Center Tear
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Simon Lovell Moments and Musings on Robert Harbin
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Simon Lovell Ring in Rat comedy prop extravaganza
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Finger Ring Vanish from handkerchief
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Simon Lovell The Frisk of the Risk! effect done with named card, risky, juke box principle, set-up of often named cards
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Simon Lovell Endword
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Todd Robbins The Blow-Off
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Simon Lovell Works Cited
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Data entered by Denis Behr.