1993
Written by Jerry Mentzer
Work of Eddie Fechter
265 pages (Hardcover), published by Magic Methods
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
114 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Jerry Mentzer Foreword
vii
Jerry Mentzer Background Information on Eddie Fechter
viii
Dai Vernon Introduction
Also published here
  • "Magician Nitely" 1974
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Chapter 1 - Tales, History, Photos, & Shtick
3
Harrison Carroll Biography of Eddie Fechter
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Ed Eckl Thoughts of Eddie Fechter and the Forks
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Rob Allen The Kitchen Table stories on the kitchen in the Forks Hotel and Eddie Fechter
  • Nonsense in the kitchen
  • Mindreading
  • Sandwich
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Rob Allen, Bill Okal, Ray Mertz Breakfast stories of Eddie Fechter
  • Going Out to Breakfast.
  • I'm Here!
  • Coffee's strong!
  • Coffee Refills.
  • When the Food Came.
  • Got to Go Now.
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Michael Skinner Two Tales of Eddie
  • The Carnival Dice Game
  • Paper Balls Over the Head
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Rob Allen, Bill Okal, Ron Fredrick Sight Bits and other Shtick gags Eddie Fechter used to do
  • Eddie's Imitations
  • Directions
  • Winter Wonder
  • Fuzzy Duck
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Harrison Carroll, Ron Fredrick, Rob Allen, Bill Okal Fechter Bits lines and bits by Eddie Fechter
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Jerry Mentzer Success and the Forks Hotel ln the Forks hotel
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Chapter 2 - Peek Magic
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Eddie Fechter Imperfection Peek
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Eddie Fechter Peek Control with a Corner Short Card
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Eddie Fechter Natural Break Peek using natural breaks
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Eddie Fechter Two Card Revelation deck cut in half, face cards change into selections, a la "Sleeve Aces"
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Eddie Fechter Fourth Down finding two selection with reversed card
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Chapter 3 - Eddie Fechter Magic
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Eddie Fechter You Would Lose performer cuts to four Aces, slip cuts
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Eddie Fechter Eddie's Stop performer stops spectator while dealing, next card is selection
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Eddie Fechter The Spectator Stops psychological stop trick, cards face down
  • Outs
  • Touches
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Eddie Fechter Eight Coin Trick
Inspired byVariations 55
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Changing Aces (Snapover Aces) red Aces on top of deck are replaced and turned over again, transformation to black Aces
Also published here
  • "Precursor" XXXIII, 1991. P. 3.
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Lou Gallo Lou Gallo's Presentation of Snapover Aces same as Fechter's method, just after Multiple Shift
Related to
  • "Precursor" XXXIII, 1991. P. 3.
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Eddie Fechter That's It!
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Eddie Fechter Fechter's Shake Down Gymnastic Aces with selected cards
Inspired by 63
Eddie Fechter Slide Revelation incomplete Faro, part slides forward and back to reveal selection
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Eddie Fechter Fechter's Invisible Pass cover pass
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Eddie Fechter, Dan Block Off Beat Tip Change Routine card under finger of spectator is apparently switched with other card
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Eddie Fechter, Dan Block Top Change Handling card held from above
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Eddie Fechter Faro Pairs magician's gag, Faro with alternate pairs
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Eddie Fechter Crazy Cut strange card control, pass mechanics
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Eddie Fechter Eddie Fechter's Multiple Shift
  • The Basic Multiple Shift
  • Four to the Top
  • Three to the Bottom and One to the Top
  • Four to the Bottom
  • Two to the Top and Two to the Bottom
Related to 75
Eddie Fechter One Handed Tabled Switch with deck in hand and card on table
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Chapter 4 - Bill Okal Remembers
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Bill Okal I Meet the "Guy Named Fechter"
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Bill Okal Outside the Forks on the Forks Hotel
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Bill Okal Eddie As Teacher
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Bill Okal The New Forks Begins
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Bill Okal The Forks Enters Twilight
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Bill Okal The Forks' Finale
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Bill Okal Fechter - The Bartender
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Bill Okal Fechter's Magic
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Chapter 5 - Early Memories of Eddie
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William P. Miesel My Early Memories of Eddie
Also published here 119
Eddie Fechter A Card Location card pushed inside case
Also published here 119
Eddie Fechter A Card Control same as LePaul's "An Automatic Jog-Control"
Related toAlso published here 121
Eddie Fechter A Different Disclosure card change, while deck is turned over
Also published here 122
Eddie Fechter Eddie's Dunbury
Also published here 123
Eddie Fechter The Three Devils joke with cards
Also published here 124
Eddie Fechter Eddie Fechter's Homing Card
Also published here 125
Chapter 6 - Magic From the Forks Hotel
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Eddie Fechter I've Got a Surprise For You wrong card placed on table, same card is removed from pocket and card on table turns out to be selection
Related to 129
Toss Change while card is tossed on table or in spectator's hand
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Karl Norman Impromptu Torn and Restored Cigarette
Also published here 131
Eddie Fechter Be Honest - What Is It? two cards, one held by spectator and one by performer, change into two totally different cards, other two cards end up in performer's trouser pocket
Related toVariations 132
Eddie Fechter The Follow Up follow up for Be Honest - What Is It?, card changes face-up
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Eddie Fechter Goblin Tube coin changes into water, with Goblin Tube, gag
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Eddie Fechter, Del Ray Fechter's Aces Aces vanish from four packets and are found again, improvisational manner
Variations 138
Stanley Collins Collins Glide Vanish
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Eddie Fechter Aces Up or Down? Aces are found reversed in the deck
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Eddie Fechter You've Been Real Good to Me spectator sits on chosen card
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Eddie Fechter Waterfall revelation of chosen card after waterfall from hand to hand
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Chapter 7 - Request Tricks
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Eddie Fechter 6-4-5 Coin Trick tabled coins across, several phases
Variations 153
Han Ping Chien Han Ping Chien Move
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Eddie Fechter Eight to Twelve two spectators hold amount of cards, number of cards changes several times
Also published here
  • "Eight to Twelve" in "The Linking Ring" February, 1973.
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Karl Norman Card on the Ceiling
Also published here 162
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Brainwave using a normal and a Brainwave deck
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Eddie Fechter Glimpse of reversed card in center of the deck, while squaring up tabled deck
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Chapter 8 - Peeks
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Jerry Mentzer Introduction to "Peeks"
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Eddie Fechter Peek Force
  • Multiple Force
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Eddie Fechter Tiniest Peek I've Ever Seen verbal convincer for spectator's peek
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Eddie Fechter Peek and Key Combination
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Eddie Fechter Glimpse during rotation of the wrist
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Eddie Fechter Peek Subtlety using a step after the peek
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Eddie Fechter Turn Around Peek Control deck is turned 180° between the hands
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Eddie Fechter Fechter's Fan Glimpse one-handed fan after peek
Variations 185
Eddie Fechter Cover For Peek Control deck is flexed while holding a break
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Eddie Fechter Two Card Control From Peek
  • Pseudo Three Peek Control
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Eddie Fechter Eight Selections using eight cards, fingertip peek and various revelations
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Chapter 9 - Miscellaneous
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Eddie Fechter Flying Locator improved version of Fechter's Fooler
Related to 199
Lou Gallo Gallo's Addition flourish reveal, half is turned over
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Eddie Fechter Small Stock False Shuffle
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Gambler's Slip Cut
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Eddie Fechter Auto Jog Control side-jog, swivel cut
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Eddie Fechter Spring Card Revelation card jumps from deck to hand
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Eddie Fechter Fechter's Bluff Pass
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Eddie Fechter Bar Towel Force
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Eddie Fechter Tips, Hints, and Bits of Business various gags, on the classic force and Ambitious Card bit
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Chapter 10 - Previous Offerings
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Eddie Fechter Top Card Reversal for one or more cards, top or bottom
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Eddie Fechter A Magical Prediction spectator finds his own card from ribbon spread deck, risky method, with outs
Also published here
  • "A Magical Prediction" in "The Linking Ring" June, 1972.
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Eddie Fechter Knockout Prediction using two decks
Also published here
  • "Knockout Prediction" in "The Linking Ring" June, 1972.
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Chapter 11 - Eddie Fechter Magic from Card Cavalcade
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Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
Also published here 231
Eddie Fechter Fan Positioning placing a card at certain position from top, using fan shuffle
Also published here 233
Eddie Fechter Double Lift from Tabled Pack
Also published here 235
Eddie Fechter A Fechter Force packet cutting timing force with out
Also published here 237
Eddie Fechter Peek Reverse
Also published here 238
Eddie Fechter Quick Reverse using palm, with variation
Also published here 241
Eddie Fechter Tabled Transfer tabled double undercut, bottom to top
Also published here 244
Eddie Fechter Swivel Cut Transfer bottom cards to top
Also published here 245
Eddie Fechter Control cuts and a faro shuffle
Also published here 247
Chapter 12 - Eddie Fechter Magic from Card Cavalcade II
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Eddie Fechter How Do You Want Me To Find Your Card? selection is found again and again in quick fashion, as an out
Also published here 253
Eddie Fechter Estimation Peek
Also published here 255
Eddie Fechter Speller Positioning
Also published here 256
Chapter 13 - Eddie Fechter Magic from Card Cavalcade Finale
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Eddie Fechter No Pile four of five cards vanish
Related toAlso published here 261
Eddie Fechter Packet to Packet with Alternate Ending
Also published here 263
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, September 2020.