Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy

2020
Written by Richard Kaufman
Work of Larry Jennings
580 pages (Hardcover), published by Kaufman and Company
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
353 entries
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250 per page
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Larry Jennings Two Card Control with a Plunging Cut
Inspired by 411
Larry Jennings Multi-Directional Simple Shift flexibility as feature (also available in Marlo, see 1961 reference)
  • To Control All Four to the Top
  • To Control Three to the Top and One to the Bottom
  • To Control Two to the Top and Two to the Bottom
  • To Control One to the Top and Three to the Bottom
  • To Control All Four to the Bottom
Inspired byRelated to 413
Larry Jennings The Atrocious Bottom Deal obvious bottom deal in one hand, but Aces are shown to be in another hand, bold packet switch
Related to 416
Steve Forte The Gambler's Packet Switch bold, with commentary by Forte
Related to 417
Larry Jennings Discrepant … See?
Related to
  • "Flip Over Switch" (Tony Kardyro, Conjurors' Magazine, Sep. 1949)
Also published here 		418
Larry Jennings Stabbed Coincidence prediction, selection is stabbed in deck, four-of-a-kind found
Inspired byAlso published here 419
Larry Jennings Simon’s Business Card Prophesy Displacement (Jennings Finesse)
Also published here
  • Castle Notebooks, 1965, p. 357
 420
Tony Kardyro T.K. Change
Related toVariations 421
Larry Jennings T.K. No Turn card placed on top of deck and held with left thumb, then tossed forward
Inspired byRelated to 422
Larry Jennings New Attempt at Thought-Card Trick card fairly peeked at (really not known), another card chosen, both found
 		423
All-Around Square-Up Glimpse
424
Larry Jennings No-Gaff Handling of Don England’s Collectors Aces placed on top and three selections instantly appears between them
Inspired by 425
Larry Jennings Switch-Out Sequence
426
Larry Jennings Double-Deal "Drop" Switch cards peeled off packet in right-hand end grip onto deck and flipped over
Inspired by 429
Larry Jennings Slip Cut Finesse - Technique One
Also published here 431
Larry Jennings Twin Peeks Control two breaks, center slip cut
Also published here 432
Larry Jennings Slip Cut Finesse - Technique Two bottom half cut to top
 		434
Larry Jennings Open Slip Cut Force bold
 		435
Richard Kaufman Two Optical False Cuts intro
 		436
Larry Jennings The Lazy Man’s False Cut apparently bottom half drawn out in Hindu shuffle position and placed on top
 		436
Larry Jennings Wrist Turn False Cut straight cut to the table
Also published here 438
Frank Thompson, Larry Jennings Frank Thompson’s EZ Ace Cut
Inspired by 440
Larry Jennings Your Palms Between - Method One with duplicate
Also published here 441
Bridging the Deck two-handed
 		442
Larry Jennings Your Palms Between - Method Two without duplicate
 		444
Chapter Six: Almost Solely Self-Working
447
Richard Kaufman History intro on self-working tricks
 		449
Larry Jennings Simplex Four-to-Seven Locator selection lost, performer draws a random card, its value leads to selection
Related to 450
Larry Jennings Easy Intuition first Ace found with version of ten-twenty force, then one of two options
  • re-deal force in two packets
  • cutting the Aces with switch
Inspired byRelated to 451
Larry Jennings Addition Sequence from Pocket
452
Larry Jennings The Relatively Unknown Location card chosen with counting and cutting procedure, identity and position divined
Inspired by 453
Larry Jennings Flush-ing the Relatively Unknown Location spectator selects a card with ten-twenty force, performer names its position, cuts to it and finds a Royal Flush along the way
 		455
Larry Jennings Ace-ing the Relatively Unknown Location spectator selects a card with ten-twenty force, performer spreads deck and selection and its mates are reversed
  • Option One
  • Option Two (For the Sleight Adept)
 		457
Larry Jennings Dissertation on an Old Trick various handlings for the automatic placement procedure
  • Version No. 1 (An Old Trick)
  • Version No. 2
  • Version No. 3
  • Version No. 4
  • Version No. 5
  • Version No. 6
Also published here 460
Concave Belly Crimp
462
Corner Crimp of Jogged Card
464
Larry Jennings Smith’s Myth Turns Over with Jon Racherbaumer suggestion
Inspired by 465
Larry Jennings Smith’s Pocket Myth two thought-of cards from small packet to pocket, no palming, with or without double backer
Also published here 466
Larry Jennings Triple Discovery three cards cut to and lost, then found, using two punch cards
Inspired by
  • "Automatic Location" (Oscar Weigle, Genii, July 1938)
Related to 		469
Larry Jennings Triumph for the Terrified
471
Larry Jennings Two Knowns Equal an Unknown trick located by counting down sum of two numbers, trick doesn't work, error in description
 		474
Larry Jennings Placement Cut with Verdnase Break
Inspired by 474
Larry Jennings Lucky "32" spectator cuts off pile, remembers card at same position in rest of deck, deals pile into four piles and top values are added to find selection
Also published here 475
Larry Jennings Getting to Nine Nine Card Problem
Also published here 477
Larry Jennings The Charles Lindbergh Card Trick locating a Royal Flush with Aviator deck
 		478
Larry Jennings The Mysterious Spelling Three performer stabs a card in the deck and spells to a named card from there, two methods (with and without corner shorted cards)
 		479
Larry Jennings Number Transposition
Also published here 482
Larry Jennings Impossible automatic placement, "impossible" is spelled, credit information on the effect
Also published here 483
Corner Crimp under deck
 		484
Cutting to a Corner Crimp cutting above or below it
 		485
Larry Jennings Impossible Fore-Shadowed card chosen and a phrase spelled to find it
Inspired by 487
Larry Jennings The Close-Up Illusion three cards, one penetrates one of the the others visually, slit in card, credit information
Also published here 488
Larry Jennings Jennings Talks About Misdirection
495
Chapter Seven: Biddling And Other Ways To Avoid Palming
497
Richard Kaufman History credit information on the Biddle Steal
 		499
Dai Vernon The Proper Ways to Perform Dai Vernon’s Strip-Out Addition
  • First Handling
  • Second Handling (wedge break)
Also published here 500
Larry Jennings Rapid Transit District (R.T.D.) Aces seven card assembly
Related to 503
Larry Jennings Faster Than Light (F.T.L.) Aces all-at-once phase
Related to 507
Larry Jennings The Gentlemen Aces selection travels to between Aces
 		507
Larry Jennings Vernon Transfer Move (Jennings Finesse)
508
Larry Jennings The Transfer Add-On switch out sequence, ATFUS replacement, with two more handlings
Related to 509
Larry Jennings DeeVee Miracle two cards chosen and lost, five cards removed, one is selection and turns over, it changes into the other selection and original one is found reversed in deck
Inspired by
  • unidentified Dai Vernon effect
 511
Larry Jennings Two-Card Control tabled riffle shuffles
 		511
Larry Jennings Verily Visiting credit information on The Visitor plot
 		513
Larry Jennings Two Trips to the Hotel
  • Version One
  • Version Two
Related to 518
Larry Jennings The Alpha Count with sound
Also published here 520
Larry Jennings LJ on "O. Henry Aces" credit information
 		523
Larry Jennings Top-of-Deck Feed packet placed on top of deck, bottom card fed below top card
Related to 523
Additions
526
Larry Jennings Braue Addition Plus
526
Larry Jennings Beyond Braue
527
Larry Jennings Stolen Braue from packet
 		528
Larry Jennings, Jim Patton The D.C.D. Switch biddle type switch, used in following items, credit information
Related to 529
Larry Jennings The Nopen Prediction (No. 1) spectator stops at his own card during biddle count
 		530
Larry Jennings The Nopen Prediction (No. 2)
531
Larry Jennings Coincidentally D.C.D. two cards chosen in two halves are mates
 		533
Larry Jennings Diamond Cut Diamond with biddle type switch
 		533
Deck Ditch
535
Larry Jennings Diamond Cut, Plus Jokers Ace through Ten packet, chosen card turns over and transposes with joker put in breast pocket
Inspired by 535
Larry Jennings Diamond Cuts to Your Pocket card at chosen position in Ace through Seven packet changes to selection, previously pocketed card is missing spot card
 		536
Dr. Jacob Daley Transfer Addition as packet is picked up with right-hand pack and moved to left hand, from bottom of deck
 		536
Not Biddle, But …
538
Larry Jennings The One at a Time Add-On with Four Robbers Variation, Ace Assembly suggestion
Also published here 538
Larry Jennings Optical Add-On
Also published here 543
Larry Jennings, Rolland Hamblen Meta-Ssembly Aces change to Kings in an apparent repeat
Also published here 545
Larry Jennings Take and Leave Switch with Verdnase break
Inspired by 545
Larry Jennings Olde Tyme Aces no switch at the beginning
Inspired by 549
Larry Jennings Add-On Aces
Also published here 554
Edward Marlo Olram Subtelty
555
Larry Jennings Simple Seven-Card Assembly
Inspired by 559
Larry Jennings Monarch’s Quartette the Third
Also published here 562
Larry Jennings California Red Prediction
Inspired by
  • Castle Notebooks Vol. 1, p. 121
 564
Larry Jennings Mental Reverse one thought-of card (really selected) from six turns over
Also published here 566
Larry Jennings ATFUS with a Verdnase Break: Version Three
567
Larry Jennings Multi-Faced Mystery sandwiched Joker changes into first selection, then into second
 		568
Larry Jennings Two-Card Control with a Plunging Cut
568
Larry Jennings Biddle Sandwich Switch Verdnase break
 		570
Larry Jennings Ace-Faced Mystery sandwiched Ace changes into other Aces one by one, also with free choice and full-deck set up
 		571
Larry Jennings Simple Thought Card to Pocket card chosen of from packet appears in breast pocket
Also published here 573
Dave Rumfelt Card to Pocket Move breast pocket, actually from deck
 		575
Larry Jennings Audacious Collectors Aces dropped on deck and instantly spread to show selections between, faro
Also published here
  • "Klektors" (Peter Duffie, ebook 7)
 576
Larry Jennings Cloudburst Selections three selections on table, King waved over them, they change to Kings and selections are reversed in different positions in deck
Inspired by 578
Larry Jennings Triple Cut Scatter Load distribution cut technique
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Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2021.