Spoon & Fork

155 entries in Spoon & Fork
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Der Salon-Herkules gag in which a spoon has to be moved with the mouth, it is secretly filled with mustard
 		Oct. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 10)
157
Carl Willmann Briefkasten answering letters, on melting spoons
 		Jan. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1)
16
Die imitierten Kirchenglocken No. 10, sound effect with string and spoon that imitated church bells
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
161
Bob Hummer Breaking the Spoon spoon apparently broken vanishes
Also published here 1941
After the Dessert
14
Bending the Spoon against table, optical illusion gag, done for real as gag
 		1941
After the Dessert
14
Spoon to Knife spoon wrapped up in napkin changes into knife
Variations 1941
After the Dessert
15
The Vanishing Spoon sleeving off the table
 		1941
After the Dessert
16
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ein Ton fällt in ein Glas? fork to make sound, sound placed inside a glass
 		Jan. 1941
La Baguette Magique (Issue 1)
7
Jay Marshall The Difference spoon bend on table
Related to Apr. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 59)
242
Laurie Ireland Betchas collection of bar bets, several reprints of the Phoenix
 		1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
6
Balancing Knife and Spoon no trick
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
7
Rotating Knife knife and fork as spinning wheel on the table, to find selection
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
8
Abril Lamarque, Bert Easley Diver in the Spoon making figures with the reflection of a spoon
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
8
Nepomuk Nickleplated bending spoon convincer
Related toAlso published here Aprs 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 200)
799
Eddie Joseph Body Productions for Nite Clubs spoon, knife, forks, whiskey glass produced from spectator's clothing
 		1950
The Art of Body Loading & Productions
40
Karrell Fox Impromptu Zombie floating roll, fork
 		Feb. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 301)
3
Karrell Fox They're All Aces - Take a Card any card ideas and gags
  • Old Money (bill with beard)
  • Bedroom Eyes (beds on glasses)
  • Genii Weenie (hot dog from Aladin lamp)
  • Bounced (rubber check joke)
  • Candelabra (original way to light three matches on a matchbook)
  • Nose Nonsense (spoon on nose gag)
  • Fan Fun (fan gag)
 		July 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 311)
42
Eddie Joseph Personal Magnetism spoon clings to hand, finger ring used
 		1954
A Magician Goes to Dinner
17
Leonard Austin Sugar and Spoon Transportation with glasses
 		1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
23
Derek Vernon Nickel-Plated bending spoon convincer, coin
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1956
The Best in Magic
7
Bert Allerton The Bent Spoon
Related to 1958
The Close-Up Magician
10
Werner Minnig Der verschenkte Zauberstab wand is wrapped in paper and transforms into wooden spoon
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 4)
701
Matt Schulien Bending a Spoon classic table gag of apparently bending a spoon against the table top
  • Fake Explanation (really bending the spoon)
 		1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
61
John V. Hope Sugar Go sugar put in handkerchief penetrates table
 		Mar. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 355)
249
Leo Behnke "Long John" Silver stretching a spoon
 		1962
Entertaining Close Up
13
Bob Hummer Entre Acte - Löffelbrechen spoon apparently broken vanishes
Also published here 1966
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 3)
47
Roy Johnson, Bobby Collins "Pop Goes the..." knife or fork is vanished, seated, à la knife swallowing
 		1971
Second Time Around
45
Karl Fulves Psilver selection of spoon or fork is predicted, they then change places in the hand and pocket of the spectator, then one bends like the other, power of darkness elements
Also published here 1974
Close-Up Mental Magic
51
John Cornelius Magnetic Fork powerful magnet below table makes fork magnetic above table
Related toAlso published here May 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 7)
733
Uriah Fuller 1. Bending forks and spoons
1975
Confessions of a Psychic
19
Al Mann Metal-Kinesis spoon bends under handkerchief, Dick Van Brummer's "The Solid Ghost"
 		1976
Mental-Ettes
9
Karrell Fox A "Spoonerism" clings to nose, sight gag
 		1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
49
Tony "Doc" Shiels Bend, Baby, Bend! on Uri Geller and methods to bend, spoons, nails and keys
 		1976
The Shiels Effect
10
The Bent Spoon with both hands on table
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
214
Gene Nielsen The Geller-Effect! spoon bending, two spoons
 		1977
Magick (Issue 170)
847
Amazing James Randi The Amazing Randi spoon bends and eventually breaks
 		1977
Magick (Issue 183)
911
Fred C. Baumann Metalogic spoon bends and then breaks, extra bowl à la Hiroshi Sawa ("Gary Ueller", Genii)
Variations 1978
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 10)
1
Stephen Tucker Spoonerism spoon bending
Also published here 1978
The Talon (Issue 1)
1
Karl Fulves Spoonering finger ring on spoon, getting it off the wide end, posed as problem
Related to 1979
Interlocutor (Issue 39)
156
Karl Fulves Psilver No. 44, selection of spoon or fork is predicted, they then change places in the hand and pocket of the spectator, then one bends like the other, power of darkness elements
Also published here 1979
Self-Working Mental Magic
69
Uriah Fuller 4. Silver Spoons should not be used for spoon bending
 		1980
Further Confessions of a Psychic
58
Mike Caveney Bent Spoons two spoons, one held wrapped in a napkin, the other one visibly
 		1981
Magicomedy
63
Ben Harris Round the Ben-d spoon bending, it breaks and is restored
Inspired by 1981
Magic from which Memories are Made!
73
Al Mann Discobolus various animation ideas using a jumping disc
  • The jumping spoon
  • The cascading dominoes
  • The spirits ring a bell
  • The expanding beer cans
 		1982
Eff-Oes
12
Doug Bennett Silver Sponge four coins vanish with sponge and are wrought out again, then large silver spoon appears, shell
Variations 1983
Encore III
64
Stephen Tucker Spoonerism spoon bends and breaks
Also published here 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
45
Stephen Tucker Gags?
  • broken of bowl of spoon (strong coffee)
  • missing corner of card gag
 		May 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 25)
485
Roger Klause Welded! spoon bending routine
 		Mar. 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 19)
182
Michael Weber Off the Deep End finger ring through wide end of spoon
Related toAlso published here 1984
Side Effects
4
Doug Edwards Past Bending fork or spoon is bend and broken
 		Apr. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1053
John Riggs One Handed Gellerism spoon bending, slow bend until it breaks
 		1985
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 12)
198
Ben Harris The Cutlery Bend chapter intro
 		1985
Gellerism Revealed
63
Ben Harris, Uri Geller Effecting Bends in Cutlery
  • In the Hands
  • The Table Bend
  • The Chair Bend
 		1985
Gellerism Revealed
63
Ben Harris, Uri Geller Revealing Bends in Cutlery
  • The Twist Move
  • The Fair Play Move
  • The Pivot
  • Bendiferous
 		1985
Gellerism Revealed
68
Ben Harris, Uri Geller The Rigged Spoon bowl falls off
  • Handling the Rigged Spoon
  • In the Spectator's Hand
 		1985
Gellerism Revealed
74
Ben Harris Silver Through Silver spoon handle penetrates coin, then coin vanishes
 		1985
Out Of His Mind!
94
Ben Harris Bendsation
1985
Out Of His Mind!
119
Michael Weber Off the Deep End finger ring through wide end of spoon
Also published here 1985
Seminarheft
5
Hiroyuki Sakai, Michael Weber Spoony Ring ring through spoon
 		1988
New Magic Of Japan
113
Jeffrey Greenfield Uri Geller Is Alive And Well, So Don't Invite Him To Dinner spoon bending
 		1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4, 5 & 6)
34
Karl Fulves Noops! two spoons, one bent, condition reverses and other spoon is bent now
 		1988
The Chronicles (Issue 31)
1374
Karl Fulves Glorpy No. 42, secret fork used to animate knife under handkerchief
 		1988
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic
121
Karl Fulves Spooky Spoon No. 43, zombie principle to levitate a spoon with a secretly attached fork behind handkerchief
 		1988
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic
124
Ben Harris Twirl getting a cork-screw twist in handle
Variations 1988
Off the Wall
60
David Williamson A Spoon Bending Routine with secret extra bowl
Also published here Mar. 1988
Opus (Vol. 1 No. 7)
8
Jay Sankey Going for Broke spoon is broken and restored
 		1990
100% Sankey
16
Jay Sankey Stirring Silver finger ring penetrates spoon on wide end
Related to 1990
100% Sankey
83
Roland Gugganig The Animation of Silver fork climbs out of glass, thread
 		1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
64
Mac King Fork You In The Eyes Stick fork in eye, cream shoots out (gag with coffee creamer)
 		1990
Howdy! I'm Mac King!
11
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Spoon Beam spoon lifts up on hand before bending
 		Aug. 1990
Magick (Issue 443)
2213
Karl Fulves Spoon Lift lifting a spoon off the table in a certain way
 		1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 3)
29
Karl Fulves Bent Fork one tine of fork bends
 		1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 3)
30
Docc Hilford I Guess He Just Hates Silverware... ESP symbol is written on paper and burnt, spoon bends over card with matching symbol
Related to 1990
Keeping The Center
5
Toyosane Sanada Metamorphic Spoon spoon is cut and restored and then changes into fork
 		1990
A Joint Collection of Works by Tenkai Prize Winners
62
David Williamson A Little Spoon Bending spoon bending with secret extra bowl
VariationsAlso published here 1990 ca.
How Magic Works
7
Fred C. Baumann The Folding Spoon
Mar. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 3)
1901
Michael Weber You're Uri a openly bent spoon is rubbed, it starts to smoke and eventually the spoon is straightened and finally breaks
 		1991
Life Savers
12
Michael Weber, Michael Close, Eric A. Maurin Coffee Machine time machine presentation while drinking coffee, sugar packet is restored, coffee free of sugar and spoon vanishes from mug and is resting dry on the table again
Related to 1991
Life Savers
15
Michael Weber, Eric A. Maurin Vanishing Spoon while stirring, with coin
 		1991
Life Savers
17
Michael Weber, Jeff McBride Hiding McBride splitting spoons, McBride produced missing knife at a meal
 		1991
Life Savers
19
Michael Weber Hot Production Item spoon penetrates napkin, then a glass/bottle appears, steal on table
 		1991
Life Savers
27
Spoon Through Napkin method normally with a coin
Inspired by 1991
Life Savers
27
Michael Weber Off the Deep End finger ring penetrates spoon on wide end
 		1991
Life Savers
29
Felix Farrell Puttin' on the Ritz spoon visibly pulled out of center of finger ring
 		1991
Hardcore
129
Martin Gardner Rattle Rock Spoon making rattle rock from bowl of plastic spoon, reverses direction when spun on table
 		1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 7)
69
Bob King Bend that Spoon! spoon bending routine, transformation into fork
 		Nov. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 11)
2281
Sid Fleischman Spoon Twisting spoon moves, then has a twist in its handle, switch as spoon drops to floor
  • Tabletop Switch
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
34
Fred C. Baumann Shades of Geller spoon bending
 		Sep. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 9)
2402
John Riggs Slow-Motion Gellerism bowl of spoon falls off
 		1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
1
Ted Lesley The Mentalist's Tablecloth magnets under tablecloth, plate lifter used, to cue spectator, move objects etc.
  • The Dung Beetle Revelations
  • The Living Dead
  • Greased Ghost (Haunted deck with plate lifter method)
  • Grand Mal Geller (spoon in bag moves and bends)
Related to 1994
Paramiracles
132
R. Paul Wilson Mr Spoons spoon bending
 		1995
The Little Black Book
15
Alain Nu Silver Wear clever spoon bending routine, three spoons
 		1995
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58)
1102
John Riggs Slow Motion Gellerism spoon bends and eventually breaks
 		1995
The Magic of John Riggs
73
Felix Farrell Baby-Bend bending spoon, additional handle
 		1995
Aus dem Effeff...
45
Jon Allen Weird Science spoon bending, handle bent at 90° to the side
Inspired by 1995
Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut
5
David Williamson Eine Löffel-Verbiege-Routine spoon bending with secret extra bowl
Also published here 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 3)
96
Alan Nguyen Bender Ender spoon seems to move under cover of handkerchief, becomes bent
Inspired by 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
16
Sleeving move sleeving a spoon
 		1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
17
Alain Nu, Hiroshi Sawa Fender Bender one handed spoon bending routine
 		1996
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 62)
1204
Alain Nu Impossibender spoon bending, forming a loop, one handed
 		1996
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 62)
1205
Goutam Guha Ring on the Spoon ring pushed over bowl of spoon
 		1996
Tricks with the Jardine Ellis Ring
17
Alain Nu Witch-Fork signed coin is found among others in a mug using a fork, coin stuck between tines of fork
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 12)
141
Dave Arch Place Setting instruction game with spoon, knife and fork, divination where each ends up
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
187
Docc Hilford Look Deep Into My Spoon ESP symbol is written on paper and burnt, spoon bends over card with matching symbol, updated handling
Related to 1996
Mobile Mentalism
47
Frederick Braue The Ringing Tines ringing sound in glass - produced by fork - tells which card was selected
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
19
Ken De Courcy Geller for Dinner multi-phase routine with spoon, spoon apparently bends then it vanishes
 		Aug. 1997
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 2)
4
Jason Alford Floating Deck deck is on table and clings to fingers when lifted up, hidden fork
 		1998
Thinking & Wondering
34
Barrie Richardson Suspension of Disbelief glass clings to spoon
VariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, Autumn 1991
 1999
Theater of the Mind
53
Barrie Richardson Suspension of Disbelief II glass clings to spoon, stand-up version, thread
Inspired by 1999
Theater of the Mind
166
Jerry MacGregor Star Ring borrowed finger ring vanishes and appears on performer's fourth finger, threaded onto rope and back on finger, threaded onto spoon and back on finger
 		1999
Real World Magic
203
Chad Long Transputensil fork and spoon transpose, ungaffed
 		2000
Some Other Stuff...
11
Tom Stone Jumping Spoon plastic spoon jumps out of cup, gag
Also published here 2000
...at first sight
12
Martin Gardner Impromptu Haunted Napkin
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
impromptu glorpy with fork
 		Sep. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
74
John Cornelius Lines of Flux powerful magnet below table makes fork magnetic above table
Also published here 2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
57
Wolfgang Moser Die verbogene Münze coin put in spectators hand, then coin in performer's hand is bent, spectator's coin as well and a spoon as well
 		2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
156
Ronald Post Spirit Silver two nested spoons under a handkerchief on the performer's flat hand, the make a metallic sound to answer questions, one spoon vanishes at the end
Related to 2001
Discoverie (Issue 6)
73
David Berglas Uri Geller on Uri Geller, metal bending, Robert Harbin
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
300
William Thomas Spoon Fed handle of spoon is twisted
 		2002
Syzygy (Vol. 5 No. 10)
397
Tom Stone Jumping spoon plastic spoon jumps out of cup, gag
Also published here 2002
Skerries
13
Basil Smith Tine After Tine tine broken off plastic fork, it appears there again
Also published here Feb. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 6)
74
Charlie Frye Eccentricks fork falls on table, performer stomps on it and it shoots back up
 		Mar. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 7)
102
David Williamson Prehensil Utensil spoon bending with secret extra bowl
Also published here 2003
MagiFest ManiFest
7
Michel Huot Acid Trip sugar stirred into coffee, it starts bubbling and lower part of spoon has apparently dissolved
Inspired by 2003
Seven By Michel Huot
23
David Acer Get Bent! as magician tries to bend spoon, tie becomes bent - then spoon suddenly bends
Also published here Sep. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 9)
28
Charlie Frye Eccentricks spoon bends in coffee mug
 		Nov. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 3)
118
Jim Steinmeyer The Great Silverware Scam
  • Conjuring
Piano Card Trick with forks and knives
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 4)
108
David Acer Get Bent As magician tries to bend spoon, tie becomes bent - then spoon suddenly bends
Also published here 2004
Random Acts of Magic
285
Axel Hecklau Ausgelöffelt spoon changes to fork, in mouth
Also published here 2004
"Effektiv"
22
Jay Sankey Silver Lining spoon bending in napkin
 		2004
Sankey Unleashed
122
Jay Sankey Twister spoon visibly spins 180 degrees, head is then twisted
Inspired by 2004
Sankey Unleashed
125
Jim Steinmeyer The Great Silverware Scam Piano Card Trick with forks and knives
Also published here 2006
Further Impuzzibilities
18
Jason Mauney Scamming the Silverware Piano Card Trick with forks and spoons, with vanishing spoon
Inspired by 2006
East Coast Super Session
42
Michael Weber, Tomo Maeda Urigami spoon outline cut out of an index card bends
Inspired by 2008
Thirteen Steps Backwards for Mentalism
6
Sveroni Instant Tee tea travels to covered mug, then tee and water is mixed just to vanish and from the mug falls confetti
Inspired by
  • David Williamson's "Saline Solution"
 2009
... oder so!
7
Tom Stone The Pianist's Cutlery Piano Card Trick with silverware
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2009
Moonshine Monologues
8
Jon Allen Weird Science spoon bending routine with extra bowl
 		2009
Experience: The Magic of Jon Allen
50
Tom Stone Spoon Jumper plastic spoon jumps out of cup, gag
Also published here 2010
Vortex
43
Tom Stone Concerto for Cutlery Piano Card Trick with silverware
Related toAlso published here 2010
Vortex
113
Michael Weber Gaffed Spoon/Fork with credit information
 		2010
Vortex
113
Bluff Bending against table, optical illusion gag
 		2011
Mr. Mysto's Wizard Academy
40
Spoork spoon transforms into fork when rolled in handkerchief
 		2011
Mr. Mysto's Wizard Academy
56
Axel Hecklau The mouth transformation spoon changes to fork, in mouth
Also published here 2011
Spoonaround
5
Axel Hecklau The pure transformation spoon transforms inside an envelope
 		2011
Spoonaround
9
Lorenz Schär, Axel Hecklau Through and Through with "Revelation" spoon inside an envelope is pierced with a knife and then transforms into fork
 		2011
Spoonaround
11
Axel Hecklau Die Verwandlung im Mund spoon changes to fork, in mouth
 		2011
Spoonaround
17
Axel Hecklau Die pure Verwandlung spoon transforms inside an envelope
 		2011
Spoonaround
21
Lorenz Schär, Axel Hecklau Die Durchdringung mit Erklärung spoon inside an envelope is pierced with a knife and then transforms into fork
 		2011
Spoonaround
23
Doug Edwards Geller Coffee bending spoon gag, prop
 		2013
Nukes
151
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Silver Where The knife and fork remain at their assigned location in the place setting, despite being repeatedly switched. Using the Delight Switch
Variations 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
111
Lorenz Schär One for Ron Impromptu production and then vanish of a spoon.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
113
Jim Steinmeyer The Great Silverware Scam Piano Card Trick with forks and knives
Also published here 2017
Still Nothing But Mystery
9
Leo Reed Plastic Morph fork and spoon wrapped up in napkin, they change into a plastic spork (combined spoon and fork)
Inspired by Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
66
Leo Reed Silverware Monte plastic fork and spoon each rolled up in napkin for guessing game, at the end there's a knife in one napkin and a spork (combined spoon and fork) in the other
Inspired by Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
67
Basil Smith Tine After Tine tine broken off plastic fork, it appears there again
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
58
Michel Huot Acid Trip spoon is in drink which starts boiling, bottom part of spoon has then dissolved
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2004
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
323