Routines

176 entries in Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Of the Play of the Balls
1634
The Art of Legerdemain Discovered
7
Cups and Balls Routine
  • Pass I. Having Placed a Ball under each Cup, to draw it out again without Lifting the Cup
  • Pass II. To make a Ball Travel invisibly from Cup to Cup
  • Pass III. Having placed a Ball under each of the end Cups, to make them pass successively under the Middle Cup
  • Pass IV. Having placed two Balls under the Middle Cup, to make them pass under the two Outer Ones
  • Pass V. To pass three Balls in succession under One Cup
  • Pass VI. To place three Balls one after the other upon the top of one of the Cups, and to make them fall through the Cup on to the Table
  • Pass VII. To pass three Balls in succession upwards through the Table into one of the Cups
  • Pass VIII. To pass two Balls in succession from one Cup to another without touching them
  • Pass IX. To make three Balls in succession pass under the Middle Cup
  • Pass X. The "Multiplication" Pass
  • Pass XI. To Transform the Small Balls to Larger Ones
  • Pass XII. To again Transform the Balls to still Larger Ones
 		1876
Modern Magic
279
Charles Bertram The Cups and Balls
1902
The Modern Conjurer
183
Laurie Ireland The Cup and Balls including moves
  • Pass
  • To load the ball under the cup from the finger palm
  • To pass the ball into the left hand
  • The Palm
Also published here
Related to
 1931
Ireland Writes a Book
33
Laurie Ireland Cups and Balls Moves and Ideas including moves
  • Finger Palm
  • Finger Palm curled in
  • To pass a ball
  • To pass a ball to left hand
  • To pass a ball under cup
  • The Crotch Palm
  • To raise a cup that is really empty and show a ball under it
  • To raise a cup with a ball under it without exposing the ball
  • To change a small ball to a large one
  • New surprises with loads
  • Servante for Cups and Balls
Related to
 1934
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1934)
4
Laurie Ireland Cups and Dollar Bills with rolled up bills
 		1936
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1936)
6
Egg Cups and Pellets alternative props for cups & balls
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
94
Joe Berg Berg's Cups and Balls Routine three cups and sponge balls
 		1937
Here's New Magic
17
Routine
1938
Greater Magic
661
Dr. Jacob Daley Dr. Jacob Daley's Cup and Ball Routine
Related to
 Aug. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 47)
332
Charlie Miller My Cups and Bills three coffee cups and rolled up bills
Also published here
Related to
 June 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 12)
2
Harlan Tarbell The Cups and Balls three cups, with several sleights
Related to
 1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
157
Nil' Ebu Mon Jeu de Boulettes aux Chapeaux cups and balls type, using hats and balls rolled from bread
 		Mar. 1941
La Baguette Magique (Issue 3)
3
Eddie Joseph The "Ink-o" Routine two glasses with water and one with ink, covered by cups, monte type game
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
52
Eddie Joseph The Red Herring monte type routine with cups and balls of two colors
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
54
Eddie Joseph The Jumping Frog one ball and three cups
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
57
Eddie Joseph The Wandering Ball one ball and three cups
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
57
Eddie Joseph Crystal-i-zation three tumblers and three lumps of sugar
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
58
Eddie Joseph Mechanical Routine gaffed cups
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
61
Eddie Joseph The Nudist Routine no steals from body
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
62
Eddie Joseph The Hindu Routine
1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
63
Eddie Joseph The Multipalm Routine fourteen phases
 		1942
The Last Word on Cups and Balls
64
Jean Hugard Cups and Bills with rolled up bills and cups, three final loads
Related to
 Oct. 1943
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 5)
17
Franklin V. Taylor Taylor's Cups and Balls three cups, gaffed, thread and sponge, gimmicked possibility to make a ball appear under a cup
Also published here
Variations
 Jan. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 75)
304
Senor Charles Mardo Mardo’s Cups and Balls Routine
1945
Routined Magic
13
John Ramsay John Ramsay's Cups and Balls with two cups, large balls and paper streamer as climax
 		1948
John Ramsay's Routine with Cups and Balls
37
Dai Vernon Impromptu Cups and Balls
Related to
 1949
Stars of Magic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
69
Ken Brooke Ken Brooke's Cups and Balls
Also published here
 1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
74
Bruce Elliott* The Eternal Cups and Balls three cups, with two in the hand one in the pocket sequence
 		1953
Classic Secrets of Magic
176
Franklin V. Taylor Taylor's Cups and Balls three cups, gaffed, thread and sponge, gimmicked possibility to make a ball appear under a cup
Also published here
Variations
 1953
Classic Secrets of Magic
187
Charlie Miller Cups and Balls three coffee cups and rolled up bills
Also published here
Related to
 1953
Classic Secrets of Magic
192
Ande Furlong, Joe Berg Cups and Balls
1953
Classic Secrets of Magic
199
Harlan Tarbell Flower Pots and Oranges cups and balls with flower pots and small oranges, inflatable melon final load
 		1954
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
48
James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor Cups and Balls ball on a string inside cup
  • Taylor's Cups and Balls Variation
  • Cups and Balls, classic routine with three cups
  • Benson Bowl Routine Variation
Also published here
Inspired by
 1956
Top Secrets of Magic
93
Lewis Ganson Bags of Everything cups and balls with felt bags
 		1956
Unconventional Magic
15
Eddie Joseph "The Short Routine" using three Hindu Cups and feeding bottle valves as balls, five phases
 		1956
The Hindu Cups
18
Eddie Joseph Genuine Hindu Routine three cups
 		1956
The Hindu Cups
44
Dai Vernon The Cups and Balls
Related to
Variations
 1957
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic
125
Jerry Andrus Twin Pipes routine with two brass tubes and three balls
  • Tube Steal
  • Tube Load
  • False Load
  • Extra Ball Move
  • Lap Vanish
  • Fist Vanish
  • Slow Motion Vanish
  • Ball Vanish
  • Variation of Ball Vanish
  • A Utility Move
  • A Routine for Twin Pipes
Also published here
 1957
Up Close with Andrus
1
Alex Elmsley Cups and Balls salt as final load
Also published here
Variations
 1959
Low Cunning
3
Jochen Zmeck Masse und Energie "Ein neues Becherspiel"
cups and balls routine with hidden magnet between fingers
 		1960
Das Jochen Zmeck Skriptum
8
Eugene Gloye Further Routines with Fan-Ta-Cups
  • A Novel Routine with Fan-Ta-Cups
Related to
 Mar. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 367)
296
Milton Kort Cups and Balls in Miniature Cups and Balls routine done with plastic cups and balls
 		1962
Kort Is Now In Session
41
Milton Kort Chromo Cups and Balls with three different colored cups and balls
 		1962
Kort Is Now In Session
53
Edward Marlo Cups and Balls three cup routines, no extra ball
 		1965
Ed Marlo's Lecture Notes
18
Tony Cole* A Three Cup Routine with sponge balls, billiard ball loads
 		Winter 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)
138
Alex Elmsley Cups & Balls salt production as finale, see also p. 206
Also published here
Related to
  • suggestion by Jules Conway on p. 216
Variations
 Sep. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 11)
203
Paul Maurer Eine kleine 3-Becher Routine three magnetic cups, using heads of plastic baby dolls
 		1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3)
49
Edward G. Brown A Routine for the Cups & Balls
Related to
 Apr. 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 6)
251
Edward G. Brown Cups & Balls part 2, see p. 265 for further references
Related to
 May 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 7)
259
Kirk Stiles Cop Out one-cup routine performed on left hand, using silk and second cup
 		Sep. 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 11)
279
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Cups And Balls using servante, actually page 298A
 		Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
298
Dai Vernon Cups and Balls Routine
1970
Expanded Lecture Notes
3
Peter Alexis* Canterbury Cups with various sleights and loads
Inspired by
Related to
 Sep. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 11)
359
Peter Alexis* Routine very short two-cup routine with final load
 		Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 12)
368
Al Baker Cups & Balls routine via John Braun, H. Adrian Smith, Lou Tannen
eight phases
 		Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
381
Stewart Judah, John Braun Stewart Judah's Cups & Balls "An Article by John Braun"
 		Mar. 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 5)
408
Sam Leo Horowitz Cups and Balls six phases, see also p. 476
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, September 1938
 Autumn 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio)
454
David Lederman Thimbles & Pea cups and balls routine with thimbles and pea, sponge ball final loads
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
187
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Cups And Balls No. 210, "Small cloth ball routine"
Related to
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
51
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Cups And Balls No. 211, "Large paper ball routine"
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
51
Cup And Ball Variation No. 484, routine of using egg cups, egg as final load
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
135
Dr. Jacob Daley Cups And Balls Glass Routine No. 563, routine with paper-covered glasses, a ball changes color and final loads, glass through table
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
157
Frank Garcia The "Garcia" Cups and Balls Routine short outline
 		1973
Lecture Notes No. 2
28
Sam Aaronson Cups and Balls see also p. 780 for note by Mike Rogers, p. 863 for Al Cohn credit by Richard Stride, p. 1053 for comment by Milton Tropp
Related to
 Aug. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 10)
778
Bob Read The Penultimate Cups and Balls humorous routine, three different cups, with smashed watch and wandering tip wand
 		1974
The Penultimate Cups & Balls
2
Jerry Andrus Twin Pipes Routine routine with two brass tubes and three balls
  • Tip Over Move
  • False Load
  • Slow Motion Vanish
  • Twin Pipes Routine
Also published here
 1974
Special Magic
8
Max Malini A Malini Note on his cups and ball routine, glasses wrapped in newspaper
 		June 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 8)
974
Scotty York The "X-Rated" Cups and Balls Routine three cups, no loads from pockets, seated
 		1975
Cups & Balls
1
Scotty York The "Technicolor X-Rated" Cups and Balls with different colored balls
 		1975
Cups & Balls
13
Faucett Ross, Dai Vernon Cups and Balls Based on Vernon's routine with different endings
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
135
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Becher, Münzen und Bälle cups and balls with small cups and coins
Also published here
  • Magigram
 June 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
80
Tony Griffith Miniature Cups and Balls using three egg cups, ten balls in play
Also published here
  • Tony Griffith's "Griff on Close-Up"
 June 1975
Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 1 No. 6)
16
Frank Garcia A Lesson on the "Cups and Balls" outline of routine, very brief
Also published here
 1975 ca.
Lecture Notes No. 1
8
Dai Vernon Cups and Balls "short, very direct Cups and Balls routine"
 		1976
The First California Lecture
8
Albert Cohn Cups & Balls five phases, see p. 1053 for comment by Milton Tropp
Related to
 1976
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6)
940
Patrick Page The Cups and Balls three cups
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
124
Bill Tarr A Cups and Balls Routine
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
154
Dai Vernon Cups and Balls without wand, five phases
Related to
 1977
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #7)
997
Aldo Colombini The Cups and Balls
  • The Colombini Presentation
  • Requirements
  • Set-Up
  • Getting Ready
  • Performance
 		1977
Colombini's Cups and Balls
7
Stephen Minch Cups and Flies balls change into plastic flies one by one, plastic spider final load and bug aerosol can
 		1977
Creations of a Magical Madman
53
Tommy Wonder Cups and Balls two cup routine
Related to
 1977
Jos Bema — Lecture
12
Francis Carlyle The Cups and Balls baby chicks as final loads
 		1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
132
Barry Nelson The Flash Cups very short routine (one minute) that ends with final loads
 		1978
The Book of John
116
Horace E. Bennett With a Grain of Salt salt finale
Inspired by
 1978
On Your Feet
71
Frank Garcia A Lesson on the "Cups and Balls" outline of routine, very brief
Also published here
 1978
Lecture Notes — No. 1
11
Frank Garcia The Frank Garcia Million Dollar Cups and Balls Routine
  • First Phase of Frank Garcia's Routine
  • Variation on the "Oldest Deception"
  • Phase #2
  • Phase #3
  • Phase #4
  • Phase #5
  • Phase #6
  • Phase #7
Variations
 1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
17
Paul Gertner The Cups and Balls with Steel Ball Bearings
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
81
Sam Leo Horowitz S. Leo Horowitz's Cup & Ball Routine
1979
The Very Best of Cups and Balls
91
Robert Parrish On Rosini's Cups & Balls Routine
1979
Interlocutor (Issue 32)
124
David Garrard Shell-Shocked! cups and balls routine with plastic egg shells and coins
 		Feb. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 2)
305
Al Schneider Quickcups with magic kit cups and balls
 		1980
Al Schneider On Close-Up
137
Danny Korem The Routine three cups and balls routine using pendulum holdout
 		1980
The Upside Down Toppit — Volume II
16
Gary Ouellet The Two Goblets with two cups, one chop cup, three large balls as climax
 		1980
The Two Goblets
4
Ken Brooke Cups and Balls three cups
 		1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
211
Johnny Cooper Cups and Balls - the way I do it with sponge balls
 		1980
Polished Presentations
31
Roger Smith The Cups and Balls Ala Smith "The speed at which the routine is done is incredible.", large loads shown at beginning
 		1980
The Smith Notes!
5
Ray Mertz, Dai Vernon Cards & Coins Ala Cups & Balls Vernon's routine with jumbo cards and coins
 		Oct. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 10)
546
Jim Ryan Bare Bones of the entire routine
 		1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: The Famous Cups & Balls Routine
16
Carl Brema The Cups and Balls No. 31, simple routine
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
38
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Klassische Routine using three cups
Also published here
 1981
Joro's Becherspiele
11
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Routine für die Strasse mit 2 Bechern und grossen Schwammbällen three cups routine, using sponge balls
Also published here
 1981
Joro's Becherspiele
22
Stephen Tucker Tickup two cups, hole in bottom of one cup
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
5
James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor Automatisches Becherspiel ball on a string inside cup
Also published here
Inspired by
 Aug. 1983
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 2)
52
Tommy Wonder Cups and Balls
  • The Equipment
    • Balls
    • Bag
    • Bag Pom-Pom
  • The Routine
    • Introduction of the Props
    • Cup through Cup
    • Two Ball Extraction
    • Showing the Cups Empty
    • Blowing a Ball into a Cup
    • Ball From Cup to Cup Pom-Pom Production
    • Ball to Spectator's Hand
    • Production of Pom-Pom and Bag
    • Resetting the Routine
    • Additional Comments Regarding the Loading of the Bag
  • Outline of the Routine
  • Variations on the Routine
    • Ball Through Cup
    • Two Balls From Cup to Cup
    • Additional Comments
Also published here
Related to
 1983
Tommy Wonder Entertains
16
Milton Cups and Balls Minus One routine with no extra ball
 		Dec. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 12)
1004
Frederick Braue Braue Cups and Balls Routine
  • First Phase
  • Second Phase
  • Third Phase
  • Fourth Phase
  • Extra Phase: Single Ball Movements
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
4
Jean-Pierre Nicod Une Routine des Goblets three cups routine, followed by german translation
  • 1. Présentation du matériel
  • 2. Trois boulettes disparaissent une à une pour réapparaitre sous chacun des gobelets
  • 3. Les boulettes voyagent d'un gobelet à l'autre
  • 4. Les boulettes voyagent à travers les gobelets
  • 5. Disparition éclair d'une boulette entre 2 gobelets
  • 6. Une boulette passe à travers la main et les gobelets
  • 7. Multiplication de boulettes - Final
  • Remarques
 		1985
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 46 No. 5)
221
Jay Sankey The Cups Runneth Over routine, finale load with another cup and dozens of (sponge) balls
Also published here
Inspired by
 1986
Sankey Panky
110
Randy Wakeman Randy's Cups & Balls Routine based on Vernon's routine, no wand, no fake explanation phase
 		1987
Special Effects
46
Steve Draun Cups and Balls routine with no extra ball
Also published here
 1987
The Magic of Steve Draun
39
Ken Brooke Ken Brooke's Becherspiel
Also published here
 Oct. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1)
24
Walter "Waltini" Schällebaum Das Becherspiel ohne Kunstgriffe without sleights, different colored balls, one final load
 		1987
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 48 No. 1)
18
Michael Ammar Stand-up Cups & Balls
  • Background
  • Effect
  • Comments
  • Set Up
  • Opening Delivery
  • Procedures
  • Producing The Balls
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two
  • Phase Three
  • Phase Four
Also published here
 1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4, 5 & 6)
1
David Williamson The Gold Cups two cups
Variations
 1989
Williamson's Wonders
86
Rafael Benatar Routine three cups, four final loads
 		1989
Transit Cups and Balls
3
John Bannon Of Cups and Fuzzballs
1990
Impossibilia
82
Michael Powers My Cup Runneth Over with two mini cups, empty cream containers, they are filled again as climax
 		1990
Top Secret Stuff
155
Shigeo Takagi Owan to Tama "Japanese Cups and Balls"
with three bowls, fan as wand
 		1990
The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi
94
Michael Ammar Stand-Up Cups & Balls
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Effect
  • Comments
  • Set Up
  • Opening Delivery
  • Procedures
  • Producing The Balls
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two
  • Phase Three
  • Phase Four
Also published here
 1991
The Magic of Michael Ammar
1
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Cups and Balls Routine salt as final load
Also published here
Variations
 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
205
Gary Kurtz* The G.K. Cups and Balls balls change color, seven final loads
  • Phase One - Introducing the Props
  • Phase Two - Countering Expectations
  • Phase Three - Variation on Vernon's Travelling Sequences
  • Phase Four (All Three Balls Appear under the Centre Cup)
  • Part Five: The Final Loading Sequences (Part One)
  • Phase Six: Producing Three Oranges (and Reloading)
  • Phase Seven: The Final Stretch
Related to
 1991
The Cups and Balls
1
Laurie Ireland Rutina "Ireland" de Cubiletes translation by Ascanio
including moves
  • Pass
  • To load the ball under the cup from the finger palm
  • To pass the ball into the left hand
  • The Palm
Also published here
Related to
 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 5
69
Tom Mullica Rouge de Paris three cups, using sponge balls, final loads introduced in the beginning
 		1992
Show-Time at the Tom-Foolery
190
Steve Draun Three Cups and Three Balls Routine with no extra ball
Also published here
 1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
145
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell's Oranges cups and balls routine with flower pots
 		1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
76
Someeran Non-Sleight Routine three cups
 		1993
Cups & Balls (Western)
1
Someeran An Advanced Routine three cups
  • Phase I - From hand to cups
  • Phase II - From cup to cup
  • Phase III - Three balls assembly
  • Phase IV - From pocket to cups
  • Phase V - Lemon! Lemon! Lemon!!!
  • Phase VI - The Climax
  • Notes
 		1993
Cups & Balls (Western)
3
Paul Gertner The Steel Balls and Cups using steel balls for routine and final loads
Related to
 1994
Steel and Silver
195
Jerry Mentzer Cups and Balls with Baby Chicks
1994
Close-Up File
113
Jerry Mentzer Ultimate Cup Routine two cups, with magnet gimmick in hand
 		1994
Close-Up File
131
Aldo Colombini Hopping Cups & Balls short routine with two cups, sponge balls, purse frame
 		1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
121
Fred Kaps Cups and Balls three cups with sponge balls
  • Sequence One: Three balls appear under three cups
  • Sequence Two: Three balls gather under the center cup
  • Sequence Three: Three balls go beneath the right side cup
  • Sequence Four: Three balls vanish and reappear under the cups
  • Sequence Five: The balls vanish from the left hand and appear under the center cup
  • Sequence Six: A ball appears to travel from under the middle cup to either end cup
  • Sequence Seven: The fake explanation leading to the loading of the four final loads
Related to
 1995
Fred Kaps' Cups and Balls
5
Tommy Wonder The Two-Cup Routine
  • Phase One: The Opening
  • Phase Two: The Permeable Cups
  • Phase Three: Twin Ascension
  • Phase Four: Air Transport
  • Phase Five: Sshuwit! Sshuwit!
  • Phase Six: Two in the Hand, One in the Bush
  • Phase Seven: No Room at the Inn
Also published here
Related to
 1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 2
105
Dominique Duvivier Cups, Balls, and a Cup Cups and Balls routine which produces a fourth cup
 		1996
Magie Duvivier
138
Harry Riser Harry's Cups and Balls three cups
 		1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
95
Curtis Kam Coffee and Dough bill torn and both halves crumbled up for short cups and balls routine, restoration and load of coins
 		1996
Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam
107
Rainer Pfeiffer, Helge Thun, Manuel Muerte The Fruit Cups two-cup routine with two different colored balls
  • Phase I: The Production of the Balls
  • Phase II: The Vanish and Reappearance of the Balls under the Cups
  • Phase III: The Journey of the Red Ball
  • Phase IV: In the Hands of the Spectators
  • Phase V: The Fruits of Your Labor
 		1998
The Book
35
Steve Beam Nectar of the Cups humorous bar bet routine, with cups and balls
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1478
Bob Farmer Cyclops routine with three cups and one ball, three balls as climax
 		1998
Cyclops
1
Bob Farmer The Egg Bag Addition incorporating an egg-bag in the routine
 		1998
Cyclops
6
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Eine "klassische" Routine mit Muskaten und drei Bechern using three cups
Also published here
 1999
Kleines Becherspiel Kompendium
38
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Eine Routine für die Strasse mit zwei Bechern und grossen Schwammbällen three cups routine, using sponge balls
Also published here
 1999
Kleines Becherspiel Kompendium
45
Helge Thun Easy Chop Cups and Balls one of the three cups is a chop cup
 		2000
Faustdick hinterm Schlitzohr
25
Michael Skinner Rub-A-Dub-Dub rhyming patter Cups and Balls
Inspired by
  • "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" (Gene Gordon, marketed)
 Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
52
David Regal Cups & Balls & Cups & Balls small toy cups appear as final load under the normal cups
 		2002
Constant Fooling 1
160
John Carney Muscade Magic streamlined Vernon routine
Inspired by
 2002
The Book of Secrets
120
Ron Bauer Dixie cups & balls routine with torn pieces of fake bill as balls and cotton balls as final loads
 		2002
Dixie
2
Gregg Webb Webb's Cups and Balls (with Many New Dodges)
  • The WebbMaster
only three balls
 		Apr. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 4)
60
Al Baker Cups and Balls
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
701
Luis H. Trueba El Moro Los Cubiletes del Moro, cups and balls routine, with three cups
 		2003
Magia y Dramagia
175
Ron Bauer Effect easy routine, three small cups, one sponge ball as final load
 		2004
Basic Cups & Balls Technique
2
Gazzo Macee* The Routine Gazzo's Cups and Balls routine with patter description
 		2004
Street Cups and Balls
53
Karl Fulves* Abridged Version cups and balls routine outline for standup, using first three then two then one cups
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
219
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Dani DaOrtiz, Richard Hatch Los Cubiletes de J. Nepomuk Hofzinser on Hofzinser's Cups an Balls routine
 		2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
160
Alberto de Figueiredo Cubiletes using three cups
  • Las bolas viajan del bolsillo a la mano y de ahi bajo los cubiletes
  • Las bolas viajan de un cubilete a otro
  • Las bolas atraviesan los cubiletes
  • Las tres bolas se reunen en el cubilete central
  • Las bolas se guardan en los bolsillos y viajan a los cubiletes
 		2009
13
86
Román García Los Cubiletes de Wittgenstein routine with two cups, one chop cup
 		2010
Nanomagias
61
Al Schneider LA Street Cups balls travel from cup to cup one by one, vanish and reappear under the cups, one final load
 		2011
Al Schneider Magic
688
Jay Sankey The Cups Runneth Over routine, finale load with another cup and dozens of (sponge) balls
Does it also trigger you, when in an effect description you read:
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two
  • Phase Three
  • Phase Four
  • Phase Five
  • Phase 6
  • Phase 7
Also published here
Inspired by
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1
279
Christian Scherer Angewandte Physik two cups routine, balls first appear from purse frame
Also published here
Inspired by
 2014
Schlaglichter
190
Christian Scherer Cagliostro der Alchimist cups and balls routine with two steel mortars and steal balls
Also published here
 2014
Schlaglichter
210
Joaquín Matas Los Cubiletes de Vernon "Tuneados" with three cups, one chop cup
Inspired by
 2014
A Fuego Lento — Volumen I
253
Kurti Freitag Die Routine full cups and balls routine
  • Vorbereitung
  • Phase I
    • Becher durch Becher
    • Bälle durch Becher
    • Anmerkung
  • Phase II
    • Die erste Wanderung
    • Die zweite Wanderung
    • Die plötzliche Wanderung
  • Phase III
    • Vorbereitung zum Charlie Miller Move
    • Die erste Durchdringung
    • Die zweite Durchdringung
    • Das Beseitigen des fünften Balles
  • Phase IV
    • Das Vorzeigen des Bechers
    • Der Horace Goldin Move
    • Das Laden des ersten Schaumgummiballes
  • Phase V
    • Ein Wechsel
    • Noch zwei Schaumgummibälle
    • Das erste Spiel
    • Die erste Abschlussladung
    • Der Ball in der Hand
    • Two in the hands
    • Die zweite Abschlussladung
 		May 2014
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 18)
591
The Cups and Balls multi-phase routine with compressible balls à la production balls
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments and credit information)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
 May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
70
Charlie Miller Miller Cups and Balls with black balls
  • Opening Sequence
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2: The Miller Penetration
  • Phase 3: The Multiplication of Balls
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
293
Johnny Thompson The Cups and Balls routine presented in the style of three magicians
  • Max Malini
  • Pop Krieger
  • Dai Vernon
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
15
Alexander de Cova Transparentes Becherspiel cups and balls sequence with clear glass cups
 		2018
Burners — Vol. 6
73
Alexander de Cova Die Becher des Kolumbus on Christopher Columbus themed cups and balls
Inspired by
  • Punx Cups & Balls presentation (early Genii, Magische Welt)
 2018
Burners — Vol. 6
212
John Carney Caffeinated Cups and Balls with coffee cups and (plastic) grapes
  • Originality, and Creating Your Routine
  • Practice + Quality Thought + Courage
  • Exploring the Possibilities
  • The Props
  • The Final Loads
 		2020
Sleights & Insights
254
David Regal Coffee Shop Cups and Balls
  • Material Concessions
three paper cups
 		May 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 5)
44
Dai Vernon Cups & Balls routine, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
  • Cups Deeper on the Inside Than the Outside
  • Cup Through Cup
  • Spectator's Choice
  • All Balls Under Center Cup
  • Climax Ball Loading
  • General Comments
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
93
Guy Hollingworth The Plot effect description of Slow Motion Cups & Balls, two cups
 		2022
Slow Motion Cups & Balls
11
Guy Hollingworth Slow Motion Cups & Balls two cups
  • The Set Up
  • The Routine
    • Introducing the props
    • Phase 1: the balls vanish and reappear
    • Phase 2: the effect is repeated but the balls are muddled up
    • Phase 3: the single cup
    • Phase 4: the final loads
 		2022
Slow Motion Cups & Balls
39
Christian Scherer Applied Physics two cups routine, balls first appear from purse frame
Also published here
Inspired by
 2024
Mosaic
200
Christian Scherer Cagliostro the Alchemist cups and balls routine with two steel mortars and steal balls
Also published here
 2024
Mosaic
221
Tim Conover Cups and Balls modelled after Dai Vernon's routine with original opening sequence, four billiard balls as final loads
 		2025
Conover — Volume 1: The Magic of Tim Conover
147