Animation

69 entries in Cigarette/Cigar / Animation
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Professor Hoffmann The Animated Cigar cigar stands on top of hat and dances around
 		1890 More Magic 303
Unknown Der magnetisierte Bleistift pencil lies off-balanced on fingers and erects, needle comes out of one end, also with wire in cigarette
 		Dec. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12) 190
Carl Willmann Das Balancieren einer Cigarre borrowed cigar balanced on borrowed hat, using gimmick
 		June 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6) 95
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli IX. Colorado y maduro
  • 1. Metamorphose (cigarette changes to cigar)
  • 2. Ein Gleichgewichtsproblem (cigar is balanced on plate)
  • 3. Transformation (silk production from smoke of a match)
  • 4. Der gläserne Rauchfang (smoke appears in glass covered with silk)
 		1903 Moderne Magie 120
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Gil d'or magique cigarette penetrates hand and then it moves inside a covered glass
 		1927 Leichte Zauberei 27
Oswald Rae Cigarette Balancing three cigarettes are balanced on each other
 		1928 Sub Rosa 22
Edward Victor The Magnetic Cigar cigar clings to hands
 		1937 Magic of the Hands 80
Unknown The Cigarette Rising from a Packet and floating into hand, thread
 		1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 26
Glenn G. Gravatt The Cigarette Rising from a Package
1938 Greater Magic 745
Unknown Another Method impromptu method for cigarette rising from a package
 		1938 Greater Magic 747
Unknown A Cigarette Rising from a Bottle
1938 Greater Magic 747
Unknown With Three Borrowed Cigars rolling on their own, thread
 		1938 Greater Magic 764
Martin Gardner Cigarette vs Beer lit cigarette is balanced on bottle and moves up and down within, thread
 		1938 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38) 273
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Dr. Ervin's Psychic Cigarette cigarette rolls towards performer on table
 		Dec. 1938 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 6) 3
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Magnetized Plate cigarette moves on plate
 		July 1939 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 1) 4
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Bombay Propaganda inverted match thru fist with cigarette
 		Mar. 1940 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 9) 4
Unknown 7 kleine Tricks am Tisch
  • bet with matches
  • balancing a pencil
  • balancing three coins
  • balancing a glass on the table
  • coin penetrates filled beer glass and tabletop
  • magnetized cigarette
  • balancing a pencil, different method
 		Sep. 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 9) 3
Cardini Floating Cigarette thread, cigarette floats into clear tube
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 154
Herb Runge Wholly Smokes! routine with cigarette and match, glass of wine appears and disappears under a handkerchief, bill to cigarette
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 70) 284
Art Lyle The Rise and Fall of Paul Mall rising cigarette from packet
 		1945 My Best 253
Dr. Aaron Weiss Rolling a Cigarette with a comb, cigarette rolls on table
 		Jan. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 8) 97
Royal H. Brin, Jr. The Rising Cigar cigar stands up on palm of hand, ungaffed
 		Dec. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 7) 174
Charles-Emile "Prof. Rex" Sauty, Dr. William Weyeneth Fluidum coins and cigarette cling to deck of cards, followed by french translation "Fluide"
 		Mar. 1945 La Baguette Magique (Issue 2) 5
George F. Wright Restless Cigarettes cigarette routine, rises from pack, continuous production, vanish and production
 		1948 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948) 4
Bill Simon Smoke Screen cigarette rolls on table by itself, torn into thirds, travel through table, restored
 		1949 Controlled Miracles 23
Unknown Rising Cigar Wrapper
1949 Over the Coffee Cups 19
Unknown Jumping and Rising Cigarette from cigarette packet
 		1949 Over the Coffee Cups 27
George Schindler Lights Out lit cigarette goes out
Also published here 1950 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 196) 785
Fay Smith Cigarette Routine secretly loading three cigarettes from box into hand, raising cigarette as cover
 		1952 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952) 34
John Murray Wired cigarette balanced on thumb
 		1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 266) 1064
Howard Brooks Trickles from the Babbling Brooks
  • crystal ball joke
  • joke on jumping cigarette
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 307) 26
Eddie Joseph The Invisible Influence several animation effects using a shimmed cigarette and a matchbox with magnet, lifting matchbox with knife and letting it fall on command
 		1959 Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar 8
Eddie Joseph Penetrating and Rising Lit Cigarette cigarette penetrates handkerchief and then rises up
 		1959 Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar 12
Val Andrews Acrobatic Cigar animated ciagr
 		1960 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960) 12
Val Andrews Cigar Rises Out of Tube
1960 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960) 14
Max Malini Levitation cigars, pencil and knife stick to fingers / hand
Related toVariations 1962 Malini and His Magic 23
Nate Leipzig Levitation of a Cigar or Cigarette cigar stands up on the hand
 		1963 Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig 146
Glenn G. Gravatt, Horace E. Bennett Rising Cigarette from packet
 		1968 Prize Winning Magic 9
Jimmy Williamson How To Quit using Ireland's How to Quit Smoking
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 73
Charlie Miller Cigarette Pack Magic cigarette floats from pack
Variations 1970 Magick (Issue 10) 48
Unknown The Electro-Static Cigarette improvement of blowing thing
Related to 1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 173
Charlie Miller Puff of Smoke! torn and restored cigarette paper, animated / floating cigarette filter
 		1972 Magick (Issue 44) 218
Karl Norman Smoker's Interludes: I. Magnetic Matches cigarette clings to matchbook
 		1973 Close-up Cavalcade 50
Juan Tamariz Los Cigarrillos Magnetizados three phases, cigarette rolls over table apparently magnetized to a pencil, different directions
 		1975 Magia en el Bar 93
Fred Robinson, Ken Brooke, Vic Allen Where There's Smoke cigarette rolls over the table and can be bend without breaking it
 		Oct. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2) 472
Fred Robinson, Jan Heins Where There's Smoke
  • cigarette rolls over the table and back, version where it rolls to on side.
  • light a match with a cigarette and smoke it (Jan Heins)
  • cigarette is smoked through without any ash falling off
 		Nov. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 3) 489
Bengt Nilsson, Allan Lambie Everything Happens to Ken Miller routine with cigarettes and money
(1) Brand-Changing Cigarette Packet
(2) Rising Cigarette
(3) Cigarette Packet to Banknote (Allan Lambie)
(4) Banknote to Matches
(5) Coin from Banknote
 		1977 Continuous Cigarette Production 15
Fred Robinson, Borra, Patrick Page Where There's Smoke description of smoke ring feats by Borra, anti-gravity cigarette (Patrick Page)
 		Mar. 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 7) 548
George Schindler The Darkroom Séance No. 64, lit cigarette goes out
Also published here 1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 108
Unknown Die Magnet-Daumenspitze magnetic thumb tip
  • cigarette clings to hand
  • card rises from deck
 		Aug. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2) 73
Ali Bongo Revolving Card Fan / Revolving Anything cards, bill, pack of cigarettes revolve on palm-up hands
 		1983 1983 11
Leo Kostka Dark Rising cigarette stands up on palm
 		Mar. 1984 Magick (Issue 329) 1641
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Spirits Within cigarette moves on table, rolls away from performer, classic method
 		Jan. 1987 Magick (Issue 383) 1913
Pat Conway Pipe Dream cigarette travels to pocket, rises out of fist, manipulative sequences, changes into pipe
 		1987 The Pat Way to Con 121
Gary Kurtz Smoker routine with cigarettes and a lighter, cigarette rises from pack, lighter appears and changes into squirting lighter, finally lit cigarette turns into chewing gum
Also published here 1988 Continuations ... Departures 2 5
Gary Kurtz Maybe I Won't Smoke After All "comedy of errors", routine with cigarettes and a lighter, cigarette rises from pack, lighter appears and changes into squirting lighter, finally lit cigarette turns into chewing gum
Also published here 1988 Continuations ... Departures 1 & 2 20
Shiv Duggal The Angel of Death cigarette rises out of cigarette pack, elastic thread loop
 		1988 Card Kinetics 32
Tony Cachadiña Cigarrette without Gravity cigarette levitates in bottle
 		1991 Lecture Notes 2
Gary Kurtz Smoker routine with cigarettes and a lighter, cigarette rises from pack, lighter appears and changes into squirting lighter, finally lit cigarette turns into chewing gum
Also published here Feb. 1992 Profile (Issue 6) 1
John Scarne Suspense multi-phase cigar routine
  • cigar clings to hand, finger and hidden stick method
  • four cigars cling to hand, ungaffed
  • they are released in requested order
Related to 1995 Underworld (Issue 1) 1
Unknown Cigar Levitation cigar clings to hand, reprinted from reference
Also published here
  • Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic, Martin Gardner
 1995 Underworld (Issue 1) 1
Karl Fulves Suspense comment on a possible routining with "Mystery B. C.", mention of clinging Aces to finger
Related to 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 1) 6
Jon LeClair Cigarette Follies cigarette moves on table
 		1997 The Art of Invisible Thread 113
David Ben The Levitation of a Cigar cigar clings to hand
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10) 76
G Chi (念) Cigarette balanced on the box, magically moves, spins, and falls off
 		2014 Inspiration 4
G Chi 2 (气2) Make cigarette fly up from table on command
 		2015 Believe 7
Daniel Garcia Stir Crazy stir stick (or toothpick, cigarette, ...) spins and flies off glass
Also published here 2018 Something More 26
Max Malini, Steve Cohen Magnetic Fingertips - Cigars & Knives discussion of Malini's performances and various possible methods, cigar or knife cling to finger tips
  • 1. Adhesive Applied to the Fingertips
  • 2. Standard Lift Grip
  • 3. A Clip-On Attachment
  • The Malini Routine
Related to 2022 Max Malini 327
Daniel Garcia Stir Crazy stir stick (or toothpick, cigarette, ...) spins and flies off glass
Also published here 2022 Something More 38