Animation

84 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
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
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
Another Method impromptu method for cigarette rising from a package
 		1938
Greater Magic
747
A Cigarette Rising from a Bottle
1938
Greater Magic
747
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
Cardini Floating Cigarette thread, cigarette floats into clear tube
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
154
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
Herb Runge Wholly Smokes! routine with cigarette and match, glass of wine appears and disappears under a handkerchief, bill to cigarette
 		Sep. 1944
The Phoenix (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 (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 (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
Edward Victor The Rising and Falling Cigarette cigarette rises and sinks in glass test tube
 		1946
Further Magic of the Hands
68
George F. Wright Restless Cigarettes cigarette routine, rises from pack, continuous production, vanish and production
 		1948
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)
4
Franklin M. Chapman The Rising Cigarette from pack
 		July 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 2)
442
Bill Simon Smoke Screen cigarette rolls on table by itself, torn into thirds, travel through table, restored
 		1949
Controlled Miracles
23
Rising Cigar Wrapper
1949
Over the Coffee Cups
19
Jumping and Rising Cigarette from cigarette packet
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
27
George Schindler Lights Out lit cigarette goes out
Also published here Feb. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 196)
785
Bottle (4)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
burning cigarette rises and falls in neck of cigarette
 		June 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 1)
803
Cigar (3)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigar sticks to hand
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
Cigar (4)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigar sticks to fingers
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
Cigar (14)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigar is balanced on rim of hat etc.
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigarette (1)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette rolls on table, following finger
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigarette (2)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette placed crosswise on match starts to twist
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigarette (3)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette on table rolls towards performer
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigarette (15)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette is balanced on edge of table
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (21)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette rises from pack
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Jokes and Gags (60)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette rises and drops from packet at will, gag
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
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
 		Oct. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 266)
1064
Howard Brooks Trickles from the Babbling Brooks
  • crystal ball joke
  • joke on jumping cigarette
 		May 1954
The New Phoenix (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
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
Die Magnet-Daumenspitze magnetic thumb tip
  • cigarette clings to hand
  • card rises from deck
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
73
Marconick A Cigarette Floats behind interlocked fingers
Also published here 1982
Fortune Magic — Volume 7
15
Ali Bongo Revolving Card Fan / Revolving Anything cards, bill, pack of cigarettes revolve on palm-up hands
 		1983
1983
11
Paul Maurer Paul Maurer's Magische Intermezzi: Gummimilch on using rubber cement, cut and restored rope, balancing cigarettes
 		1983
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 44 No. 5)
143
Marconick Die schwebende Zigarette behind interlocked fingers
Also published here 1983
Marconick
4
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
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