855 entries in Cup / Cups & Balls
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
David Williamson Wand Ball Production one end of wand blown into sharply, ball produced
1989 95
Gary Kurtz Countering Expectations beginning of a cups and balls routine, balls change color
1989 16
Roy Walton Thru and Thru No. 81, cup dropped through cup, with coin inside as convincer
1989 113
Rafael Benatar In-Transit Actions and the Cups and Balls
1989 1
Rafael Benatar Routine three cups, four final loads
1989 3
Rafael Benatar Cup Through Cup Variation cup falls through other cups, with all three cups
1989 5
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller Move
1989 11
Charlie Miller Alternative Ending sponge rabbit and carrots as final load
1989 18
Charlie Miller Some Tips for Rehearsal
1989 19
Roy Johnson Chopper! with shot glass, ball sealed in shot glass as finale
Also published here 1989 44
Gary Kurtz The Principal Elements
  • Example: The Four Ace Trick
  • Example: The Vanishing Bowl of Water
  • Example: The Cups and Balls
1989 18
Finn Jon The New Theory Chop Cup
1990 111
John Bannon Chop2
1990 66
John Bannon Of Cups and Fuzzballs
1990 82
The Reverse Stack Count
1990 83
Cup Through Cup
1990 84
John Bannon The Trick Pick - Something New ball removed from cup and reloaded at same time
1990 84
The Slide Move - Another Standard Cups Move
1990 85
John Bannon Shuttleball - Another "New" Sleight
1990 85
John Bannon The Big Loads - A Few Words On Timing
1990 86
Michael Powers My Cup Runneth Over with two mini cups, empty cream containers, they are filled again as climax
1990 155
Shigeo Takagi The Solid Cup one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open
Also published here 1990 26
Shigeo Takagi Owan to Tama "Japanese Cups and Balls"
with three bowls, fan as wand
1990 94
Patrick Page Transparent Chop Cup glass with paper cover as chop cup
Also published here 1990 85
Michael Ammar Stand-Up Cups & Balls detailled explanation
1991 1
Charlie Miller Miller Penetration Move
1991 8
Push-Through Vanish ball vanishes as wand is pushed through fist
1991 12
Michael Ammar No Tip "Tip-Over" Load
1991 13
David Williamson Striking Vanish
1991 16
David Williamson One-Handed Ball Steal
1991 19
Dai Vernon, Silent Mora The Dai Vernon Wand Spin
1991 26
Aldo Colombini Laser Cups
Aug. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 8)
1961
Alex Elmsley Sleeve Loading for the Cups and Balls
1991 202
Alex Elmsley The Elmsley Cups and Balls Routine salt as final load
VariationsAlso published here 1991 205
John Carney Fruit Cup chop cup routine with bill and coffee cup, lemon appears, bill inside lemon
1991 98
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
1991 1
Gary Kurtz The False Transfer false throw à la Goshman
1991 17
Gary Kurtz The Tip-off Load from classic palm
1991 18
Gary Kurtz The Double Load loading an extra ball under the cup
1991 18
Gary Kurtz The Fake Load
1991 19
Thomas Hierling Not Another Chop Cup Routine
1991 40
Stephen Tucker For Whom the Bell Tolls cups and balls with disjointed bell, clapper vanishes and appears attached inside bell
Related to 1991 7
Patrick Page Der durchsichtige Chop Cup glass with paper cover as chop cup
Also published here Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
153
Dan Strange One Cup Routine routine using coffee cup and crumpled bills, lemons as final load, some details on the loading misdirection
Related to 1991 3
Alexander de Cova Becherspiele cup load with ball, dropping small ball inside while reaching over cup
Also published here 1991 15
Antonio Casas The Flipover Flourish Load
Sep. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 9)
2119
Antonio Casas Switch/Load for Cup & Ball
Dec. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 12)
2153
Alexander de Cova Becherspiele cup load with ball, dropping small ball inside while reaching over cup
Also published here 1992 161
Arturo de Ascanio, "Senator" Clarke Crandall, Santiago de la Riva El Juego del Cubilete longer routine, jumbo balls finish
1992 150
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 1992 69
Roy Johnson Chopper with shot glass, ball sealed in shot glass as finale
Also published here June 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 1)
33
David Berglas Verwendungsmöglichkeiten des "Ärmelns"
  • Becherspiel
  • Billardball-Produktion
1992 11
Steve Draun Three Cups and Three Balls Routine with no extra ball
Also published here 1993 145
Antonio Casas Striking Vanish
Aug. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 8)
2250
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell's Oranges cups and balls routine with flower pots
1993 76
Scotty York My Lady's Teddy Bear with three olives and a coffee cup, lemon and teddy bear as final loads
Also published here 1993 51
Karl Fulves Spinout on Mora's original wand spin, sequence with coin outlined
1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
44
Roberto Giobbi Ouvertüre für ein Becherspiel opening sequence in which balls appear
1993 14
Someeran Cups & Balls (Western)
1993 1
Someeran Non-Sleight Routine three cups
1993 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 3
False Loading "Apparently placing a ball under a cup"
1993 4
Real Loading "Really placing a ball under a cup"
1993 5
Secret Loading "Secretly introducing the ball under a cup"
1993 5
Loading Fruit "Secretly introducing a larger object under a cup"
1993 6
Someeran Additional References
1993 13
Scotty York The One Cup Routine with three olives and a coffee cup, lemon and teddy bear as final loads
Also published here May/June 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 17)
187
Paul Gertner Tea Party chop cup with tea bag and cup, loose tea as final load
1994 125
Paul Gertner The Steel Balls and Cups using steel balls for routine and final loads
Related to 1994 195
Paul Gertner False Transfer with steel ball
1994 197
Paul Gertner Click Convincer steel ball apparently heard inside cup
1994 198
Charlie Miller Cup Penetration with steel ball
1994 200
Jerry Mentzer Cups and Balls with Baby Chicks
1994 113
Dan Tong One Cup and Balls one cup and three balls
Related to 1994 119
Dan Tong Other Ideas A. bottomless cup
B. cup with salt or liquid
1994 125
Jerry Mentzer Chop Cup an Balls one cup and three balls
Inspired by 1994 126
Jerry Mentzer Ultimate Cup Routine two cups, with magnet gimmick in hand
1994 131
Jerry Mentzer Magnet Gimmick finger palmed/clipped
1994 132
Steve Dusheck Collapse-a-Pill Cup impromptu chop cup with magnet in pen which is held near cup, done with a pill
1994 16
Aldo Colombini Hopping Cups & Balls short routine with two cups, sponge balls, purse frame
1994 121
Jamy Ian Swiss The "Solid" Glass one-cup routine with paper-wrapped glass, glass shown to have turned upside down in paper wrapping as finale
Also published here July/Aug. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 4 No. 24)
270
Jerry Camaro Chop Cup Finale chop cup with cocktail shaker, Martini glass as climax
Nov./Dec. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 26)
296
R. Paul Wilson Lean Chop practical Chop Cup Routine
Also published here 1995 17
Marcelo Contento Cup/Ball/Wand - Twice two ball appearances in the left hand
Nov. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 11)
2572
Chad Long Playing With Doh chop cup routine with play doh container
1995 17
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 5
Fred Kaps Cup Load ball drop in cup
Related to 1995 9
John Riggs Solipsist Cup and Ball Routine ball, wand and cup, different loads then solid cup ending
1995 5
Ball Steal when covered with cup
1995 6
John Riggs Palm-to-Palm Load
1995 8
John Riggs Further Thoughts on Cups and Balls
1995 10
R. Paul Wilson Lean Chop
Also published here 1995 41
Jay Sankey Creamed short chop cup sequence with creamer and crumpled up lid, then creamer is restored and full of milk again
Also published here Sep./Oct. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 6 No. 31)
356
Jim Artle Chop Cup Routine with rolled up bill and leather cup, bill ends up in cigarette, torn of corner as proof
Nov./Dec. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 6 No. 32)
369
Tommy Wonder Cups and Balls: A Private History
  • A Two-Cup Routine with Three Cups
  • Loads
  • Loading Techniques
1996 91
Tommy Wonder, Bob Stencel Chop-Cup Load loading technique
1996 94
Tommy Wonder, Peter Kane A Three-Cup Load loading sequence
1996 98
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
Related to 1996 105
Paul Harris The Bayberry Bag Swindle chop cup routine with paper bag and paper ball loads
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
63
Jim Steinmeyer, Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff Uncanny chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up)
225
Dominique Duvivier Cups, Balls, and a Cup Cups and Balls routine which produces a fourth cup
1996 138
Karl Fulves Cup Kink "An idea for the cups & balls"
flexible cups
1996 63
Bartolomeo Bosco Bosco Palm low finger palm
1996 21
Harry Riser Harry's Cups and Balls three cups
1996 95
Harry Riser Ball under Cup Move ball apparently placed under cup
1996 98
Curtis Kam Coffee and Dough bill torn and both halves crumbled up for short cups and balls routine, restoration and load of coins
1996 107
Harold Cataquet Tip No Load
July 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 7)
2812
Harold Cataquet HPC For Cup And Ball Hand Ping Chien
July 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 7)
2815
Michael Fesenmeier Sphere, Cone and Stone ball and cone routine, with big stone as surprise
1997 121
On Thimble Climaxes jumbo thimble, metal jumbo thimble for cups & balls transition
1997 98
Ken Brooke Routinen mit dem Chop Cup
  • Meine Chop Cup Routine
  • Bertie, der Baseballspieler
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
20
Dean Dill Tonight Show Closer peeked selection vanishes and appears folded under a cup, then it penetrates the cup inside an orange
1997 17
Rainer Pfeiffer, Helge Thun, Manuel Muerte The Fruit Cups two-cup routine with two different colored balls
1998 35
Dai Vernon, Silent Mora Wand Spin
1998 38
Jay Sankey Two Way Toss
1998 38
David Williamson Drummer's Move
1998 39
David Williamson Striking Vanish
1998 40
Mike Gallo The Shaker Neal Prete prop, salt shaker chop cup
1998 1473
Stephen Bargatze Chops and Balls humorous chop cup routine with a gun, baseball and turnip
1998 1475
Steve Beam Nectar of the Cups humorous bar bet routine, with cups and balls
1998 1478
Bob Farmer Cyclops routine with three cups and one ball, three balls as climax
1998 1
The Centrifugal Move ball stays inside when cup is turned over and tabled
Related to 1998 2
The Pickup Move ball under cup secretly picked up with cup
1998 2
The Cup Steal & Conceal ball apparently rolled from cup into hand
1998 2
The Loading Sequence
1998 2
Bob Farmer The Egg Bag Addition incorporating an egg-bag in the routine
1998 6
Bob Farmer Notes
  • Bizarre Ending
  • Armpit Stash
  • Structural Parallels
  • Vanishing Big Balls
  • Right and Left Hand Use
1998 6
Bob Farmer Big Sponge Ball Vanish sponge ball rolled from cup into hand and seen, vanishes
1998 7
Bob Farmer Big Solid Ball Vanish ball rolled from cup into hand and seen, vanishes
Related to
  • "The Vanishing Buckeye" (Eddie Fields' Secret Diary, p. 19)
1998 7
Karl Fulves Penetro "Short Takes"
gaffed cup with trapdoor
1998 231
Bob King Master Chop Cup Routine with glass with liquid as a final load
1998 1
James Swain, Larry Jennings Larry Jennings' Famous Chop Cup Routine new handling
Inspired by 1999 149
David Regal My Best Friend Chop Cup routine involving mice under a cup, appearing cheese and final load of lots of fake mice
1999 90
Harry Riser Vernon Routine Credit Information
Also published here
  • MUM, July 1997
1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
308
David Acer, Richard Sanders The Time Machine chop cup presentation
1999 180
David Acer The Chop Mug and Creamers coffee mug and creamers for chop cup routine, only the idea
1999 181
Gregg Webb The Wand Spin and Vanish as a Color Change
  • The WebbMaster
Sep. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 9)
50
Max Malini, Charlie Miller Cups and Balls "From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross", Nov. 23, 1936
tip
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
31
Jerry MacGregor The Logic Cup coffee mug as chop cup, routine with balls, silk, bill, newspaper
1999 149
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Die idealen Becher on the best design for cups
1999 14
Leo Polacek, Willi Seidl Die Herstellung eines Becherspiels - Handarbeit mit Tradition how Willi Seidl produces a set of cups, with pictures
1999 16
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Einige Becherspiel aus Joros Sammlung pictures of various cups and balls sets
1999 23
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Der klassische Rollgriff vanish of ball
Also published here 1999 32
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Das Laden eines Bechers mit einer Muskate loading small ball in cup
Also published here 1999 35
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Das Laden eines Bechers mit einem grossen Ball loading final load in cup
Also published here 1999 36
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Eine "klassische" Routine mit Muskaten und drei Bechern using three cups
Also published here 1999 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 45
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Ein Becherspiel mit einer Tischglocke cups and balls with disjointed bell
Related to 1999 56
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Die Moccatassen-Routine ball appears under coffee cup, changes color and changes into large ball
1999 58
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Herstellung der Filzbälle für die Schlussproduktion how to make balls for final load of cups and balls, template
Related to 1999 68
Tim Spinosa Show Me the Money chop cup with rolled-up signed bill, then bill appears inside peppermint
Jan./Feb. 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 51)
590
Helge Thun Easy Chop Cups and Balls one of the three cups is a chop cup
2000 25
Don Alan Lean-Mean Chop Cup two final loads
2000 5
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
Martin Lewis Cheap Cup chop cup using peas can, two final loads
July/Aug. 2000
The Magic Menu (Vol. 10 No. 60)
699
Gregg Webb Wand Spin As A Production
  • The WebbMaster (Billiard Balls No. 8)
Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
69
Bob Ostin One Cup, One Ball normal cup
Also published here 2001
Discoverie (Issue 6)
80
David Regal Cups & Balls & Cups & Balls
2002 160
Dai Vernon The Mora/Vernon Wand Spin Vanish
2002 180
John Carney Muscade Magic streamlined Vernon routine
Inspired by 2002 120
Cup through Cup
2002 124
Measuring inside of Cup
2002 125
John Carney Cup Load as hand passes cup
2002 126
Charlie Miller Cup Penetration Move actually credited to Mexican magician by Miller
2002 129
John Carney Three Ball Vanish
2002 133
Ron Bauer Dixie cups & balls routine with torn pieces of fake bill as balls and cotton balls as final loads
2002 2
Ron Bauer Fake Put Sequence Take Vanish vs. Put Vanish (Charlie Miller), En Route Principle
2002 18
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Spinning the Wand Vanish
2002 21
Gregg Webb Webb's Cups and Balls (with Many New Dodges)
  • The WebbMaster
only three balls
Apr. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 4)
60
Peter Rosengren Psycho Ball in-the-hands chop cup routine
June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
67
Harry Houdini Cone and Egg hat with plate on table, egg on hat, covered with paper cone, a wooden cone vanishes under handkerchief, under paper cone is now wooden cone, egg produced from elbow, egg-cone sequence, wooden cone reappears in hat
Also published here
  • Harry Houdini, Houdini on Magic, ed. Walter B. Gibson and Morris N. Young, 1953, p. 188
2002 177
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
371
Al Baker Cups and Balls
2003 701
David Ben Worse Habits cups & balls with a cigarette paper and a bottle cap
2003 23
Jay Sankey The Chop Suey Subterfuge Ball travels into cup held by spectator during Chop Cup routine
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Sankadelic Magic)
60
Miguel Aparicio Variaciones del Cono y la Bola with handkerchief, variations
Inspired by 2003 187
Luis H. Trueba El Moro Los Cubiletes del Moro, cups and balls routine, with three cups
2003 175
Luis H. Trueba Desaparición de una Bola false transfer with ball, while holding wand
2003 191
Ross Bertram The Cups and Balls ball under hand on table, ball on hand and cup covers it and slides it apparently down on the table
Mar. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 3)
59
Tomo Maeda The Lemon Cup ungaffed
Inspired by July 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 7)
53
Gabe Fajuri Bob Read: An Eternal Quest for Cups & Balls Art
July 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 11)
68
Ron Bauer Effect easy routine, three small cups, one sponge ball as final load
2004 2
Gazzo Macee In The Beginning About how Gazzo got interested in Cups and Balls
2004 10
Gazzo Macee To Copy or Not to Copy About whether to copy or create your own routine
2004 14
Gazzo Macee Environment About performing environments for Cups and Balls and how to control it
2004 17
Gazzo Macee Animal Farm Story of using chicks as final loads
2004 19
Gazzo Macee Timing
2004 21
Gazzo Macee Hats - A Fair Exchange Getting tips
2004 29
Gazzo Macee Simplicity
2004 31
Gazzo Macee Lines Patter for cups and balls
2004 31
Gazzo Macee Props What props Gazzo uses for his routine (Cups, Balls, Pouch, Table, Wand, Fruit, Hat)
2004 39
Gazzo Macee The Moves Talking about the sleights in Cups and Balls
2004 43
Gazzo Macee The False Transfer How should a false transfer look?
2004 44
The French Drop
2004 47
The Tip Over Load
2004 48
The Scoop
2004 49
Stacking Load
2004 49
Wand Through Cup Classic
2004 50
The Fruit Load From pouch
2004 50
The Hat Load Melon
2004 51
Gazzo Macee Revealing the Melon Presentational idea for revealing melon under hat
2004 51
Gazzo Macee The Routine Gazzo's Cups and Balls routine with patter description
2004 53
Karl Fulves Up Cup two cups nested, wand pushed in from below, it seems to penetrate lower cup and lift upper cup
2004 361
Curtis Kam Praise The Load cup shown empty, then final load appears, no small ball sequence at all
2004 46
Jay Sankey Creamed short chop cup sequence with creamer and crumpled up lid, then creamer is restored and full of milk again
Related toAlso published here 2004 137
Alexander de Cova Cups & Balls Loading Technique topit tunnel used to get final load into other hand without going into pocket
Also published here 2004 13
Alexander de Cova Load Setup non-pocket final loading idea
2004 14
Alexander de Cova A Novel Ball Vanish ball drops into other hand secretly as it reaches toward the wand under the arm
2004 15
Alexander de Cova Another Vanish ball on left fingers, right hand puts cup over ball and drags it onto table, steal
Also published here 2004 16
Alexander de Cova Another Idea for the Load lemon net appears under one cup first
2004 16
Tom Stone Conic Relief ideas and sequences for Dai Vernon's "Ball, Cone and Handkerchief"
  • The Cone as a Holdout
  • The Cone as a Servante
  • Combinations
  • Vernon's Basic Vanish
  • Changes
  • The Surprise Load
  • Extending it outwards
Inspired byAlso published here 2004 10
Ron Bauer Introduction on the Chop Cup and different cup styles
2005 1
Don Alan The Complete Don Alan's Chop Cup
2005 6
Don Alan Don Alan Chop Cup Loading Technique
2005 20
Don Alan The Big Bang chop cup loading technique with bang on table
2005 25
Roy Cottee Roy Cottee's Dixie Cuppa Magic
  • Flim-FlaMagic (Bob Farmer)
chop cup routine with paper ball, two apples are produced
Feb. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 2)
22
Bob Ostin One Cup, One Ball normal cup
Also published here 2005 106
Michael "Mike" Müller Chop 'N' Up using small paper cup
2005 2
Michael "Mike" Müller Handhabung der FMDSS "Flexible Magnet Daumen Spitzen Spitze"
shortened thumb tip with magnet, and handlings in a paper cup chop cup routine
  • Aufnahme
  • Aktivierung
  • Feintuning the Anziehungskraft
  • Schein-Verschwinden I (Klassisch)
  • Schein-Verschwinden II (Zusatz-Zahl)
  • Schein-Verschwinden III (Lift)
  • Schein-Verschwinden IV (Doppel-Lift)
  • Aus-Laden I (Pendel-Kippen)
  • Aus-Laden II (Weg-Ziehen)
2005 3
Teller Bob Read and the Cups and Balls
Inspired by
  • Penn & Teller's How to Play in Traffic, 1997
Jan. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 1)
14
Arthur Trace The Crimped Cup phase with white plastic ring over a cup to make it easier to follow, two more rings appear around the others
Apr. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 4)
70
Pete Biro Chop Glass paper covered glass, folded bill with paper clip
Aug. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 8)
78
Karl Fulves Abridged Version cups and balls routine outline for standup, using first three then two then one cups
2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
219
Karl Fulves KF Notes
  • plastic glass clings to knife
  • thread strand in middle of mouth of cup in cups and balls
  • Fred DeMuth's tumbler trick
Inspired byRelated to 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
280
Sam Leo Horowitz Three-Cup Interlude with sponge rubber cubes
2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
310
Axel Hecklau Ein Becher Just a Cup precursor
2008 40
Curtis Kam Cup One with coffee cup and rolled-up napkin, two final loads
Inspired by 2008 5
Juan Escolano Rutina de Chop-Cup con un cubilete using a glass and silk
2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4)
31
Alexander de Cova Cups & Balls Loading topit tunnel used to get final load into other hand without going into pocket
Also published here 2008 11
Tom Stone Loadstorming methods for obtaining loads without body loading
  • stealing from case as one picks something up from the floor
  • mechanical arm moves from table to other side of body with load
  • lifted up with magnet on shoe behind table
Also published here 2008 15
Gabi Pareras Bolas Imaginarias multi-phase chop cup routine, last phase on hand of spectator, three balls and jumbo ball finale
2008 ca. 2
Gabi Pareras Bolas Locas multi-phase routine, jumbo ball finale
2008 ca. 9
Gabi Pareras Rutina Clásica de Chop-Cup             multi-phase routine, jumbo ball finale
2008 ca. 15
Gabi Pareras, Albert Goshman Falso depósito de A. Goshman false transfer with ball
2008 ca. 21
Gabi Pareras Falso depósito n° II false transfer with ball
2008 ca. 22
Charlie Miller, Gabi Pareras Pase de Charlie Miller Charlie Miller move, ball through chop cup
2008 ca. 23
Gabi Pareras Torniquete y desaparición seated vanish of ball, à la Slydini one coin
2008 ca. 24
Gabi Pareras Crecimiento I ball placed in hand grows in size
2008 ca. 26
Gabi Pareras Crecimiento II ball placed in hand grows in size
2008 ca. 27
Trevor Lewis Commecial Chop Chup Routine routine, two large loads, eyeball
2009 59
Roberto Giobbi Dai Vernon's Cups and Balls Routine - An Alternative Final Stage
  • The Genii Session
Related to May 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 5)
40
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
Tom Stone Loading Strategies methods for obtaining loads without body loading
  • lifted up with magnet on shoe behind table
  • stealing from case as one picks something up from the floor
  • mechanical arm moves from table to other side of body with load
Also published here 2010 9
Tom Stone Conic Relief ideas and sequences for Dai Vernon's "Ball, Cone and Handkerchief"
  • The Cone as a Holdout
  • The Cone as a Servante
  • Combinations
  • Vernon's Basic Vanish
  • Changes
  • The Surprise Load
  • Extending it Outward
Related toAlso published here 2010 141
Roberto Giobbi Thoughts on Cups-and-Balls Loads
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 16)
179
Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller Cups-and-Balls Pendulum Loading
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 17)
180
Román García Los Cubiletes de Wittgenstein routine with two cups, one chop cup
2010 61
Alexander de Cova Cups & Balls Loading topit tunnel used to get final load into other hand without going into pocket
Also published here 2010 22
Al Schneider Cup and Ball Moves comments on the props
2011 118
Al Schneider Rest Positions while palming a ball
2011 120
Al Schneider Ball Palms palms for cups and balls, Finger Palm, Tweezers Palm, Final Load Palm
2011 121
Al Schneider Schneider Vanish put-type vanish
2011 126
Al Schneider Cup Pickup and Replace loading a ball under a cup
2011 132
Al Schneider Tip Load
2011 138
Al Schneider Catch Drop Vanish
2011 142
Turnover Move hiding a ball while placing the cups on the table
2011 145
Al Schneider Tweezers Steal
2011 147
Al Schneider Tweezers Steal with Large Ball large ball hidden under cup

2011 153
Al Schneider Tweezers Load
2011 157
Al Schneider Twist Pickup cup pickup hiding a large ball
2011 160
Al Schneider Subtlety Pickup cup pickup hiding a palmed ball
2011 163
Al Schneider Rotate Load
2011 165
Al Schneider Double Load
2011 167
Al Schneider Palm Shift palm change
2011 170
Al Schneider LA Street Cups balls travel from cup to cup one by one, vanish and reappear under the cups, one final load
2011 688
Alexander de Cova Geheime Taschenladung final loads handling, using topit
2011 11
Patrick Page The Mini-Money Miracle rolled-up bill travels under cup, then stack of coin appears under cup
2011 251
Karl Fulves Progressive Assembly credit information, also with cups & balls, coins
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
611
Tom Stone Wonders of a Fragmented Vision
  • Lodestones
more on change blindness and related things, cups and balls sequence as example
Related toAlso published here July 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 7)
44
Tom Stone Wonders of a fragmented vision more on change blindness and related things, cups and balls sequence as example
Also published here 2011 16
Roberto Giobbi Overture for Cups and Balls cup moves, three balls appear, travel under cups
2012 119
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Hanky
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1947
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
50
William Larsen The Cup and the Ball ball attached to invisible thread
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1951
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
55
Tom Gagnon Empty Cup Move display sequence for cups
Also published here
  • The Blueprint, Vol. 5 No. 6
2013 208
Hiroshi Sawa ティー・ブレイク (The Tea Break) Chop Cup type of routine with coffee cup, sugar cubes and lemon as a final load
2013 151
Alexander de Cova Abschlussladung mit einer Pouch final load choreography with pouch
Also published here July 2013 13
Christian Scherer Das Becherspiel als Salonkunststück general remarks on the Cups and Balls
  • Der Handlungsablauf beim Becherspiel
  • Die Struktur (structure)
  • Der Vortrag (patter)
  • Die Becher (cups)
  • Die Kugeln (balls)
  • Der Zauberstab (wand)
  • Der Tisch (table)
  • Die Tischoberfläche (table surface)
  • Die Handhabung der Becher (handling of the cups)
  • Die falsche Übergabe (false transfer of a ball)
  • Die Ladung (loads)
  • Das Platzieren der Ladungen (placement of loads in pockets)
  • Die Ladetechnik (loading technique)
  • Die Ladung vor den Blicken der Zuschauer verbergen (hiding the loads)
  • Indirektes Laden (indirect loads)
  • Das Abstellen der geladenen Becher (putting cups with loads on the table)
2014 175
Christian Scherer Angewandte Physik two cups routine, balls first appear from purse frame
Inspired by 2014 190
Christian Scherer Cagliostro der Alchimist cups and balls routine with two steel mortars and steal balls
2014 210
Christian Scherer Dumm gelaufen water monte with three cups, then water turns into confetti, improved method
Related to 2014 237
Joaquín Matas Los Cubiletes de Vernon "Tuneados" with three cups, one chop cup
Inspired by 2014 253
Dai Vernon, Silent Mora El "Wand Spin"
2014 265
Bob Cunningham Improvised Chop Cup chop cup routine with polystyrene cup and crumpled up sugar packet
Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
40
Alexander de Cova Kurt Freitags Becherspiel on Kurt Freitag's cups and balls routine
May 2014 573
Alexander de Cova Über diese Routine more on Kurt Freitag's cups and balls routine
May 2014 575
Alexander de Cova Das Zubehör
  • Die Seidl Becher
  • Die Abschlußladungen
  • Techniken
May 2014 576
Kurti Freitag, Aldo Colombini Der Wurfgriff hiding balls in cup, while tossing them from hand to hand
Inspired by May 2014 579
Kurti Freitag Der Pickup picking up cup with ball underneath, unusual grip
May 2014 582
Horace Goldin Goldin Vanish ball vanishes visuall between two cups that are banged together with both hands on the table
May 2014 583
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller Move
  • Die Finte mit der Bewegung
May 2014 586
Das Stehlen steal of sponge ball under cup when placing cup over ball
May 2014 588
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 591
John Gaughan French Ball Grabbers
  • The Chamber of Secrets
cups with compartments that can hold balls
Feb. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 2)
18
Alexander de Cova Ladung mit der Pouch final load choreography with pouch
Also published here 2015 231
Alexander de Cova Ballstehlen ball on left fingers, right hand puts cup over ball and drags it onto table, steal
Also published here 2015 219
Alexander de Cova Becherspiel Load topit tunnel used to get final load into other hand without going into pocket
Also published here 2015 266
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
62
Tom Stone The Pocket Problem
  • Lodestones
on different type of alternative pockets and servantes, mostly for female performers
  • Out in the Wilderness
  • Suburb Satchel
  • Osmosis (shoulder bag with opening to load cups or other things)
  • A Germain Observation (servante in cloth)
  • Chasing Tail
  • Share the Wealth
Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
52
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
Jamy Ian Swiss The Solid Glass one-cup routine with paper-wrapped glass, glass shown to have turned upside down in paper wrapping as finale
Also published here 2016 45
Jamy Ian Swiss Credit Information on Solid Cup Finale
2016 45
Alexander de Cova Becherspiel cups and balls, comments on Fred Kaps's performance
2016 171
Alexander de Cova Becherspielladung ohne Jacke cups and balls loading without jacket, through hole in front of trouser
2016 191
Alexander de Cova Riesenedding ideas with a jumbo pen (actually pen holder in shape of pen)
  • Der Stift
  • Die Vergrößerung
  • Die Chop Cup Routine (giant hollow pen as chop cup)
Inspired by 2016 194
Tom Stone Cups and Balls Express! balls visually vanish from top of all three cups
July 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7)
50
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 293
Johnny Thompson The Cups and Balls routine presented in the style of three magicians
  • Max Malini
  • Pop Krieger
  • Dai Vernon
2018 15
Charlie Miller Setting the Spring Gag one cup through the other until an apparent spring is set in cup
2018 19
Rule of Thumb Move inside deeper than outside gag
2018 19
Max Malini, Johnny Thompson Max Malini Phase
2018 20
Edmé-Gilles Guyot, Johnny Thompson Pop Krieger Phase
2018 25
Bartolomeo Bosco, Dai Vernon Dai Vernon Phase
2018 28
Jamy Ian Swiss Jamy Ian Swiss Final Load Sequence
2018 29
Danny Dew Danny Dew Final Vanish of the balls, ditch in breast pocket
Related to 2018 32
Dr. Jacob Daley Jacob Daley Finale
2018 34
Johnny Thompson On Vernon's Pseudo-Exposure Phase
Related to 2018 35
Johnny Thompson Dai Vernon's Magic Castle Act from late Sixties
  • The Cups and Balls
  • Han Ping Chien
  • Winged Silver
  • Copper/Silver
  • Matching the Cards
  • Ambitious Card
  • Color-Changing Deck
2018 81
David Williamson, Johnny Thompson Covered Striking Vanish
2018 92
Johnny Thompson The Opener using cups and balls as opener for trade show
2018 271
Jonathan Pendragon Anvil and Hammer
  • Panmagium
Feb. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 2)
42
Jamy Ian Swiss The Cups and Balls and Me
  • The Masterclass Liner Notes
2018 30
Alexander de Cova Transparentes Becherspiel cups and balls sequence with clear glass cups
2018 73
Alexander de Cova Gertners Becherspiel comment on Paul Gertner's Steel Cups & Balls
Related to 2018 102
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 212
Al Schneider Small Ball Finger Palm
Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
61
Al Schneider Palming Three Balls
Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
61
Al Schneider Picking Up The Cup With Ball Palmed
Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
63
Al Schneider Placing The Cup Onto Table and Loading the Palmed Ball
Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
64
Al Schneider Loading The Large Ball Into the Cup
Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
64
Al Schneider Al's Cup
  • Broadcast From Nowhere
three balls travel under one cup one by one, large ball as final load
Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
69
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 254
Charlie Miller Cup Penetration Move
2020 269
David Regal Coffee Shop Cups and Balls
  • Material Concessions
three paper cups
May 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 5)
44
Christian Scherer, Shigeo Takagi Die Magie der Logik one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open, with two final loads and no wand used
Inspired by 2021 3
Christian Scherer Dai Vernon's Spinning the Wand Vanish without the wand
2021 9
Ricardo Rodriguez La cobertura "Desde el punto de vista de la construcción", on the chop cup
2021 11
Ricardo Rodriguez El cubilete stand-up Chop Cup routine
2021 13
Steve Cohen Cups and Balls introductory comments on Max Malini and the Cups & Balls, historical information, Louis Pop Krieger
2022 150
Max Malini Filled Glasses as Final Loads body-loaded without covers
2022 152
Max Malini Cups and Balls Opening Sequence
2022 154
Max Malini Improvised Productions nut vanished, instead of nut a cork appears under newspaper-covered glass, repeat with billiard ball appearing under glass, then shot glass, then big glass vanishes
2022 225
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here 2022 61
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 93
Guy Hollingworth The Rationale
2022 1
Guy Hollingworth The Props
  • Cups
  • Balls
  • Final loads
  • Optional pre-final load
2022 4
Guy Hollingworth The Plot effect description of Slow Motion Cups & Balls, two cups
2022 11
Guy Hollingworth False Transfer
2022 14
Guy Hollingworth Cup Load from Flapped Ball
2022 31
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 39
Michael Lair Expertalk: Michael Lair on Sleeving "Cross Sleeve", with wand
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2005
2022 412
Jon Allen Expertalk: Jon Allen on the Cups & Balls ball penetrates cup, Charlie Miller phase alternative
Also published here
  • MAGIC, July 2006
2022 522
Mago Mai The Drop Production ball apparently dropped into cup that is held in the other hand, as vanish or transformation
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2007
2022 646
Mago Mai Expertalk: Mago Mai on the Cups & Balls "Roll Flat Vanish", ball held out with arm against body
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2007
2022 650
Doug Brewer Eggity-Bread chop cup with plastic cup and borrowed crumpled up bill, plastic egg appears as final load with bill inside
  • Phase 1: Borrow a Bill
  • Phase 2: Vanishing Sequence
  • Phase 3: Magical Gymnastics
  • Phase 4: One More Time
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2009
2022 854
Ricardo Harada Invisible Transposition of a Ball cone and ball routine, on table
Related to Mar. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 3)
58