Can

64 entries in Can
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Theodore Annemann Tin Can Trickster
1941 The Jinx (Issue 148) 824
Joseph Ovette The Waterless Tube water in can changes to ribbon streamers, then baby chicken appear
 		1944 Tricks and Illusionettes 6
Dr. Raymond V. Stone (RAMO) The Invisible Mischievous Genii flatten tin can
 		1945 My Best 264
Tommy Windsor The Dribble Beer Can hole in beer can to annoy friends
 		1956 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 335) 150
Bob Schmidt Atomic Raction big silk appears in can
 		1957 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957) 37
Lane Bateman Old Glory Be! production of silks and a beer can from a can
 		1959 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959) 14
Ali Bongo Fruit Salad two in the hand with miniature fruits, can of fruit salad as climax
 		1966 The Bongo Book 31
C. "Cajano" Baumgartner Gezogene Karte im Glas chosen card penetrates can and appears visibly inside a glass
 		1970 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 6) 107
Roy Johnson The Spotted Can presentation for Jack Hughes' "The Polka Dot Barrel" / "Can Can Polka", poem, first in The Talisman No. 52
 		1971 Second Time Around 49
Steve Spillman The Eye-Popping Pop Top pull top from beer can on pencil
 		1972 Magick (Issue 45) 221
Larry Jennings The Coin and Beer Can signed coin travels into can, impromptu
 		1976 The Coin and Beer Can 1
Karl Fulves Sealed Empty sealed can turns out to be empty
Related to 1976 Interlocutor (Issue 12) 45
Beer Can Routine bottomless beer can for cup and three balls (rolled-up bills) routine
 		1977 Close-up Cavalcade Finale 139
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
Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff UnCanny chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end
Related toVariations 1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 10
George B. Anderson Introduction and Routine intro on pendulums and routine where filled can is found amount empty cans with a pendulum
 		1980 The Magic Pendulum 3
Michael Ammar This'll "Flip" You Out! broken and restored flip-top from can
VariationsAlso published here 1980 The Command Performance — Premier Issue 7
Mary Wolf A Little Bit of Coke (a-Cola) "two in the hand..." with miniature cans, then miniature bottle, normal bottle and coins appear
 		1980 John: Verse Two 131
Steve Beam Can You Spare a Dime dime transforms into miniature coke can
 		1982 Steve Beam On Coins — Volume II 37
Bob Follmer The Orange Chop chop cup with juice can
 		1982 Fork Full of Appetizers 54
(Klingl) Rice Vanish Can covered with handkerchief
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 87
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
Michael Ammar Beenie Weenie chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end
Inspired by 1983 Encore III 36
John Kennedy Inexhaustible Soda Can can emptied several times, ganga/lota with can, can reseals itself, opened again and it is full again, no switch, glass with two walls
 		1983 Lecture III 23
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Instant Chop Cup with bottomless spray can, becomes real spray can as climax
 		1983 Lecture Magic 32
Richard Bartram, Jr. Popped Top! broken and restored flip-top from can
Inspired by 1985 Close-Up of the Damned 18
Jay Sankey Canned Applause applause is collected in can and can be heard, little hands come out of can
 		1986 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5 53
Karrell Fox "Dry Paint" sight-gag, paint can dumped into audience, red ribbon
 		1986 For My Next Trick... 90
Terry Seabrooke Mind Reading Can selected card is divined with a can by other spectator
 		1986 Seabrooke's Book 93
Steve Beam Floating Trash levitation of a trash can
Related toAlso published here
  • Steve Beam's "Levitation of a Trash Can" in Melton Francis' "Magic for the Complete Idiot"
 1987 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 17) 285
Brad Reeder Breather gag, lysol sprayed in performer's mouth
 		1987 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 19) 322
David Harkey Without a Wrinkle crushed can unwrinkels itself
 		Apr. 1988 Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 4) 1479
Simon Lovell Can Can Magician crush soda can under foot instantaneously
 		1989 Close Up Magic To Tapdance To 87
John Riggs Can-Can comedy routine, soda can changes brand six times in a bag, sucker element
Inspired by
  • Jerry Johnson's "In the Bag" in "The Linking Ring" February 1989
 1989 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 29) 505
Michael Ammar This'll Flip You Out broken and restored flip-top from can
Also published here 1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 89
Patrick Page Die Biro-Dose empty can without top, coin tossed in and rattles, then beer poured out, tube gimmick
Also published here
  • Pages from Patrick's Notebook
 Nov. 1991 Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 3) 95
David Harkey Put It on My Tab finger ring links onto tab of empty soda can, tearing tab off for more phases, tab is restored to can as finale
 		1991 Simply Harkey 109
David Harkey Spinner sticker put on card, deck spread around a can, imaginary spin the bottle game, card that the can points to is card with sticker
Inspired by
  • "Spin the Bottle" (David Harkey, Linking Ring, April 1987)
  • "Spin the Bottle" (David Harkey, Genii, Oct. 1988)
 1991 Simply Harkey 163
The Hindu Disappearing Grain grain disappears from can
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 113
Steve Dusheck Mini Can Prediction one of four mini soda cans chosen and predicted
 		1993 Dusheck's Mental Magic 91
Ray Kosby The Picnic Trick can is opened and restored
 		1994 Tricks 6
John Scarne Brazil Bet betting that the large brazil nuts are on top in can
Related to 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 10) 115
Steve Dusheck Rattle Cans monte type game with three cans, one of which rattles
 		1994 Dusheck's Close-Up Magic 90
Robert Parrish The Die Box routined for adults, two cat food cans as final loads from hat
 		1995 Great Tricks Revisited 8
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
Paul Harris, Eric Mead Fizz Master two cans, one is shaken, "pressure" travels to other can which spurts when opened
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff) 63
Chad Long Spray Paint ball bearing in can is silenced at will
 		1997 More Stuff... 4
Roy Johnson Dosen-tration blade through can in box, compressible can
 		1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2) 65
Jefferson Boylston Balancing Soda Can soda can balanced on its edge
Variations July 1998 Onyx (Issue 4) 24
Mark Aspiazu On Edge (Presentation For The Balancing Soda Can) soda can balanced on its edge
Inspired by July 1998 Onyx (Issue 4) 26
Simon Lovell Two Pieces of Silliness - Cancan "Silly Stunt Number Two"
can is crushed flat in two seconds
 		2000 Son of Simon Says! 132
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones The coin can coin into can
  • Variant 1 (with the prop)
  • Variant 2 (with no props)
 		2002 Ahead of the Pack 259
Al Bertini Erdnüsse finger ring travels into sealed can of peanuts
 		2004 Original Al Bertini 11
Barrie Richardson The Ambiguous Coffee Can two-sided can for two-way out, e.g. for Premonition
Also published here
  • Club 71, Winter 1999
 2005 Act Two 39
Bob Ostin Cheers! name of chosen card appears on bottom of can
 		2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 46
Jack Parker Can Can Coin Coin dropped into partially filled soda can penetrates out of the can
 		2007 52 Memories 137
Stéphane Bourgoin Silly String of Death Russian roulette routine with spray cans of silly string
 		Jan. 2010 Genii (Vol. 73 No. 1) 24
Tom Stone Bottled Thoughts ideas and sequences for the "Multiplying Bottles" plot
- Stirring up the Still
- Don't Stare at my Bottom
- Glasswhere?
- Glass-Bottle-Can
- Multiplying Glasses
- Redneck Remedy
 		2011 Maelstrom 47
Ray Mertz R. M. Dice Stacking Routine done with a can, jumbo die gag and billiard ball load
 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 161
Jim Steinmeyer Tin-Can Telephone
  • Conjuring
verbal force of Nine of Hearts, card is found in tin can phone
Related to June 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6) 22
Vanni Bossi With Your Peanuts card folded to can of peanuts, reel
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 33
Vanni Bossi Peanut Prediction number of peanuts in can guessed by spectator, number written on bottom of can
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 36
Nathan Kranzo A Free Kiss production from shoe of air freshener and Hershey's kisses
Inspired by 2020 Magic for BLM 152
Camile Ghastine Key Chain Reaction tab from soda can penetrates onto, off and back onto key chain ring
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2003
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 190