Gags, Ideas & Bits of Business

54 entries in Children Magic / Gags, Ideas & Bits of Business
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
U. F. Grant A Kid Tip tip for showing a container empty and having the kids say it out loud instead of the performer
 		Dec. 1948
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3)
4
Herman Guelpa Milk and Snakes milk poured into can, later spring snakes shoot out
 		May 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 8)
12
Don Alan Choo Choo Train Prop for Kid Shows
Also published here
 1953
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)
35
Allessandro Magic Quickies
  • Deep Freeze Trick
  • Head Chopper
  • Children's Shows
  • Thumb Tie
 		1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
18
Arthur C. Nelson What to do with a Troublesome Kid "Nelson The Magician"
Related to
 1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
44
Arthur C. Nelson Two Tips from tips for children shows
Related to
 1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
40
Don Tanner Oops! Too Much Flower No. 6, cake baking ends with spring flower production, "flour" gag
 		1958 ca.
50 Tricks and Ideas with Spring Flowers
3
Oran Bailey Dent Trickities 3
  • "Watch Pocke" Gag
  • "Gone" Line
  • Production Gag
  • Rope Gimmick Tip
  • Liquid Air Hole Release
  • Balloon Breaking Gimmick
 		1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
22
Arthur C. Nelson Magic Helper passing out small certificate for helpers in the show
 		1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
43
Walter Wenger Aus der magischen Welt für die magische Welt ideas for tricks for children
1) Fakir-Bambusstäbe (chinese sticks)
2) Kinder Springseil (skipping rope)
3) Geschichte der 4 Kätzchen (four Ace routine with cards and cats)
4) Persiltrick (Softsoap)
Also published here
  • in "Magische Welt"
 1963
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 4)
53
Bert Douglas Lines for Safety lines for shows about safety first
 		1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
54
Bruce Armstrong Paper Plate Caper various ideas with paper pie plates
  • Flying Saucers
  • Mod Glasses
  • Party Mask
  • Strongman Barbells
  • Jolly Green Giant's Button
  • Giant Yo Yo
  • Mod Earrings
  • Spring Bloomers
 		1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
46
Lee Wayne Westgate Bowl Ideas as Le Wayne, fishbowl production ideas
 		1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
135
Frank Pongrac Tips various ideas
  • Snkae Drawer Box
  • Blooming Stooge, German Sealed Milk Glass & Baker Shaker combination
  • Multiplying Billiard Balls & Cups and Balls combination
  • idea for Allerton's Aspirin Box
Inspired by
 1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
137
Arthur Setterington Crazy Apron apron worn by kid falls on the floor during show, gag for "Baking a Cake"
 		1972
Straight Line Mysteries
12
Karrell Fox "Sillysilk" Hats silks tied onto spectator's heads for colorful stage presence
 		1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
187
Don Tanner Rabbit gag rabbit prop is produced from cloth bag
Also published here
 1978
It's in the Bag
13
Karrell Fox "A Kristmas Karrell" Christmas themed patter for children show
 		1979
Another Book
173
Karrell Fox Wand-Two-Three gag wand routine
 		1979
Another Book
186
Karrell Fox The "Summer-Time" Wand wand "changes" into fan
 		1979
Another Book
186
Hereingefallen! bill put in envelope to present it to spectator, it is obviously pushed out again through hole, gag
 		Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
104
Don Tanner Lapin gag rabbit prop is produced from cloth bag
Also published here
 1981
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 2)
44
Harold Sterling A "Sterling" Tip lin of baby clothes production from kid
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
85
Karrell Fox "Geni-Weenie" rubber sausage appears on lamp, gag
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
86
Karrell Fox "Tie N' Bow" tie is pivoted up as a giant bow tie
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
87
Karrell Fox Firecracker/Snakes firecracker tube explodes and spring snakes jump out, snake can
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
88
Karrell Fox "Dry Paint" sight-gag, paint can dumped into audience, red ribbon
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
90
Karrell Fox "Woofle" Bottle squeaking plastic bottle
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
170
D. E. Thomas Ein "Roter Faden" für das Kinderprogramm running gag with drawer box
 		Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
178
Terri Rogers Comedy Prop paint tube gag
Also published here
 1986
Secrets
78
Karrell Fox "Poppin Balloons" child shots with toy gun on balloon, it pops
 		1988
My Latest Book
69
Karrell Fox Thumb Fun performer trips over nail multiple times, hammers it in, giant thumb gag
 		1988
My Latest Book
72
Terri Rogers Trapped gag with ropes that apparently penetrate body
Also published here
 1988
More Secrets
74
Terri Rogers Farbtuben-Gag paint tube gag
Also published here
 July 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4 & 5)
182
Terri Rogers Eingefangen gag with ropes that apparently penetrate body
Also published here
 July 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4 & 5)
183
Karrell Fox Refreshment Time apparently full paper cups tossed into audience, confetti and milk pitcher
 		1991
Goodies
53
Karrell Fox Here Doggy rubber sausage appears from top hat, sight gag
 		1991
Goodies
62
Karrell Fox The Vanishing Kid kid covered with large silks, apparently isn't found by performer
 		1991
Goodies
63
Karrell Fox The "Hare-Tar" torn and restored strip into paper rabbit, corny gag
Inspired by
 1995
Much Ado About Something
68
Karrell Fox Willie The Worm spring snake from snake can comes out of apple apparently
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
76
Karrell Fox How's Ticks? stethoscope comedy prop made from plunger
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
80
Karrell Fox The Family Album large album on easel, faces on different sheets that can move their mouths, idea
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
104
Jack Bridwell Schwarze Augen boxing gloves put on kid, performer gets a black eye
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
153
Trevor Lewis Trevor's Torch (Flashlight Fun) flashlight can shine through bottom of torch as well
 		1999
Final Party Pieces
21
Trevor Lewis Balloon Business balloon on pump inflates on its own
 		1999
Final Party Pieces
23
Trevor Lewis Honk-Honk horn honks on its own
 		1999
Final Party Pieces
25
Trevor Lewis Rabbit Wand Routine character wand, boy turns into rabbit
 		1999
Final Party Pieces
33
Trevor Lewis Just In Case games using paper cups and plates to entertain children
  • Seven Up
 		1999
Final Party Pieces
34
Don Alan Choo-Choo Train Prop for Kid Shows
Also published here
 2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
235
Mac King, Bill King Feet of Fortune
  • Magic in a Minute
gag with borrowed shoe that is thrown away
 		Sep. 2004
MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 1)
110
Paul Osborne The World's Greatest Clown Camera
  • Osborne Illusions
gag sequence with camera prop, DVD footage given to birthday boy
 		Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
18
Patrick Page It's My Turn Now using a breakaway wand for a kids show
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
296
Mike Bent Three Times Three is Ten visual gag
 		July 2016
MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 11)
71
Andi Gladwin Silent Movie spectator and performer have a deck each and mirror each others movements in silence, they cut to the same card, including a water spit-out gag
Inspired by
  • "The Mirror" (Allan Kronzek, Artful Deceptions, 2017)
 2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
211