Gags, Ideas & Bits of Business

44 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
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
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
Unknown 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
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
Don Alan Choo-Choo Train Prop for Kid Shows
Also published here 2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 235
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
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