Miscellaneous

53 entries in Propless / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown To make one danse naked spectator is made to throw away clothes and dance and stomp, stooge
 		1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXX) 192
Unknown A Rather Dangerous Trick stunt
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 300
Unknown Another Similar Feat non-magic balancing stunt
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 309
Vincent Dalban "How Did He Know?" puzzle
 		1936 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36) 89
Theodore Annemann Lipreading tip
 		1936 The Jinx (Issue 18) 101
John Goodrum Lost And Found gag
 		1937 You'd be Surprised 52
Eugene Bernstein the Spirit Grip spectator feels two hands, while only one is touching him
 		1938 Greater Magic 877
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg Stage Presentation tips on stage presentation, discussing:
  • Stage Entrance
  • Settings
  • The Opening Illusion
  • The Follow On
  • Patter
  • Balance
  • Assistants
  • Audience Work
  • Routining
  • Apparatus
  • Working to Magicians
  • The Climax
  • Résumé
 		1938 Greater Magic 936
John Houdi, Dr. George W. Crane The Houdini Breath Control Method
1940 The Jinx (Issue 92) 571
Lew Smith, L. Vosburgh Lyons The Fairy Goblet spectator remembers long forgotten memory, psychological (and weird)
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 133) 761
Joe Berg Joe Berg's "Double Cross" chalk crosses travel from paper into performer's hand
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 57
U. F. Grant Scarem scary impromptu make-up
 		Apr. 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 7) 12
Ormond McGill The Brain Illusion spectator looks through the flame of a candle and apparently sees his own brain, optical illusion
 		1951 Psychic Magic — Vol. 6 5
Ernest Heldman A Hand-Y Bit three body stunts / gags
  • finger are same size
  • arm grows
  • arm shrinks
 		1962 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 369) 303
Steve Shimm Game-Playing Machines article about simple computer programs applied to (card) games
  • Banker And Broker (cutting the high card)
  • The Tic-Tac-Toe Machine
  • Computer At The Card Table
  • The Machine As Innovator
Related to 1969 Epilogue (Issue 7) 52
Paul Siegel Number Force limited pool of numbers, spectator's hold up hands with outstretched fingers, two-digit number is created
 		1972 Doorway to Delusion 9
Unknown Wong How Was A Chinaman bar bet, one has to repeat exactly the actions of the performer
 		Dec. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4) 50
Philip T. Goldstein Finger Force way to form a two digit number by holding up fingers, limited outcome, force
Related to
  • "It's in the Book" (Ray Hyman, Linking Ring, Oct. 1953, p. 65)
Also published here 		1977 Para-Sight 9
Al Smith, Arthur Day, Fred Snooks Fumdubulators
  • producing false teeth and a skull
  • floating crisp
  • producing a potato from a crisp bag (Arthur day)
  • Irish Key Ring, key ring on false end of a key, gag (Arthur Day)
  • bar bet with matchbox (Fred Snooks)
 		Apr. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 4) 836
Philip T. Goldstein Finger Force way to form a two digit number by holding up fingers, limited outcome, force
Also published here Apr. 1983 Magick (Issue 318) 1589
Paul Harris Free Lunch flesh colored ball appears between fingertips in front of eyes
Also published here 1983 The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas 108
Philip T. Goldstein ESPectrum thought-of colors divined, binary sorting
Related to 1984 Thequal 12
Jerry Andrus Standing-Kneeling Deception Gag
1985 Korem without Limits 152
Philip T. Goldstein Inspectrum thought-of colors divined
Related to 1986 Amperthand 10
Jamy Ian Swiss Shot Glass Strategy idea for working surface in walk-around situations
Related to 1987 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11&12) 26
Michael Ammar The Natural Lay of the Hand essay on hand position while palming
 		1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7&8 Arcane) 16
Michael Close The Unbelievable Useful Comedy Prop plastic hand as running gag and sight gag
 		1990 Workers Number 1 5
Unknown The Touch of Mysterious Fingers fingers are felt below the table even though all hands are above the table
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 30
Harlan Tarbell The Basics of Quick Sketching crash course in this skill
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 187
Michael Close Down for the Count vampire teeth appear in mouth
 		1993 Workers Number 3 112
John Scarne Various Notes various very brief notes about different things
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1248
Dan Harlan Deviled Egg spectator's blood travel into egg, spectator is cut with a knife
 		1994 The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3) 5
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann Forcing a Number with the hand, spectator grabs a finger
 		1995 Hellsehen... ...kinderleicht 28
Alain Nu Iconographic Fishing Exercice: The Zodiac fishing sequence for zodiac signs NOT based on words or letters
 		1996 The Looking Glass (Issue 3) 97
Paul Harris Free Lunch flesh colored ball appears between fingertips in front of eyes
Also published here 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Brainstorm in the Bahamas) 157
Justin Hanes Constellation Prize Q-Force with Big Dipper star pattern in the sky
 		2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 2
Tom Stone Roomtone idea with sound
 		2010 Vortex 189
Dan Sperry H1N1 Gag, magician sneezes and a lot of mucus is produced, magician then eats the mucus
 		2010 Notes About Nothing 24
Jim Steinmeyer The Three-Ball Test three imaginary colored balls are distributed by spectator, performer knows which color is where
 		2015 Devilish Impuzzibilities 4
Roberto Giobbi Bang! producing a shot-like sound
Related to 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 11) 106
殷欣 (Sion) 动画师 (Animator) Completely propless drawing duplication, spectator visualizes famous painting and a warm/cool color, magician divines both
 		2017 暧昧 5
殷欣 (Sion) 暧昧 (Ambiguous) Magician correctly divines spectator's birthdate and astrological sign, propless
Related to 2017 暧昧 12
殷欣 (Sion) 很暧昧 (Very Ambiguous) Magician divines three numbers thought of by three spectators, propless
Related to 2017 暧昧 18
殷欣 (Sion) 都格 Magician correctly divines spectator's thought of animal, propless
Related to 2017 暧昧 22
殷欣 (Sion) 都格格 Magician correctly divines spectator's thought of famous landmark around the world, propless
Related to 2017 暧昧 27
殷欣 (Sion) 背叛 (Betrayal) Spectator imagines three different coins, places one in pocket, the other two in each hand. Magician divines the specific positions of all three imaginary coins while also detecting if spectator is lying or telling the truth (propless)
 		2017 暧昧 31
殷欣 (Sion) 殷果 Magician correctly divines the fruit the spectator is thinking of, propless
Inspired byRelated to 2017 暧昧 37
殷欣 (Sion) 殷果儿 Magician correctly divines the name of a famous person spectator is thinking of, propless
Related to 2017 暧昧 41
殷欣 (Sion) 欣机 Magician correctly predicts which everyday object spectator is thinking of (propless, only prediction written)
 		2017 暧昧 45
殷欣 (Sion) 杯杯 (Cup Cup) Magician correctly divines the card spectator is thinking of, propless
Related to 2017 暧昧 50
殷欣 (Sion) 杯杯杯 (Cup Cup Cup) Magician predicts the card the spectator is thinking of, inspired by Kolossal Killer
Related to 2017 暧昧 58
Wayne Houchin Stigmata Spectator squeezes arm of magician, the red markings rearrange to form the shape of a number the spectator is thinking of (value of card selected)
 		2019 Houchin: Counterfeit & Stigmata 23
Max Malini Cut and Restored Hair
2022 Max Malini 192