Popping Off

36 entries in Rope / Knot Effects / Popping Off
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Joseph H. Fries The Mystic Necktie rope tied around neck with bow knot, knot is removed
Also published here
 June 1937
The Jinx (Issue 33)
213
Tom Fitzgerald "Take It Off" knot is slid on rope then taken off
 		Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 49)
202
Joseph H. Fries Physician's Rope three part rope routine
  • Part I. " The Mystic Necktie"
  • Part II. "A Sailor's Rope"
  • Part III. Rope Riting"
Also published here
 1945
My Best
240
George Sands Sandsational Rope routine with extra piece
  • I. Brazen Restoration
  • II. Stretching a Rope
  • III. Frustrated Restoration
  • IV. Continuous Circle
  • V. Much Ado About Knotting
  • VI. Sliding Cut
  • VII. Sleight of Leg
  • VIII. Regular Restoration
  • IX. Removable Knot
  • X. Give a Magician Enough Rope
Also published here
Variations
 1949
Sandsational Rope
3
John Hamilton Hamilton's Idea sliding knot, that can also be picked off the rope
Also published here
 May 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 203)
812
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Fly-Away Knot
1968
Give a Magician Enough Rope... and he'll do a trick!
112
John Hamilton Hamilton's Idea sliding knot, that can also be picked off the rope
Also published here
 1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
78
Scurti The Magician Scurti's Jumping Knot
1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
79
John Stanley Thornton John Thornton's Shaggy Dog Panama rope cut in four pieces, three knots pop off
 		1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
235
Horace E. Bennett Flying Knot knot jumps off the rope into air
Related to
 Sep. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 11)
363
Marconick Restored Rope three pieces of rope knotted together, knots jump off and rope is restored
Also published here
 1970
Original Magic 4
5
Pavel The Knot Off the Rope knot is shot off with a gun
 		1970 ca.
Successful Magic
13
Karl Fulves* Knot Possible knot tied in loop of rope, in the end the knot drops off as ring, three phases
Inspired by
  • Milbourne Christophe Routine in The Sphinx
 June 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 8)
746
Tenkai Ishida False Knot Gimmick knot is moved and picked off rope, pipe cleaner gimmick
 		1974
The Magic of Tenkai
103
Philip Reed Willmarth, Burling Hull Pull the Knot & Ring Off
Related to
  • J. G. Thompson, Jr. "Top Secrets of Magic Vol. 2" P. 227
 1975
The Ring & Rope Book — Volume One
34
Karl Fulves*, Milbourne Christopher* Knot Possible three phases (first phase by Milbourne Christopher, other two by Fulves), knot routine with loop of ring, ring appears without letting go of the sides of the loop, knot comes off at the end
 		1977
The Magic Book
114
Horace E. Bennett The Amazing, Jumping, Flying, Sliding Knot knot jumps, slides and is picked off, then cut and restored rope
Inspired by
  • George Sands' "Ropesation"
Related to
 1978
On Your Feet
17
Marconick Corde coupée et raccommodée three pieces of rope knotted together, knots jump off and rope is restored
Also published here
 1979
New Original Magic — Volume 2
21
Danny Korem Pluck Knot knot plucked off rope
 		1985
Korem without Limits
110
Karl Fulves* Here Spot lose knot tied, loop/circle comes off rope
Also published here
Related to
 1986
Contemporary Rope Magic — Part II
37
Pat Conway The Invisible Sliding Knot gag, knot is tied into invisible rope via miming, knot is taken off and becomes real
 		1987
The Pat Way to Con
114
Pop-Off Knot No. 22, knot flies off rope when pulled
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
47
Karl Fulves* Here, Spot! No. 25, lose knot tied, loop/circle comes off rope
Also published here
Related to
 1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
51
Aldo Colombini Slip knot sliding along rope and finally jumps off the rope
 		1991
FISM Lecture Notes
6
Jean de Merry, Ken De Courcy Krazy Knots de Pavel presentation for Pavel's Krazy Knots routine
 		1991
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 53 No. 3)
25
Felix Farrell Pure Rope rope is cut several times with fingers and is then restored again, multi-phase routine
Inspired by
 1995
Aus dem Effeff...
51
Paul Harris Strange-O circle of loose knot in a piece of string is magically removed
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff)
37
Al Schneider Much Ado About Knotting, Part II
  • The Schneider Technique
rope routine with knots that vanish, appear, come off
 		Apr. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 4)
53
Alexander de Cova Jumpy-Knot knot visibly jumps off rope, elbow fold
Also published here
 2002
Homemade Magic
7
Alexander de Cova Jump off knot knot visibly jumps off rope, elbow fold
Also published here
 2004
Treasures
5
Joseph K. Schmidt, Karl Fulves* Unglue extra knot taken off rope
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
452
Jay Sankey Hot Knot moving knot, knot taken off and put on and untied, comedy presentation
Also published here
  • No Card Tricks DVD, ca. 2004
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3
1100
Gene Anderson The Pajama Cord Trick rope cut into three pieces, lengths change and after ends are knotted it restores again
  • A. Performance
  • B. Props and set-up
  • C. Gene's script
 		2016
Gene Anderson — The Book
76
Gene Anderson Tying the "Pop" Knot knot jumps from rope when pulled
 		2016
Gene Anderson — The Book
86
Gene Anderson Knot Dr. Seuss big knot is formed, falls of rope and performer is left with short piece of rope, Pavel's Krazy Knot
  • A. Background and Credits
  • B. The poem
  • C. Gene's script
  • D. Materials and tools
  • F. Seuss book
 		2016
Gene Anderson — The Book
189
Nick Diffatte, Tyler Erickson School of Hard Knots knot taken off rope, rope cut into three unequal pieces that become equal, tied into one long rope, knots come off and rope is restored and examined
Inspired by
  • "Professor's Math" (Aldo Colombini)
 2022
Offbeat
13