Table Tennis / Ping Pong

27 entries in Games / Table Tennis / Ping Pong
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Maurice Garland A Postscript
  • Handkerchief to Egg with ping-pong ball
  • Silk & Egg shown, silk vanishes
Also published here 1903
Later Magic
345
Stewart James Sleightly Off threaded ping pong ball is removed underneath cloth
 		Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 134)
767
Jack Blades Balls and Ribbons from the Mouth Routine ping pong balls and ribbon from mouth routine
 		1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
28
Audley Dunham Floating Ping-Pong Ball between hands, thread
 		1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
67
M. E. Faber A Ping Pong Ball Routine rolls on rope
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
39
Tony Corinda No. 6. spectator is selected with ping pong ball, named place is predicted in an envelope
 		1958
The Swami Gimmick
18
Tony Corinda (6) Fire Balls table tennis balls and luminous paint
 		1959
Mediumistic Stunts
281
David Hoy By Gosh! It Moved! ping pong ball moves spookily, glued bug
 		1963
The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust
19
U. F. Grant Infallible Prediction ping pong ball is placed under one of three cups, different colors, prediction
Variations Jan. 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 394)
405
Patrick Page Ping-Pong on the Nose balancing a paper tube on the nose and throwing balls into it
 		1974
Tricks with Paper
15
Brian McCarthy Der steigende und fallende Tischtennisball table tennis ball floats down and up in glass of water
 		June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
69
Turk Pipkin S'No Ball ping-pong ball vanishes as it is tossed in the air
 		1985
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4
116
Steve Beam Ping Pong Force ping pong ball is thrown to audience, way to arrive at a stooge, see p. 436 for additional ideas
 		1985
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 7)
107
Marvyn Roy Omega-Four...One-Man Mental Act routine with four phases
  • named card is written on blank card in the deck
  • number divination, then signed bill travels to sealed card case
  • selected cards are named, memory stunt
  • spectator looks at ping pong ball and names a card, card appears inside case
Inspired by Sep. 1985
Magick (Issue 357)
1781
Karrell Fox Comedy "Ball N' Rope" ping pong ball balanced on short rope, then it is seen that it is stuck to it, gag
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
77
Karrell Fox The "Egg-splosion" egg hit into audience with ping-pong paddle, it explodes into confetti shower
 		1991
Goodies
111
Marián Jedlicka Magischer Pingpong-Ball ball penetrates to inside upside down cup when put into paper tube above it
Also published here
  • Prager Zaubereien
 Sep. 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 2)
51
Steve "Banachek" Shaw Super Psychic ping-pong ball on table
Inspired by Jan. 1993
Magick (Issue 483)
2413
Harry Anderson Ping-Pong Ball, Fruti & Flute comedy bit, ping-pong ball thrown into the air, caught and balanced on nose, eating apple and playing a tune on a flute with the nose to finish act
 		1993
Wise Guy
43
Harry Eng Eng's Bottles impossible objects:
  • Deck in Bottle
  • Ping (ping-pong ball in bottle)
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Astonishing Friends)
303
Martin Gardner The Ball That Rolls Uphill
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
experiment with two pencils and a ping pong ball
 		Jan. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 5)
73
Steve "Banachek" Shaw It Takes Balls check in envelope among others, all are shredded but one with fee, using pingpong balls
Inspired by 2003
Syzygy (Vol. 5 No. 15)
418
Hiroshi Sawa Ping Pong Pocus ping pong ball changes color twice, then paddle shrinks
 		2013
Japan Ingenious
232
Alexander de Cova ESPacology 2 nine spectators on chairs on stage with an envelope each, ping pong balls with numbers one to nine, one chosen, that spectator has a prize in the envelope, remaining envelopes contain large letters that make up prediction or company name
Inspired by Jan. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 4)
25
Nathan Kranzo Handful of Balls Gag Gag to use lots of ping pong balls to choose "random" spectator
 		2021
Kranzilla Unleashed
89
Christian Scherer Der Pokal mit der goldenen Kugel ball and vase routine, vase designed as trophy, ping-pong theme
 		2022
Der Pokal mit der goldenen Kugel
3
Christian Scherer Production of two Ping-Pong balls from purse frame, handling
 		2022
Der Pokal mit der goldenen Kugel
6