Professor's Nightmare

45 entries in Rope / Professor's Nightmare
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Howard Berman Miki's Methods
  • P&L Vanishing Wand Routine
  • Methods for Professor's Nightmare & Linking Ropes
 		1964 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1963-64) 72
Ed Mishell Roperama Professors's nightmare with restoration
Related to
  • p. 109 for reference
 July 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 109
Heinz "Durox" Rüegg 3 Tricks several brief descriptions
  • vanishing candy (Läkerol)
  • vanishing egg (with thumb tip)
  • sequence for professor's nightmare
 		1969 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 5) 83
Roger Sylwester The professor's incubus
Related toAlso published here 1970 Hierophant (Issue 3) 122
Pete Biro Professor's Nightmare Seit Up cutting piece of rope in front of spectators intro three pieces
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 46
Randy Atha 'Professor's (Second) Nightmare' three different sized ropes end up to be the same size and examinable
 		1971 Magick (Issue 25) 122
Sam Schwartz Three Way Ropes
  • Equal-Unequal
  • Knotting the Ropes
  • Three to One
see p. 520, p. 550 and p. 1300 for credit information on the plots
 		Mar. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 5) 506
Roger Sylwester The Professor's Incubus
Also published here 1973 Close-up Cavalcade 25
Unknown Three Rope False Count as required in Professor's Nightmare routines
 		1973 Close-up Cavalcade 30
Unknown Unequal Ropes
1973 Close-up Cavalcade 31
Amedeo Vacca End of a Nightmare
1974 Amedeo's Continental Magic 20
Conrad C. Bush Complete Circle three ropes tied into loops, they then form one big loop, then repeat and the big loop is actually one rope
Related to Aug. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10) 784
Karrell Fox Fox's "Unequal-Nightmare" Ropes
1976 Clever.... Like a Fox 125
José de la Torre New Professor's Nightmare
  • Cutting the Rope
  • The False Count
  • The Illusion of the Short, Middle and Long Ropes
  • The Triple "A" Illusion (All Alike Again)
  • The Paramount Long Rope Illusion
  • Knots to You! (The Sliding Knot)
  • Optional Climax (knot shot and it slides down rope)
  • Patter
  • A Few Comments
 		1977 Magicana of Havana in New York 59
Ed Mishell Ed Mishell's Subtleties ideas for previous routine
 		1977 Magicana of Havana in New York 79
Unknown Das Spaghetti Wunder patter
 		Dec. 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4) 133
Slydini Equal-Unequal Ropes starts with single piece
 		1979 The Magical World of Slydini 18
Johnny Cooper The Three Bears Professor s Nightmare patter for children's audience
 		1980 Polished Presentations 20
Pavel Drei-Seil-Routine with snap fasteners
 		1983 Neue Magische Ideen 9
James Lewis Hypnotizing the Professor
Related to 1985 Thinking About Magic 2
Christoph Borer 4. Kurz - Mittel - Lang with shoelaces, brief idea
Also published here 1989 Seminarheft 23
Mac King, John Cornelius The Professor Wakes Up Climax to Professor's Nightmare
Inspired by
  • "3-2-1 Nightmare" (Tom Ogden)
 1990 Howdy! I'm Mac King! 8
Jim Kahlert End of the Nightmare some loop moves at the end
 		Dec. 1991 Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 12) 2012
Sveroni Tricord intro for Professor's Nightmare, rope is cut once, suddenly performer holds three ropes with the same length
 		1991 Sveroni Original 9
Aldo Colombini Trio handling for professor's nightmare, rope is cut into three pieces and becomes one again, different approach
 		1991 FISM Lecture Notes 8
Bob Rees Cut-&-Restored Nightmare
Oct. 1992 Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 10) 2129
Aldo Colombini The Professor Strikes Again lead-in
 		Apr. 1994 Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4) 2346
Daryl Martinez Patter for the "Ropes of India"
1994 Facsimile (Issue 2) 22
Dan Harlan Burnt to the Core burnt bill is found in rope, with handkerchief and pan, rope routine, nightmare, restoration and endless loop
Related to 1994 The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 4) 1
Jon Allen Final Nightmare handling for Professor's Nightmare, fair displays of the ropes
 		1995 The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 2) 1
Jon Allen Freddy's Dead clever Professor's Nightmare variation
 		1995 Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut 6
Dan Garrett Professor's Daydream
Inspired by
  • "The Carver Ropes" (Bob Carver, marketed under "Professor's Nightmare")
Also published here
  • "Teasers & Ticklers" lecture notes
 1996 Top 10 14
Guy Hollingworth Hollingworth's Nightmare
Sep. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 9) 20
Scott SteelFyre Centrifugal Nightmare visual phase for finale of "Professor's Nightmare" routine
 		2003 Penumbra (Issue 5) 21
Danny Orleans Teaching Magic to Children Week One, Part II
  • Pediatrix
 		Feb. 2004 Genii (Vol. 67 No. 2) 20
Barrie Richardson The ABCs of Our Lives presentation for Bob Carver's Professor's Nightmare
 		2005 Act Two 203
Christoph Borer 6. Kurz-Mittel-Lang with shoelaces, brief idea
Also published here 2006 Compilation 161
Just Alan The Clay
Nov. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 11) 78
Karl Fulves Rope Count credit information on the false count for professors nightmare
Related to 2009 Prolix (Issue 6) 376
Trevor Lewis Professor's Nightmare Patter Variations
  • Barman's Routine
  • Professor's Nightmare Patter for Senior Citizens
  • Professor's Nightmare Patter for Car Launch
  • Professor's Nightmare Patter for Golf
 		2009 Routines Matter 122
Doug Edwards End of a Nightmare! ending for Slydini's "Professor's Nightmare" (Slydini Encores)
 		2013 Nukes 121
Christoph Borer Ali, der unglückliche Fakir three phases, rope routine
 		2016 21 185
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
Greg Boggs Greg Boggs offers his thoughts on why you shouldn't retire your Professor's Nightmare props just yet
Feb. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2) 62
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