Animation

50 entries in Match & Matchbox / Match / Animation
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Die gehorsamen Streichhölzer matches in water with heads toward center, the move out in star formation
 		Nov. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 11)
173
Antonio Molini Das furchtsame Streichhölzchen rubber-banded match shoots out when ignited
 		June 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 6)
93
Das magnetische Streichhölzchen match moves by itself, blowing
 		June 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 6)
93
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Paraffinade tändstickor utan svafel och fosfor. No. 6, deck of playing cards changes to matchbox, match is balanced on box and then broken and restored in handkerchief
 		1926
Magische Miniaturen
25
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Wo sind die Streichhölzer? matches do not fall from machbox, then sort of monte with matchboxes
 		1930
Zauberkunststücke
10
William H. McCaffrey The Jumping Match or Toothpick
Related to 1938
Greater Magic
830
George Sutcliffe, Tom Sellers Repel-Attract matches move apart between fingers, rubber tubing
Variations 1939
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)
412
Theodore Annemann Klein aber fein two matches are put cross-wise on table, match starts moving when selection is held above
 		1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Ottokar Fischer Das behexte Zündholz match is balanced upright on sleeve, table, shoulder etc.
 		1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 5)
17
J. B. Ward Shooting the Match match and match box configuration on table, one match leaning against another shoots away
 		1941
After the Dessert
11
Hans "Severus" Ernst, Van Balen-Blanken, Edwin Leist-Bernini 3x1 three ideas with matches
1. balancing match on table
2. matches move by themselves, held between fingers (Van Balen-Blanken)
3. animated matches (Leist-Bernini)
Also published here
  • Van Balen-Blanken's "Magnetische Zundhölzchen" in "Magie" 1938.
 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 2&3)
17
Al Baker The Flying Match Head
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
129
Rising and Falling Match match floats up and down in filled bottle
 		1943
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
71
Tom Sellers The Match Jumper jumps from hand into air
 		1943
Magical Mixture
12
Al O'Hagan Allow Me matchbook opens and a match stands up on it's own
 		Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 51)
210
Billy McComb William Amid the Fakirs gazing at a match causing it to ignite
 		1947
The First Book of William
42
Milbourne Christopher "Doozy Dumbbell" Tip
Nov. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 6)
367
George G. Kaplan Magnetic Thought Transference matches placed on seven-card row on table, another match reacts magnetic to match on chosen card
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
105
U. F. Grant Rising and Vanishing Match match rises out of matchbox, vanishes in handkerchief
 		Oct. 1948
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2)
7
Grasshopper Matches jumping match
Also published here 1949
Over the Coffee Cups
10
Have a Light match balanced on finger and strike match behind ear
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
11
Rocket Matches match zooms across the room, gag
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
12
, Jerry Lukins Mike and Ike matches in bottle with water sink and come back up again
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
13
Match, Nickel, and Glass match balanced on edge of coin is moved, under glass
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
25
Walter Essman It Floats match floats in front of hand
 		Oct. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 265)
1061
Matt Schulien The Jumping Match jumping match
Also published here 1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
66
Jochen Zmeck Das magnetische Zündholz match animation with hidden piece of rubber tube
 		1961
Mikro-Magie Ganz Gross
27
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia Las Cajas de Fosforos Sonantes y... Los Fosforos Magneticos empty and full matchbox, matches travel to other box (sound), in second routine, matches only fall out of box on command of performer
 		1967
Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo
86
Anti-Gravico hydrostatic bottle, match slides in from below, then slides back down
 		June 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 8)
342
Stephen Minch Nervous Matches small items on table move, invisible thread
 		1975
Mind & Matter
35
Jumping Match
  • match lying on matchbox jumps up when touched with another match, flick method
  • metal foil method
  • jumps away as one is trying to light it
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
204
Jim Ryan The Static Matches match jumps in the air when touched by second match
 		1977
Lecture Notes Bar Magic
1
Fred Robinson, Peter Wentworth, Wally Boyce Where There's Smoke
  • jumping match
  • match puzzle, breaking it with one hand
  • puzzle, match head falls off
 		Aug. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 12)
609
The Jumping Match No. 20, match jumps when touched with other match
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
22
It Floats! No. 75, toothpick / match sticks to hand and floats behind fingers
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
92
Karl Fulves Zombie Match book of matches rises behind a handkerchief and floats, in the end one of the matches lights spontaneously
 		1982
Wireless II
38
George McAthy, Peter Wilker Die Geburt einer Idee match levitation behind interlocked hands, with notes on Zombie and Square and Circle by Wilker
 		1982
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 6)
144
Al Mann The Invisible Force effects with secretly magnetized needles
  • Psychic Motion (animation of matches)
 		1982
Eff-Oes
10
Pascal Monmoine Match Missile building a match missile
 		May 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6)
1234
David Ashton Focal Point burnt match starts to stand up on palm of the hand
 		Oct. 1984
Magick (Issue 341)
1701
Gaëtan Bloom The Bloom vs. Kulagina Match all matches jump out of box, invisible thread
Variations 1986
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5
46
Dan Harlan Spread 'Em matchbook with four matches, matches are piled up and then spread still attached to the matchbook
 		Mar. 1990
The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 1)
8
John Carney Suicide Match matchbox opens itself and match slides out
 		1991
Carneycopia
128
Ken Meaux Bits and Pieces jumping mach done with splinters and vampire story, to answer questions
 		July 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 1)
12
Richard Bartram, Jr. Match Made in Heaven match stands up in match box, then floats between hands
 		1993
Mystification
83
Michael Close, Gaëtan Bloom Bloom in Your Hand thread set up to balance card on hand and making matches fly from matchbox
Inspired by July/Aug. 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 18)
200
Michael Close Bloom On Your Hand matchbook cover stands on edge (I.T.R.), match animation
 		1994
Workers Number 4
32
Martin Gardner The Cartesian Matches
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
matches floating up and down in bottle of water
 		Aug. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 12)
85
Mark Elsdon Reel Floating Match match floats over playing card, invisible thread strings around card
 		Jan. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 5)
71
Al Baker The Flying Match Head
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
262