Instant Stooge

212 entries in Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dire à l'avance la carte que quelqu'un choisira a spectator names the card that another person selected
 		1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
113
Deviner d'avance celle de quatre cartes qu'une personne prendra librement spectator names a card that has been touched by another spectator from a group of four cards, performer whispers card to him previously
Variations 1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
149
Divination on Slate two spectators connected with rope for "thought transmission", name of card apparently written on slate by spectator
 		June 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 6)
85
Theodore Annemann Telepathy in the Audience spectator looks through the deck and removes a card, it's the card another spectator had chosen
VariationsAlso published here 1931
The Book Without A Name
19
Henry Christ Climax! impromptu stooge with reverse fan
Related toVariations Sep. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 24)
152
Joe Berg, The Card and Crystal Ball spectator divines selection in crystal ball, with variation by Joe Berg
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
35
By Means of the Fan Spread
  • a. Raising a Neat Fan
  • b. Raising a Ragged Fan
  • c. Spreading on the Table
  • d. Displaying a Reverse Fan
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
336
Martin Gardner Card Minded spectator divines card from other spectator
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
274
S. H. Wimbrough Wise Guy Catch everyone sees how it's done except spectator on stage
Also published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
323
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1939
The Jinx (Issue 57)
404
Joseph Ovette Think And Take spectator finds other spectator's card, reversed
 		1940
Fast Ones
7
Milbourne Christopher Finger Tip Telepathy instant stooge, submitting name of forced card to spectator
 		1943
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
76
Shaman Cagliostro's Spectacles spectator puts on special glasses when the cards are spread in front of him, he names all of the selections
Inspired by
  • an idea of DeLands, credit reference on page 191
Related toVariations 		Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 45)
185
S. H. Wimbrough Wise Guy Catch everyone sees how it's done except spectator on stage
Also published here 1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
9
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
308
Crystal Ball spectator sees information in crystal ball
 		1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
37
Harold Rasmus The Crystal Flame spectators name selected cards by looking at flame of a match
 		1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
19
Orson Welles The Town Skryer thought of card is revealed by another spectator while looking into a glass of water
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 103)
413
Reversed Fan to force a card, credited to Dunninger
Related to Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 103)
414
J. B. Bobo "Out of this World" Followup - Effect Number 1 spectator finds card that was selected at other end of room
 		1947
Watch This One!
52
Milbourne Christopher Mental Miracle chosen card and name are divined
 		Jan. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 8)
286
Clayton Rawson The Little Wonder Thought Projector spectator divines selection of other spectator, using egg beater as comedy prop, see p. 370 for idea by Edwin Shaw using a tray
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 2)
331
Pulse Trick divination by performer and spectator
 		1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
214
George G. Kaplan Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties impromptu stooge, card visible in crystal ball, then performer reads spectator's mind with gag revelation (paper panties)
Related toVariations 1948
The Fine Art of Magic
301
George G. Kaplan The Comedy of Errors transposition of a candle and a handkerchief plus a mind-reading gag where audience divines spectator's card
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
313
Lee Grabel Two Grabel Mysteries spectator reads other spectator's mind, reverse fan to force card
Related to 1951
Psychic Magic — Vol. 1
25
Reversed Fan Force
Jan. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 8)
742
Lewis Ganson The Crystal Prism name of selected card appears in triangular glass prism so spectator can divine it
 		1952
Routined Manipulation — Part Two
37
Gene "Phantini" Grant Next Card is It spectator finds selection in face down fan
Also published here Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 278)
1113
Reverse Fan Force impromptu stooge with reverse fan
 		1953
I'll Read Your Mind
48
Spectator's Choice spectator finds three selections, impromptu stooging with blank faced deck
 		1954
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
245
Laurie Ireland The Spectator Does a Card Trick spectator divines card, pip of card used to secretly shown to spectator
 		1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
18
Jack Avis All Fair Hallucination card chosen and returned, deck riffled in front of another spectator and he names a card, it is the first selection, faro, only odd-colored
Inspired by
  • "Hallucination" (Lloyd Jones)
 1956
1956 Card Annual
13
Dr. William Weyeneth Die hellseherische Schuhsohle audience member can name selections, duplicates under shoes to signal cards
 		1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 3)
509
Tom Bowyer A One-Man Impossibility? spectator with cloth over him divines chosen cards, cue sheet and force, originally published under Bowyer's stage name "T. Van Russell"
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1923
 Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
7
Tom Bowyer "Sucker" Effect spectator under cloth apparently divines cards, rest of audience plays along, originally published under Bowyer's stage name "T. Van Russell"
Also published here
  • marketed 1923
 Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
7
Tony Corinda (8) Psy Function spectator writes card on blackboard which predicts the selection by another spectator
 		1958
Predictions
114
Robert A. Nelson Second Sight-Seeing
1959
More Miracles in Mentalism
32
Matt Schulien Matt's Call A Card Force spectator is asked to name a card, one is secretly shown
 		1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
50
Alan Milan The Devil Speaks toy phone, spectator divines card, same as Douglas Kelley's Telephone Trick
Related to 1961
Still More Miracles in Mentalism
66
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks Kristallsehen chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Also published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
130
Dr. William Weyeneth Unerhörter Gedanken-Gleichschaltungstrick spectators chose same card, message on thumb tip to stooge people
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 3)
52
Jochen Zmeck Das Kartenprisma two cards chosen, spectator looks into glass prism and sees first selection, second spectator cannot see anything in prism and his selection turns out to be blank-faced
 		1961
Mikro-Magie Ganz Gross
21
S. H. Wimbrough Wise Guy Catch everyone sees how it's done except spectator on stage
Also published here Jan. 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 1 No. 9)
39
Reverse Fan Force
Nov. 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 2 No. 19)
77
E. Leslie May Person to Person spectator thinks of a card and deck is shuffled, second spectator takes deck and removes selection
Inspired by Nov. 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 2 No. 19)
79
Ace Gorham Thought Waiver spectator divines selection of other spectator, using big index to signal card
Related to May 1964
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 25)
103
Tony Kardyro A Cue For You & A Cue For Me spectator divines selection of other spectator, cuing spectator on stage and in audience
 		May 1964
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 25)
106
Arthur Monroe Lodestone reversed fan
 		Sep. 1964
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 29)
122
Douglas Francis Gedankenblitze spectator divines two selections
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 5)
78
Paul Stadelman Involuntary Telepathy spectator locates selected cards
 		1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
83
J. W. Sarles Two Minds spectator divines card by gazing into crystal
 		Winter 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)
135
Paul Maurer Der Streichholzschachteltrick spectator looks at flame of a match and divines chosen card
 		1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 6)
93
Eddie Fields Triple Spectator En Rapport
  • Phase 1: Magician receives spectator's thoughts
  • Phase 2: Spectator sends thoughts to second spectator
  • Phase 3: Spectator receives thoughts from another spectator
Also published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
80
Ken De Courcy Round the World with a Pack of Cards comedic routine in which multiple selections are found or divined with prop effects that are assigned to different countries, among the apparatus are: egg beater, card in balloon, snake basket
 		1968
Round the World with a Pack of Cards
1
Marconick The Inca Ring deck is cut into packets and a ring placed on one, spectator looks through ring and names top card
Also published here 1968
Magic Nr. 2
9
Ace Gorham Psychic Spectator?
1969
HEX!
22
E. Leslie May Penny for your Thoughts
1969
HEX!
56
Reverse Fan Force
Spring 1970
The Hierophant (Issue 3)
116
Francis J. Baker Logic two cards chosen, one found by performer and one by spectator, red-black alternating
Related toVariations Jan. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3)
311
Dai Vernon Color Cut shuffled deck cut into five packets, spectator removes bottom card of any packet and places it on top of any packet behind performer's back, card found, repeat, then a spectator finds card, one color crimped
 		May 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 7)
335
Jules Lenier The Card in the Ring comment on routine in Guyot, spectator looks inside ring and divines selection
Related to
  • Gilles-Edme Guyot's "Nouvelles Récréations mathématiques et physiques" (1799)
 Aug. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 24)
118
Paul Swinford Presentation of Marlo's Peek Deck spectator divines card
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
47
Stan Blumenthal Two-Dollar Pipe Dream spectator reveals card when looking in smoke, engraved pipe
 		1971
Magick (Issue 39)
192
Dr. Stanley Jaks A Spectator Reads A Mind secretly showing index to spectator
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
55
U. F. Grant Mindreading with Any Assistant No. 2 spectator divines chosen card, corner torn off
 		1972
The Living End
40
Billy McComb A Ring! spectator names card from invisible deck, it is predicted, card index on finger ring
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
145
Billy McComb Crystal Clear! card index seen in crystal
Inspired by
  • Card Crystal effect (Marvels of Mystery, John Booth)
 1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
147
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Side Steal Mindreading Gag No. 131, assistant sees palmed card, not clear if instant stooge or real assistant
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
37
Stan Blumenthal Houdini Glass spectator looks in glass of water and divines selection
 		1973
Magick (Issue 89)
443
Jerry K. Hartman Bi-Psychle spectator B finds spectator A's card from small packet, impromptu stooge
Variations 1974
Card Cavalcade II
138
Paul Maurer Cagliostro's Wunderbrille spectator puts on special glasses when the cards are spread in front of him, he names all of the selections, using card with two and with four indices
Inspired by 1974
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 35 No. 4)
74
Karl Fulves Telepathy Exists husband divines wives card and vice versa, only husband fooled, three phases
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
175
The Reverse Fan Force only one card visible
 		1976
The Third Ecstasy
22
Al Mann The Isomeric Card card with three indices, fan force
Variations 1976
The Third Ecstasy
22
Al Mann The Reverse Fan Force Supreme five cards thought of from a fan are named, with several isomeric cards / multi-indices card
Variations 1976
The Third Ecstasy
23
Karrell Fox Before Your Eyes any spectator in audience can name the selection of the person on stage, jumbo card on back of writing pad for instant stooging
 		1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
87
Burling Hull Crystal Ball Telepathy spectator sees name of card in crystal ball
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
51
Burling Hull Duke Outdone six cards chosen, divined by spectators in crystal ball
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
53
Clayton Rawson Der Wundersame Gedankenprojektor egg beater mind reading
Also published here July 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
101
Jochen Zmeck, Faucett Ross Der Zuschauer zaubert spectator choses and returns card behind his back (secretly reversed), another spectator locates it in a corner of the room
Related to 1977
Sechs mal Drei plus Eins
9
Looy Simonoff Mental Symmetry people read each other's mind, impromptu stooge
 		Nov. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 11)
123
Tony Binarelli Galaxy Telepathy a spectator finds another spectator's card
Variations Nov. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 11)
759
Philip T. Goldstein Doubleview two person select a card, both are divined
 		1979
The Yellow Book of Mentalism
22
Karl Fulves "Turning" The Spectator spectator unwittingly codes information
 		1979
The Shamrock Code / The Parallel Principle
20
Karrell Fox The Gift of the Magi invisible deck and table, spectator names a card, it is the only jumbo card in the pocket
Variations 1979
Another Book
279
Marconick L'anneau Inca deck is cut into packets and a ring placed on one, spectator looks through ring and names top card
Also published here 1979
New Original Magic — Volume 2
8
Steve Beam Mental Case spectator divines card, naturally printed on card case
Variations 1980
Card Tricks from Mount Olympus
6
Joe Karson, Ken De Courcy What is "The World's Fastest Card Trick"? comedy routine in which the spectator doesn't remember the card, then doesn't return it, and so on, until finally a wrong card changes into selection
  • The Method
  • The Third Card
Inspired by
  • "The World's Fastest Card Trick", Joe Karson, booklet, ca. 1948
 1980
The World's Fastest Card Trick
4
Ken De Courcy Roller-Banner spectator divines card, egg beater situation, as ending to "The World's Fastest Card Trick"
 		1980
The World's Fastest Card Trick
15
Ken De Courcy The Voice in the Teapot card chosen and lost, another spectator listens to a teapot and names card, card then found inside teapot
Inspired by
  • Arthur Setterington effect in The Magigram
 1980
Cards in Cabaret
41
Bill Voss Instant Rapport easy to teach/learn code, code words on back of long-short-pairs
 		Aug. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 8)
524
Gene "Phantini" Grant Card Challenge card divination with Al Mann's Isomeric Cards
Inspired by 1981
Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two
30
Steve Beam Mental Case spectator divines card, duplicate under cellophane of case
Inspired by 1981
Teaching an Old Deck New Tricks
9
Gene "Phantini" Grant Der zaubernde Zuschauer message arrow on blank card
Also published here June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
72
Trevor Lewis Spectator Finds A Card three methods, reverse fan, odd-backed card and one way back design
 		1981
Esolc
40
Stephen Tucker Foolproof gag force with a pen, revelation with spectator
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
44
A. Berkeley Davis Roger And Out spectator divines card, instant stooge
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
96
Randy Tanner The Psychic Queen index of card is printed on a queen for instant stooging
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
256
Instant Stooge Force card reversed
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
1
Frederick Braue Telemagic spectator finds another spectator's card in a corner of the room
(a.) card reversed
(b.) reverse fan
  • Braue's new method with double facer
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
13
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 "Mind-Dropper" six jumbo cards, one selected, another spectator drops all cards one by one except selection
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
38
Terry Seabrooke Mind Reading Can selected card is divined with a can by other spectator
 		1986
Seabrooke's Book
93
John Bannon III. Impromptu Stooge Swindle variation in which a spectator names the selection, faro fan
Inspired by 1986
Mirage
25
Jamy Ian Swiss Almost Gaff-Less Invisible Deck deck appears, named card is reversed
 		1987
An Interesting Application of That Principle
22
Karrell Fox "Turnaround Trick" audience names selection, giant card on back of spectator
 		1988
My Latest Book
113
Doc Eason Crystal Ball instant stooge, spectator reads card in crystal ball
Related to 1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
13
Reverse Fan Force
1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
13
Roger Klause What's Good for the Goose Is... spectator names card of another spectator, repeat with another spectator and card on forehead
 		1991
Roger Klause: In Concert
163
Frederick Braue Mental Routine outline, unclear what exactly happens
 		1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
20
Peter Duffie Message Understood spectator removes a number of cards and remembers card at that number, performer shows fans of cards to spectator who then names the selection, reverse fan
 		1992
Ulterior Motifs
3
John Riggs The Solution
1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
54
Paul Green It's Amazing (Spectators Are The PITs) spectator divines card from other spectator, when repeated all cards turn blank for a moment, reverse fan force
 		Jan./Feb. 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 15)
165
Tony Bartolotta Impact Slates card and number written on slates
 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
113
Lee Noble Flower Power smell of flower gives spectator powers, light bulb explodes or divination of chosen card
 		Feb. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 8)
11
Karrell Fox Here's Looking At You deck dropped in paper bag and shaken, spectator is told to take out any card he sees, it's the selection
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
38
Karrell Fox Right Off The Top Of Your Head chosen audience member divines selection, lazy tongs with card behind spectator
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
144
Steve Beam The Three Stooges two spectators find selection of the other
 		1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
25
Lloyd E. Jones Ein Einmann-Gedankenlese-Akt two spectators on stage divine things, instant stooge message cards
 		Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
65
Claude Rix Adaption d'une routine de Marlo-Cornélius four spectator cut to card and remember it, three divined by performer and one by spectator
Inspired by 1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
121
John Fareed The Mind Projector cuing audience to name selection from person on stage, tray, similar to Clayton Rawson's routine
Related to July/Aug. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 30)
344
Dr. Dan J. Alessini The Shell You Say spectator names selection by holding shell to ear
 		May 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 11)
4
Dr. Dan J. Alessini The Psychic Spectators a la "Neither Blind nor Silly", two spectator take a half each and divine other spectators selections
Related to June 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 12)
1
Karl Fulves Voice Print freely chosen card, deck in glass, message appears on slate to locate card
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
53
Reversed Card spectator finds another spectator's card in a corner of the room
Related toAlso published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
3
Reverse Fan spectator names card when looking at (reverse) fan
Related toAlso published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
4
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks' Ring index of card stuck to ring, so spectator can name another spectator's selection
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
4
Clayton Rawson Little Wonder Thought Projector egg beater mind reading
Also published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
4
Frederick Braue Discoveries - Telepathy chapter intro
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
8
The Amateur Mindreader spectator names card when looking at (reverse) fan
Also published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
8
Out of the Room spectator finds another spectator's card in a corner of the room, reversed
Also published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
9
Eddie Fields Making John Doe Moe spectator removes a card that stands out to him in corner of room, it matches prediction, with anecdote
Also published here Apr. 1997
MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 8)
77
Eddie Fields Making John Doe Moe spectator removes a card that stands out to him in corner of room, it matches prediction, with anecdote
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
36
Eddie Fields, Edward Marlo Triple Spectator En Rapport
  • Phase 1: Magician receives spectator's thoughts
  • Phase 2: Spectator sends thoughts to second spectator
  • Phase 3: Spectator receives thoughts from another spectator
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
114
Jochen Zmeck Der Zuschauer zaubert spectator choses and returns card behind his back (secretly reversed), another spectator locates it in a corner of the room
Related to 1998
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 60 No. 2)
49
Joshua Jay Triple Thought-of Card Magicians divine two thought-of cards without any questions or fishing
 		1999
Magic Atlas
66
Karl Fulves Repeat Cheat fourteen-card packet, three cards selected in spectators's own hands by dealing two poker hand and remembering top card, another spectator finds all, all three are the same unknowingly
Variations 1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
4
Ron Bonneau Enlightened Company spectator divines card of other spectator, cards look faded to spectator
 		1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 13)
327
Chuck Smith Fan Force methods using reverse and double fanning
 		2000
Tools Of The Trade
12
Chuck Smith The Regular Reverse Fan double fan application
 		2000
Tools Of The Trade
14
Simon Lovell Blind Man's Bluff spectator finds cards in deck, rest is secretly blank, cards are predicted
Inspired by 2000
Son of Simon Says!
85
Ben Harris Particle Physics Spectator names any card, card is found face up in the deck. Card is sandwiched between Jokers, packet is torn into four, card vanishes and appears face up in deck.
Related to 2000
Quarks & Quirks
24
Orson Welles The Town Skryer thought of card is revealed by another spectator while looking into a glass of water
Also published here Feb. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 2)
32
Lee Asher Fan-see meeting both of you here instant stooge, one ahead, two cards
 		2001
Hand Jobs
11
Thoughts in Color No. 19, spectator choses card from packet, another spectator finds it, only odd-colored
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
31
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta She Read Your Mind No. 68, spectator finds card which is divined by performer
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
103
Lewis Jones 4 - 6 - 11 three cards selected from twelve-card packet via dealing, a spectator finds all three
Inspired by 2002
Ahead of the Pack
47
Ali Bongo The Happy Medium cards shuffled and placed into houlette, spectator has bag over the head and divines cards
 		2002
Lecture Notes — Geneva 2002
8
Steve Beam The Human Transmitter spectator divines selection by removing card with same value and one with same suit, repeated
Inspired by 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
138
Karl Fulves Mental Case spectator removes mate of another person's selection from part of deck without knowing it
Inspired by
  • "Mental Deck" (Theodore DeLand)
 2003
Hofzinser Notebook
52
Jay Sankey Transference Magician divines spectator's thought of card, then another spectator divines another's thought of card, then spectator locates his own card
 		2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
22
Karl Fulves Pick It Out spectator thinks of a card from one deck, then upjogs three cards from another deck one of which must be his selection, another spectator find the right one from the backs, arrows on cards point to the right card à la instant stooging
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
58
Roberto Giobbi Pinetti's Prediction spectator names a card that has been touched by another spectator from a group of four cards, performer whispers card to him previously
Inspired byAlso published here July 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 7)
14
Anthony Owen Number At Card deck with numbers on the backs, named card has named number on back, two versions
Also published here 2003
Some Tricks
2
Roberto Giobbi Die geflüsterte Vorhersage spectator names a card that has been touched by another spectator from a group of four cards, performer whispers card to him previously
Inspired byAlso published here 2003
Kartenkunst für Salon und Bühne
20
Chris Wardle Mind Reading By Proxy
2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
20
Die Gedankenübertragung card is divined by spectator, with matchbook
 		2004
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 66 No. 6)
12
J. W. Sarles Prompt Impromptu "Telepathy On The Spot"
card chosen and replaced, spectator looks at fan of cards, meanwhile a spectator on other side of room names selection
 		2005
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)
413
Karl Fulves Stretching The Truth word written on wide rubber band when stretched is no longer readable when collapsed, instant stooge application
Related to 2005
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)
432
Rafael Benatar Right Between the Eyes spectator divines card from second spectator, then locates card in pocket
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 3)
82
Christoph Borer Herz 10
Related to
  • Herz 10 in "Seminarnotizen 2006"
 2006
Compilation
140
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 4. spectator thinks only jumbo index card
 		2006
Rara Avis
73
Boris Wild Out of this Deck performer removes card and spectator knows if they are red or black
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
86
Theodore Annemann Telepathy in the Audience spectator looks through the deck and removes a card, it's the card another spectator had chosen
Also published here May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
8
Jon Racherbaumer A Crown Con three selections (chosen, thought of and named) turn out to be the same card that the performer reverses under the table, two stooges that don't know how the effect work in its entirety
Inspired by May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
9
Reverse Fan Force
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
10
Eddie Fields Triple Spectator En Rapport
  • Phase 1: Magician receives spectator's thoughts
  • Phase 2: Spectator sends thoughts to second spectator
  • Phase 3: Spectator receives thoughts from another spectator
Also published here May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
12
Steve Skomp Spectrum secret cueing of spectator to write something on clipboard, blue writing under blue translucent foil
Also published here July 2006
MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 11)
85
Jack Parker Stooge Fright Magician divines three random selections
 		2007
52 Memories
200
Tony Binarelli Millennium Supermentalism a spectator finds another spectators's selections, jumbo index mixed with normal index
Inspired byAlso published here Aug. 2007
MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 12)
81
Anthony Owen Number at Card
  • Out of my Mind
deck with numbers on the backs, named card has named number on back
Also published here Feb. 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 6)
76
Docc Hilford Bound Blossoms "Secret #157 - Control Displacement", prediction of card and page from magazine, spectator stops while dealing, Kismet Envelope
 		2008
The Secrets of Dr. Tao
17
Trevor Lewis The Eyes Have It using The Eye Chart, three phases, spectator divines and locates cards, then she selects cards which were predicted
 		2009
Routines Matter
73
Rafael Benatar Entre Ceja y Ceja spectator divines card from second spectator, then locates card in pocket
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
144
Tom Stone Audience Cues using anamorphic image to cue audience (blurry part of design not seen from close, but from far away)
  • Version 2
Inspired by
  • "Crazy Huh?" (Irv Wiener, The New Jiny, April 1963)
 2009
Moonshine Monologues
15
Mike Hopley Crystal Clear spectator chooses card behind performer's back, another spectator divines it when looking into a crystal ball, then also the number where it is found in another deck
 		2009
Mind Blasters II
20
Steve Beam Filleted and Fried spectator finds performers selection and the other way around
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
91
Juan Tamariz A Case of Intuition spectator locates card that another spectator selected in corner of room, rising card gaff
Also published here Nov. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11)
66
Clayton Rawson, Patrick Page Clayton Rawson egg beater mind reading, with different variations
Inspired by 2011
Magic Page by Page
314
Karl Fulves Table Talk spectator divines card chosen under table, apparently a corner is torn off and restored for the rest of the audience
 		2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
607
Barrie Richardson Pants on Fire two phases
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Club 71, Sep. 2003
 2011
Curtain Call
229
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Peekaboo spectator B names A's selection
Also published here Oct. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10)
64
Doc Eason Crystal Ball Delight instant stooge, spectator reads card in crystal ball
Inspired byRelated to 2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
79
David Gabbay Window to the Soul spectator divines card, instant stooge, index stuck on coin
 		2012
Noteworthy
16
Joshua Logan, John Bodine, Brian Hart Freak Out tabled card is named card, not really but with graphic image on card that gets a reaction
Also published here Nov. 2012
MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 3)
66
John Guastaferro, Andrew Brown Piecing the Clues Together
2013
Discoveries & Deceptions
18
Tyler Wilson Special Forces Magician riffles through deck and has spectator see and think of any card, works 100% if the time
  • Riff Raff
  • Assault Riffle
 		2013
Bich Circa '99
7
Chris Westfall Three Stooges Second spectator correctly divines the first spectator's selection
 		2013
Calculated Chaos
38
Jan Logemann Instant Stooging Think-a-Card
2013
Stand-Up Fantasies
8
Dominique Duvivier Premonition-Telepathy spectator finds a chosen card, then divines one
 		June 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 6)
86
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Peekaboo spectator B names A's selection
Also published here 2014
Card Men
39
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
130
Reverse Fan Force blank fan forces bottom card, dual reality, spectator does not think he is "in on it"
 		2014
Applesauce
119
Jim Steinmeyer The Emperor's New Deck deck is shown blank on both sides, on normal card is shown and set aside, it eventually is shown to be a named card, twenty-six blank-backed red cards
  • Variation: The Emperor & The Instant Stooge
Also published here 2014
The Molecules of Magic
15
Stephen Tucker Invisible Deck Prediction card named from invisible deck is predicted in envelope
 		2014
Runes of Tomorrow
31
Jim Steinmeyer The Emperor's New Deck
  • Conjuring
deck is shown blank on both sides, on normal card is shown and set aside, it eventually is shown to be a named card, twenty-six blank-backed red cards
  • Variation: The Emperor and The Instant Stooge
Also published here Sep. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 9)
40
Luca Volpe The Eye Of Horus
  • Loving Mentalism (Ian Rowland)
spectator names a prediction card after sprinkling some salt on an Eye of Horus image
 		June 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 10)
62
Vanni Bossi Pre-show within the Show "name your favorite card"
 		2016
Standup Card Magic
126
Paul Vigil Two Minds with But a Single Thought two spectator's read each other's mind
 		2017
The Doors of Deception
221
Joseph Dunninger Dunninger Force reversed fan
Related to 2017
In Search of the "perfect" Rise
20
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Juha-Matti Ristiharju Hofzinser's Glance Force Variation
Related to
  • Hofzinser's "Glance Force" in Magic Christian's "Non Plus Ultra Vol. 2", 2013. P. 56.
 2017
In Search of the "perfect" Rise
22
Chris Rawlins Drop Card spectator with eyes closed locates a selection with elimination process, stopping over tabled spread multiple times
  • Another Approach (gaffed method)
Also published here
  • "Drop Card" (Mind Experiments, Chris Rawlins, 2010)
 2017
The Event, 2017
47
Anthony Owen Number At Card deck with numbers on the backs, named card has named number on back, two versions
Also published here 2017
Secrets
175
Tino Plaz Kristallklar two cards are divined with a crystal ball, a spectator divines the third selection
Inspired by 2018
Moby Trick
10
Nathan Kranzo Nifty Ring Force Thought of card appears at exact position inside a loaf of sliced bread
 		2021
Kranzilla Unleashed
54
Steve Skomp Spectrum secret cueing of spectator to write something on clipboard, blue writing under blue translucent foil
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
516
Tony Binarelli Millennium Supermentalism a spectator finds another spectators's selections, jumbo index mixed with normal index
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
644
Joshua Logan, John Bodine, Brian Hart Freak Out tabled card is named card, not really but with graphic image on card that gets a reaction
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1160
Juan Tamariz A Case of Intuition spectator locates card that another spectator selected in corner of room, rising card gaff
Also published here 2024
Flamenco
207
Alexander de Cova Eine freche Kartenforce reverse fan and left-handed indexed card
 		2025
Sechzig Sechzig
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Reynard Vulpes Neurowire spectator with paper bag over his head divines symbol, number, card, instant stooge, then paper balls over the head situation in which rest of audience is instant stooged
Inspired by 2026
Out of the Blue (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8