Miscellaneous

126 entries in Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
How to terrify such as are entirely unacquainted with the Nature of Phosphorus writing and drawing on walls, glowing in the dark, lighting a match
 		1784 Breslaw's Last Legacy 96
Ein Licht anzünden, ohne dessen Docht zu berühren No. 3, blowing out a candle an igniting a match by being only near the wick
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 158
Antonio Molini Ein Zündholz mit einem Tropfen Wasser anzuzünden "lighting a match with a drop of water"
 		Oct. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 10) 159
The Mysterious Match match blown out through sleeve
 		1909 The Art of Magic 332
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Materialisation einer Flamme vanish and production of a silk in flame of match
 		1927 Leichte Zauberei 69
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Striche auf den zwei Streichhölzern pencil marks on matches, paddle routine
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 12
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das empfindsame Streichholz blowing out a lit match through the sleeve
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 13
Harry Valcarte The Reverso Match match reverses in fist, head always on other side
 		1933 Expert Manipulative Magic 36
A Match Gag "used by Maurice"
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 2
Silent Mora Comedy Gag spectator given a lit match and then forgotten about
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 3
Tom Sellers Match Monte finding burnt match between fingers
 		1935 Quick Tricks 4
Theodore Annemann, John Northern Hilliard More Higher Magic match is tossed to ceiling and hangs there on head
Related to 1936 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36) 87
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Inverted Match Through Fist match turns over as it is pushed through fist
 		1937 The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin 38
Striking a Match in the Air flourish
 		1938 Greater Magic 828
Harry Stern Equine Matchistry creating horse figure out of paper matches
 		1938 The Jinx (Issue 41) 280
Paul Lesser Light That Was blowing match out through sleeve with new method
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 55) 392
Franklin M. Chapman Impromptu Match Routine
  • blowing match out through sleeve
  • burnt match head pops off, invisible hair
  • vanish of pieces
  • jumbo match appears
 		June 1939 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 12) 3
Franklin M. Chapman Match-Ic Numbers number appears on head of match, mental calculation
 		Sep. 1939 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 3) 4
Abril Lamarque Match Gag gag in which match doesn't go out and is then put in pocket lightened
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 75) 498
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Tips on thin coins, matches and gamblers
 		May 1940 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 11) 4
Match Folder Wager bet that spectator cannot light twenty matches in a row with one strike
 		1941 After the Dessert 10
The Nazi Cross gag
 		1941 After the Dessert 11
A. F. Vickland A Match for You “thought-of” number (after a mathematical process) appears on head of a burnt match, mathematical force of four
 		1941 Original Ideas in Magic 5
Laurie Ireland Matchless Magic match is blown out normally and second one through the sleeve, then both are relighted and when blown at one both go out
 		1942 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1942) 4
Byron Churchill First Fumes performer mimes rolling a cigarette, lights a match and later blows smoke from his mouth
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 45) 187
John Batton Striking Experiment matchbook put in water, matches can still be ignited
 		June 1943 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 1) 3
Jean Hugard The Long and Short of It "A Sure Force"
forcing an object by letting the spectator selects a match, short piece and normal match
 		July 1943 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 2) 6
Richard Himber Match on Edge match on edge stunt with new method
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 70
Self-igniting Match brief
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 139
Milbourne Christopher A Match Tip a burning match is split in two
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 80) 327
Shaman Shaman's Lucifers two matchboxes, in one the matches are burnt, then they change places with the unburnt matches in the other matchbox
Related to
  • Stuart Robson's "Tips on Flashpaper"
 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 83) 336
Jean Hugard Cigar Gas gag with cigar and match
 		May 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 12) 119
A Light Interlude match goes out repeatedly just as a cigarette is about to be lit, same if spectator tries (chemically)
 		Nov. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 6) 165
George G. Kaplan The Fifteen Match-Sticks Puzzle game/puzzle
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 279
Strike Match on Bill igniting match with Dollar bill
 		1949 Over the Coffee Cups 4
Happy Birthday practical joke with matches
 		1949 Over the Coffee Cups 11
Have a Light match balanced on finger and strike match behind ear
 		1949 Over the Coffee Cups 11
Kiddie Kar practical joke with matches
 		1949 Over the Coffee Cups 11
Rocket Matches match zooms across the room, gag
 		1949 Over the Coffee Cups 12
The Three Bears joke with matches
Also published here 1949 Over the Coffee Cups 13
Russell Swann The Photographic Match No. 36, card is selected, match is lit and when extinguished, name of card appears on head of match
Related to 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 65
Hans Kaiser "Matchic" heads of two matches jump around
 		1950 Routined Manipulation — Part One 87
The Very Peripatetic Paddle paddle move and routine with knife and pieces of paper and matches
 		1953 Classic Secrets of Magic 46
Mayette Originelles Anzünden eines Streichholzes flourish way of lighting a match
 		1953 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 1) 96
Martin Gardner Mity Match two paper match routines, vanishing / appearing spots on match
  • Multiplying Spots
  • Diminishing Spots
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 307) 25
Karrell Fox A Striking Interlude jokes with exploding match, chainsmoker and getting hump on back because of smoking Camel
 		1954 Kornfidentially Yours 14
Eddie Joseph The Flame in the Bottle match is placed inside empty spirit bottle and flame and sound is produced, performer can repeat it but spectator will fail
 		1954 A Magician Goes to Dinner 4
Eddie Joseph Hot Money coin held over match catches fire
 		1954 A Magician Goes to Dinner 6
Eddie Joseph The Thin Man match turns over while pushed through fist, head on other side
 		1954 A Magician Goes to Dinner 8
Der Kopf des Chinesen head of burnt match jumps off
 		1954 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 3) 195
Tricks mit Duoplast ideas with Duoplast, sticky magic with pencil, matched and cards
 		1955 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 6) 374
David E. Kirk Ireland Giant Match from the Coat Gag as Kirk the Magician
 		1956 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956) 44
Martin Gardner Matches intro
 		1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 55
Otto "Sasso" Lutz Eine kleine Sache von grosser Wirkung gag with matches
 		1956 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 2) 427
Walter Rollins The Time Machine time machine themed routine
  • small deck changes into large one (Micro Macro)
  • red and blacks separate
  • burnt matches
  • torn and restored bills
 		1960 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960) 37
Win Beaver Match-A-Magic spectator removes amount of matches, one match is burnt and number of removed matches appears on head of match
 		1961 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 354) 244
Paul Marcus A Southern Exposure three selections are found with matches
 		1963 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 378) 341
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein Tricklein als Apres-Lunch apparently igniting a match by rubbing it on an other match
 		1965 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 2) 20
Heinz "Durox" Rüegg Vom Gag zum Trick eating a lit match, flame appears from sleeve, while smoking
Related to
  • "Magie" 11/1964
 1966 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 2) 25
Zwei Mini Gags
  • gag with matches for non-smokers
  • spectator sits on coin or card, date or value are divined when performer watches inside mouth
 		1968 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3) 57
Eddie Joseph Match Mysteries chapter intro
 		1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 161
Jack Bateman The Super Duper Safety Match head of match jumps from end to end
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 21
Ken De Courcy Part two - Match Magic chapter intro
 		1971 At the Drop of a Match 6
The Nothing-to-do Match Trick two matches put in two fists, they (apparently) change orientation
Also published here
  • Magigram
 1971 At the Drop of a Match 7
Ken De Courcy The Ringed Match finger ring on match, match locket between first finger and thumb, hand is turned and when match comes back in view the ring vanished
 		1971 At the Drop of a Match 10
Witchwood match changes orientation in fist, vanish as climax
 		1971 At the Drop of a Match 14
Werner "Werry" Geissler Werry's Crazy Match Routine match changes orientation in fist several times, second match is shown and matches vanish
 		1971 At the Drop of a Match 16
The Marked Match one of ten matches marked by spectator, all mixed in hat, performer finds it by touch
 		1971 At the Drop of a Match 19
Ken De Courcy Part Four - Match Gags chapter intro
 		1971 At the Drop of a Match 32
Road Hog gag in which spectator is made to hold matches in funny way
 		1971 At the Drop of a Match 32
The Three Bears joke with matches
Also published here 1971 At the Drop of a Match 33
La Cerilla Acrobata match pushed through tube, turns over
 		1973 Aprenda Ud. Magia 27
Juan Tamariz Cerillas Electricas electric matches, joke
 		1973 Aprenda Ud. Magia 85
Eric Mason Uriker match slowly breaks in half
 		Sep. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 1) 7
Karl Fulves Sleight of Crime four coins in four matchboxes, spectator secretly removes on coin and mixes the matchboxes, a match is light and goes out in front of the empty box, then the date of the coin is revealed
 		1974 Close-Up Mental Magic 36
Martin Gardner With Magnets picking up metal things with match, see also p. 834 for clarification, p. 874 for obtaining magnets
Related to Dec. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 2) 829
T. Nelson Downs The Reversing Match Match reverses when pushed through hand
Variations 1975 Magic With Faucett Ross 182
Fred Robinson, Jan Heins Where There's Smoke
  • cigarette rolls over the table and back, version where it rolls to on side.
  • light a match with a cigarette and smoke it (Jan Heins)
  • cigarette is smoked through without any ash falling off
 		Nov. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 3) 489
Jim Ryan Off with its Head! invisible hair, head of match pops off
 		1977 Lecture Notes Bar Magic 2
John Chia I have your Number Matches in spectator's hand is the same number as the magician's matches
 		1977 The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan 35
Fred Robinson, Bob Hamilton Where There's Smoke
  • bar bet with a match box
  • matchbox and coin, divine if heads or tails, stooge
  • match in hand, matchbox balanced on back of the hand, box is tossed and match ignited
  • remove flame from lighter to light cigarette, gag
 		June 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 10) 588
Karrell Fox, Fred Robinson, Martin Breese, Fred Snooks Where There's Smoke
  • smoking thumb, by inhaling smoke of a match (sent in by Martin Breese)
  • smoke a matchbox
  • split a burning match to give fire
  • extinguish a match by blowing in the opposite sleeve, paper match (Karrel Fox)
  • joke, matches and water (Fred Snooks)
 		July 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 11) 603
John Cornelius Fireworks "Curiosities"
lit match is placed behind back and comes out out (gag), then in repeat it comes out lit again
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue 12) 1181
Karl Fulves Notes Sarles story about driving a match into wood, linking rings with alternative objects (phone wire, tires), psychics and spirit raps story by Jay Weiler
 		1979 The Chronicles (Issue 22) 1282
Karrell Fox The "Holy-Head" Match blowing a match out that is held over the head with paper matches
 		1979 Another Book 61
John Fealey Smokey smoke from mouth, with match, smoking thumb
 		June 1979 The Talon (Issue 4) 40
William H. McCaffrey Die verheirateten Streichhölzer story illustrated with matches
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1977
 Nov. 1980 Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 3) 118
Ken Brooke The Twirling Match stunt in which flame on lit match spins
 		1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 46
Who Pays the Bills? No. 18, bar bet, matches broken in half, one who takes the last one has to pay, favorite of Nate Leipzig
 		1981 Self-Working Table Magic 20
Tom Mullica Schizophrenia crazy cigarette - match - potpourri
 		1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 75
Reinhard "Stutt" Stuttman Chinese Numbers party stunt with matched
Variations July 1982 Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 7) 658
Sid Lorraine Apocalypse Variations Or Additions party stunt
Related to Apr. 1983 Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 4) 767
Striking a Match Magically! No. 23, flourish
 		1983 101 Psychic Tests 7
The Light Touch effects and gags with match, cigarette, silk that bounces back from floor
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 21
Miscellaneous Forces
  • forcing four cards with (re)dealing
  • odd-even number of things to force one of two spectators (matches or corners of newspaper)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 30
Gary Hipp Scorcher match burns and apparently performer forgets it, it burns without burning the fingers
 		1987 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 19) 323
Christoph Borer 4. Der geschickte Zauberer matchbox is thrown into the air and match is lit
Also published here 1988 Seminarheft 8
Fantasio Feuerzeug zu Streichholz match is removed from a non-working lighter and ignited
 		1988 Fantasio 10
Christoph Borer 3. Der Geschickte Zauberer matchbox is thrown into the air and match is lit
Also published here 1989 Seminarheft 22
Ken Krenzel Turn-Tail Match match turns over when pushed through fist
Inspired by 1990 Close-up Impact! 28
Tomo Maeda Match Transposition match is torn out of matchbook and lit, it transposes with all the unlit matches in the matchbook
 		1992 Five Times Five — Japan 37
The Mysterious Cross mark appears on spectator's hand, with match
 		1993 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8 61
William H. McCaffrey The Newlywed Match Trick paddle effect with paper matches and story
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1111
Chad Long Insta-Match match touched to striking surface lights, when touched on other side goes out
 		1994 The Lost Cheesy Notebooks — Volume One 14
Marc Paul, Anthony Owen Matchmaker two signed matches travel back in the hand, then they fuse together
 		1995 The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 1) 1
Angelo Carbone Striking Art performer removes match from drawn matchbox on a pad and strikes it on striking surface on paper
 		1995 The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 1) 9
Yuji Yamamoto Perfekter Alladin Streichholz appearing burning match, building the holder
 		1996 Ideen von Yuji Yamamoto 8
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Bonfire matches in shot glass start to burn by themselves, chemical
Related to 1997 Ah-ha! 60
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Boga-Boga matchbox is thrown in the air and a match is lit
Also published here 2000 Anam Cara 23
Marty Kane Card Craps two sets of Ace through Six are shuffled and dealt into pairs, all equal 7
 		2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 146
Rudolf Braunmüller Eine Kerzen- und Streichholz-Kombination gag sequence with candle that cannot be blown out and gag matches
 		2000 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4&5) 189
Chris Wardle The Perfect Match card chosen, it is predicted inside a paper match that turns out to be a rolled up piece of paper
 		2000 Ten Mysteries 9
James G. Thompson Jr. Matching Matches match pushed into fist, comes out the other way
 		2001 Discoverie (Issue 5) 60
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Boga-Boga matchbox is thrown in the air and a match is lit
Also published here 2002 Anam Cara auf Zirkeltour 2002 12
Giovanni Livera A Light for Lola burning match is balanced on thumb
 		Feb. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 2) 37
Al Baker Card and Safety Match Trick name of card appears on tip of burned match
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 686
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Boga-Boga matchbox is thrown in the air and a match is lit
Also published here 2006 Compilation 24
Christoph Borer 3. Der geschickte Zauberer matchbox is thrown into the air and match is lit
Also published here 2006 Compilation 159
Darwin Ortiz The Fire Test lit match placed in hand
 		2006 Designing Miracles 134
Patrick Page God Bless Cardini gag to strike a match on the shoe
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 288
Ken Brooke Another OOOOOOOHH! gag, bundle of matches are ignited at once
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 293
Alexander de Cova Flamethrower Match large flame appears on lighted match, match given out, tube with gas
Inspired by
  • "Flamethrower Match" (John Kennedy)
Also published here 		Nov. 2013 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 12) 12
Alexander de Cova Flamethrower Match large flame appears on lighted match, match given out, tube with gas
Inspired by
  • "Flamethrower Match" (John Kennedy)
Also published here 		2015 Burners — Vol. 1 254
Emil Jarrow Match under Glass Bet paper match balances on a coin on edge under a glass, bet about removing the match, comb with static electricity
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 50 No. 5, Sep. 1951
 Mar. 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3) 66
Anthony Owen, Marc Paul The Perfect Match two matches signed by performer and spectator travel and eventually fuse together
Also published here 2017 Secrets 155
Anthony Owen, Marc Paul Perfect Match two matches signed by performer and spectator travel and eventually fuse together
Also published here 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 258