176 entries in Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Clement de Lion Ein Würfelkunststück die vanishes in dice cup and reappears, match stuck inside cup to keep the die in place
Sep. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)
143
Eddie Joseph A Chinese Routine
1942 59
Senor Charles Mardo The Glass Mystery Cup and Ball routine with newspaper-covered glass
1945 7
Tommy Vanderschmidt Gone Ball ball vanishes from under cup and appears in pocket, then ball penetrates handkerchief
Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 278)
1111
"Senator" Clarke Crandall "Senator" Clark Crandall's Cup and Balls one cup and three balls, no magnet
Related to 1954/27 39
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1957 197
Jochen Zmeck Masse und Energie "Ein neues Becherspiel"
cups and balls routine with hidden magnet between fingers
1960 8
David Price Hocus Pocus with Chop Cup not the collector David Price, Chop Cup routine
1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
47
Edward Marlo Chop Cup Idea using an additional magnet
Feb. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 366)
292
Phoa Yan Tiong Rice Bowl and Balls two final loads under bowl
1967 310
Arthur Setterington Joe Smith - Hypnotist paper ball travels from pocket to under cup, the third time it changes color
1968 6
Dan Tong Cup & Three Balls three phase routine, see p. 200 for reference
Related to Apr. 1968 174
Bob Ostin The "One Cup, One Ball, One Move" Routine normal cup
Also published here 1968 14
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen One Cup - Two Balls chop cup, two large balls as climax
1969 130
David Berglas, Lewis Ganson, Ralph W. Hull The Master Move For 'The Homing Ball' moves for ball and cone
1969 182
Kirk Stiles Cop Out one-cup routine performed on left hand, using silk and second cup
Sep. 1969 279
Eddie Joseph Bewildering Buttons routine with buttons and plastic cups and magnet gimmick at finger (impromptu chop cup style)
  • Downward Penetration
  • Upward Penetration
  • Direct Penetration
1969 179
Aaron Black Black's Magnetic Cup Routine with three balls and one cup, three final sponge ball loads
Related to 1969 169
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here 1970 18
Bob Zraick Zraick's Chop Cup Move
1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
79
Steve Spillman 39c Routine chop cup with Oriental ceramic cup
1971
Magick (Issue 26)
128
Paul Swinford A Chop Cup Routine with small opaque glass as part of routine
Related to 1971 1
Fred Kaps, Larry Jennings Combination. Larry Jenning's One Cup-Three Ball & Chop Cup Routine
Related to 1972 3
Billy McComb Chop Cups for All using glass with paper cover and magnet secretly added
Inspired by
  • Jennings Chop Cup routine, Genii, Mar. 1965
1972 83
Don Nielsen Dice Cup dice chop cup, used for visual die through cup
Related to Nov. 1974 821
Gerald Kosky Impromptu Magnetic Cup magnet in aluminium foil, cover for glass
1975 233
Joseph LaMonica, Lawrence Nudelman Cups and Bills into Change chop cup with rolled-up bill as ball, final production of spring bill bouquet and cup full of coins
1975-1978 ca. 1
Dai Vernon The Cone, Ball and Handkerchief short comments
1976 10
Frank Garcia The Soft Chop-Chop or You Don't Have to Be Chinese to Do This Trick chop cup routine with sponge balls, magnet in sponge
1976 173
Paul Harris Bayberry Bag Swindle chop cup routine with paper bag and paper ball loads
Also published here 1976 3
Ralph W. Hull Kegel und Ball ball and cone
Also published here
  • Ralph W. Hull's "The Homing Ball" in "Smart Magic", 1935.
1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 4)
112
Larry Jennings The Larry Jennings Chop Cup Routine
Related toVariations 1977 57
David Carré Impromptu Cup & Ball impromptu chop cup with a mug
Feb. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 6)
370
Barry Govan Cup and Ball Trio one cup and three balls, four phases
1977 121
Beer Can Routine bottomless beer can for cup and three balls (rolled-up bills) routine
1977 139
Shigeo Takagi Shigeo Takagi's One Cup Routine one-cup routine with solid cup finale
Related to 1977 1
Ein billiger Chop Cup chop cup made from paper cups
1977
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 38 No. 1)
3
Roy Johnson Close Up Parade chop cup routine with dice cup and balls, combination after dice stacking
  • Phase 1 - Chink a Chink
  • Phase 2 - The Homing Pigeon
  • Phase 3 - Odd Man Out
  • Phase 4 - A Cup and a Ball
1977 9
David Carré, Larry Jennings One Potato Two Patato
Inspired by Mar. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 7)
543
Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff UnCanny chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end
Related toVariations 1978 10
Karl Fulves Random Walk on Op-Trik, Bob Fitch, coin banks that look like cans, chop cup with dollar bill cone
Related to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 24)
91
John F. Mendoza The Chop Cup
Variations 1978 105
Fred Kaps, Larry Jennings Kombination - Larry Jenning's Chop-Cup Routine mit einem Becher und drei Bällen
Related to 1978 4
Mark Wilson Introduction
1979 1
Mark Wilson The Cup
1979 3
Mark Wilson The Simplex Routine
1979 5
Mark Wilson A Simplex Variation with color changing ball
1979 17
Mark Wilson The Final Load from lap
1979 25
Mark Wilson The Multiplication Cup ball multiplies into 4 balls during routine
1979 31
Mark Wilson One Cup - Three Balls
1979 57
Earl Nelson The Nelson Chop Cup Routine
1979 71
Alan Wakeling The Pseudo Cup ungaffed cup, with sponges
1979 87
John F. Mendoza "Big Load" Technique for chop cup, dice stacking, ...
1979 23
John F. Mendoza On the Solid Block Climax to chop cup type routines
1979 79
Allan Hayden One-Cup Routine ungaffed cup
Nov. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 11)
417
Ken Brooke Routines with the Chop Cup intro
1980 216
Ken Brooke My Chop Cup Routine
Also published here 1980 218
Ken Brooke Bertie the Baseballer
Also published here 1980 221
Shigeo Takagi Shigeo Takagi's New One Cup Routine one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open
  • Shigeo Takagi's Climax
  • Additional Load Climax
  • A Non-Lap Handling
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 1
Jeff White Flabbergasted first wand appears, chop cop routine, seated
1980 30
Barry Govan Las Vegas Dice one cup routine using dice instead of balls
May 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5)
629
Frank Garcia The Chop Cup Revisited using three different colored balls
1982 51
Bob Follmer The Orange Chop chop cup with juice can
1982 54
John Brown Solidarity idea for Solid Cup Routine, apparently filling cup with milk
1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
16
Ron Fredrick The Ron Fredrick Chop Cup Routine with small opaque glass as part of routine
Related to 1982 35
Dai Vernon Tuch, Ball und Kegel
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Sep. 1951
Apr. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
26
Larry Jennings Jennings Chop Cup Routine with handkerchief
Also published here
  • Magicana, Genii, Mar. 1965
July 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
62
Edward Marlo Bill, Egg, and Glass bill vanishes and reappears under paper-covered glass, egg appears, vanishes, bill reappears in egg
1983
Arcane (Issue 9)
111
Roy Baker The Big Clock Produce large ringing alarm clock at the end of a Chop Cup routine
1983 29
Michael Ammar Beenie Weenie chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end
Inspired by 1983 36
Meir Yedid The Other Side Of Time chop cup routine with spaceship patter, toy spider finale
1983 4
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Instant Chop Cup with bottomless spray can, becomes real spray can as climax
1983 32
David Roth Revised Chop Cup Routine seated
1984 21
Bill Brodersen No-Magnetic Chop-Cup Routine
Aug. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 8)
958
Curtis Kam Coffee & Dough using mug and crumpled bills
Sep. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 9)
961
Gerald Deutsch "Watch" the Bill/Cup coffee cup, wrist watch final load, see page 1092
May 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1064
Danny Korem New Wave Chop Cup stand-up routine, with silk, deceptive loads
1985 52
Martin Lewis Dice Propagation Chop Cup routine with dice, dice change color, produce large dice, final load is lots of small dice
1985 133
Larry Jennings Single Cup & Balls Routine
Related to 1986 249
Karrell Fox "Imprompchop" ungaffed, rolled-up bill in any cup
1986 15
John Carney Cup and Bill Routine chop cup routine with bill and coffee cup, lemon appears, bill inside lemon
1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Conjuring con Carney)
1
Ron Wilson The Uncanny Chop Cup with cardboard coffee cup, glass and handkerchief, drink appears as final load
1987 78
Roy Johnson Chopper! with shot glass, ball sealed in shot glass as finale
Also published here 1989 44
Finn Jon The New Theory Chop Cup
1990 111
John Bannon Chop2
1990 66
Shigeo Takagi The Solid Cup one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open
Also published here 1990 26
Patrick Page Transparent Chop Cup glass with paper cover as chop cup
Also published here 1990 85
John Carney Fruit Cup chop cup routine with bill and coffee cup, lemon appears, bill inside lemon
1991 98
Thomas Hierling Not Another Chop Cup Routine
1991 40
Stephen Tucker For Whom the Bell Tolls cups and balls with disjointed bell, clapper vanishes and appears attached inside bell
Related to 1991 7
Patrick Page Der durchsichtige Chop Cup glass with paper cover as chop cup
Also published here Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
153
Dan Strange One Cup Routine routine using coffee cup and crumpled bills, lemons as final load, some details on the loading misdirection
Related to 1991 3
Arturo de Ascanio, "Senator" Clarke Crandall, Santiago de la Riva El Juego del Cubilete longer routine, jumbo balls finish
1992 150
Roy Johnson Chopper with shot glass, ball sealed in shot glass as finale
Also published here June 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 1)
33
Scotty York My Lady's Teddy Bear with three olives and a coffee cup, lemon and teddy bear as final loads
Also published here 1993 51
Scotty York The One Cup Routine with three olives and a coffee cup, lemon and teddy bear as final loads
Also published here May/June 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 17)
187
Paul Gertner Tea Party chop cup with tea bag and cup, loose tea as final load
1994 125
Dan Tong One Cup and Balls one cup and three balls
Related to 1994 119
Jerry Mentzer Chop Cup an Balls one cup and three balls
Inspired by 1994 126
Jerry Mentzer Magnet Gimmick finger palmed/clipped
1994 132
Steve Dusheck Collapse-a-Pill Cup impromptu chop cup with magnet in pen which is held near cup, done with a pill
1994 16
Jamy Ian Swiss The "Solid" Glass one-cup routine with paper-wrapped glass, glass shown to have turned upside down in paper wrapping as finale
Also published here July/Aug. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 4 No. 24)
270
Jerry Camaro Chop Cup Finale chop cup with cocktail shaker, Martini glass as climax
Nov./Dec. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 26)
296
R. Paul Wilson Lean Chop practical Chop Cup Routine
Also published here 1995 17
Chad Long Playing With Doh chop cup routine with play doh container
1995 17
John Riggs Solipsist Cup and Ball Routine ball, wand and cup, different loads then solid cup ending
1995 5
John Riggs Further Thoughts on Cups and Balls
1995 10
R. Paul Wilson Lean Chop
Also published here 1995 41
Jay Sankey Creamed short chop cup sequence with creamer and crumpled up lid, then creamer is restored and full of milk again
Also published here Sep./Oct. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 6 No. 31)
356
Jim Artle Chop Cup Routine with rolled up bill and leather cup, bill ends up in cigarette, torn of corner as proof
Nov./Dec. 1995
The Magic Menu (Vol. 6 No. 32)
369
Tommy Wonder, Bob Stencel Chop-Cup Load loading technique
1996 94
Paul Harris The Bayberry Bag Swindle chop cup routine with paper bag and paper ball loads
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue The Magic of Paul Harris)
63
Jim Steinmeyer, Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff Uncanny chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up)
225
Michael Fesenmeier Sphere, Cone and Stone ball and cone routine, with big stone as surprise
1997 121
Ken Brooke Routinen mit dem Chop Cup
  • Meine Chop Cup Routine
  • Bertie, der Baseballspieler
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
20
Dean Dill Tonight Show Closer peeked selection vanishes and appears folded under a cup, then it penetrates the cup inside an orange
1997 17
Rainer Pfeiffer, Helge Thun, Manuel Muerte The Fruit Cups two-cup routine with two different colored balls
1998 35
Mike Gallo The Shaker Neal Prete prop, salt shaker chop cup
1998 1473
Stephen Bargatze Chops and Balls humorous chop cup routine with a gun, baseball and turnip
1998 1475
Bob King Master Chop Cup Routine with glass with liquid as a final load
1998 1
James Swain, Larry Jennings Larry Jennings' Famous Chop Cup Routine new handling
Inspired by 1999 149
David Regal My Best Friend Chop Cup routine involving mice under a cup, appearing cheese and final load of lots of fake mice
1999 90
David Acer, Richard Sanders The Time Machine chop cup presentation
1999 180
David Acer The Chop Mug and Creamers coffee mug and creamers for chop cup routine, only the idea
1999 181
Jerry MacGregor The Logic Cup coffee mug as chop cup, routine with balls, silk, bill, newspaper
1999 149
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Ein Becherspiel mit einer Tischglocke cups and balls with disjointed bell
Related to 1999 56
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Die Moccatassen-Routine ball appears under coffee cup, changes color and changes into large ball
1999 58
Tim Spinosa Show Me the Money chop cup with rolled-up signed bill, then bill appears inside peppermint
Jan./Feb. 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 51)
590
Helge Thun Easy Chop Cups and Balls one of the three cups is a chop cup
2000 25
Don Alan Lean-Mean Chop Cup two final loads
2000 5
Martin Lewis Cheap Cup chop cup using peas can, two final loads
July/Aug. 2000
The Magic Menu (Vol. 10 No. 60)
699
Bob Ostin One Cup, One Ball normal cup
Also published here 2001
Discoverie (Issue 6)
80
Peter Rosengren Psycho Ball in-the-hands chop cup routine
June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
67
Harry Houdini Cone and Egg hat with plate on table, egg on hat, covered with paper cone, a wooden cone vanishes under handkerchief, under paper cone is now wooden cone, egg produced from elbow, egg-cone sequence, wooden cone reappears in hat
Also published here
  • Harry Houdini, Houdini on Magic, ed. Walter B. Gibson and Morris N. Young, 1953, p. 188
2002 177
David Ben Worse Habits cups & balls with a cigarette paper and a bottle cap
2003 23
Jay Sankey The Chop Suey Subterfuge Ball travels into cup held by spectator during Chop Cup routine
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Sankadelic Magic)
60
Miguel Aparicio Variaciones del Cono y la Bola with handkerchief, variations
Inspired by 2003 187
Tomo Maeda The Lemon Cup ungaffed
Inspired by July 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 7)
53
Curtis Kam Praise The Load cup shown empty, then final load appears, no small ball sequence at all
2004 46
Jay Sankey Creamed short chop cup sequence with creamer and crumpled up lid, then creamer is restored and full of milk again
Related toAlso published here 2004 137
Tom Stone Conic Relief ideas and sequences for Dai Vernon's "Ball, Cone and Handkerchief"
  • The Cone as a Holdout
  • The Cone as a Servante
  • Combinations
  • Vernon's Basic Vanish
  • Changes
  • The Surprise Load
  • Extending it outwards
Inspired byAlso published here 2004 10
Ron Bauer Introduction on the Chop Cup and different cup styles
2005 1
Don Alan The Complete Don Alan's Chop Cup
2005 6
Don Alan Don Alan Chop Cup Loading Technique
2005 20
Don Alan The Big Bang chop cup loading technique with bang on table
2005 25
Roy Cottee Roy Cottee's Dixie Cuppa Magic
  • Flim-FlaMagic (Bob Farmer)
chop cup routine with paper ball, two apples are produced
Feb. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 2)
22
Bob Ostin One Cup, One Ball normal cup
Also published here 2005 106
Michael "Mike" Müller Chop 'N' Up using small paper cup
2005 2
Michael "Mike" Müller Handhabung der FMDSS "Flexible Magnet Daumen Spitzen Spitze"
shortened thumb tip with magnet, and handlings in a paper cup chop cup routine
  • Aufnahme
  • Aktivierung
  • Feintuning the Anziehungskraft
  • Schein-Verschwinden I (Klassisch)
  • Schein-Verschwinden II (Zusatz-Zahl)
  • Schein-Verschwinden III (Lift)
  • Schein-Verschwinden IV (Doppel-Lift)
  • Aus-Laden I (Pendel-Kippen)
  • Aus-Laden II (Weg-Ziehen)
2005 3
Pete Biro Chop Glass paper covered glass, folded bill with paper clip
Aug. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 8)
78
Karl Fulves Abridged Version cups and balls routine outline for standup, using first three then two then one cups
2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
219
Axel Hecklau Ein Becher Just a Cup precursor
2008 40
Curtis Kam Cup One with coffee cup and rolled-up napkin, two final loads
Inspired by 2008 5
Juan Escolano Rutina de Chop-Cup con un cubilete using a glass and silk
2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4)
31
Gabi Pareras Bolas Imaginarias multi-phase chop cup routine, last phase on hand of spectator, three balls and jumbo ball finale
2008 ca. 2
Gabi Pareras Bolas Locas multi-phase routine, jumbo ball finale
2008 ca. 9
Gabi Pareras Rutina Clásica de Chop-Cup             multi-phase routine, jumbo ball finale
2008 ca. 15
Trevor Lewis Commecial Chop Chup Routine routine, two large loads, eyeball
2009 59
Tom Stone Conic Relief ideas and sequences for Dai Vernon's "Ball, Cone and Handkerchief"
  • The Cone as a Holdout
  • The Cone as a Servante
  • Combinations
  • Vernon's Basic Vanish
  • Changes
  • The Surprise Load
  • Extending it Outward
Related toAlso published here 2010 141
Patrick Page The Mini-Money Miracle rolled-up bill travels under cup, then stack of coin appears under cup
2011 251
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Hanky
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1947
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
50
William Larsen The Cup and the Ball ball attached to invisible thread
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1951
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
55
Hiroshi Sawa ティー・ブレイク (The Tea Break) Chop Cup type of routine with coffee cup, sugar cubes and lemon as a final load
2013 151
Joaquín Matas Los Cubiletes de Vernon "Tuneados" with three cups, one chop cup
Inspired by 2014 253
Bob Cunningham Improvised Chop Cup chop cup routine with polystyrene cup and crumpled up sugar packet
Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
40
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
62
Jamy Ian Swiss The Solid Glass one-cup routine with paper-wrapped glass, glass shown to have turned upside down in paper wrapping as finale
Also published here 2016 45
Jamy Ian Swiss Credit Information on Solid Cup Finale
2016 45
Alexander de Cova Riesenedding ideas with a jumbo pen (actually pen holder in shape of pen)
  • Der Stift
  • Die Vergrößerung
  • Die Chop Cup Routine (giant hollow pen as chop cup)
Inspired by 2016 194
Al Schneider Al's Cup
  • Broadcast From Nowhere
three balls travel under one cup one by one, large ball as final load
Nov. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 11)
69
Christian Scherer, Shigeo Takagi Die Magie der Logik one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open, with two final loads and no wand used
Inspired by 2021 3
Ricardo Rodriguez El cubilete stand-up Chop Cup routine
2021 13
Max Malini Improvised Productions nut vanished, instead of nut a cork appears under newspaper-covered glass, repeat with billiard ball appearing under glass, then shot glass, then big glass vanishes
2022 225
Dai Vernon Ball, Cone and Handkerchief
Also published here 2022 61
Doug Brewer Eggity-Bread chop cup with plastic cup and borrowed crumpled up bill, plastic egg appears as final load with bill inside
  • Phase 1: Borrow a Bill
  • Phase 2: Vanishing Sequence
  • Phase 3: Magical Gymnastics
  • Phase 4: One More Time
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2009
2022 854
Ricardo Harada Invisible Transposition of a Ball cone and ball routine, on table
Related to Mar. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 3)
58