39 entries in Rubber Band / Penetration / Through another Rubber Band
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Edward Marlo Rough/Smooth Memorized Deck pairs, deck can be shuffled, any removed card can be identified by other card of the pair, also as set-up for brainwave deck
Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
28
Harry Lorayne, Walter Rollins Snap! Plus three part routine: one of two rubber bands vanishes from classic penetration position, broken and restored, second rubberband appears and vanishes
1971 125
The Uncanny Penetrating Rubber Bands now known as "Crazy Man's Handcuffs", for credit information see Zarrow book reference from 2008
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Variations
1972 214
Arthur Setterington Davongekommen
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  • "Getaway", New Pentagram, May 1970
Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
30
Penetrating Bands
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Variations
1979 12
Loren Michaels Band-It opposite than normal Crazy Man's Handcuffs
Also published here
Summer 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
12
George D. Franzen The Dissolving Rubber Band as climax to Crazy Man's Hand Cuffs, one rubber band used to simulate two
Also published here
Related to
Nov. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 11)
1426
Ben Harris Rubber Twins rubber band is widthwise around deck, card is pushed into deck from the side and penetrates the band
Related to
1987 18
Herb Zarrow Unlinking Bands
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Related to
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 31)
1365
Arthur Setterington Getaway
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  • "Getaway" (Arthur Setterington, New Pentagram, May 1970)
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 31)
1368
Herb Zarrow Linking Bands
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 32)
1377
Mark Fitzgerald Back Two-Gether reversed Setterington's linking rubber bands / Crazy Man's Handcuffs
Variations
May 1989
The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 2)
8
Stephen Kradolfer The Power Link
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1990 581
Howard Wurst Quik Unlink simplified handling of crazy man's handcuffs, also through other objects
1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 2)
15
Michael Ammar The Crazy Man's Handcuffs
1991 238
Mark Fitzgerald Duet penetrating rubber bands variations and handling, crazy man's handcuffs
1992 773
David Neighbors Twice As Crazy variation on Setterington's Crazy Man's Handcuffs
Sep. 1992
The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 3)
3
Karl Fulves* Elastic Lock rubber band used to lock fingers, another one still manages to be around finger
1993 8
Scott Hitchcock The Uncanny Re-Linked Rubber Bands acutally reverse for penetration
June 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 6)
2372
Michael Goldman Strand through Strand one rubberband
Dec. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 12)
2439
Stephen Kradolfer The Power Link
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1995 10
Jon Allen Extra Footage tip for Crazy Man's Handcuffs
1995 7
Bob Knigge Hook-Up two rubber bands link, reversed Crazy Man's Handcuffs, then through spectator's finger
Mar. 1996
The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 1)
8
Troy Hooser The Locker Dan Harlan's linking rubber bands, pad lock appears linked with the bands as a climax
Inspired by
1998 1395
Tony Slydini Linking Rubber Band Mystery crazy man's handcuffs
  • Phase 1 - The Invisible Release
  • Phase 2 - They're Never Inside
  • Phase 3 - Crisscross Transformation
  • Phase 4 - The Instant Escape
  • Phase 5 - Applause - Applause
  • Slydini's Additional Pointers
1998 6
Mark Mason Together Again reverse penetration than in Crazy Man's Handcuffs
2000 17
Anders Moden Snakey Handcuffs crazy man's handcuff penetration with seven alternating bands (four resp. three per hand)
Mar. 2000
Channel One (Vol. 1 No. 3)
23
Looy Simonoff, Steven Gregory Honest, A Bionic Linking different method for Crazy Man's Handcuffs
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Aug. 2001
MAGIC (Vol. 10 No. 12)
75
Mark Aspiazu The Handcuff Man's Crazy rubber bands link together
Also published here
Inspired by
Nov. 2001
MAGIC (Vol. 11 No. 3)
66
Jeff Pierce Rubber Band Unlink
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Aug. 2005
MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 12)
82
Michael Powers Routined Rubber one rubber band splits into two, penetration routine, then one vanishes again
2006 223
Looy Simonoff, Steven Gregory Honest, a Bionic Linking (and Unlinking) different method for Crazy Man's Handcuffs
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Related to
Jan. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 4)
27
Herb Zarrow The Penetrating Bands Crazy Man's Handcuffs, credit information
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Inspired by
  • "Getaway" (Arthur Setterington, New Pentagram, May 1970, p. 220)
Related to
2008 279
Jon Allen Burning Rubber routine around Crazy Man's Handcuffs
  • Wrist Band (rubber band penetrates off the performer's wrist)
  • Band-It (Crazy Man's Handcuffs done backwards)
  • Crazy Man's Handcuffs
  • The Finger (spectator holds one of the bands)
  • Snap Back (rubber band jumps onto performer's wrist, flourish)
  • Wristoration (rubber band is torn and restored around the spectator's wrist)
2009 60
Loren Michaels Band-It Crazy Man's Handcuffs done backwards
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2009 61
George D. Franzen The Dissolving Rubber Band as climax to Crazy Man's Hand Cuffs, one rubber band used to simulate two
Also published here
Related to
2013 7
Michiaki Kishimoto Rubber Band Penetration different handling for Crazy Man's Handcuffs
2013 125
Mark Aspiazu The Handcuff Man's Crazy rubber bands link together
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Inspired by
2022 25
Jeff Pierce Rubber Band Unlink
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2022 424