Forehead

22 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Forehead
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Martin Gardner Use Your Head spectator shuffles packet, remembers bottom card ans spells it, packet pressed against performer's forehead where selection sticks
 		1942 Cut the Cards 10
Unknown The Black-Out Switch forced card found with lights out, stuck to spectator's forehead
 		1943 25 Methods for Switching Decks 2
Unknown Card on Forehead
1946 Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries) 52
U. F. Grant Stuck
July 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 9 & 10) 10
Francis Carlyle Sucker Tricks
  • false bottom change
  • all cards alike using top change (Johnny Paul)
  • card on forehead
 		1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 96
Ken Brooke Another deck openly placed against forehead, selection remains there
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 186
Ken De Courcy Foreword - Be Natural
  • What About Style?
 		1980 After Dinner Technique 5
Derek Dingle The Card For Head Trick
Variations 1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 49
John Carney Everywhere, Nowhere and on Your Face three cards all become selection, then indifferent again and card is on forehead
 		1987 Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Conjuring con Carney) 11
Ken Brooke Die Stirnproduktion deck openly placed against forehead, selection remains there
Also published here Oct. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4&5) 154
John Carney Everywhere, Nowhere and on Your Face three cards all become selection, then indifferent again and card is on forehead
Variations 1991 Carneycopia 254
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
Michael Close The Card, The Forehead, And The Salt Shaker card on forehead, under salt shaker, deck under salt shaker, 51 cards to pocket combo
 		1993 Workers Number 3 119
Curtis Kam About Face! deck with selection handed to performer behind his back, when performer turns around he has the card on his forehead
 		1996 Professional Close-up of Curtis Kam 68
Matt Grover Let Me Dust Off a Spot For You To Sit Your Ace three wrong cards change into selection and back, selection appears on performer's forehead
Inspired by 1997 Trephine 7
Simon Lovell Optician's Delight card to behind glasses
 		1997 Simon Says! 37
Thomas Baxter Repeat Card on Forehead
2002 The Action Cop 61
Wayne Dobson Chews A Card card shuffled into half the deck, spectator throws it in the air, card then appears visible with one corner in performer's mouth or on forehead
 		2002 Dobson's Choice 6
William Duncan Taking Away The Sting - Card On Forehead
Inspired by 2005 Tubthumping 1
Karl Fulves Card Tricks Gone Wrong four anecdotes, two of them have been published in Magicol
1. card on forehead
2. Frank Lane's "I.Q. Test"
3. "wolf pack" gag with suggestive images on cards
4. Derek Dingle drops the super ball
Related to 2006 Prolix (Issue 1) 22
Patrick Page Card on Forehead
2011 Magic Page by Page 312
Curtis Kam Revelation 9 selection is found nine times (top, middle, bottom, forehead, three pockets, shoe, envelope)
 		Dec. 2021 The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 9) 238