Jack Chanin

2 publications by Jack Chanin:

Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game (exposed completely for the first time, Jack Chanin, 1934)
Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game (Completely Exposed, Revised and Enlarged, Jack Chanin, 1949)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Jack Chanin	The 3 Shell Game	general comments		1934	Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game	i	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	The Author Speaks			1934	Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game	ii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Jack Chanin	Fundamentals	on the basic steal		1934	Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game	1	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	You Hold It! A Fooler for the Wise	stealing pea while spectator holds finger on it	Also published here You Hold It (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game, 1949)	1934	Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game	2	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Over the Top!	bluff sequence	Also published here Over the Top! (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game, 1949) Related to The Double Decker (Tom Osborne, The Three Shell Game, 1938)	1934	Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game	3	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Back Hand Kick	stealing pea with the hand palm up, pushing shell forward	Also published here Back Hand Trick (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game, 1949)	1934	Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game	4	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Open Hand Shift	all shells between fingers of one hand, pea is stolen out, grip transfer	Also published here Open Hand Shift Routine (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game, 1949)	1934	Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game	5	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	The Finger Slide	stealing pea while shell is held by spectator, pushing it with one finger, grip transfers	Also published here The Finger Slide Routine (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game, 1949)	1934	Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game	6	Nut / Shell Game
Charles T. Jordan	Improved Chevalier	deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out	Also published here Spelling the Spades (Charles T. Jordan, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) also in: Improved Chevalier Card Trick (Charles T. Jordan, Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Improved Chevalier Card Trick (Charles T. Jordan, Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) Related to The Spelling Bee (Jack Chanin, John McArdle, John Weiss, Al Flosso, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	56	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Full Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
Tom Osborne	The Take-Away (Method A)	showing shell empty, pea hidden underneath fingers. similar to Chanin's move	Related to Chanin's Favorite Master Move (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game, 1949)	1938	The Three Shell Game	17	Nut / Shell Game
Tom Osborne	The Double Decker	bluff sequence	Related to Over the Top! (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game, 1934) also in: Over the Top! (Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game, 1949)	1938	The Three Shell Game	21	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Gaglets	handling for folded bill that turns upside down		Nov. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 23)	96	Bill / Topological Effects
Jack Chanin	Gone!	in breastpocket		1945	My Best	160	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Jack Chanin	Vanishing Salt Trick	salt vanishes from hand and appears in handkerchief, tube		1945	My Best	197	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly)
James G. Thompson Jr.	Biographical Sketches of Contributors	Theo. Annemann Charles Arbuthnot George E. Arrowsmith Roger Barkann Sylvan Barnet Joseph L. Barnett Raymond L. Beebe Eugene Bernstein J. B. Bobo John N. Booth Tom Bowyer Vynn Boyar Joan Brandon Fred Braue John Braun Lu Brent R. C. Buff Clyde F. Cairy Loring Campbell Jack Chanin Frank Chapman Forest V. Chesbro Milbourne Christopher Eddie Clever Stanley Collins Mystic Craig Thomas J. Crawford John J. Crimmins, JR. Paul J. Curry Del Monte Harry Dobrin Ronald B. Edwards Bruce Elliot Professor El-Tab Dr. E. G. Ervin Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans Val Evans "Hen" Fetsch Thomas B. Fitzgerald Dariel Fitzkee Sid Fleischman Joseph Harman Fries Martin Gardner Teral Garrett Walter B. Gibson Arnold L. Grubin Nelson C. Hahne Hathaway Royal V. Heath Charles H. Hopkins Jean Hugard Mark Jacobs R. M. Jamison F. H. Jeudevine Maurice Kains George G. Kaplan George Karger Joseph A. Karson Wilbur Kattner Gerald Lynton Kaufman Howard B. Kayton, M.D. The Great Kolar Gerald Kosky Abril Lamarque William W. Larsen Sid Lorraine Art Lyle L. Vosburgh Lyons Richard F. Madden Greer Marechal, JR. George McAthy William H. McCaffrey Jack McMillen Harry Mendoza Orville Meyer John W. Mifflin Chester Morris Paul Morris Frederick Mosteller Robert A. Nelson C. A. George Newmann Grady S. Nicholson Dr. Cecil E. Nixon Charles Walter Nyquist Dell O'Dell Tom Osborne George Harrison Pittman Julien J. Proskauer Clayton Rawson Ralph W. Read Dolf Rudin Herb Rungie Ned Rutledge James J. Sanders Lucille Pierce Saxon Sigmar - The Magician Jerry Sorensen Willard S. Smith George Starke Dr. Raymond V. Stone, SR. (RAMO) Harlan Tarbell DR. Franklin Taylor J. G. Thompson, JR. Jack F. Trebel M. Van Reese Jack Vosburgh Audley Valentine Walsh Peter Warlock Herman L. Weber Bob Weill William H. Wilson Tommy Windsor Howard H. Wise Ed. Wolff Michael F. Zens		1945	My Best	347	Articles / Biographical
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Jack Chanin, Al Wheatley, Bert Allerton, Frank Taylor		Dec. 1947	The Phoenix (Issue 140)	564	Articles / Columns
Jack Chanin	The Lopeared Rabbit	tearing rabbit from paper		Nov. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 6)	366	Paper / Cut-up Paper gets Design
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on Al Baker, Frank Garcia, Lou Tannen, Greer Marechal, Roger Barkann, L. Vosburgh Lyons, C. L. Boarde, Roy Benson, Dariel Fitzkee, Milbourne Chrisstopher, Jack Chanin		Apr. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 148)	596	Articles / Columns
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Sleeve Magic	by Jack Chanin		May 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 12)	424	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jack Chanin	T.V. Production			1949	Controlled Miracles	33	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on Dai Vernon, Jack Chanin, Bill Simon, Milbourne Christopher, Bob Hummer, Dr. Stanley Jaks, Robert Harbin	Related to The Layout Problem (Karl Fulves, Bob Ostin's New Submarine Card*, 1983)	Dec. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 193)	773	Articles / Columns
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	"Hello Sucker"	by Jack Chanin		May 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)	544	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jack Chanin	Dedication	to Paul Rosini		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	3	Articles / Articles
Jack Chanin	Dear Paul	letter to Paul Rosini, sort of introduction to the manuscript		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	5	Articles / Letters
Paul Rosini	Dear Jack	letter to Jack Chanin		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	7	Articles / Letters
Jack Chanin	The Author Speaks			1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	8	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Jack Chanin	Point on Shells	on what shells to use, Chanin Shells		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	12	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	The Correct Pea	on what material to use for the pea		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	14	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	How to Make a Pea	how to cut it from foam		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	15	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	The Size of the Pea			1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	15	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Working Surface	for the shell game, different possibilities		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	17	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin, Paul Rosini	The 3 Shell Game - Basically Importan	on misdirection		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	18	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Fundamental - Master Move	basic steal		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	19	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin, Paul Rosini	Red, White & Blue	using different colored shells		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	24	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	You Hold It	stealing pea while spectator holds finger on it	Also published here You Hold It! A Fooler for the Wise (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game, 1934)	1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	25	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Over the Top!	bluff sequence	Also published here Over the Top! (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game, 1934) Related to The Double Decker (Tom Osborne, The Three Shell Game, 1938)	1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	28	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin, Paul Rosini	Double Pea	using two peas		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	30	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Back Hand Trick	stealing pea with the hand palm up, pushing shell forward	Also published here Back Hand Kick (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game, 1934)	1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	31	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Variation - Under the Fingernail	showing shell empty, when people sit in front		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	34	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Which One, Bub?	one handed steal, showing both sides of hand		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	36	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Open Hand Shift Routine	all shells between fingers of one hand, pea is stolen out, grip transfer	Also published here Open Hand Shift (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game, 1934)	1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	39	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Variation... Sucker Move	all shells between fingers of one hand, pea is stolen out		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	39	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	One Here, One Here, and One Here (Triple Pea)	pea is shown under every shell using repeated basic move		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	44	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Look Folks, No Hands	steal using handkerchief, pushing all shells forward		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	45	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo	steal using a playing card		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	48	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin, Paul Rosini	Monte Carlo (What are the odds?)	using stage money to play with audience members, numbering shells		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	54	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	The Finger Slide Routine	stealing pea while shell is held by spectator, pushing it with one finger, grip transfers	Also published here The Finger Slide (Jack Chanin, Hello Sucker! — The 3 Shell Game, 1934)	1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	55	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Lay-Out	table lay-out for the shell game		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	58	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	He's Just Too Sloow	sucker element, spectator see palmed pea		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	60	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Stick-Em	using a magnetic pea, magnet in matchbox		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	61	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Variations	using a magnetic pea and magnet		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	63	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	Chanin's Favorite Master Move	showing shell empty, pea hidden underneath fingers	Related to The Take-Away (Method A) (Tom Osborne, The Three Shell Game, 1938)	1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	64	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	How to Dress and Present the Shell Game	what to wear and how to present the 3 shell game Finale		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	68	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin	How to Take Care of the Smart Aleck, etc.			1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	73	Nut / Shell Game
Jack Chanin, Paul Rosini	Epilog	no title		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	75	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Jack Chanin	For Sale	products for the 3 Shell Game		1949	Hello Sucker! — Encyclopedia of the 3 Shell Game	78	Articles / Articles
Jack Chanin	From the Private Files of Chanin	paper napkin bursts into flame and restores again, three variations		Jan. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 194)	774	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Torn & Restored Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Paper / Paper Napkin
Jack Chanin	Paddled	with paddle, rubberband and coins		Jan. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 194)	775	Knife & Paddle / Routines Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Jack Chanin	Jap Jape	cigarette and two drawer boxes, bill to cigarette finale		Jan. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 194)	776	Cigarette & Cigar / Traveling Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Cigarette or Cigar Apparatus & Dealer Props / Drawer Box
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on Jack Chanin, Dai Vernon, Clayton Rawson, George Karger, Wally Dean		Jan. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 194)	777	Articles / Columns
Jack Chanin, John McArdle, John Weiss, Al Flosso	The Spelling Bee	No. 65, Packet of Ace to King, if spell correctly you get the card, if incorrect spelling you get indifferent card	Related to Improved Chevalier (Charles T. Jordan, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) also in: Spelling the Spades (Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Improved Chevalier Card Trick (Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) … and 1 more He Who Spelt It, Dealt It (David Williamson, Williamson's Wonders, 1989) also in: Perverse Open Spelling (The F.F.F.F. Book, 2012)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	118	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	U-Can-Do Card Act	by Jack Chanin		June 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 1)	672	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Katch-O-Kard	by Jack Chanin		June 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 1)	672	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Paul Rosini	The One-Armed Magician	card peeked at, hand with deck instantly put behind back, performer names card and it is shown reversed, performer one-handed, intro and description by Jack Chanin		1950	Magical Gems	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on Martin Gardner, Gershon Legman, John Thursday, Harry Opel, Jack Chanin		Dec. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 244)	977	Articles / Columns
Jack Chanin	One to Six			1952	Modern Coin Magic	93	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed
Jack Chanin	Routine with an Okito Box and a Silk	four coins vanish		1952	Modern Coin Magic	223	Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous
Jack Chanin	Folded	sound is made shortly before paper is torn		Jan. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 247)	988	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Paperfolds
Jack Chanin	A Vanish	routine with tube		1952	Routined Manipulation — Part Two	59	Silk & Handkerchief / Vanish / Bare Handed
Bruce Elliott*	The Back Room	on Ricky Dunn, Bill Gresham, Don Alan, Chic Schoke,George Jason, Jack Chanin Frank Jogglar		Mar. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 277)	1109	Articles / Columns
Jack Chanin	Billiard Ball Sequence	quick vanish and production of three balls		1953	Classic Secrets of Magic	133	Ball / Billiard Ball / Routines / With Shell
Jack Chanin	Cigarette Routine	four cigarettes appear and vanish, cigar finale		1954	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	343	Cigarette & Cigar / Routines
Jack Chanin	Sucker Coin Go	sucker paper coin fold		May 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 308)	30	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Paperfolds
Jay Marshall	The Birdcage	on Kirk Stiles, Audley Walsh, Carl Ballantine, Art Lyle, John Paul, Jack Chanin, Cliff Green, IBM Convention in Louisville, Vic Torsberg, Jimmy Lake, Francis Ireland, Business Cards		July 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 311)	48	Articles / Articles Articles / Convention Reports
Al Koran	"Hanky Panky" Routine	borrowed handkerchief is burned and restored, then coins and a filled wine glass appear 1. Penetration of the handkerchief by the pencil 2. Burnt and restored handkerchief 3. Cut and restored handkerchief (Jack Chanin) 4. Continuous production of coins from the handkerchief (Jack Chanin) 5. Production of a cigarette and lighter from the handkerchief 6. Production of a glass of wine from the handkerchief (Jardine Ellis)	Also published here Hanky Panky Routine (Al Koran, Intermagic, 1996)	1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	154	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Glass / Production & Appearance Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Jack Chanin	Card on the Line	indifferent card attached to ribbon with needle, it changes into selection		1954	Routined Manipulation Finale	207	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Charles T. Jordan	Spelling the Spades	Packet of Ace to King of Spades, spell Ace to King one after another, originally titled The Improved Chevalier Card Trick	Also published here Improved Chevalier (Charles T. Jordan, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) also in: Improved Chevalier Card Trick (Charles T. Jordan, Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Improved Chevalier Card Trick (Charles T. Jordan, Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) Related to The Spelling Bee (Jack Chanin, John McArdle, John Weiss, Al Flosso, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Arlecchino*	Editorium	on the Lou Tannen's 4th Jubilee in Fallsburg, Sam Schwartz, Tony Slydini, Sid Solomon, Jack Chanin, Clayton Rawson		July 1963	The New Jinx (Vol. 2 No. 15)	64	Articles / Columns
Jack Chanin	Coins from Silk	TV production		1966	The New Modern Coin Magic	378	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Jack Chanin	Rip-o	coin torn through borrowed handkerchief		1966	The New Modern Coin Magic	407	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Handkerchief
Jack Chanin	Dollar to Dollar	dollar coin cleanly transforms into dollar bill		1966	The New Modern Coin Magic	416	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object Bill / Transformation / Other Object / Coins
Bill Madsen*	Editorium	on Jim Zee, Herman Hanson's Magicale, Mike Caldwell, De Yip Loo, Jay Marshall, Jack Chanin, Bernard Whitman, Billy Spina & Bobby, Scalzo & Co., DeLage & Margaret		July 1966	The New Jinx (Vol. 5 No. 51)	208	Articles / Columns
Karl Fulves*	Babel	Jack Gwynne died, Richard Himber newspaper clipping, Tarbell #7 supposed to be written by Oscar Weigle, Jack Chanin anecdote		Jan. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 3)	312	Articles / Columns
Stan Blumenthal	PCAM Vancouver	on the magic convention in Vancouver, Percy Easler, Dr. Trask, Zicarte, Baron Von Larsen & Princess Brunhilde, Whitney Roberts, Glen Haywood, Peter Gloviczky, Jack Chanin, Maurice Rooklyn, Christopher Woodward, Magic Christian, Lee Edwards & Company, Carl Hemeon, Don Spreine, Grace McCarthy, Al Goshman, John Booth		July 1971	Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 19)	150	Articles / Convention Reports
Jack Chanin	TV Surprise	coins and other things appear from silk	Variations Heads or Tails? (Aldo Colombini, Onyx, 1998)	1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	167	Silk & Handkerchief / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Jack Chanin, Dr. Jacob Daley	Chanin's Method Using Bottom Crimp	No. 401, Charlier Pass to crimp, pressure on deck to hide crimp		1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	109	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves*, Jack Chanin	Rise & Fall	ribbon attached to card, wrong card, when pulled right card rises up, for credit information see "Skeleton Crew" reference	Related to Skeleton Crew (Karl Fulves, The Vampire Papers*, 1997)	1973	Notes From Underground	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous
Jack Chanin	Gee Whiz - It's Spiked	cigarette from hand to hand, then changes into railroad spike		1973	Close-up Cavalcade	41	Cigarette & Cigar / Transformation Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish Nail
Jack Chanin	Money Mastery	borrowed bill, restoration in spectator's hand		1973	Close-up Cavalcade	141	Bill / Torn & Restored
Bascom Jones	The Mystic Word	on an article in TOPS by George Johnstone, Jack Chanin		1973	Magick (Issue 68)	340	Articles / Columns
Jack Chanin	True or False		Also published here True or False (Jack Chanin, Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety, 1977)	1974	Card Cavalcade II	99	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Karl Fulves*	Babel	Sid Lorraine, machine-produced music, Lu Brent, Jack Chanin, IBM lecture on the magazine, Spellbinder, Slydini lecture		Jan. 1975	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 3)	834	Articles / Columns
Philip Reed Willmarth	Chapter One: Simple Penetrations	ring and rope moves without knots, short history, Liko Pang, Fitch Cheney, Jack Chanin & Stewart James		1975	The Ring & Rope Book — Volume One	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Jack Chanin	Chanin's Linked On	ring through middle of rope, with variation by Dick Jarrow	Related to Dom Cervas' "Close-Up Ring Penetration" in "Genii" Vol. 36, Nr. 11. 1972. P. 489. also in: Phase Eins (Close-Up Ring-Seil-Routine, 1985)	1975	The Ring & Rope Book — Volume One	3	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
, Juan Tamariz	Billete Roto y Recompuesto	corner from bill torn and restored, classic Jack Chanin method and sleight variation		1975	Magia en el Bar	116	Bill / Torn & Restored
Charles T. Jordan	Improved Chevalier Card Trick	deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out	Also published here Improved Chevalier (Charles T. Jordan, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) also in: Spelling the Spades (Charles T. Jordan, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Improved Chevalier Card Trick (Charles T. Jordan, Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) Related to The Spelling Bee (Jack Chanin, John McArdle, John Weiss, Al Flosso, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950)	1975	Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks	163	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Full Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
Karrell Fox	Silkard Production	Jack Chanin's T.V. Production with cards		1976	Clever.... Like a Fox	151	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Single Cards
Patrick Page	The Page Boy Speaks...	on Paul Daniels, Jay Marshall, Jack Chanin, Goodliffe, Martin Breese		Dec. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)	507	Articles / Columns
Jack Chanin	True or False		Also published here True or False (Jack Chanin, Card Cavalcade II, 1974)	1977	Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety	38	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Jack Chanin	Teñido Lento Variante 4.a	silk with knot changes color		1977	Magicolor	50	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Jack Chanin	TV Surprise Production			1978	A new look at the Okito Box	29	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Jack Chanin	The Disposal of the Gimmick	sleeving the dye tube gaff	Also published here Die Färberöhren-Ablage (Jack Chanin, Intermagic, 1990) Related to The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)	1980	Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years	71	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights
Jack Chanin	The Loading of the Gimmick into the Hand Prior tot eh Colour Change Taking Place	adding dye tube gaff from sleeve	Also published here Die Färberöhren-Aufnahme vor der Tuchfärbung (Jack Chanin, Intermagic, 1990) Related to The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)	1980	Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years	72	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights
Jack Chanin	The Chanin Application		Also published here Die Chanin-Anpassung (Jack Chanin, Intermagic, 1990)	1980	Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years	72	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Jack Chanin	Finger-Bandage Gag	"finger comes off" gag		Sep. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 9)	681	Hand Gimmicks / False Finger
Jon Brunelle	Jon Brunelle Tips!	climax for Jack Chanin's TV production, squeeze purse to hold coins for final load	Also published here One Man Parade, Linking Ring, 1982	1984 (ca.)	Magic of my Friends	3	Coin / Gaffed / Holder & Loading Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Tony Slydini, Jack Chanin	Rip-It Redux			Autumn 1985	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 31, 32 & 33)	326	Bill / Torn & Restored
Danny Korem	Tactile Healer	inspired by Jack Chanin's "Rip-It"		1985	Korem without Limits	115	Bill / Torn & Restored
Dom Cervas	Phase Eins	ring penetrates middle of rope, move	Also published here Dom Cervas' "Close-Up Ring Penetration" in "Genii" Vol. 36, Nr. 11. 1972. P. 489. Related to Chanin's Linked On (Jack Chanin, The Ring & Rope Book — Volume One, 1975)	1985	Close-Up Ring-Seil-Routine	3	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Jack Chanin	Rabbit Ears	No. 42, rabbit fold with flapping ears		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	77	Paper / Origami Effects
Steve Dusheck	Wine & Dine	account of an impromptu performance, torn and restored dollar bill, it then changes and travels into a wine bottle, posed as a problem	Related to Jack Chanin's "Rip-It"	May 1985	New Directions (Issue 1)	19	Bill / Torn & Restored Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Bottle / Miscellaneous
Jack Chanin	Impromptu Miniature Ring & Coil	ring & spring		May 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 5)	1210	Spring
Fred Kaps	Palming Coins	on palming and a false transfer (Jack Chanin Drop Vanish)		1986	It's So Simple	11	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put
Jack Chanin	Jack Chanin's Favorite	coin production with handkerchief	Also published here "Handle With Gloves" (1941)	1988	The Chronicles (Issue 33)	1393	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
David Williamson	He Who Spelt It, Dealt It	spectator succeeds whereas magician fails	Also published here Perverse Open Spelling (David Williamson, The F.F.F.F. Book, 2012) Inspired by A Futile Lesson in Open Spelling (Edward G. Brown, Paul Rosini, Expert Card Conjuring, 1968) Related to The Spelling Bee (Jack Chanin, John McArdle, John Weiss, Al Flosso, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950) A Futile Lesson in Open Spelling (Edward G. Brown, Paul Rosini, Expert Card Conjuring, 1968) … and 1 more Variations Variation of "He Who Spelt it, Dealt it" (William Goodwin, The Looking Glass, 1998) He Who Spelled It Dealt It (Tom Crosbie, Just Be Croz, 2013)	1989	Williamson's Wonders	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
Jack Chanin	Die Färberöhren-Ablage	sleeving the dye tube gaff	Also published here The Disposal of the Gimmick (Jack Chanin, Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years, 1980) Related to The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)	Oct. 1990	Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)	186	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights
Jack Chanin	Die Färberöhren-Aufnahme vor der Tuchfärbung	adding dye tube gaff from sleeve	Also published here The Loading of the Gimmick into the Hand Prior tot eh Colour Change Taking Place (Jack Chanin, Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years, 1980) Related to The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet)	Oct. 1990	Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)	187	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights
Jack Chanin	Die Chanin-Anpassung		Also published here The Chanin Application (Jack Chanin, Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years, 1980)	Oct. 1990	Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)	188	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Tom Waterman	Sucker Colour Changing Silks	"Ken Brooke's original instructions"	Variations The Jack Chanin Application (Jack Chanin, New Sorcerer, 1992)	Mar. 1992	New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 1)	14	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Jack Chanin	The Jack Chanin Application	Part 2 of Ken Brooke's instructions of Tom Waterman's Sucker Colour-Changing Silks Note by Ken Brooke The Disposal Of The Gimmick The Loading Of The Gimmick The Disposal Of The Loads On Your Person Working	Inspired by Sucker Colour Changing Silks (Tom Waterman, New Sorcerer, 1992)	Aug. 1992	New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 2)	21	Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change
Charles T. Jordan	Improved Chevalier Card Trick	No. 101, deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out	Also published here Improved Chevalier (Charles T. Jordan, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) also in: Spelling the Spades (Charles T. Jordan, Mathematics, Magic And Mystery, 1956) Improved Chevalier Card Trick (Charles T. Jordan, Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Related to The Spelling Bee (Jack Chanin, John McArdle, John Weiss, Al Flosso, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950)	1992	Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks	126	Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Full Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
Jack Chanin	TV Surprise Production			1994	The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2	271	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Max Maven*	Shouting "Fire" In A Crowded Theory	Parallax Lesson is More (On Max’s first magic convention and Jack Chanin selling a trick for $5) Poster Mortem (On stealing)	Also published here Shouting "Fire" in a Crowded Theory (Max Maven, Parallax*, 2023)	Nov. 1995	MAGIC (Vol. 5 No. 3)	23	Articles / Columns
Al Koran	Hanky Panky Routine	described by Lewis Ganson, borrowed handkerchief is burned and restored, then coins and a filled wine glass appear 1. Ein Bleistift durchdringt das Taschentuch 2. Verbranntes und wieder hergestelltes Taschentuch 3. Zerschnittenes und wiederhergestelltes Taschentuch (Jack Chanin) 4. Fortwährende Münzenproduktion aus Tuch (Jack Chanin) 5. Produktion einer Zigarette und eines Feuerzeugs 6. Produktion eines Glases Wein (Jardine Ellis)	Also published here "Hanky Panky" Routine (Al Koran, Routined Manipulation Finale, 1954)	1996	Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1)	27	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration Glass / Production & Appearance Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Pen & Pencil / Penetration
Karl Fulves*	Skeleton Crew	four kings in one case, four jacks in another, king thought of, performer transfers one in jacks case, it's thought-of one and gets a big hole in the middle	Related to Rise & Fall (Karl Fulves, Jack Chanin, Notes From Underground*, 1973)	1997	The Vampire Papers	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Miscellaneous
Aldo Colombini	Heads or Tails?	coins appear from silk one by one, then jumbo coin, then doll head for gag	Inspired by TV Surprise (Jack Chanin, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7, 1972)	Apr. 1998	Onyx (Issue 3)	23	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins Doll & Puppet / Miscellaneous
Jack Chanin	Card on Ceiling Method			2000	Card File Two	120	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card on Ceiling or Wall
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer)	Chanin: The Man with the Magic Hands	by Jack Chanin (written by David Haversat)		Jan. 2003	Genii (Vol. 66 No. 1)	95	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jack Avis	Torn and Restored Banknote		Inspired by Jack Chanin, Genii, 1993	2006	Rara Avis	214	Bill / Torn & Restored
Doug Edwards	Made In Japan	routine based on Jack Chanin's Rip-It		2006	Brass Knuckles	176	Bill / Torn & Restored
Reynold Alexander	A New Tear		Also published here A New Tear (Reynold Alexander, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by Jack Chanin's "Rip-It"	May 2007	MAGIC (Vol. 16 No. 9)	80	Bill / Torn & Restored
Jack Chanin	Coin Production	four coins, one by one, with handkerchief		2011	Magic Page by Page	136	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Jack Chanin, Patrick Page	The Chanin Coin Production	coin production with a handkerchief, with variation		2011	Magic Page by Page	152	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi	Continuous Coin Production	Jack Chanin production, with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi		May 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 5)	35	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Handkerchief
David Williamson	Perverse Open Spelling	spectator succeeds whereas magician fails	Also published here He Who Spelt It, Dealt It (David Williamson, Williamson's Wonders, 1989) Inspired by A Futile Lesson in Open Spelling (Edward G. Brown, Paul Rosini, Expert Card Conjuring, 1968) Related to The Spelling Bee (Jack Chanin, John McArdle, John Weiss, Al Flosso, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950) A Futile Lesson in Open Spelling (Edward G. Brown, Paul Rosini, Expert Card Conjuring, 1968) … and 1 more Variations Variation of "He Who Spelt it, Dealt it" (William Goodwin, The Looking Glass, 1998) He Who Spelled It Dealt It (Tom Crosbie, Just Be Croz, 2013)	2012	The F.F.F.F. Book	279	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Through Suit or Values
Gregory Wilson	Defaced	The Almighty Dollar center of dollar bill is torn out and restored	Inspired by "Dining on Dollars" (Rick Johnsson) Related to "Rip It" (Jack Chanin)	Nov. 2012	MAGIC (Vol. 22 No. 3)	74	Bill / Torn & Restored
Jack Chanin	Changeover Palm			2020	Rubinstein Coin Magic	308	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Change over Palms
Max Maven*	Shouting "Fire" in a Crowded Theory	Lesson is More (On Max’s first magic convention and Jack Chanin selling a trick for $5) Poster Mortem (On stealing)	Also published here Shouting "Fire" In A Crowded Theory (Max Maven, MAGIC*, 1995)	2023	Parallax	153	Articles / Theory & Essays

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