John Kennedy

This search includes results that are not relevant to tricks or sleights (e.g. columns, reviews, articles, ...). Click here to hide these results.

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Harry Milliken	Milliken's Transposition	two quarters and two half dollars transpose one by one	Related to Speaking Volumes (John Kennedy, 2002) Variations III. Milliken's Transposition Revisited (Scotty York, 1977) The Final Transposition (Dan Tong, 1994) Also published here Milliken's Transposition (Harry Milliken, 1977) Milliken's Transposition (Harry Milliken, 2000)	1969	Wonderful Routines of Magic	143	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
John Kennedy	Watch	coin vanishes and reappears beneath tables napkin, changes into wrist watch		1983	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2	43	Watch / Appearance & Production Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Transformation Coin - Object Paper / Paper Napkin
John Kennedy	Card Missile	cards are tossed through newspaper, selections is stuck into wall		1983	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card on Ceiling or Wall Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Miscellaneous
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Visible Coins to Glass	by John Kennedy		June 1983	Epoptica (Issue 4)	204	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
John Kennedy	Forward			1983	Lecture III	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
John Kennedy	The Magic Mat	rolled-up mat on table unrolls on command		1983	Lecture III	5	Mat & Close-up Pad
John Kennedy	Multiplying Coins	four half dollars produced, some from under close-up mat		1983	Lecture III	5	Mat & Close-up Pad Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Coin / Gaffed / Shell
John Kennedy	Translocation	four coins in a vertical row on the table, both hands palm down on table, one by one they travel across	Related to Reversal Ending (Mark Lefler, 1983) Variations Table Squeeze (David Neighbors, 1990) Scotch and Soda for Real (Reed McClintock, 2002) Silver Surfer (Wolfgang Moser, 2011)	1983	Lecture III	8	Coin / Gaffed / Shell Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Tabled
Mark Lefler	Reversal Ending	backfire finale for "Translocation"	Related to Translocation (John Kennedy, 1983)	1983	Lecture III	11	Coin / Gaffed / Shell Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Tabled
John Kennedy	Animated Card Location	three selections, one rises from pocket, second shoots from deck, last rises from deck and floats into hand		1983	Lecture III	12	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Principles / Thread Work Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Floatation Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Thread Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
John Kennedy	Shrinking Cards	card case shrinks, then deck, then deck normal again, visual growing last card		1983	Lecture III	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Micro Macro Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Card Case
John Kennedy	Coins from Nowhere	two coins vanish one at a time and reappear in spectator's cupped hand		1983	Lecture III	21	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / to or from Spectator's Hand Coin / Gaffed / Shell
John Kennedy	Inexhaustible Soda Can	can emptied several times, ganga/lota with can, can reseals itself, opened again and it is full again, no switch, glass with two walls		1983	Lecture III	23	Liquid / Appearance & Production Glass / Miscellaneous Can Bowl / Lota Bowl
John Kennedy	Signed Card in Canister	box in spectator's pocket, signed card appears therein folded	Related to Karte in Schachtel (Alexander de Cova, 1990)	1983	Lecture III	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Box Container (Hennig style)
John Kennedy	Folded Arm Cover	for folding		1983	Lecture III	26	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Folding
John Kennedy	Instant Liquid Production & Vanish	using silk and stemmed wine glass without base		1983	Lecture III	28	Liquid / Appearance & Production Glass / Production & Appearance Glass / Vanish Liquid / Vanish
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	John Kennedy Lecture III	by John Kennedy		Jan. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 5)	256	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	The Animated Self-Lighting Cigarette	by John Kennedy		Jan. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 5)	267	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Impossible Matrix	by John Kennedy		Jan. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 5)	267	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	The Magic Flashlight	by John Kennedy		Jan. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 5)	267	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Coin and Die Divination	by John Kennedy		Jan. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 5)	268	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Mid-Air Card Stab	by John Kennedy		Jan. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 5)	268	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Motorized Reel	by John Kennedy		Jan. 1984	Epoptica (Issue 5)	268	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Coin Clink	by John Kennedy		Nov. 1985	Epoptica (Issue 7)	425	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Flamethrower Match	by John Kennedy		Nov. 1985	Epoptica (Issue 7)	426	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Perfect Close-Up Table	by John Kennedy		Nov. 1985	Epoptica (Issue 7)	426	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Roberto Giobbi	Voranzeige	announcement of upcoming lecture in Basel with John Kennedy		1985	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 46 No. 5)	246	Articles / Articles
John Kennedy	Watch Transposition	your watch transposes with the spectator's, idea		Dec./Jan. 1986/1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 5 & 6)	29	Watch / Transposition
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Coffee Time	by John Kennedy		July 1987	Epoptica (Issue 9)	491	Reviews / Props & Tricks
John Kennedy	Coin Bubble	coin floats inside bubble		Feb. 1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 7)	18	Coin / Effect Themes / Animation Bubbles
John Kennedy	Haunted Candle Flame	candle flame travels around		Mar. 1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8)	18	Candle / Miscellaneous Light & Fire / Fire
John Kennedy	Coin Rattle Device			Apr. 1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 9)	18	Coin / Gaffed / Sound Gimmick
John Kennedy	Behind Glass	card through window		May 1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 10)	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card on Ceiling or Wall Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Glass (Window, Frame)
John Kennedy	Gone! The $100 Challenge	effect idea for vanish of a person		June/July 1987	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)	29	Illusions / Vanish / Person
Mark Vincent	The New York Magic Symposium 1986	on the convention in Tokyo, Adam Fleischer, Max Maven, Curtis Kam, Jay Sankey, Maki Kitami, Bill Spooner, Gene Matsura, Tommy Wonder, David Roth, John Kennedy, Hiroshi Sawa, Jeff McBride, Lisa Menna		1987	Gimmick (Issue 8)	14	Articles / Convention Reports
	Click! Click!	Otto Wessely, Russ Stevens, Michael Allport, Tom Ogden, John Kennedy and his self-unrolling close-up mat		Nov. 1987	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 3)	3	Mat & Close-up Pad Articles / Columns
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	New Acrobatic Matches	by John Kennedy		Feb. 1988	Epoptica (Issue 11)	533	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jeff Busby (reviewer)	Animated Matchbook	by John Kennedy		Feb. 1988	Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 1)	3	Reviews / Props & Tricks
John Kennedy	Torn & Restored Cigarette			Aug. 1988	Opus (Vol. 1 No. 12)	9	Cigarette & Cigar / Torn & Restored
John Bannon	Steel Convergence	card stabbed out of shower with knife, impromptu method for John Kennedy's "Mid-Air Card Stab"		1989	Avant Carde I	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Grabbing Cards / Catching out of Shower of Cards
Alexander de Cova	Karte in Schachtel	"Signed Folded Card in Box", Slap Trick, then card to box	Related to Signed Card in Canister (John Kennedy, 1983) The Slap Trick (Dai Vernon, Laurie Ireland, 1988) Karte in Schachtel (Alexander de Cova, 1988) Variations Signed Folded Card in Box (Alexander de Cova, 1992) Also published here Karte in Schachtel (Alexander de Cova, 2013)	1990	Horizons	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Box Container (Hennig style)
David Neighbors	Table Squeeze	four coins travel from underneath one hand to the other	Inspired by Translocation (John Kennedy, 1983)	Sep. 1990	The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 3)	7	Coin / Gaffed / Shell Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Tabled
Jim Sisti (reviewer)	Dollar Monte	by John Kennedy		Sep./Oct. 1990	The Magic Menu (Vol. 1 No. 1)	5	Reviews / Props & Tricks
John Bannon	Steel Convergence	impromptu method for John Kennedy's "Mid-Air Card Stab"		1991	Smoke and Mirrors	118	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Grabbing Cards / Catching out of Shower of Cards
John Kennedy	On Roger Klause			1991	Roger Klause: In Concert	124	Articles / Articles
John Kennedy	Rot und Schwarz		Also published here Genii, Mar. 1989	Jan. 1991	Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 1)	38	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Michael Weber (reviewer)	Miracle Box	by John Kennedy		June 1992	Magic (Vol. 1 No. 10)	56	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Michael Weber (reviewer)	Sliding Flame	by John Kennedy		Aug. 1992	Magic (Vol. 1 No. 12)	56	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Jim Sisti (reviewer)	Cigarette Thru Any Coin	by John Kennedy		July/Aug. 1993	The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 18)	198	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Michael Ammar	Coin Production	coin drops from head	Also published here Coin Production (Michael Ammar, John Kennedy, 2009)	1995	Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut	2	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Mac King (reviewer)	Jump!	by John Kennedy		Aug. 1995	Magic (Vol. 4 No. 12)	74	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Mac King (reviewer)	The Tiny Human Being	by John Kennedy		Aug. 1995	Magic (Vol. 4 No. 12)	74	Reviews / Props & Tricks
John Kennedy	Flutter	coin and paper napkin change places from hand to mouth		1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Astonishing Friends)	299	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object Paper / Paper Napkin
Evert Chapman	The Grassy Knoll		Inspired by John Kennedy's "Visible Coins Across"	1997	Trephine	55	Coin / Gaffed / Shell Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Tabled
Michael Weber	breathing life into john kennedy	no details given	Inspired by "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)	1997	His Two-fold Tour	3	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Jim Sisti (reviewer)	Mystery Box	by John Kennedy		Mar./Apr. 1997	The Magic Menu (Vol. 7 No. 40)	462	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Eric Henning (reviewer)	Stir Fry	by John Kennedy		May/June 1999	The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 53)	619	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Danny Orleans (reviewer)	Stir Fry	by John Kennedy		June 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)	73	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Danny Orleans (reviewer)	Dream Paddle	by John Kennedy		June 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)	74	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Reed McClintock	Scotch and Soda for Real	Transpositions and vanishes of American half dollar and Mexican centavo.	Inspired by Translocation (John Kennedy, 1983) Salt & Pepper Shaker (Albert Goshman, 1985) "Three-Coin Fantasy" (Jim Pace, The Jim Pace Lecture Video) Greater Magic Video Library Vol. 28, Don Alan Related to Purse Palm (Charles Morritt, 1946)	2002	Knuckle Busters Vol. 1	1	Coin / Effect Themes / Purse Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palm Positions Coin / Gaffed / Shell Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Thumb Flick on Table Coin / Gaffed / Scotch and Soda
John Kennedy	Speaking Volumes		Related to Milliken's Transposition (Harry Milliken, 1969)	June 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)	27	Articles / Columns
Danny Orleans (reviewer)	Card Thru Window	by John Kennedy		Sep. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 9)	79	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Michael Close (reviewer)	Card Through Window	by John Kennedy		June 2003	Magic (Vol. 12 No. 10)	38	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Michael Close (reviewer)	Visual Broken and Restored Cigarette	by John Kennedy		June 2003	Magic (Vol. 12 No. 10)	38	Reviews / Props & Tricks
Dean Dill	Bonus Routine	two-phase routine	Inspired by "Red & Black" (John Kennedy, Genii Vol. 52 No. 9, p. 560)	2005	A New World	7	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Gordon Bean	Splitting The Difference	applying Gilbreath Principle to Kennedy's routine	Inspired by "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989) Related to OOMW - Out of My World (Joseph Barry, 2016) Variations Hew by Hue (Jerry K. Hartman, 2006)	May 2005	Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5)	29	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
John Kennedy, Roberto Giobbi	Intuition	spectators separate cards into red and black, with rest pile	Related to John Kennedy's “Red and Black" in "Genii", Vol. 52, No. 9, March 1989, page 560.	2006	Card College Light	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Lennart Green	Index Intuition	spectator shuffles, first separation with small packet, then Kennedy's with rest	Inspired by "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989) Also published here El Poder de la Intuición (Lennart Green, 2014) Lennart Green's Out of This World (Lennart Green, 2024)	2008	The Green Northern Lights Magic	13	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Packet
Michael Ammar, John Kennedy	Coin Production	coin drops from head	Also published here Coin Production (Michael Ammar, 1995)	2009	Experience: The Magic of Jon Allen	123	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / One-Handed
Wolfgang Moser	Silver Surfer	four coins travel from one hand to the other	Inspired by Translocation (John Kennedy, 1983)	2011	Kreationen	15	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal Coin / Gaffed / Shell
Scotty York	The Pocket Card Sword	close-up	Inspired by John Kennedy's Card Stab	Mar. 2013	Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Sword, Knife, ...
John Kennedy	Out of this World			Oct. 2013	Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
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 Flamethrower Match (Alexander de Cova, 2015)	Nov. 2013	New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 12)	12	Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous Light & Fire / Fire
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 Flamethrower Match (Alexander de Cova, 2013)	2015	Burners — Vol. 1	254	Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous Light & Fire / Fire
John Kennedy	Coin Opener	apparently shaking coins out of sleeve		2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 3)	346	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed - Production only Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous
Lennart Green, Roberto Giobbi	The Index Intuition		Inspired by "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vo. 52 No. 9, Mar 1989, p. 560)	2016	Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 25)	368	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red-Black Stack (not simply divided) Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Joseph Barry	OOMW - Out of My World		Related to Splitting The Difference (Gordon Bean, 2005) "Red/Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, 1989)	2016	Charlotte's Notes	3	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Scratch-Marked Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Bob Farmer	The Bammo Brain Bamboozler	two spectators think of a red and a black card, both cards vanish and are removed from the pocket before they are named, using version of John Kennedy's "Mind Power Deck"	Inspired by "The Divine and Conquer Deck" (Leo Reed)	2018	The Bammo Brain Bamboozler	1	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Al Koran type Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
Alberto de Figueiredo	La carta a la cajita	using John Kennedy's Mystery Box		2019	Veintiséis	245	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Box Container (Hennig style)
David Britland	Take It or Leave It	Cardopolis two cards chosen from cut-off packet are pocketed, then piles are made from the packet, one spectator has all red cards, a red card in pocket and red has been predicted for him, other with black	Related to Even Money Proposition (Karl Fulves, 1969) "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)	Jan. 2023	Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Packet

80 entries for John Kennedy