Amazing James Randi

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Al Baker	Al Baker's Envelope Switch	window envelopes, Q&A routine application	Also published here Al Baker's Envelope Switch (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Variations Deliver the Billets (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1955)	1949	Mental Magic	40	Propless / Mnemonic Aids Billet / Readings Billet / Switches Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Jaks' Subtlest Secret	word is encircled on clipboard, duplicate page under carbon paper	Also published here Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis (Dr. Stanley Jaks, Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse, 1961) also in: Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014) Related to Date Man Duplication (Hen Fetsch, The Phoenix, 1951) A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1957) … and 5 more Variations Jaks' Secret (Al Mann, Six Columns, 1982) The Jaxian Phone Book Test (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004)	Feb. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 223)	890	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Amazing James Randi	A Record Prediction	headline prediction on record disc that is signed on both sides and given to the spectator until the performance		June 1955	Ibidem (Issue 1)	3	CD & Record Newspaper / Headline Prediction
Amazing James Randi	Filler on Impression Pads	shampoo substance, Prell Shampoo	Related to Prell Centre (Jack Stone, Ibidem, 1959)	Aug. 1955	Ibidem (Issue 2)	4	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Amazing James Randi	Deliver the Billets	getting billets with envelope switch, window envelope, Q&A routine application	Inspired by Al Baker's Envelope Switch (Al Baker, Mental Magic, 1949) also in: Al Baker's Envelope Switch (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	Aug. 1955	Ibidem (Issue 2)	13	Billet / Readings Billet / Switches Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Amazing James Randi	Mentalism Tip	on presenting mind-reading		Aug. 1955	Ibidem (Issue 2)	21	Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Amazing James Randi	The Torn Off-Centre	tips on the center tear (1) pieces never burned (2) when using a newspaper (3) when using a telephone book		Nov. 1955	Ibidem (Issue 4)	13	Paper / Center Tear Newspaper / Newspaper Test Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Amazing James Randi	New Keys	presentation for Hen Fetsch method	Inspired by "Master Lock" (Hen Fetsch, Magic at Your Fingertips)	July 1956	Ibidem (Issue 6)	16	Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Amazing James Randi	A Clean Book Test	words circled on page of Reader's Digest, page torn out and crumpled up, performer divines words, secret duplicate page under forced page	Related to Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis (Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse, 1961) Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014) Ibidem (P. Howard Lyons, Ibidem, 1960) … and 1 more	Mar. 1957	Ibidem (Issue 9)	3	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Book / Book Test / Routines Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Jack Stone	Prell Centre	Prell Shampoo	Related to Filler on Impression Pads (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1955)	Mar. 1959	Ibidem (Issue 16)	18	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Amazing James Randi	Amazing!	You Don't Say Dept (on Joe Dunninger, Houdini)		May 1960	Ibidem (Issue 20)	17	Articles / Columns
Amazing James Randi	Here's a Routine	"a clippo variation"		May 1960	Ibidem (Issue 20)	17	Paper / Torn & Restored
Amazing James Randi	Sticky Stuff	using wide adhesive tape for clippo and Afghan Bands		May 1960	Ibidem (Issue 20)	18	Paper / Topological Effects Paper / Torn & Restored
Amazing James Randi	Large Discovery Dept	on Egypts and thumb tip "discovery" in the Louvre in Paris		May 1960	Ibidem (Issue 20)	18	Articles / Articles Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
P. Howard Lyons	Ibidem		Related to A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1957) Ring Off (P. Howard Lyons, Ibidem, 1959)	Oct. 1960	Ibidem (Issue 22)	1	Articles / Columns
Amazing James Randi	A Little Mental: Thot #1	as "The Modest Randi" deck is riffle shuffled twice, yet a removed suit is recited in order, interlocking chains		Oct. 1960	Ibidem (Issue 22)	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Riffle Shuffle Concepts / Partial Stack Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Amazing James Randi	A Little Mental: Thot #2	as "The Modest Randi" performed over television interactively, everyone remembers a card in the center, deals out deck into six piles, takes pile with selection, it will be at same position for every spectator		Oct. 1960	Ibidem (Issue 22)	27	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Verbal Magic
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis	word is encircled on clipboard and divined	Also published here Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Incredible Dr. Jaks, 2014) Related to Date Man Duplication (Hen Fetsch, The Phoenix, 1951) A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1957) … and 5 more Variations Jaks' Secret (Al Mann, Six Columns, 1982) The Jaxian Phone Book Test (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004)	1961	Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse	59	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Amazing James Randi	Houdini's Grandma	tied on chair with ropes, chains on wrists, Grandmother's Necklace as escape	Also published here Houdini's Grandma (Amazing James Randi, Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II, 1968)	Dec. 1961	Ibidem (Issue 24)	28	Rope / Knots for Escapes Escapes / Bound Rope / Penetration / Grandmother's Necklace aka. Cords of Phantasia
Amazing James Randi	Puzzle: Droodles	identifying magically themed doodles	Related to Randi Doodle Solutions (P. Howard Lyons, Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1965)	Sep. 1962	Ibidem (Issue 26)	7	Words & Letters / Puzzle or Test
Amazing James Randi	The Compleat Reader	spectator chooses word on any page, performer names other pages where the word occurs, memory demonstration	Related to On "Randi's Compleat Reader" (Tom Harris, Ibidem, 1964)	Sep. 1962	Ibidem (Issue 26)	23	Mental Magic / Principles / Index Book / Book Test / Routines
Amazing James Randi	Fingered	rope tie for hands		Aug. 1963	Ibidem (Issue 29)	21	Rope / Knots for Escapes
Tom Harris	On "Randi's Compleat Reader"		Related to The Compleat Reader (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1962)	Nov. 1964	Ibidem (Issue 30)	4	Articles / Letters
P. Howard Lyons, Amazing James Randi	Randi Doodle Solutions		Related to Puzzle: Droodles (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1962)	Dec. 1965	Ibidem (Issue 31)	24	Words & Letters / Puzzle or Test
Amazing James Randi	Houdini's Grandma	tied on chair with ropes, chains on wrists, Grandmother's Necklace as escape	Also published here Houdini's Grandma (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1961)	1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	110	Rope / Knots for Escapes Escapes / Bound Rope / Penetration / Grandmother's Necklace aka. Cords of Phantasia
Amazing James Randi	The Amazing Randi	spoon bends and eventually breaks		1977	Magick (Issue 183)	911	Spoon & Fork Mental Magic / Effects / Metal Bending
Amazing James Randi	Introduction			1978	Don't Bet On It	12	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Amazing James Randi, Shigeo Futagawa	Numeral-oh-gee	using number cards	Related to Lucky You (Michał Kociołek, Plots & Methods, 2019) Variations Cardputer (Alex East, Spell-Binder, 1982) E.S.P. Hummer (Bob Farmer, Hummer's Odyssey, 2022)	June 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 6)	205	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Numbers / Principles / Hummer Addition Principle
Amazing James Randi	Introduction			1979	The Very Best of Cups and Balls	12	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Amazing James Randi	The Hydrick Effect	"Curiosities" phone book page flips over by itself		1981	The Chronicles (Issue 30)	1359	Book / Animation
Alex East	Cardputer	using number cards, numbers on both sides	Inspired by Numeral-oh-gee (Amazing James Randi, Shigeo Futagawa, Apocalypse, 1979) Related to Musical (Alex East, Spell-Binder, 1982)	June 1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 14)	264	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Numbers / Number Forces / Paper Cards Numbers / Principles / Hummer Addition Principle
Amazing James Randi	Conclusion - "Geller's Trickiest Tricks"			1985	Gellerism Revealed	91	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Articles / Articles
Amazing James Randi	Spirit Music	No. 67, accordion plays despite performer being tied up		1990	Self-Working Rope Magic	142	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Illusions / Spirit Cabinet Instruments
Amazing James Randi, Stan Allen	James Randi	Interview	Related to Geller's Response (Uri Geller, MAGIC, 1992)	Jan. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 5)	20	Articles / Interviews
Uri Geller	Geller's Response	Letters	Related to Uri Geller (Uri Geller, Stan Allen, MAGIC, 1991) James Randi (Amazing James Randi, Stan Allen, MAGIC, 1992) … and 1 more	Feb. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 6)	8	Articles / Letters
Amazing James Randi	Randi's Response	Letters	Related to Geller's Response (Uri Geller, MAGIC, 1992)	Mar. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 7)	10	Articles / Letters
Max Maven*	Jejune Is Busting Out All Over	Parallax Ichi, Ni… (on the balance between Natural, Aesthetic, and Spiritual) Meow Mix	Also published here Jejune Is Busting Out All Over (Max Maven, Parallax, 2023) Related to Meow Mix II (Amazing James Randi, MAGIC, 1992) La Tercera Categoria (Max Maven, El Manuscrito, 2014) also in: Jejune is Busting Out All Over (Quarterly, 2017) Variations La Tercera Categoria (Max Maven, El Manuscrito, 2014) also in: Jejune is Busting Out All Over (Quarterly*, 2017)	June 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 10)	14	Articles / Columns
Amazing James Randi	Crossword			June 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 10)	55	Articles / Quiz
Amazing James Randi	Meow Mix II	Letters	Related to Jejune Is Busting Out All Over (Max Maven, MAGIC, 1992) also in: Jejune Is Busting Out All Over (Parallax*, 2023)	July 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 11)	10	Articles / Letters
Amazing James Randi	Crossword			July 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 11)	61	Articles / Quiz
Amazing James Randi	Crossword: Those Two Wild And Crazy Guys			Aug. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 1 No. 12)	60	Articles / Quiz
Amazing James Randi	Crossword			Oct. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 2)	60	Articles / Quiz
Michael Weber (reviewer)	Conjuring	by Amazing James Randi	Related to Conjuring (Amazing James Randi, MAGIC, 1993)	Dec. 1992	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 4)	61	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Amazing James Randi	Conjuring	Letters	Related to Conjuring (Michael Weber, Amazing James Randi, MAGIC, 1992)	Jan. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 5)	9	Articles / Letters
Richard Kaufman	Inner-Workings	critiquing Penn & Teller	Related to Penn & Teller (Paul Kostrach, Fike Peirson, MAGIC, 1993) Penn & Teller (Paul Britt, Amazing James Randi, MAGIC, 1993)	Jan. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 5)	49	Articles / Columns
Paul Britt, Amazing James Randi	Penn & Teller	Letters	Related to Inner-Workings (Richard Kaufman, MAGIC, 1993) Randi (Gerald Deutsch, MAGIC, 1993)	Mar. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 7)	9	Articles / Letters
Gerald Deutsch	Randi	Letters	Related to Penn & Teller (Paul Britt, Amazing James Randi, MAGIC, 1993)	Apr. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 8)	12	Articles / Letters
Todd Lamanske	Flim-Flam	Letters	Related to July En Masse (Amazing James Randi, Doyne Michie, Larry White, Gene Maze, MAGIC, 1993)	July 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 11)	10	Articles / Letters
Byron Walker	Independence Day Magic		Related to July En Masse (Amazing James Randi, Doyne Michie, Larry White, Gene Maze, MAGIC, 1993)	July 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 11)	44	Articles / Magic History
Bob Farmer	How To Cheat Your Friends And Why You Should	Flim-Flam	Related to July En Masse (Amazing James Randi, Doyne Michie, Larry White, Gene Maze, MAGIC, 1993)	July 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 11)	59	Articles / Columns
Amazing James Randi, Doyne Michie, Larry White, Gene Maze	July En Masse	Letters	Related to Flim-Flam (Todd Lamanske, MAGIC, 1993) Independence Day Magic (Byron Walker, MAGIC, 1993) … and 1 more	Aug. 1993	MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 12)	9	Articles / Letters
Samuel Hawley	News-Wordy	spectator circles word on newspaper before the show, word is divined	Related to A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1957)	1995	Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 11)	46	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show Pen & Pencil / Dry (not writing) Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Michael Close (reviewer)	An Encyclopedia of Lies, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural	by Amazing James Randi		July 1995	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 11)	80	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Amazing James Randi	Finland's Iiro Seppänen Then And Now...			Jan. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 1)	51	Articles / Articles
Al Baker	Al Baker's Envelope Switch	window envelopes, Q&A routine application	Also published here Al Baker's Envelope Switch (Al Baker, Mental Magic, 1949) Variations Deliver the Billets (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1955)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)	306	Propless / Mnemonic Aids Billet / Readings Billet / Switches Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Lance Burton, Brian Gillis, Dean Dill, Harry Lorayne, Joseph Gabriel, Michael Ammar, Amazing James Randi, Walter Zaney Blaney, Paul Gertner	Remembering Johnny	on Johnny Carson		Mar. 2005	MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 7)	82	Articles / Articles
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret	word is encircled on clipboard	Also published here Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis (Dr. Stanley Jaks, Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse, 1961) Related to Date Man Duplication (Hen Fetsch, The Phoenix, 1951) A Clean Book Test (Amazing James Randi, Ibidem, 1957) … and 5 more Variations Jaks' Secret (Al Mann, Six Columns, 1982) The Jaxian Phone Book Test (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004)	2014	The Incredible Dr. Jaks	134	Clipboard Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Michał Kociołek	Lucky You	Chosen card found at position established by sum of randomly chosen numbers written on pieces of paper, based on mathematical principle	Inspired by Stunumbers (Shigeo Futagawa, Self-Working Number Magic, 1983) Related to marketed 1941 by Sam Berland also in: Hummer's Poker Chip Baffle (Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Hummer's Poker Chip Mystery (Hummer's Odyssey, 2022) Numeral-oh-gee (Amazing James Randi, Shigeo Futagawa, Apocalypse, 1979)	2019	Plots & Methods	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Numbers / Principles / Hummer Addition Principle
Bob Farmer	E.S.P. Hummer	four cards with symbols with numerical values on both sides are in envelopes Phase One (chosen symbol in envelope is divined) Phase Two (total of four sides predicted)	Inspired by Perplexing ESP Plaques (Larry Becker, World of Super Mentalism, 1978) Numeral-oh-gee (Amazing James Randi, Shigeo Futagawa, Apocalypse, 1979)	2022	Hummer's Odyssey ()	22	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination ESP Cards / Divination Numbers / Principles / Hummer Addition Principle Numbers / Principles / Hummer Subtraction Principle
Max Maven*	Jejune Is Busting Out All Over	Ichi, Ni… (on the balance between Natural, Aesthetic, and Spiritual) Meow Mix	Also published here Jejune Is Busting Out All Over (Max Maven, MAGIC, 1992) Related to Meow Mix II (Amazing James Randi, MAGIC, 1992) La Tercera Categoria (Max Maven, El Manuscrito, 2014) also in: Jejune is Busting Out All Over (Quarterly, 2017) Variations La Tercera Categoria (Max Maven, El Manuscrito, 2014) also in: Jejune is Busting Out All Over (Quarterly*, 2017)	2023	Parallax	30	Articles / Theory & Essays

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