87 entries for Mike Caveney

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Roy Benson It's Magic Benson bowl routine
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 156)
627
Al Baker Impossible! "An Experiment in Clairvoyance"
assistant with cloth bag over the head on a chair, performer names selected cards via ventriloquism
Related toAlso published here 1949
Mental Magic
57
Tony Corinda The Powers Of Darkness ring penetrates spectator's arm, while he has his eyes closed
Variations Dec. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4)
186
Bernard Bilis Never Split Coin travel from under one hand to another
Variations 1976
Close Up, French Style
18
Mike Caveney Folding Money 32 pennies should travel from a purse into a tube, instead they vanish from the purse and in the tube a Dollar is found, actually too big to fit inside
 		1981
Magicomedy
13
Mike Caveney Purse Switch
1981
Magicomedy
16
Mike Caveney 3:32 two coins travel under one hand, then one coin and eventually the last coin vanishes, using "The Flick"
Inspired byAlso published here 1981
Magicomedy
21
Mike Caveney, Dick Zimmerman Cents of Touch marked penny is lost and found in a bag of pennies
 		1981
Magicomedy
27
Mike Caveney One in a Million stabbed prediction of two cards
 		1981
Magicomedy
33
Mike Caveney Half a Light torn and restored match
 		1981
Magicomedy
37
Mike Caveney, Duke Stern The Benson Plunger with a plunger (suggested by Duke Stern), four phases, jumbo pill as climax
Inspired byAlso published here 1981
Magicomedy
46
Mike Caveney A Bloody Prediction murder story, prediction of a stabbing wound, comedy routine
 		1981
Magicomedy
57
Mike Caveney Bent Spoons two spoons, one held wrapped in a napkin, the other one visibly
 		1981
Magicomedy
63
Mike Caveney Comedy Load Bag fake and real chicken are produced from spectator's coat
 		1981
Magicomedy
73
Mike Caveney The Homing Card Comes Home four jumbo cards turn into blank cards on by one
 		1981
Magicomedy
77
Mike Caveney Tearable Times lighted candle appears from rolled up newspaper, newspaper is then torn, partially burnt and finally restored again
 		1981
Magicomedy
85
Mike Caveney Club Soda deck vanish under handkerchief, bottle appears from under with selection inside
 		1981
Magicomedy
95
Mike Caveney Signed Bill in Cigar
Variations 1981
Magicomedy
103
Mike Caveney Thimble Holders
1981
Magicomedy
118
Mike Caveney Temporary Parking Zone
1981
Magicomedy
119
Mike Caveney The Appearing Jumping Rising Vanishing and Reappearing Thimble
1981
Magicomedy
121
Mike Caveney The Perpetual Pinocchio Thimble endless thimble production, with long thimble as a climax
 		1981
Magicomedy
127
Mike Caveney The Thimble Bag multiple production of thimbles from a empty bottomless bag
 		1981
Magicomedy
130
Mike Caveney The Giant Thimble Production
Related to 1981
Magicomedy
140
Michael Weber, Mike Caveney, Bill Taylor The Vacuum Cleaner Illusion woman is transported from a box into a bag through the tube of a vacuum cleaner
 		1981
Magicomedy
151
Mike Caveney The Substitution Barrel substitution trunk with a barrel
Also published here 1981
Magicomedy
161
Mike Caveney, Merlin Eifert Impromptu Linking Coathangers two coat hangers and wire gimmick
Also published here 1982
Ideas
4
Mike Caveney A Transposition red ball wrapped in red handkerchief and put in a glass transposes with blue ball in a blue handkerchief put in a second glass
Inspired by
  • a trick (?) from "Rupert Howard Course in Magic"
 1982
Ideas
6
Mike Caveney Billard Ball Switch
1982
Ideas
6
Mike Caveney Triple Penetration nest of glasses, spectator's ring vanishes on top of the biggest reversed glass which is covered with a handkerchief and found in the smallest one
 		1982
Ideas
8
Mike Caveney Bag-It objects vanish in a paper bag, concept
 		1982
Ideas
12
Mike Caveney A Coin Vanish hold-out position on back of hand
Inspired by
  • a vanish in T. Nelson Downs' "Modern Coin Manipulation" (?)
Also published here 		1982
Ideas
14
Mike Caveney Flying Deuces boomerang card transforms into jumbo card
 		1982
Ideas
17
Mike Caveney The Toilet Tissue Issue five pieces of toilet paper are torn and restored
Related to 1982
Ideas
18
Mike Caveney The Powers of Darkness Come Out of the Closet with coathangers, three phases
Inspired byAlso published here 1982
Ideas
21
Mike Caveney More Powers with rope ring
Inspired byAlso published here 1982
Ideas
27
Martin Lewis Martin's Improved Lie Detector instructions for electronic lie detector apparatus
Related to 1985
Martin's Miracles
151
Mike Caveney Half-Roughed Cards on the half-roughed cards and Senator Crandall's Jumbo Nitemare
 		1993
Wise Guy
97
Mike Caveney Impromptu Powers of Darkness with rope ring
Also published here Sep. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 9)
71
Mike Caveney Giant Thimble Production load from table, with preliminary sequence with thimble and silk
Related to 2013
Wonders
23
Mike Caveney The Substitution Barrel substitution trunk with a barrel
Also published here 2013
Wonders
35
Mike Caveney The Amazing Mechanical Merlin mirror box illusion, lower body part hidden
 		2013
Wonders
44
Mike Caveney The Split Deck deck chopped in half, card chosen from both halves, they match
Inspired by
  • Bob Haskell's "Split Deck"
 2013
Wonders
49
Mike Caveney Crystal Card Catch jumbo card appears between two glass sheets under handkerchief cover, apparatus
 		2013
Wonders
50
Mike Caveney Anverdi Key Chest trade show presentation
 		2013
Wonders
53
Mike Caveney Jumping Straw straw and wrapper rolled up in handkerchief, when unrolled the wrapper is on the straw again
Also published here
  • Magic for Dummies, 1998
 2013
Wonders
57
Mike Caveney The Nailed Card quarter to forehead with nailed coin, then presentation for invisible deck using fifty-two decks, card nailed to forehead
 		2013
Wonders
61
Mike Caveney The Benson Plunger with a plunger (suggested by Duke Stern), five phases, jumbo pill as climax
Also published here 2013
Wonders
67
Mike Caveney The Ball Vanish
2013
Wonders
72
Mike Caveney Two, One, None two coins travel under one hand, then one coin and eventually the last coin vanishes, using "The Flick"
  • Two Coins
  • One Coin
  • None
Also published here 2013
Wonders
83
Mike Caveney Coin Vanish hold-out position on back of hand
  • The Vanish
  • The Reproduction
Also published here 2013
Wonders
89
Mike Caveney Money Machine routine for money machine prop with spinning cylinders, credit information on Bob Haskell's prop
  • The Stool
  • The Money Machine
 		2013
Wonders
99
Mike Caveney, Merlin Eifert Impromptu Linking Coat Hangers two coat hangers and wire gimmick
  • The Link
  • The Slide
  • The Pull Through
  • The Unlink
  • The Clean Up
Also published here 2013
Wonders
109
Mike Caveney Linking Coat Hangers history and routine, hangers link to scissors and saw as well
 		2013
Wonders
117
Mike Caveney Lubor Die routine for Driebeck/Lubor Die, credit information
 		2013
Wonders
127
Mike Caveney Lie Detector lie detector prop, used in murder mystery routine
Related to 2013
Wonders
135
Mike Caveney Seeing Through Cloth Bag with back turned towards audience
 		2013
Wonders
138
Mike Caveney Halloween Card Stab on the back of a kneeling assistant, person stabbed
 		2013
Wonders
141
Mike Caveney The Phome Book phone number prediction, using comedy prop foam book, hidden assistant
 		2013
Wonders
151
Mike Caveney Card Through Train Window
2013
Wonders
151
Mike Caveney Idiot Rings linking two finger rings, starts out as rope and ring routine, involving a saw that links onto rope
 		2013
Wonders
159
Mike Caveney The Powers of Darkness with coat hangers, four phases
Also published here 2013
Wonders
171
Mike Caveney Impromptu Powers of Darkness with rope ring
Also published here 2013
Wonders
187
Mike Caveney Chinese Pipes Chinese Sticks with pipes that have water faucets at the end, water stream with high pressure comes out of one as finale, Patrick Albanese
 		2013
Wonders
201
Mike Caveney Nind Reading performer has trash can over his head and still describes objects by the spectators, ventriloquist assistant, blindfold appears on performer's head when can is removed
Related to 2013
Wonders
209
Mike Caveney Ten Dollar Bill Trick with credit information
  • Preparing the Bills
  • Counting the Bills
  • The False Count
  • The Steal
  • The Ditch
  • The Finish
  • Set Up
  • The Routine
  • Emergency Act
 		2013
Wonders
219
Mike Caveney Bill in Cigar
  • Cigar Loader
  • The Gimmicked Cigar
  • The Cigar Tube
  • The Cap
  • The Final Solution
  • The Envelopes
  • Silent Butler
  • Set Up
  • The Routine
Inspired by 2013
Wonders
239
Mike Caveney Bill Steal from Envelope
2013
Wonders
251
Mike Caveney 3-Arm Juggling comedy juggling routine with puppet arms
 		2013
Wonders
269
Mike Caveney Coffee Juggling stunt in which a full coffee cup is balanced in a rotating wide ring
  • Missing
  • Listen to Your Audience
 		2013
Wonders
281
Mike Caveney Magic Paper torn and restored strip of toilet paper, stage version of Hindu thread
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
  • Method 3
  • Method 4
  • Method 5
    • Preparing the Restored Strip
    • Stealing the Restored Strip
    • Disposing of the Pieces
    • The Restoration
Related to 2013
Wonders
297
Mike Caveney Snake Charmin strip of toilet paper levitates à la dancing handkerchief
  • Stripping Thread
  • Thread Management
  • Animating the Snake
  • Cleaning Up the Thread
  • Making Thread Invisible
  • Broken Thread
 		2013
Wonders
314
Mike Caveney Bow & Arrow signed selection lost and deck cased, bow and arrow used to shoot deck out of shower of cards
 		2013
Wonders
345
Mike Caveney Scissors, Coat, Silverware & Chicken knife through borrowed coat, production from coat of silverware, plates and chicken
  • The Newspaper
  • The Chicken
  • The Load Bag
  • Hiding a Chicken
  • Hiding a Chicken Load Bag
  • Newspaper Art
  • Shower of Silver
  • The Stool
  • The Ultimate Gimmick
  • Crash Landing
  • The Scissors
  • The Logic
  • Pre-Set
  • The Routine
 		2013
Wonders
373
Mike Caveney Dante's Sawing A Lady in Half discussion of the performance at the 1993 Los Angeles History Conference
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
27
Mike Caveney Selbit's Bricks discussion of the performance at the 1999 Los Angeles History Conference
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
43
Mike Caveney Through the Eye of a Needle person apparently goes from one barrel to another through a small hole in a steel plate, Selbit, discussion of the performance at the 1999 Los Angeles History Conference
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
55
Mike Caveney The Million Dollar Mystery production box, discussion of the performance at the 2001 Los Angeles History Conference
  • The Million-Dollar Mystery Cabinet
  • The Mirror Tunnel
  • The Casket
  • The Reaching Rod
  • The Slide
  • Backstage Table
  • Buckets
  • Balls
  • Ball Containers
  • Baskets
  • Cards, Gloves & Hands
  • Curtain
  • Pre-Set
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
69
Mike Caveney OH! Chair person vanishes from a chair, Howard Thurston, discussion of the performance at the 2003 Los Angeles History Conference
  • The Platform
  • The Hand
  • The Ring
  • The Curtain
  • OH! Chair Routine
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
101
Mike Caveney Del Adelphia Egg Bag discussion of the performance at the 2005 Los Angeles History Conference
  • The Basket
  • The Bag
  • Eggs
  • The First Two Eggs
  • The Nest
  • The Mother Ship
  • The Dove Steal
  • The Kleenex Steal
  • Squeeze Play
  • The Chicken Load Bag
  • The Switch
  • Chicken Production
  • The Setup
  • The Routine
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
123
Mike Caveney The Astral Hand rapping hand on glass table, discussion of the performance at the 2007 Los Angeles History Conference
  • The Thread
  • The Glass Dome
  • The Code
  • The Routine
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
165
Mike Caveney The Drum That Can't Be Beaten production drum, discussion of the performance at the 2009 Los Angeles History Conference
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
181
Mike Caveney Well I'm! person vanishes on a platform underneath a large cloth, Valadon, discussion of the performance at the 2009 Los Angeles History Conference
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
193
Mike Caveney Walking Out of a Curtain sight gag with back drop that matches suit
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
199
Mike Caveney The Orson Welles Act person travels from trunk to chair, discussion of the performance at the 2011 Los Angeles History Conference
  • Building the Tip-Over Trunk
  • Killing the Angles
  • Sedan Chair
  • The Routine
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
221
Mike Caveney The Spirit Cabinet Charles Carter, brief mention of the performance at the 2013 Los Angeles History Conference
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
247
Mike Caveney Caveney Reveals The Spirit Cabinet on Charles Carter's Spirit Cabinet, history and technical details
  • A Chair Possessed
  • Creating Katie King
  • Katie King Takes Flight
  • The Flying Gimmicks
  • The Final Bell
  • The Performance
  • The Routine
Also published here
  • The Final Conference Illusions, Mike Caveney
 Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
12