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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Walter B. Gibson, Danny Morris Gaglet Department
  • card coding with name badges (Gibson)
  • card in balloon gag (Morris)
  • cut and restored tie performance at army shows without a stooge (Morris)
  • bar bet, naming three numbers of a serial number on a bill
May 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 10)
38
U. F. Grant, Danny Morris, Howcani Gaglet Department
  • idea for Al Baker's "Salt Trick" (Morris)
  • idea for cleaning slates, when done with chemical formula (Grant)
  • gag, where two eggs are cracked and one put in pocket, but still three yolks are seen (Howcani)
Inspired by July 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 14)
59
Han Ping Chien, George LaFollette, Danny Morris Gaglet Department
  • appearance and vanish of a bowl bit (Han Ping Chien)
  • on the Lota Bowls (Lafolette)
  • lose thread pulled from jacket gag (Morris)
Aug. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 15)
62
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz Betcha bar bet, drinking from a glass while arm is held by spectator, coin gag
Sep. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 17)
70
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz Betcha
  • coin jumps from mouth of empty bottle, without touching
  • pepper in glass is attracted or repelled by finger
Oct. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 19)
81
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz Betcha
  • drinking from a sealed bottled without opening it
  • moving a coin without touching it
Oct. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 20)
85
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz Betch
  • bar bet, predicting which side lands up, when tossing a match box
  • betting burning a handkerchief without injuring it
Oct. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 21)
89
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz Betcha word play bet with a coin and three matches
Nov. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 22)
93
Danny Morris, Doc Hurwitz, Walter B. Gibson Betcha
  • boiling water in a paper bag
  • beer bet
  • coin bet / puzzle ("One is not a nickel")
Variations Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 24)
101
Stephen Tucker, David Britland Three Coins vanishing coin with coin puzzle presentation
Inspired by 1978
The Talon (Issue 1)
2
Karl Fulves Not a Half "Penny Papers", twist on catch question "one of them is not a half dollar"
Inspired by 1985 85