Norman Houghton

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Norman Houghton	Humoring the Hobbyist	two selections are lost in the deck, three cards and center card is reversed packet cut into the center and performer holds it behind back, when placed on table two selections are found next to reversed card		Sep. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 4)	464	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Norman Houghton	A Study in Frustration	humorous presentation, spectator has to chose 51 cards from the deck, deck turns blank	Related to 51 Cards to Pocket (David Williamson, 1989)	Nov. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 6)	477	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags
Norman Houghton	Deck Switch	pocket		Nov. 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 6)	478	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / In context of Routine
Norman Houghton	Perverse Penetration	deck in case wrapped in handkerchief, deck and cards except selection penetrate handkerchief		1950	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Handkerchief
Norman Houghton	Laundry on the Line	two silks knotted on rope, chosen one penetrates knot		1950	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)	37	Rope / Knot Effects Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects
George Coon	Winding the Pack	gag	Related to Norman's Nonsense (Norman Houghton, 1955) Also published here Winding the Pack (George Coon, 2019)	1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 324)	106	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Riffling and Sound Effects
Norman Houghton	Norman's Nonsense	Winding up the pack (credited to Karrell Fox) sandpaper gag	Related to The Watchwinder (Karrell Fox, 1954) Winding the Pack (George Coon, 1955)	1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 330)	130	Paper / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Riffling and Sound Effects
Norman Houghton	Toss Ya!	coin production after coin toss with invisible coin		Oct. 1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 331)	134	Coin / Sleights / Appearance & Production Moves / Two-Handed
Norman Houghton	The Evanescent Coin	coin vanish under handkerchief		Oct. 1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 331)	134	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
Norman Houghton	Baffling the Brethren	card control, springing the cards, bridge		Oct. 1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 331)	134	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
Norman Houghton	How to Torture your Audience	"a primer for sadists", gag article		Dec. 1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 334)	145	Articles / Articles
Nick Trost	Nick's Push-Thru	Card Tunnel (tunnel change plot) without gaffs	Variations Norman Houghton's "Selective Control" (Norman Houghton, 2011) Also published here Nick's Push-Thru (Nick Trost, 1997)	Dec. 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 364)	285	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Tunnel Effect
Norman Houghton	"Other Magicians..."	a satire, selection is not found		1964	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1963-64)	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags
Charlie Miller	A Novel Location	card selected face-up with fun presentation	Related to p. 133 for related idea by Norman Houghton	Sep. 1967	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 11)	123	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations
Norman Houghton, Johnnie Geddes, Scotty McGregor, David Harrell	Etcetera			Nov. 1967	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 1)	133	Articles / Letters
Norman Houghton	Hole Card	card suddenly has a hole, stud poker presentation	Variations Ho-Ho-Hole Card (Ned Rutledge, 1968)	Jan. 1968	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 3)	153	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Holes Effects
Ned Rutledge	Ho-Ho-Hole Card	card suddenly has a hole, stud poker presentation	Inspired by Hole Card (Norman Houghton, 1968)	Apr. 1968	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 6)	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Holes Effects
Art Spring	Matched Cards	top and bottom cards are initialed, they fuse into one after deck has been cut, see p. 308 for reference	Related to "Stranger of Another Color" (Norman Houghton, Ibidem #5) Variations They Match (Roy Walton, 1970)	Aug. 1969	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 10)	278	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion
Norman Houghton	Ultimate	stack with apparent miss	Inspired by Ultimate Erdnase (David Moore, 1970)	July 1970	Epilogue (Issue 9)	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Riffle Stacking
David Moore	Ultimate Erdnase	Royal Flush face-up in deck, overhand stacked, with surprise, Magician vs. Gambler theme, see also p. 332 and p. 337	Variations Ultimate (Norman Houghton, 1970)	Mar. 1970	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 5)	328	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Overhand
Norman Houghton	Hyper Silk	silk through wand, see also p. 679 for references	Variations Notes (J. W. Sarles, 1972) Also published here Norman Houghton's Hypertuch (Norman Houghton, J. W. Sarles, 1977) "Hyper Silk" (Gen, Feb. 1961)	Jan. 1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 3)	482	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects
J. W. Sarles	Notes	on Hyper Silk, also with ring	Inspired by Hyper Silk (Norman Houghton, 1972)	Jan. 1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 3)	482	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects
Norman Houghton	Money Count Gag	gag when getting money in bank		Feb. 1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4)	484	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing
Norman Houghton, Gordon Bruce	Card to Pocket	trouser pocket, without credit		1975	The Magic of Francis Carlyle	112	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton	Melt-Through Ring Off		Also published here "Abracadabra" #1000	1975	The Ring & Rope Book — Volume One	20	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Norman Houghton	How To De-Rope a Ring			1975	The Ring & Rope Book — Volume One	21	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Norman Houghton, J. W. Sarles	Norman Houghton's Hypertuch	silk through wand Tuch und Ring	Also published here Hyper Silk (Norman Houghton, 1972)	Mar. 1977	Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 2)	82	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects
Norman Houghton	Thirty-Two	using automatic placement principle	Related to The Recognition Reflex (Norman Houghton, 1991)	July 1979	Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 7)	225	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Norman Houghton	Trinity	three cards alike	Related to Winkler-Switch (Gerd Winkler, 1989) Variations Trinity Two-as-Four Sequence (Michael Powers, 1990)	Sep. 1980	Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 9)	389	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Norman Houghton	Lazy Man's Invisible Pass	handling of the classic pass, also as cover pass		June 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 6)	646	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Classic Pass Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Cover Pass (classic)
Norman Houghton	Love Match	spectator and performer shuffle envelopes and pair them up, inside are names of celebrity pairs, they match		1982	Fork Full of Appetizers	65	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence Paper / Envelopes / Normal
Norman Houghton	The Palms-Up Switch	Shuttle Pass Handling, credit correction on page 95		Mar. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 7)	61	Coin / Sleights / Switches / Shuttle Passes & Variations
Edward Marlo	Dribble Free Force	multiple dribble control, same position forced	Related to Dribble Force Procedure (Edward Marlo, 1985) Bluff Multiple Shift (Norman Houghton, 1998) Variations Multiple Card Control Procedure (Randy Wakeman, 1989)	1984	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5	311	Cards / Sleights / Force / Dribble Force Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Norman Houghton	Phase Zwei	ring is thrown on rope, move	Also published here Stewart James' "Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks - Vol. 3" P. 207. 1980.	1985	Close-Up Ring-Seil-Routine	5	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves
Gordon Bruce, Norman Houghton	Pocket Palm	trouser pocket, no credits		1987	The Magic of Steve Draun	5	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton	Pocket Load	here credited to Carlyle		1988	52 Lovers	116	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton, Edward Marlo, Gordon Bruce	More on Card to Pocket	classic palm removal, variations from different pockets		1988	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6	33	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
David Williamson	51 Cards to Pocket	deck to pocket	Related to A Study in Frustration (Norman Houghton, 1948) Professional Card to Pocket (Gregory Wilson, 1999) Variations 15 Crayons to Pocket (Nick Diffatte, 2022)	1989	Williamson's Wonders	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Gerd Winkler	Winkler-Switch		Related to Trinity (Norman Houghton, 1980)	1989	German Card Top Twenties	71	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards/Packets
Michael Powers	Trinity Two-as-Four Sequence		Inspired by Trinity (Norman Houghton, 1980)	1990	Top Secret Stuff	29	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind
Norman Houghton	KISMET Envelope			1990	Zodiak	4	Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Norman Houghton	The Recognition Reflex		Related to Thirty-Two (Norman Houghton, 1979) The Trapdoor Issue #40 (Steve Beam, 2011) Also published here The Recognition Reflex (Norman Houghton, 1993)	1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 40)	732	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Wayne Kyzer	Birth Card		Inspired by The Recognition Reflex (Norman Houghton, 1991) Also published here Birth Card (Wayne Kyzer, 1995)	1991	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 40)	734	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Norman Houghton, Gordon Bruce	Pocket Palm	trouser pocket, from classic palm, here credited to Gordon Bruce		1993	Secrets Draun from Underground	124	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton	The Recognition Reflex		Also published here The Recognition Reflex (Norman Houghton, 1991)	1993	Magic with No Entertainment Value II	13	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
René Lavand	Card from Pocket Finesse	same as Gordon Bruce / Norman Houghton		1993	Magic From The Soul	55	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton, Gordon Bruce	Pocket Palm	credited to Bruce, trouser pocket		1994	Workers Number 4	49	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton	Kismet	three-way envelope		1994	Paramiracles	28	Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Norman Houghton	Pocket Load	trouser pocket		1995	Cardshark	56	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton	Sense of Touch	spectator locates card under table, then it changes into selection		1995	The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55)	1039	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Wayne Kyzer	Birth Card		Inspired by The Recognition Reflex (Norman Houghton, 1991) Related to Errata (Steve Beam, 2002) Also published here Birth Card (Wayne Kyzer, 1991)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	151	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton	LIII-Kelihood	small packet is counted and card remembered at number in remainder, then 10, 9, 8 count to find card	Related to Pretty Close To A Miracle (Richard Vollmer, 1997) Variations Right-To-It Location (Richard Vollmer, 1996) Also published here Numerology (Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner, 2010)	1995	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement
Richard Vollmer	Right-To-It Location	faro placement	Inspired by LIII-Kelihood (Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton, 1995) Variations The Final Countdown (Tom Frame, 1999)	Sep. 1996	Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 9)	2694	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count
Richard Vollmer	Pretty Close To A Miracle		Inspired by Minus Math (Kevin Moran, 1994) Related to LIII-Kelihood (Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton, 1995)	May 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 5)	2793	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement
Nick Trost, Stewart Judah	Matched Picture Cards		Related to Al Smith's Version (Al Smith, 1997) Variations Norman Houghton's First Version (Norman Houghton, 1997) Norman Houghton's Second Version (Norman Houghton, 1997) Tom Hubbard's Version (Tom Hubbard, 1997) Al Smith's Version (Al Smith, 1997) Paul Swinford's Routine (Paul Swinford, 1997) Also published here Matched Picture Cards (Nick Trost, Stewart Judah, 1976)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Norman Houghton	Norman Houghton's First Version	Variation of "Matched Picture Cards" also without deck	Inspired by Matched Picture Cards (Nick Trost, Stewart Judah, 1997)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Norman Houghton	Norman Houghton's Second Version	Variation of "Matched Picture Cards" also without deck too	Inspired by Matched Picture Cards (Nick Trost, Stewart Judah, 1997) Related to Bon Voyage (Steve Beam, 2006) Variations Mini Matching Update (Steve Reynolds, 2020)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Brother John Hamman	Flushtration Count	first appeared in "Colour Blind"	Related to "Colour Blind" (Norman Houghton, Ibidem, June 1955)	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	315	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Norman Houghton	Pocket Load			1997	Karten à la carte	46	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton	The "Kismet"-Envelope	three-way envelope		1997	It's Paramiraculous	10	Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Brother John Hamman, Norman Houghton	The Flushtration Count			1998	Card College — Volume 3	609	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Norman Houghton	Bluff Multiple Shift	riffle forcing consecutive cards	Related to Dribble Free Force (Edward Marlo, 1984) Also published here Abracadabra, No. 1050, also Wit & Wizardry, p. 14	1998	Card College — Volume 3	668	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Norman Houghton, Gordon Bruce	Norman Houghton's Pocket Extraction	trouser pocket	Related to "Production of a Palmed Card from the Shirt Pocket" (Ibidem No. 12)	1998	Card College — Volume 3	722	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Peter Duffie	Alien Encounter	card chosen, Ace of Spades from an odd-colored deck put in, it becomes selection	Inspired by "Stranger of Another Color" (Norman Houghton, Ibidem #5)	1998	Deck Direct	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Karl Fulves, Norman Houghton	Do You Have ESP?	No. 17, spectator selects only odd-backed card from packet		2001	New Self-Working Card Tricks	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations
Norman Houghton	Houghton Pocket Load	trousers		2002	Scams & Fantasies with Cards	115	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Norman Houghton, Brother John Hamman	Flushtration Count	credit information		Nov./Dec. 2002	Penumbra (Issue 4)	12	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Norman Houghton, Sid Lorraine	Instant Egg	white material changes into egg, then into fried egg, then into potato chips	Also published here Abracadabra, Vol. 38 No. 976, Oct. 10, 1964, p. 220	2002	The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic	206	Egg / Transformation
Steve Beam	Bon Voyage	group of cards shown to be mixed, then later all paired up by mates	Related to Norman Houghton's Second Version (Norman Houghton, 1997) Two by Two (Karl Fulves, 2001) The Marrying Man (Ramón Riobóo, 2020) Variations Gals & Pals (Steve Beam, 2015) Also published here Bon Voyage (Steve Beam, 2008)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Norman Houghton, Brother John Hamman	Flushtration Count	credit information		2008	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1	269	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner	Numerology	three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card	Related to Numerology (Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner, 1998) Also published here LIII-Kelihood (Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton, 1995)	2010	Card College Lightest	88	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Automatic Placement
Steve Beam	The Trapdoor Issue #40	on credits for The Recognition Reflex and Point Break, handling for The World's Greatest Magician	Related to The Recognition Reflex (Norman Houghton, 1991) Point Break (Hiroyuki Sakai, 1991) The World's Greatest Magician (Steve Beam, 1991)	2011	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)	xxviii	Articles / Articles
Norman Houghton	Bluff Multiple Shift	riffle forcing consecutive cards		2011	Card Tricks for the Untrustworthy	14	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Cut Controls
Norman Houghton	Norman Houghton's "Selective Control"	King and Queen pushed sideways through deck, King turns over	Inspired by Nick's Push-Thru (Nick Trost, 1961)	2011	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3	735	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Tunnel Effect
Norman Houghton	"A New Coin Fold"	to fool magicians, not classic coin fold		2012	The F.F.F.F. Book	127	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Paperfolds
Norman Houghton, Brother John Hamman	Flushtration Count			2014	Schlaglichter	162	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Norman Houghton, Christian Scherer	Flushtration Count	stand up, with jumbo cards		2014	Schlaglichter	255	Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Sleights / False Counts
Norman Houghton	Kismet Envelope	three-way envelope		2014	Blomberg Laboratories	238	Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Norman Houghton	Pocket Load	here credited to Carlyle, trousers		2019	52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass	174	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket
Steve Reynolds	Mini Matching Update	one deck, two halves made, after a few single matches all cards match	Inspired by Total Coincidence (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91) Norman Houghton's Second Version (Norman Houghton, 1997) handling in Steve Reynold's "Under the Radar" (2003)	2020	Output (Issue 10)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Mates Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Deck

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