Good Tricks For Bad People

The Twisted Tricks & Tomfoolery of Kevin Ho

Book
2024
Written by Harapan Ong
Work of Kevin Ho
56 pages (Paperback), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Mike Davis
Language: English
17 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Harapan Ong Foreword
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Kevin Ho Preface
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Kevin Ho, Philip T. Goldstein* CAGE paper with letters, spectator folds and cuts it, then he forms a word with the either face up or face down letters, word is CAGE, prediction is Nicolas Cage
Inspired by
Related to
 6
Kevin Ho JK^2 (JK squared) extended version of original JK trick, ends with pun
Inspired by
  • JK (Kevin Ho, Stupid Horrible Immature Tricks, 2014)
 9
Kevin Ho The 21st Century Card Trick parody of 21 card trick, ends with message on the backs of the cards
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Kevin Ho The Baader-Meinhofzinser Phenomenon curiosity, hidden 8 in the negative space of the Eight of Diamonds, additional idea to produce the four Eights from the Eight of Diamonds
Also published here
  • "The Baader-Meinhofzinser Phenomenon" (Kevin Ho, Tricks, 2012)
 16
Kevin Ho The Deck Knight using a deck of cards to produce the silhouette of Batman
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Kevin Ho, Blake Vogt The Blindside Principle spectator closes eyes and drops objects from hand to hand, objects transform
  • First phase: indifferent card dropped, changes into selection
  • Second phase: deck dropped, vanishes, left with only selection
  • Third phase: Deck and case dropped, deck penetrates into case
  • Fourth phase: Card dropped onto floor, travels to open palm of other hand
  • Fifth phase: Deck dropped, transforms into a handshake as a gag
Basic principle from Blake Vogt
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Kevin Ho Penny For Your Thots magician riffles deck for spectator to see one card, but all are face down except one (as a gag), then deck vanishes, leaving only selection
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Kevin Ho The Box Prediction barcode gag
Also published here
 29
Kevin Ho Not Even Close Kolossal Killer spoof
Also published here
 32
Kevin Ho A Bit of Lite Fun Rising Card gag with D'Lite, card rises from cards fanned between hands
Inspired by
 34
Kevin Ho Trickroll'd Rick Astley gag
Also published here
 36
Kevin Ho A Simple Vanish finger instead of coin vanishes
Also published here
Inspired by
 39
Harapan Ong The Avengers Initiative collectors effect with presentation based on The Avengers
Also published here
  • "The Avengers Initiative" (Kevin Ho, Tricks, 2012)
 41
Kevin Ho Turducken progressive sandwich in which a string of sandwiches is produced, in the end sandwich with miniature cards shows up
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 45
Harapan Ong Ace of Farts (a.k.a. The Baboon Trick) Ace of Hearts covered halfway, looks like a butt. Shown that it belongs to a baboon printed on the Ace, before the baboon defecates. The picture of the feces then pops out onto spectator's hand.
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Data entered by Harapan Ong, October 2025.