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Karrell Fox - On The Other Hand

Columnist: Karrell Fox Quite a few years ago, the Abbott Magic Co. of Colon, Michigan, marketed a trick called Abbotts’ Daring Spring Trap. Matter of fact, they still do. In my opinion, it’s an excellent prop. It has novelty, mystery and an air of danger. (Practically all stage illusions are based on this last premise. Stop and think about it, magicians are always figuring out ways to mutilate their beautiful girl a...
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Karrell Fox - Peeka Brain

Columnist: Karrell Fox KARRELL FOX “PEEK-A-BRAIN PEEK-A-BRAIN What could be better magic than to do a “gag” prediction such as the one you just read and the laughs AND THEN to repeat the trick (or at least a similar trick) and to have it be 100% CORRECT! Intrigued? O.K., read on. EFFECT This time, you get a gentleman up to help. You give him a deck of cards, in it’s case, with the request that he place the deck insi...
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Karrell Fox - P. "nutty" Sandwich

Columnist: Karrell Fox This could also be called “Time Out For Lunch”, because that’s what I used the prop for, originally. In the middle of my kid show, I would casually glance at my watch and say, “Good Gosh! It’s time for me to have my lunch. Pardon me.” I would then remove a child’s metal lunch box from my table and open it up. I removed a napkin, which I tucked under my chin, and then I removed three bananas, s...
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Karrell Fox - Ringaround

Columnist: Karrell Fox We are dealing here with another classic of magic, “The Thumb Tie”. Seldom does a trick pack so small and yet is SO capable of entertaining an audience of any size. The masters of magic that have featured this trick are many. One thinks of FRANK DUCROT, LES LEVANTE, TEN ICHI, PAUL ROSINI and many others. This is not a method of doing the thumb tie that I’m going to tell you about. It’s rath...
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Karrell Fox - Shoulderope

Columnist: Karrell Fox Magicians have been cutting and restoring ropes to the amazement of their audiences for many years. In my quest for something different with this trick, I came up with the following idea which has served me well for trade and auto shows. To perform you need, a pair of scissors, a five foot length of magicians rope and a spectator from the audience. The spectator is standing to my right. I remo...
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