The Magic of Jimmy Grippo

1981
Written by Jimmy Grippo, Geno Munari
Work of Jimmy Grippo
218 pages (Hardcover), published by A G-M Publication
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
149 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Geno Munari Introduction
1
Jimmy Grippo Chapter One - Card Magic chapter intro
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The Shuffle basic overhand shuffle explanation, brief
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To Keep Control of a Given Card from top to bottom and back
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To Put a Certain Definite Number of Cards on Top of a Card running cards, brief
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The Jogged Card brief jog shuffle
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Jimmy Grippo Tricks Utilizing the Overhand Shuffle
7
Jimmy Grippo The Spelling Bee spelling to a named card, verbal force a la equivoque
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Jimmy Grippo Will It five cards are tabled face-up and one mentally selected, cards are shuffled back and spectator counts cards from top according to value of thought of card and finds the card
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Jimmy Grippo The Riffle Shuffle with brief comments on how to control top or bottom cards
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Jimmy Grippo Misdirection comments on misdirection, example of stealing a ball from vest
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Jimmy Grippo The Turn About Cards faced deck, one phase
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Reverse cards except bottom cards are turned over lengthwise
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Deck Turnover one handed flip over of the deck
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C. O. Williams The Card from the Pocket card at thought of position is remembered and found, lazy man
Also published here 16
Substitutes for the Pass overhand shuffle control and a jog control
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Jimmy Grippo The Card Detective card is placed face up inside the deck next to selection
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Jimmy Grippo A Rising Card with variation to show card in the center at the end, card clings to first finger
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Jimmy Grippo A Vested Interest signed card ends up in performer's upper vest pocket, no palm handling
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Jimmy Grippo A Phenomenal Memory selection is shuffled in the deck and deck spread face-up, spectator places selection at different position while performer looks away, then card is found
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Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
23
Jimmy Grippo Touch to the Nth Degree pocketed deck, performer divines card by touch and eventually finds selection
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Jimmy Grippo The Double Lift
26
Jimmy Grippo The Ambitious Card three phases
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Jimmy Grippo Your Number? counting to named number to show the card is not there, counting again selection lies at position
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Jimmy Grippo In Reverse card found reversed in the deck
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Double Lift Reverse using double lift to reverse a card, while showing card on top and bottom
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Jimmy Grippo Other Methods of Reversing a Card
31
Jimmy Grippo Follow the Leader not Follow the Leader, card chosen in deck is found reversed, using two decks
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Jimmy Grippo Right About Face five cards are removed and one mentally selected, cards placed reversed in the deck and when card is name it turns over and other four cards remain reversed
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More Methods of Controlling a Card
35
The Fan LePaul's Fan control, no credit
Related to 35
The Simplified Pass overhand shuffle control, mahatma, brief
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The Natural Jog
Related to 37
Jimmy Grippo The Glide
38
Card At Any Number thought of number, glide
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A Good Sell stop trick with sucker element, glide
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Sucker Aces and Threes Threes change into Aces and back, center pip of Three as Ace sucker gag
Related to 43
Jimmy Grippo The Key Card
45
You Do As I Do
47
The Torn Card Miracle cards are torn into quarters and pieces placed inside a hat, performer finds four pieces of selection
Related to 49
Stewart James A Sure Fire Prediction
52
A Spectator Does the Trick spectator places card face up next to selection, behind back
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Palming top palm of one or several cards
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Jimmy Grippo The Cards to the Pocket ten cards
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The Flying Cards
Related to 61
Jimmy Grippo The Mindreader
62
Jimmy Grippo An Uncanny Coincidence finding four-of-a-kind by dealing and spectator stops
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The W.A.A.C.S. and Soldiers hotel story trick, Queens and Jacks in five envelopes change places
Related to 68
Jimmy Grippo Chapter II - Magic with Coins chapter intro
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The Regular Palm classic palm
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The Finger Grip finger palm
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The Tourniquet french drop vanish
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The Switch two switches, simple switch and one using ash tray
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Slide Vanish coin slides from hand to hand
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Impromptu Tricks with Coins
77
Jimmy Grippo To Pass a Coin Invisibly From One Hand to the Other first one coin then up to four coins, four phases, through table as climax
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Ditching Coin in Breast Pocket
78
A Vanishing Coin coin on knee vanish, like Leipzig's Kneesy
Related to 80
Coins Passed Through the Table One by One four coins
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A Useful Move opening coat while hiding coat
Also published here 83
Jimmy Grippo A Magical Transmigration two phases, two and four coins, placing coins in closed hands and on closed fists
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Smash glass through table, with coin to spectator's pocket
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A Sleeve Penetration signed coin dropped inside sleeve is pulled through fabric
Related to 85
Jimmy Grippo A "Spiritualistic" Effect coin production
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The Penetrating Coins eight coins and a different coin, Han Ping Chien through table
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"Atomizing" A Coin coin dropped inside matchbox transforms to smoke and vanishes
Also published here 89
Jimmy Grippo Dollar to Halves Dollar changes into two Half Dollars and back
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Jimmy Grippo A Version of the Downs Palm turning hand while hiding coins
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Chapter Three - Magic with Balls
99
Jimmy Grippo Golf Balls
99
The Regular Palm classic
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The Finger Palm
99
Vanishing a Ball
101
The Change-Over Pass showing hands empty
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Jimmy Grippo The Multiplying Golf Balls
104
Jimmy Grippo Chapter Four - Magic with Cigarettes
110
The Thumb Palm
110
The Change Over Palm
112
The Finger Palm
112
The Thumb Rise pushing cigarette with thumb out of fist, continuous production type
 		113
The Push In as a vanish
 		113
Tricks with Cigarettes
117
Jimmy Grippo Cigarette Produced from a Toy Purse
117
Jimmy Grippo The Magnetized Cigarette cigarette balanced on match apparently reacts to magnetism of finger
 		118
The Broken and Restored Cigarette in handkerchief
Also published here 118
Jimmy Grippo Cigarette Produced from Sleeve from elbow
 		119
Jimmy Grippo A Penny Changed to a Cigarette
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The Spirit Cigarette cigarette moves on table, using a comb as pseudo-explanation
Also published here 120
With Four Cigarettes and Two Hats matrix with four cigarettes and two hats
Related to 120
Jimmy Grippo Chapter Five - Thimbles
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The Basic Sleight - The Thumb Palm
123
To Vanish a Thimble
124
Jimmy Grippo The Production of Eight Thimbles "One on each of the fingers of both hands", with holder
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Chapter Six - Miscellaneous Magic
128
The Famous Needle Trick
128
Magical Separation of Colored Tissue Papers Sands of the Desserts done with pieces of tissue paper, pieces of named color are removed from jar
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A Bag and an Egg
134
Tearing a Telephone Directory in Halves
Related to 136
The Ring and the Wand (With Variations) versions with and without duplicate ring
Also published here 137
Blood Writing sum of digits appears on arm in blood red after rubbing
Also published here 139
The Vanishing Marble marble through table, it vanishes from handkerchief above table by secretly locking it in the fabric with a rubber band
Also published here 140
A "Surprising" Vanish coin transforms into lemon, under hat
Also published here 142
An Upright Egg
Also published here 143
The Match Game two versions of game of NIM, using thirteen matches
  • The Second Version
Also published here 144
Candle Lighting by Magic portion of flame is carried with bare hands to light another candle
Also published here 145
The Flying Match matches torn from matchbook disappear and appear back in matchbook
Also published here 146
Two Matches paper matches penetrate cards, magnetic
Also published here 147
Francis Carlyle Presenting Your Business Card printing, paddle move
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Geno Munari Card Warp Improvision done with business cards, without method
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Geno Munari Never Ending Thread long thread pulled from spectator's cloathing
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Geno Munari Torn and Restored Thread from Spectator's Clothing thumb tip method
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Geno Munari Doubting Dice dots on dice change and eventually fall off dice
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Coins From A Handkerchief four coins produced with handkerchief
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Jimmy Grippo Card Through a Handkerchief
Also published here 158
A Mental Effect With Dollar Bills spectator memorizes serial number of one of five bills, all five are placed in magician’s pocket and he is able to remove the four bills the spectator is not thinking of
Also published here 161
The Turbaned Hindu The Little Hindu
 		162
Harry Kellar Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper wax on thumbnail
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Chapter Seven - Gambling Section
166
Opening a Pack of Cards with One Hand breaking seal one-handed
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A Method to Detect If Your Cards Have Been Tampered one-way check after opening a deck
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How to Make Your Own Stripper Decks
167
Shiner using part of Christmas tree ornament
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Geno Munari A Blackjack Cooler Blackjack stack
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Geno Munari Special Cards for "7" Card Stud Low or "Razz" marked cards on the face, using exacto knife
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Ron Handleman Table Switch for Poker, Gin, Etc. from bottom, dropping packet on table and placing deck on dealt cards
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Chapter Eight - Some Amusing Sells
174
The Hair Mystery. It Disappears gag, apparently making a hair vanish from tray filled with water, spectators get wet
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A Sure Thing Game, Using Matches bar bet with matches, performer always wins
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A Ring of Mystery gag or bar bet, drawing rings around finger of spectator
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Another Ring Sell gag, removing finger ring from finger of spectator under impossible conditions
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Mental Arithmetic trick question
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Heads or Tails increasing the odds of what side spectator choses, verbal
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Catches trick questions
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Coat Hanger Equilibrium balancing coin on coathanger while twirling it around
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Chapter Nine - Photo Section photos of Jimmy Grippo
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Chapter Ten - Last But Not Least
195
Hair Discovery card is found by apparently pulling at a hair, thumb rise
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The Riffle Run-Up - And Location
197
Riffle Speller using riffle stacking to position card
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A Blackjack Demonstration using riffle stacking to either win or let the spectator win
 		203
Jimmy Grippo A Word About Variation on variation in method
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Another Classic Card Penetration
205
Guessing A Spectator's Money prediction of money in spectator's wallet
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A Classic Poker Effect seven hands with five cards, all Full House but performer has a Straight Flush, Bottom Deal presentation, from new deck
Related to 210
T. Nelson Downs The Classic Flying Salt sleeving salt, ungimmicked
Also published here 212
Paul Rosini A Daub Location daub transferred from performer's finger to bottom card of cut-off packet as it is replaced, button storage suggestion
Also published here 214
Paul Rosini Paul Rosini's Four Ace Effect Belchou's Aces
Also published here 216
Jimmy Grippo A Favorite of Jay Ose Charlier cut to straighten deck
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Data entered by Lorenz Schär, June 2025.