Las Vegas Close-Up (Paul Harris)

1978
Work of Paul Harris

150 pages (Hardcover), published by Chuck Martinez
Illustrated with drawings by Dwight Dunaway.
Language: English

(36 entries)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Paul Harris	Special Acknowledgements				→ Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Jimmy Grippo	Foreword				→ Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Chuck Martinez	The Care and Feeding of Paul Harris				→ Articles / Biographical
Paul Harris	Inside/Close-Up				→ Articles / Articles
Paul Harris	Pen-Ultimate*	card clipped on pen is covered and then impaled on pen		1	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous → Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Pen → Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing → Pen/Pencil / Penetration
Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff	UnCanny	chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end	Related to Creamed (Jay Sankey, 2004) Variations Beenie Weenie (Michael Ammar, 1983)	10	→ Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines → Can
Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff	Stapled!	two jokers stapled back to back, one of them transposes with selection Presentation Idea - Stapled Blackjack	Variations Simply Stapled (Steven Hamilton, 2013)	19	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack → Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Two Card Transposition with mutilated card(s)
Paul Harris	The P.H. Invisible Palm			26	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers
Paul Harris	Special Handling #1 - The Tent Vanish			28	→ Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
Paul Harris	Special Handling #2 - The Lay Down	splitting tabled card for Open Travelers		30	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous → Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers
Paul Harris	Special Handling #3 - The Snap			31	→ Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Paul Harris	Special Handling #4 - Rub Away Vanish			33	→ Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Paul Harris	Absorption	card placed on case is "absorbed" by case (i.e. vanishes)		42	→ Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case → Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous → Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Paul Harris	OverExposure			52	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Paul Harris	Invisible Rising Card	ungaffed method for Invisible Deck		58	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Unknown	Spread Cull			60	→ Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back
Paul Harris	"The Hard Way"	two dice are permanently stuck together		64	→ Dice (small) / Miscellaneous
Thomas A. O'Lenick	Aero-Dynamic Dollar	bill with two quarters in it is folded into propellor and tossed to ceiling where it sticks	Related to Der Geldschein an der Decke (Milbourne Christopher, 1979)	67	→ Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration → Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Gambler vs. Mentalist vs. Magician	dressed up Triumph		74	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) → Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Displays & Finesses
Daniel Cros	Cros Twist	"An Enhancement for the Bizarre Twist", one-handed version	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, 1976) Variations On the Bizarre Twist (Marc Russell, 1983) The Three Card Game (Ben Harris, 1985) Cros Twist Handling (Peter Gröning, 2020)	82	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Paul Harris, Daniel Cros	Paper Chase	napkin is torn into four pieces, matrix type assembly, restoration		87	→ Paper / Torn & Restored → Paper / Traveling → Paper / Paper Napkin / Table Napkin
Paul Harris	The Incredible Tap Dancing Aces	(La La's Lu Lu Re-Vamped), Aces vanish and reappear, using the pack	Inspired by La La's Lu Lu (Paul Harris, 1976) Variations Nocturnal Gambler (Steven Hamilton, 1991)	92	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Unknown	Biddle Steal			92	→ Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck
Looy Simonoff	Looy's False Count	gag		104	→ Articles / Joke
John C. Wagner, Allan Ackerman	New Twisted Collectors	at end of twisting the routine three selections appear between aces		107	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors → Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper	spectator counts himself	Related to The Journey (Peter Duffie, 1984) Variations Touch of Evil (Jay Sankey, 2004) Playing Heavy (Daniel Roy, 2020)	112	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper Count	spectator counts himself		113	→ Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Paul Harris	Silver/Slide	four coins appear under four cards	Related to Cutting the "Coins" (Aurelio Paviato, 1983)	116	→ Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish/Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards → Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Other Object / Coins
Danny Korem	Korem's Card On Tie	selection appears pinned on performer's tie	Variations Color Change Tie (Richard Bartram, Jr., 1993)	124	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Other item
Paul Harris	Splits Unlimited	splitting variations Lickity Split Gaffed Split Curry Split	Inspired by "Las Vegas Split" (Super Magic)	129	→ Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer → Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards
Paul Harris	Jinx Change Handling			129	→ Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Paul Harris	Curry Split	exchanging one against two		134	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards → Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Turnover Change & Variations
Paul Harris	Cardician's Blendo	Four and Six melt together to a Ten spot	Variations Blendsation (Ben Harris, 1980) Blendo (Roberto Giobbi, 1987) Blending Bullets (George McBride, 1991) Assimilation (David Acer, 2004) Also published here Cardician's Blendo (Paul Harris, 1996)	136	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Unknown	Snap Over Change			138	→ Cards / Sleights / Color Change / free handed
Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman	Interlaced Vanish		Variations The Oblong Box (Richard Bartram, Jr., 1993)	140	→ Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced Vanish
Unknown	Perpetual-Motion Coin Myth	impossible rotating coin flourish, mentioned by Bad Water Bill		148	→ Coin / Sleights / Flourishes

Data entered by Denis Behr.