Phil / Fred / Oscar

50 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Phil / Fred / Oscar
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Paul Marcus A Card Named Bill
Variations 1969 HEX! 38
Edward Marlo Lonely Horace "Phil", name appears on named card, other cards have no name
 		Apr. 1982 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 5 No. 4) 613
Stephen Tucker Appelation names of back of each card, called out name on selection
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas)) 16
Stephen Tucker Appellation variation on Tucker's "Appelation"
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas)) 17
Paul Marcus, Fred Lowe George from 1969
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 94
Bill Worsley It's a Swindle with change bag and slips of paper
Also published here 1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 33) 637
Peter Duffie Fred 23 bold number force, card named, number written on back of named selection
Related to 1984 Close-Up to the Point 19
Meir Yedid My Son, My Son female names on faces of all, single male name on back of selection
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 299
Philip T. Goldstein Final Fred thin cards
Also published here 1985 FISM Madrid 1985 8
Edward Marlo Female spectator's name on back of named card
 		1986 Thirty Five Years Later 44
Philip T. Goldstein Final Fred thin cards
 		1986 Mix '86 1
David Britland My Name Is Legion deck has famous names on the back of every card, two cards chosen with Gemini Twins procedure, rest of deck blank
 		1986 Psychomancy 30
John Bannon Adjective Dancing "Fred"/"Oscar"/... version with adjectives on the back instead of names, rough smooth, including "A non-rough-smooth handling"
 		1990 Secret Weapons 20
Philip T. Goldstein Final Fred thin cards
 		1990 NYCANOTES 2
Ali Bongo Fred und Lulu
Also published here 1991 Ali Bongo 29
Larry Becker Fred spectator reverses a card behind his back, it has Fred written on it
Inspired by 1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 39
Edward Marlo Female spectator's name on back of named card, with note by Ken Simmons
Related to 1993 Simplicity at Your Fingertips 20
Dave Campbell Fred
1993 Profile (Issue 14) 4
Peter Duffie Fred - Credit Information
1993 Profile (Issue 14) 4
Michael Close Erma La Fource "Oscar", name on back of card predicted
 		1994 Workers Number 4 11
Bill Worsley So ein Schwindel with change bag and slips of paper
Also published here July 1994 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 4&5) 176
Peter Duffie Laurel & Hardy Card Trick two cards chosen from deck with names on the backs, they are Stan and Ollie and prediction is Laurel and Hardy photograph
 		1996 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 8) 8
Peter Duffie, Dave Robertson Vanished Or Gone Spectator thinks of any card, card is shown to have vanished from the pack / word GONE is printed on the back
Inspired byRelated to 1997 Effortless Card Magic 142
David Acer, Ken Schwabe, Michel Huot Nomen Omen: Three Approaches ideas for the marketed trick, names written on backs of every card, one card chosen from front and one from back, other side of each card predicted
  • The "Collection" Approach (Ken Schwabe)
  • Star Power
  • Cardtune
Inspired by
  • "Nomen Omen" (David Acer, marketed 1990)
 1999 Natural Selections — Volume II 189
Peter Duffie Backlog card freely chosen face-up, value and suit spelled to separately and the two cards removed and added, that number is written at the back of the selection
Related to 2000 New Inspirations 2
Peter Duffie Easy-Going Diary combined with name on back of cards
 		2000 New Inspirations 15
Don Alan Clyde
2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 150
Don Alan Fido other presentation for Fred trick
 		2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 157
Philip T. Goldstein Final Fred thin cards
 		2002 Mawny Notes 1
Chuck Hickok Bonus Demonstration Two: State of Mind flashcards with names of US states, one is named and on the back is name of spectator, different names on other cards
Inspired by
  • Danny Laub & Gary Inglese's "The Dream" in "Magick" p. 1617.
 2002 Mentalism, Incorporated 148
Ali Bongo Vodka Surprise beverages written on backs of cards, named card and beverage is predicted
 		2002 Lecture Notes — Geneva 2002 5
Ali Bongo Fred and Lulu brief
Also published here 2003 Lecture Notes — Morges 2003 11
Jon Allen The Usual Suspects using two decks, card is chosen and then spectator names "name" of the card which matches selection in second deck
 		2003 Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut — The Sequel 4
Jon Allen Force of Nature Fred, name of spectator on card, two decks
 		2003 Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut — The Sequel 6
Wesley James A Sleight Case of Murder "beta", card predicted, names on every card back and selection has spectator's name
  • Alternates for the Pass
  • Alternate Methods
  • Premise Variations
Inspired by
  • "Who Killed Roger Rabbit?" (Dale Dewey)
 2004 Enchantments 104
Philip T. Goldstein Final Fred thin cards
 		2004 Notes You Covet 1
Philip T. Goldstein Final Fred thin cards
 		2004 Easthournotes 1
Dave Campbell The Original "Fred" Trick credit information
Also published here
  • The Thistle (Scottish Conjuror's Association's magazine)
 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 331
Jay Sankey What's In A Name?
2004 Sankey Unleashed 119
Max Maven Final Fred
Also published here 2009 Las Vegas Lecture 1
Tyler Wilson Oscar The Grouch deck with celebrity-names on backs, some transformations on both sides of one of those cards, back changes to named name
 		2010 Reinventing the Real 164
David Acer Nomen Omen names written on backs of every card, one card chosen from front and one from back, other side of each card predicted
Also published here
  • first marketed 1990 by Camirand Academy of Magic
 2011 More Power to You 59
Roberto Giobbi The Deck of Missed Opportunities
2012 Confidences 1
John Born Right on the Money Card freely named, card is shown to have an amount of money written on the back, wallet has predicted the amount of money
Inspired by 2012 Seeking the Bridge 126
John Born Casino Card Killer Card is freely named, deck is shown to have cards written randomly on the backs, card freely named has card written on the back that matches prediction
 		2012 Seeking the Bridge 138
Alex Ng Call the Number Deck has numbers written on the back, five random cards chosen, the sum of the numbers matches a prediction. When the numbers are placed together, it becomes a phone number, which when called causes the magician's phone to ring
Inspired by 2015 In the Mind of Dr. Alex 24
John Hostler Bertha ends clean with half-deck switch
 		2016 Magnum Opossum 7
Harry Riser Edna using four decks
Variations 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 394
Tom Gagnon Freda card is also odd-backed
Inspired byVariations 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 397
Tom Gagnon Remembering Edna odd-backed, memorized deck version
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 401
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