Miscellaneous

290 entries in Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous
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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
A Card found in a Cigar
1889
Tricks with Cards
189
Carl Willmann Willmann's Cigarrenkiste mit Fallklappe servante in cigar box
Related to Apr. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 4)
56
Carl Willmann Die Cigarrenkiste als Servante using cigar box as servante
Related to May 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 5)
74
Hans Meckel Die Cigarrenkiste im Dienste der Magie "by E. C. from Munich", two ideas to use a cigar box to switch something or to use it as a servante
Related to July 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 7)
103
Carl Willmann The Conjurer's Cigar-Box with trapdoor and servante
 		1903
Later Magic
28
Die Cigarre, welche von drei Herren zu gleicher Zeit geraucht werden kann "by A. H.", cigar can be smoked by three people simultaneously
 		Apr. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 4)
61
Louis F. Christianer Tobacco, Water and Silks tobacco put in glass, water in tobacco can, silks vanish and appear dry from can, water poured out of can, tobacco vanishes from glass and reappears in can
 		1915
Effective Tricks
14
Oswald Rae Selected Smokes cigarettes of different brands are put in a bag, named brands are removed by performer, by touch
 		1928
Sub Rosa
18
Oswald Rae Cigarette Balancing three cigarettes are balanced on each other
 		1928
Sub Rosa
22
Oswald Rae "Gentleman, You May Smoke" lose tobacco and cigarette papers are put in a glass and transform into rolled cigarettes, glass is held by spectator and covered with a handkerchief
 		1928
Sub Rosa
26
Oswald Rae Cigarette and Card tin box with fifty cigarettes, card is selected and handkerchief vanished, when box is opened, handkerchief is found and cigarettes arranged themselves to form the name of the selection
Also published here
  • "Cigarette Card" in "The Sphinx"
 1930
Original Magic
49
Tom Sellers The Marked Cigarette marked cigarette mixed with other in hat, found by performer
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
10
Lu Brent The Flighty Cigar Band Cigar band is torn off, later reappears back on cigar after it is lit up
 		1932
Novel Magic
9
Lu Brent The Unlucky Strike Three packs of cigarettes placed into three paper bags, two Camels and one Lucky Strike. Cigarette brand monte routine, spectator always guesses Camels and loses
 		1932
Novel Magic
15
Lu Brent The Traveling Cigarettes and Matches Matchbox and cigarette pack covered with cardboard covers, repeatedly change places
 		1932
Novel Magic
17
Lu Brent The Surprise Reverse Torn Card and Cigarette Trick card torn into pieces and placed into handkerchief. Later a piece is found in a cigarette, which matches the card which has magically restored in the handkerchief with a corner missing
 		1932
Novel Magic
27
Lu Brent A Test for Cigarettes Blindfolded magician able to tell which cigarette was selected apparently by its smoke
Related to 1932
Novel Magic
33
Lu Brent A Test for Cigarettes Method No. 2 Same effect, different type of coding system
Related to 1932
Novel Magic
35
Tom Sellers The Strong Cigarette cigarette held at end, weight on thread put on other end, cigarette does not break
 		1933
More Secrets
4
Tom Sellers Pin Divination spectator pushes pin in any cigarette in a box and turns it over, cigarette found by performer
 		1933
More Secrets
5
Martin Sunshine Cigarette Perception cigarette brands are named blindfolded by smell, see page 99 for improvement by Frank N. Dodd
Related to Jan. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 4)
14
Orville Wayne Meyer A Cigarette Rolled by Proxy cigarette rolled by tongue
 		Aug. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 11)
54
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant How Would You Like a Gag? card in cigarette gag in which no effect happens but the performer destroys the borrowed cigarettes
 		1935
They're Off
18
Lu Brent Tobacco Magic loose tobacco vanishes from hand, is reproduce with other hand
 		1936
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36)
84
Theodore Annemann Cigarettes in the Dark brand of cigarettes are named blindfolded
Related to Feb. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 17)
92
Theodore Annemann Blindfolded Cigarette Divination
Mar. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 18)
101
Lyman Allen The Novelty Box Selection forcing a color or cigarette with a box
 		1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
138
Edward Victor A Change-Over Palm
1937
Magic of the Hands
78
Just a Cigarette Paper cigarette paper balanced on hat, nose and sleeve, with Cinquevalli anecdote
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
17
Magnetized Cigarettes one cigarette used to pick up others in long string, examinable, thread
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
27
A Cigarette Interlude burning cigarette torn in half, lighted half thrown on floor, other half also lighted suddenly
 		1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
86
Dr. Edward G. Ervin A Cigar Fake construction of fake (shell) cigar
 		1937
The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin
16
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Phantom Tobacco Trick loose tobacco vanishes from one hand and appears in the other
 		1937
The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin
40
Producing Sparks
1938
Greater Magic
735
A Cigarette Interlude magical lighting of cigarette, impromptu
 		1938
Greater Magic
753
Bending a Cigarette Double bending without breaking
 		1938
Greater Magic
754
The Knotted Cigarette
1938
Greater Magic
754
The Travelling Cigar Ash from hand to hand
 		1938
Greater Magic
764
Theodore Annemann No Pain fakir stunt combination:
  • burning cigarette on tongue
  • needle through arm (real)
  • eating pepper
  • putting hand in trap
Related to Aug. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 59)
423
Eddie Joseph Man of Attraction The Human Magnet, sticky substance, prelude with some "body magic" stunts
 		Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 64)
447
Stewart James Sefalaljia miniature spirit cabinet, ball moves, ring on tape, cigar lights itself, milk vanishes
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 69)
471
Yogi Stuff holding a cigarette at the burning end
 		Feb. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 8)
2
Quong Yen Cig in Bottle bar stunt, paper circle on bottle, cigarette balancing on top
 		Oct. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 4)
4
Jean Hugard Cigarettes chapter intro
 		1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
76
Rolling a Cigarette with One Hand
1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
81
Prepared Cigar. For the Card in Cigar Trick
1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
90
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Bombay Propaganda inverted match thru fist with cigarette
 		Mar. 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 9)
4
Joseph Ovette Magician Versus Layman cigarette is lit with blown out match
 		1940
Fast Ones
23
Bruce Elliott Elliott Humor cigarette falls apart when smoking, chemical, see page 778 for alternative chemical
Also published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 127)
735
Triple Prediction predicted are number of cigarettes in packet, card and its position
 		1941
More Card Manipulations (Issue 4)
39
The Unreversed Word words "choice quality" on Camel cigarette cases held in mirror, one remains readable
Also published here
  • "Ten After Dinner Tricks" (Harlan Tarbell)
 1941
After the Dessert
6
Lighted Cigarette from Box sight gag
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
156
John Scarne Strong Man ripping the cellophane paper of a cigar, spectator can't do it
 		Nov. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 23)
96
Franklin M. Chapman President Size extra long cigarette comes out of normal package
 		1942
Quick Tricks
5
Orville Wayne Meyer Gaglet cigarette is light without the use of a lighter
 		Jan. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 26)
110
Keith Clark Thumb-Nail History of the "Celebrated Cigarettes" Routine with comments on tonguing
 		1943
Celebrated Cigarettes
5
Keith Clark Introductory Remarks
1943
Celebrated Cigarettes
6
Tom Sellers Sympathetic Light cigarette in pocket ignites itself in sympathy when another cigarette is lit
 		1943
Twenty Tricks
8
Tom Sellers A Good-Night Cigar cigar pulled apart, silk with "Good Night" message appears
 		1943
Twenty Tricks
20
Herb Runge Blob as Herb Rungie, two cigarettes with different brands, one put in the pocket one in the box, performer always knows which one is where
 		Sep. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 68)
277
Stewart James Sefalaljia miniature spirit cabinet, ball moves, ring on tape, cigar lights itself, milk vanishes
  • The Ball in the Glass
  • The Knotted Handkerchief
  • The Ring on the Tape
  • The Smoked Cigar
  • Drinking the Milk
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
105
Arnold Belais Smoke Up Your Sleeve smoke is blown in one sleeve and comes out the other, tube
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
29
Laurie Ireland Betchas collection of bar bets, several reprints of the Phoenix
 		1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
6
Ray H. Cason Cigarette Pack to Match Box
1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
33
Milbourne Christopher The Name Appears names of presidents on slips of paper, put in performer's pocket, one chosen and burnt, ashes rubbed on cigarette, name appears
 		Dec. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 7)
172
King Stevenson Cigarette Shiner paper clip in cigarette
 		Feb. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 101)
405
About... Cigarettes human blockhead with cigarette
 		May 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 12)
220
Dr. Rolland Fraser How I Eat Lighted Cigarettes done with medical intervention, rumination
 		Dec. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 7)
280
James F. Herpick Camel Walk camel on cigarette pack moves
 		Dec. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 140)
563
Milbourne Christopher Tobacco Pass cigarette is torn open, tobacco vanishes and appears again and paper vanishes in a flash
 		May 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 12)
317
Milbourne Christopher Milbourne Christopher's Column ideas for various tricks
  • Lit cigarette hold on thumb covered with handkerchief
  • idea for Al Baker's addition slate
  • on Lou Tannens shooting wand
  • Milk Pitcher
  • Brainwave Deck
  • gag with flash bill
  • Floating Ball
  • card location
 		Aug. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 3)
341
Charles-Emile "Prof. Rex" Sauty La cigarette imperméable cigarette placed in water can still be smoked, followed by german translation "Die wasserdichte Zigarette"
 		Jan. 1947
La Baguette Magique (Issue 13)
6
Jerry Hornak Producing two Flashes of Flame when lighting a cigarette
 		1948
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)
16
George Mackenzie M. C. Item ashes of cigarette bit
 		Feb. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 9)
392
Milbourne Christopher Tobacco and Salt tobacco and salt are mixed in the hands and separated again, sleeving of tobacco
 		Mar. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 10)
401
Doctor Lowry A Cigarette Cutie cigarette is ignited with blown-out match
 		Dec. 1948
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3)
4
A Cigarette Enigma puzzle, six cigarettes placed on table so every cigarette touches the others
Related to May 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)
543
Jean Hugard The Magic Cigarette Case paddle move with cigarette case, apparently showing two compartments
 		July 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 2)
559
Francis J. O'Rourke A Cigarette Enigma puzzle, six cigarettes placed on table so every cigarette touches the others
Related to Dec. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 7)
616
Saucy and Lady making impromptu puppet of old lady with handkerchief and cigarette
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
18
Indian Gift cigar gag, apparently placing it into pocket of spectator
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
20
Cigar Antics classic gags with cigarettes
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
20
Penny Game puzzle with cigarettes, glass, coin and paper, set-up for joke with flash paper
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
24
Fireproof Fingers holding burning cigarette between two fingers
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
25
Cigarette Pack Gags
1949
Over the Coffee Cups
26
Jugglery cigarette jugglery with lips
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
26
Buck Teeth gag with cigarettes
 		1949
Over the Coffee Cups
27
Milbourne Christopher, Martin Sunshine Cigarette Test five people smoke different brands of cigarettes, performer divines them blindfolded
Related to July 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 2)
685
Melvin Brockhaus Funny Cigar Gag
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
16
Bob Somerfeld No Smoking blindfolded cigarette test, when radio is flicked on, there is a commercial of the right brand
 		1951
Mind Reader's Digest
12
Cigar (1)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
turning cigar in mouth apparently 180°
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
Cigar (5)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
large flame when lighting cigar
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
Roger Montandon Cigar (6)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
shooting cigar from mouth, like a cherry seed
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
Cigar (7)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
lighting cigar by scratching it on matchbox
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
Cigar (8)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
bar bet, placing cigarettes on handkerchief
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
Cigar (10)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigar band moves in cigar
 		Aug. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 3)
831
Cigar (11)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cellophane of cigar rises
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigar (12)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
setting wrapper of cigar is lit, smoke travels downward
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigar (13)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cellophanes of cigars are placed in fist and change to long cellophane
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigar (16)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigar ga as finish of club act
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigar (18)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
laugh gag, clipping nose instead of cigar
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Dorny Cigar (19)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
laugh gag, poking eye with cigar
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Cigar (20)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
laugh gag, ashes on head
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Cigar (21)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
laugh gag, salting end of cigar
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Cigar (22)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
laugh gag, trimming cigar with large pair of shears
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
George Schindler Cigarette (4)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
burning end of cigar flares up in the dark to answer question
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigarette (7)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
special way to light cigarette with paper match
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
840
Cigarette (10)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
lit cigarette is held between two fingers, one finger on lit end
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (11)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
lit cigarette is held between two fingers, one finger on lit end, second method
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (12)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette is lit by holding cigarette in fumes of match
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (13)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette is lit by holding match away from cigarette
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (14)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette appears to lit on distant match
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Theodore Annemann Cigarette (19)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarettes of different brands in hat, one can be found by touch
Related to Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (20)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
naming brands of cigarettes while blindfolded
Related to Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (22)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
apparently rolling cigarette in mouth
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (25)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
striking cigarette on matchbox to light it
 		Sep. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 4)
841
Cigarette (30)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
words on Camel cigarette pack can be read in mirror
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Cigarette (31)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
hole in cellophane of cigarette pack, to produce smoke rings
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Cigarette (34)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
gag, bill is found in cigarette packet right after it is bought
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Cigarette and Handkerchief (36)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
burning cigarette is pressed on handkerchief without harming it
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Puzzles (42)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette puzzle, six cigarettes have to touch each other
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Puzzle (43)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
tying knot into cigarette without breaking it
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Bill Nord Puzzle (44)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette puzzle, lit cigarette can be bend without breaking it
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Puzzle (45)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette puzzle, smoking a cigarette without placing it in mouth
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Puzzle (47)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette puzzle, "How to make a cigarette lighter"
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Chesterfield Puzzle (48)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Chesterfield cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Chesterfield Puzzle (49)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Chesterfield cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
851
Camel Puzzle (50)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Camel cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Camel Puzzle (51)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Camel cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Camel Puzzle (52)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Camel cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Camel Puzzle (53)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Camel cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Camel Puzzle (54)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Camel cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Camel Puzzle (55)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Camel cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Camel Puzzle (56)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Camel cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Camel Puzzle (57)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
puzzle using Camel cigarette box
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jokes and Gags (58)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette sticking from packet drops inside when spectator reaches for it
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
John Murray Jokes and Gags (59)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette sticking from packet, when spectator grabs it, it is only small piece
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jokes and Gags (60)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette rises and drops from packet at will, gag
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jokes and Gags (61)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
gag, bill to cigarette, breaking cigarettes of spectator
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Max Terhune Jokes and Gags (62)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
apparently cigarette explodes
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jokes and Gags (63)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
using cigarettes to make funny faces
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Frank Lane Jokes and Gags (64)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
grabbing smoke ring from the air, washer
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jokes and Gags (65)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
ash of cigarette does not fall
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jokes and Gags (66)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
apparently smoking through ear, gag
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jokes and Gags (67)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
walrus impression using cigarettes
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Logan Wait Jugglery (68)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
balancing cigarette on tip of second cigarette
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jugglery (69)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
rolling lit cigarette from under now to mouth
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jugglery (70)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
cigarette held between lower lip and chin is taken with tongue
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jugglery (71)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
catching a cigarette stunt
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jugglery (72)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
catching a cigarette in mouth stunt
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Jugglery (73)
  • Martin Gardner’s Encyclopedia of Impromptu Tricks
balancing cigarette on nose and let it fall into mouth
 		Oct. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 9 No. 5)
853
Eugene Gloye The Cigarette Vending Machine box can be shown empty, when coin is placed inside a cigarette raises from box, full box appears at the end
 		1952
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952)
15
George Blake Smoking Sailor sailor on picture smokes real cigarette
 		June 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 258)
1032
Eddie Turner Hot Shot, the Fire Eater gag with cigarette
 		1953
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)
34
Bruce Elliott Heat Transference two balls of tin foil, one touched by a cigarette, then heat is transferred to ball held by spectator
 		Feb. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 274)
1097
Don Tanner Don Tanner's 4 Items: Item #1
  • miniature deck from sealed cigarette pack
  • selection rises from cigarette pack
  • card stabbing, wrapped in paper
 		Mar. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 276)
1102
James F. Herpick Cork Tip, Please matchbox with hole, cigarette is pushed through, cigarette ends up bent in matchbox
 		Feb. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 301)
3
Karrell Fox A Striking Interlude jokes with exploding match, chainsmoker and getting hump on back because of smoking Camel
 		1954
Kornfidentially Yours
14
Karrell Fox Wet Cigar cigar gag
 		1954
Kornfidentially Yours
32
Karrell Fox The Vendor Pitch Act gag bit, production of hot dogs, cigars, bananas etc
 		1954
Kornfidentially Yours
44
Eddie Joseph Sensitive Touch three marked cigarettes placed in handkerchief bag, performer divines cigarettes by touch and gives them back to owner
 		1954
A Magician Goes to Dinner
14
Samiro Das "Camel" als Wüstenwanderer camel on cigarette box moves
Also published here
  • in "Trollkarlen"
 1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 4)
21
Don Alan Cut Down to Half a Pack gag, half cigarette pack
 		1956
Pretty Sneaky
35
Tony Corinda No. 24. Matches or Cigarettes prediction of the amount of spectator's cigarettes or matches
 		1958
The Swami Gimmick
24
Jon Tremaine, Tony Corinda (7) The Cigarette Packet Pellet Index
1958
Predictions
93
C. "Cajano" Baumgartner, Werner "Walt Nelson" Nussbaumer Die verhexte schrift writing on camel cigarette pack changes when read with mirror
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
594
Martin Gardner Two Puzzles
  • arranging seven cigarettes so they all touch
  • arranging four matches into a square that becomes smaller and smaller
Related to Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
5
Martin Gardner Puzzle Solution: Seven Cigarettes arranging seven cigarettes so they all touch
Related to Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
11
Eddie Clever, U. F. Grant (a) Cigarette Test cigarettes dumped in a bowl, cigarette with different brand is found
 		1959
More Miracles in Mentalism
24
Eddie Joseph Self-Lighting Cigarette striking cigarette on matchbox
 		1959
Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar
5
Eddie Joseph Lighting a Cigarette by Magic
1959
Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar
8
Eddie Joseph Tossing a Cigarette gag, flicking cigarette over shoulder
 		1959
Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar
8
Val Andrews Tobacco Bowls rice bowls with tobacco and cigarettes instead of water
 		1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
15
Corvello Caught Thoughts thought is divined, written on cigarette paper, carbon in cigarette box
 		1960
Magic of the Mind
75
Tenkai Ishida Lighted Cigarette fake lighted cigarette
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
80
Robert A. Nelson Nelson's Notes brand of cigarette is divined
 		1961
Still More Miracles in Mentalism
11
Max Malini Vanishing Tobacoo tobacco vanishes and appears under ashtray, see p. 94 for more information
Related toVariations 1962
Malini and His Magic
57
Dr. E. G. Irvin Vanishing Tobacco with gimmick
Inspired by 1962
Malini and His Magic
94
Jack Ketch Private Reading No. 2 billet dropped in cigarette box with slit, secret reading
 		June 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 370)
308
Nate Leipzig Cigarette Paper Prediction thought of name appears on a cigarette paper
Related to 1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
141
A Mate from Wonderland Jaks In the Ring variation with cigar band
Inspired by May 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 380)
358
Werner "Manello" Meyer Manipulierzigaretten im Automaten manipulation cigarettes idea, dated
 		1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 1&2)
23
Bruce Elliott Elliott Humor cigarette falls apart when smoking, chemical
Also published here Dec. 1964
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 32)
133
Stewart James, Don Nielson On Nielson's "Problem in Prophecy" three colored cigars/cigarettes, three bowls, one of each selected and predicted
Inspired by Dec. 1965
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 2)
10
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia Otro Gags para el Mago
  • gag with watch and measuring tape
  • lighter changes to matchbox
  • cigarette starts to burn quicker than usual
 		1967
Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo
58
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia El Monito Sabio card found by cigarette smoking monkey puppet
 		1967
Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo
64
Earl Keyser The Fever rolled number burnt into paper of cigarette
 		Aug. 1967
The New Jinx (Vol. 6 No. 64)
259
Eddie Fields Mild Miracle spectator inhales on a cigarette with eyes closed, believes it is a lit cigarette - but turns out it is not lit
Also published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
26
Bob Ostin The Cigar Tube Mystery small ball vanishes from cigar tube
 		1968
Fingertip Fantasies
40
Magische Tips various ideas and tips
  • torn and restored newspaper (special paper)
  • fake cigarettes
  • large nails produced from shoe
  • splitting of a playing card
  • magnetic toy bugs
 		1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 2)
37
Bill Ewington Nickel Nickel six coins, three in hand and three under cigarette package, they travel into hand one by one, cigarette pack as coin tray and with magnet
 		July 1968
Ibidem (Issue 33)
25
Jimmy Ritchie Quit Smoking II using Ireland's How to Quit Smoking
 		1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
90
Pavel Das Paket mit 19 Zigaretten
  • Effekt 1 (cigarette magically removed from sealed pack)
  • Effekt 2 (card rolled up in glass tube transposes with cigarette in sealed pack)
 		1971
15 Mikrotricks
18
Steve Spillman Tested Tips on Trix
  • Ball Vase
  • Marked Card
  • Endless Chain
  • Cigarettes
  • Miniature Cards
 		June 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 14)
111
Paul Siegel Tabagie pencil and paper are sealed into envelope, slogan of named cigarette brand appears on paper
 		1972
Doorway to Delusion
12
Max Malini Malini's Tobacco Information Trick No. 713, tip for palming tobacco
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
191
La Broma del Cigarrillo gag with cigarette packet, when someone wants to grab a cigarette, it goes back in to box
 		1973
Aprenda Ud. Magia
107
Fred Robinson Icebreaker gag
 		Oct. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 2)
16
Cigarette Puzzle bar bet
 		Dec. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)
49
Gerald Kosky Recollections on Tenkai producing his own finger tips, fake cigarettes etc., sand bucket for miser's dream
 		1974
The Magic of Tenkai
142
Steve Spillman Cigarette Stunt cigarette is lit on both ends and smoked from the middle
 		1974
Imagine Magic
34
Eddie Fechter Tips, Hints, and Bits of Business various gags, on the classic force and Ambitious Card bit
Also published here 1974
Magician Nitely
130
Christopher Rogers Smoke Ring ashes on arm, zodiac, cigar tube becomes hot
 		1975
Magick (Issue 118)
589
Kabon Fujimara, Juan Tamariz El Pez Japonés puzzle and number divination with 8 cigarettes, fish layout
Inspired by 1975
Magia en el Bar
85
Cigarrillo Anudado bending a cigarette, without breaking it
 		1975
Magia en el Bar
90
Apuesta Imposible bar bet with cigarette
 		1975
Magia en el Bar
91
"Wrapper Magic" sponge ball from cigar wrapper
 		1976
The Encyclopedia of Sponge Ball Magic
25
Erwin Schussel Cigmental five cigarettes from different brands in envelope, performer divines chosen cigarette
 		1976
Magick (Issue 165)
822
Bill Tarr Cigarettes and Silks intro
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
171
Cigarette Roll flourish
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
183
Fred Robinson, Ken Brooke, Vic Allen Where There's Smoke cigarette rolls over the table and can be bend without breaking it
 		Oct. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2)
472
Fred Robinson, Jan Heins Where There's Smoke
  • cigarette rolls over the table and back, version where it rolls to on side.
  • light a match with a cigarette and smoke it (Jan Heins)
  • cigarette is smoked through without any ash falling off
 		Nov. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 3)
489
Harry Lorayne The Asbestos-Handkerchief Routine cigarette does not burn handkerchief with coin in it, then cigarette through handkerchief with paper cover
 		1977
The Magic Book
252
Glenn G. Gravatt Teñido Lento Variante 5.a using a tube witch changes into cigarette box
 		1977
Magicolor
50
Fred Robinson Where There's Smoke
  • pipe grows
  • lighted end of cigarette put on handkerchief, which is spread on the palm, it does not burn
  • making smoke powder with a matchbox
 		May 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)
576
Fred Robinson, Bob Hamilton Where There's Smoke
  • bar bet with a match box
  • matchbox and coin, divine if heads or tails, stooge
  • match in hand, matchbox balanced on back of the hand, box is tossed and match ignited
  • remove flame from lighter to light cigarette, gag
 		June 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 10)
588
Paul Fox Easy-Lite Cigarettes for producing lit cigarettes
 		1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
139
Paul Fox Smokeless Cigarettes lighted, smokeless cigarettes
 		1978
Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
139
Rudolf Braunmüller Magische Scherze und Gags various gags with balloon, butter/knife/bread, bill in cigarette, cigarette, coins
 		Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
9
Allen Okawa Cellophane Surprise torn and restored cellophane at cigarette case, healing process is felt
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979
Close-up Entertainer
134
Karl Fulves No Box thumb tip rattle gimmick, routine with cigarette box
Related to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1243
The Twirling Cigarette Paper spins on tip of finger, physics
 		1979
Elastrix
38
Ken Brooke Zany Cigarette cigarette staken out of someone's mouth as it is lighted
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
43
Ken Brooke Big Time gag, cigar stab in cigar tube
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
45
Tom Mullica Mis-Made Fag filter is torn off and reappears
 		Oct. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 10)
551
The Great Bottle Mystery No. 36, cigarette balanced on a paper ring which stand on a bottle, ring has to be taken away so cigarette falls into bottle
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
47
Don Tanner, Jean de Merry Cigarettes removing cigarettes of different brands by touch, in bag
 		1981
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 2)
41
Tom Mullica Schizophrenia crazy cigarette - match - potpourri
Also published here 1982
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1
75
Rudolf Braunmüller Stammtischgags gags
 		Apr. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 1)
29
Joe Safuto The Trick That Never Was cigarette from new pack is broken in four pieces, matrix effect, restoration, pack resealed, time travel presentation
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
111
Michael Ammar Bill to Cigarette first rolled up bill and cigarette change places, then cigarette vanishes bill changes into cigarette eventually bill is found in cigarette
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
112
Karl Norman Bill in Cigarette
Also published here 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
129
Pliable Cigarette cigarette can be bent, knot tied, without doing harm
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
20
The Light Touch effects and gags with match, cigarette, silk that bounces back from floor
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
21
Levitator sticky substance, "Malini formula?"
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
30
Tom Craven Your Choice...Or Mine? prediction of chosen cigarette brand, several cigarette boxes used
 		Jan. 1985
Magick (Issue 344)
1719
Ben Harris Cig-Stuff message appears on cigarette, written with invisible ink
 		1985
Out Of His Mind!
128
Terri Rogers Cigology opened cellophane on cigarette box is wrapped on box again, stunt
 		May 1987
The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3)
60
Pat Conway The Conway Cigarette Case metal cigarette case as switching device, can be opened by spectator
Inspired by 1987
The Pat Way to Con
28
Hiroshi Sawa Smoke Rings two smoke rings are caught and become solid, then linked
 		1988
New Magic Of Japan
118
William Goodwin Camel Cigarette Prediction marked place on cigarette pack is predicted
Inspired by 1988
Lecture 1988
9
Karrell Fox A "Tip" for You cork on cigarette, sight gag
 		1988
My Latest Book
29
Rocco Silano Hot and Cold Cigarette lit cigarette touched on spectator's hand without burning him
 		1990
If it fits... Sleeve it!
34
Rocco Silano Fire and Ice: The Informal Presentation filter of cigarette removed and a piece burned, it changes to solid plastic, another piece burns in a flash and ice is produced from flash
 		1990
If it fits... Sleeve it!
47
Rocco Silano Flash Paper Ring on Cigarette method to produce fire from cigarette
 		1990
If it fits... Sleeve it!
51
Rocco Silano Weighting Cigarettes "Trio of Tips"
nail in cigarette to facilitate sleeving
 		1990
If it fits... Sleeve it!
52
Ken Brooke Mein Zigaretten-Gag cigarette staken out of someone's mouth as it is lighted
Also published here Oct. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)
135
Ken Brooke Der Snob gag, cigar stab in cigar tube
Also published here Oct. 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4 & 5)
148
Docc Hilford Animal Activism At Work number of cigarettes is divined, using smoking dog
 		1990
Keeping The Center
21
Karrell Fox Funny-Filter paper streamer from cigarette
 		1991
Goodies
83
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