29 entries for Ed Mellon

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ed Mellon A Case for Mentalism shuffled deck, stopped at card is predicted
Also published here Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
5
Ed Mellon, Robert Lund, Mel Stover, Glenn Davidson Letter Department
July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
22
Ed Mellon A Case for Mentalism shuffled deck, stopped at card is predicted
Also published here May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
28
Don Tanner The Back Room on U.F. Grant, Magi-Fest, Ed Mellon
 		Feb. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 366)
294
E. Leslie May Extra Spectra Mental three cardboards with colors are arranged, matches prediction with knotted silks, Ed Mellon's Spectra-Mental used
 		Feb. 1965
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 34)
142
Stephen Minch Fortunes of a Wise Fool based on an idea by Ed Mellon, matrix force
Related toVariations 1974
The Book of Thoth
41
Thomas Alan Waters Box Office box with amulets on a tray, one is removed and under the tray but in the box is a prediction with the right choice
Related toVariations 1979
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)
5
Richard Lyn Mind Search spectator removes envelopes from a stand and burns them as instructed by blindfolded performer, envelope with money remains, using Ed Mellon's "Quantimental"
 		1979
Magick (Issue 228)
1137
Larry Becker Uncanny deck with words written on them, two are selected by spelling and divined, homonyms method
Inspired by
  • Words (Jack Vosburgh, 1940)
  • J. G. Thompson Jr.'s "Jet Thought" marketed by Ed Mellon in the 1950s.
 1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
31
Al Mann The Falling Block block of wood falls, discussion on different methods
Related to
  • Ed Mellon's MentalWise, Vol. II #12 and Vol. III #1, and George Arrowsmith's idea with playing cards "Arrowsmith's Assorted Myseries", Tom Fitzgerald's "A Block from the Wall of Jericho" in Sam Dalal'
 1981
The Shattered Chalice
11
Bascom Jones The Mystic Word on Basil Horwitz, Richard Bloch, Herb Dewey, Bill Larsen, Ed Mellon, David Baumeister
 		Aug. 1985
Magick (Issue 355)
1774
Karl Fulves Inch By Inch "diminishing force", card from end is eliminated every time an item is placed on tabled spread
Inspired by
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon, first phase)
Variations 		1988
The Chronicles (Issue 31)
1369
Al Mann The Swords of Thoth - Part 2 on Ed Mellon's Instrumental
Related to Dec. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 6)
15
Karl Fulves Comment on Contest Influence five cards, one One and four Zeros, put in any order and the resulting number is paid out
Inspired by
  • "Contest Influence" (Robert Ecklund, Ed Mellon's "Mental Wise")
Variations 		1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
31
Ed Mellon Double Turnover paddle move, credit information
Also published here 1995
Magic and Meaning
155
Andy Nyman The Hidden spectator places coin, wallet and watch on table, then cuts to three cards in deck of blank cards with objects written on them, the objects match the three removed items
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon)
Also published here 		2002
Fight Dirty!
[25]
Dr. Stanley Jaks This Way Out three person think of number, city and animal, all predicted, written up by Bill Miesel
Related toAlso published here
  • "Mental-Wise #1" (Ed Mellon)
 2003
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)
294
Tom Stone Channeling Holmes five person take an object each from the table and hide it, performer divines who has which object
Inspired by
  • Ed Mellon's "Quantimental"
 2007
Plots, Spells & Typos
9
Ed Mellon, Robert E. Neale The Two-Card Double Turnover Paddle Move done with cards, but one hand turns for real while the other does the false turnover, originally published as "Ed Mellon's DT" by Ed Mellon, handling change by Robert Neale
Variations 2008
This Is Not a Book
123
Robert E. Neale The Four-Card Double Turnover Variation on the Ed Mellon Double Turnover, but with four cards
Inspired by 2008
This Is Not a Book
128
Robert E. Neale Taking the Fifth Show two double blank cards with numbers on each side, numbered one to four. Sudden appearance of a whisky bottle picture on one of the cards
Related to
  • "Out of the Fifth Dimension" (Ed Mellon, marketed, 1960)
 2008
This Is Not a Book
132
Dr. Jacob Daley Divining Palm nine cards in a row, spectator touches three consecutive cards, those are added and used to count down to selection in deck
Related to
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon)
 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
411
Tom Stone Mental Sports coincidence with different types of sports ball that are matched with the sport equipment
Inspired by
  • Ed Mellon's "Quantimental"
 2009
Fuzzy Logic
9
Ed Mellon Double Turnover paddle move, credit information
Also published here 2009
Magic and Meaning [Expanded]
155
Andy Nyman The Hidden spectator places coin, wallet and watch on table, then cuts to three cards in deck of blank cards with objects written on them, the objects match the three removed items
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon)
Also published here 		2010
Bulletproof
141
Patrick Page A Handful of Magic cards with words printed, object is selected, performer holds it in his hand
Inspired by
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon)
 2011
Magic Page by Page
240
Dr. Stanley Jaks His Cup of Tea tea leaves reading with wallet, Q&A, magnetic
Related toAlso published here
  • "His Cup of Tea" in "M.U.M" November, 1973
  • "His Cup of Tea" in Ed Mellon's "Mental-Wise"
 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
156
Tom Stone Fatalistic Orb different colors balls in stand with egg-holders, one chosen, it is predicted
Inspired by
  • Ed Mellon's "Quantimental"
Related to 		2014
Runes of Tomorrow
16
Michael Weber Mental Pictionary list of one hundred objects, one chosen by selecting a number, performer draws the object
  • History
  • Rights
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2022
Mental Pictionary
1