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mrssmith New user 10 Posts |
Please tell me the creator of this magic using 2 corks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPGv2xZeesU When and where did it first appear? If anybody knows, please tell me. Best Reagards. |
Escamoteur Regular user 109 Posts |
Hello,
This is going back many many years ago (early 80's), so I may be wrong, but if my memory is correct, I learned this while in 4th grade from a book titled Sneaky Feats, and used chapstick containers. I do not have that text anymore, but perhaps someone else here does, and can see if it sites the creator. It may have been from a different book in the magic section of the library, but I really want to say it was this one. Hope this is helpful. Carter |
Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
It's an old "after dinner" trick! The corks were readily available! It was "ancient" when I was a kid (that's ancient history!). Try some of the old books that were written for kids and amateur magicians. (books like Bill Severn wrote for Cub Scouts)
SNEAKY, UNDERHANDED, DEVIOUS,& SURREPTITIOUS ITINERANT MOUNTEBANK
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mrssmith New user 10 Posts |
Hi, guys. Thank you for answering my question. But I need more specific book and creator. If anybody knows, please answer.
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Escamoteur Regular user 109 Posts |
Mr. Oslund, you evoked quite a flashback with the mention of Bill Severn. I have fond memories of time spent in the library after school pouring over his books. As both of my parents were teachers, I often was camped out there waiting at the end of every day.
Carter |
Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Hi Carter!
Yes! The late Bill Severn wrote a series of columns in "BOYS LIFE" magazine for the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. I don't recall the title of his column. It was written for young Scouts, who were involved with helping Den Mothers produce a good Den Meeting. The Den Chiefs could perform the tricks for the Cubs. (I remember, 'cuz I've been a Scouter for going on 73 years.) IIRC, the columns were later printed in little books. Bill adapted old basic principles to familiar items that a 12 year old Boy Scout could use to do tricks for Cub Scouts (ages 7-10+). How fortunate you were! (To be held "prisoner" in a library with some magic books by Bill!) I remember Alexander the Magician's "The Magic Show Book" and, Joseph Leeming's "Fun With Magic". I used several tricks from those books in my first shows in 1945. Years later, I attended two Boy Scout National Jamborees in '81 and '85, as the BOYS LIFE MAGICIAN. I used magic tricks to "sell" the magazine at Fort A.P. Hill, in Virginia. (HOT, DUSTY in July!) It was much like my teen age experience, working in a carnival side show!
SNEAKY, UNDERHANDED, DEVIOUS,& SURREPTITIOUS ITINERANT MOUNTEBANK
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RiffRaff Special user 671 Posts |
I believe that it's also in the Schulien book.
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