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'''Oops control''' is an informal name for a card control, in which, after having a card selected and returned to the middle of the deck, the performer spreads the cards face-down between his hands, and sees one card accidentally turned face-up. "Oops," he says, and flips the card face-down. In this action, the selected card has been brought to the top of the deck. | '''Oops control''' is an informal name for a card control, in which, after having a card selected and returned to the middle of the deck, the performer spreads the cards face-down between his hands, and sees one card accidentally turned face-up. "Oops," he says, and flips the card face-down. In this action, the selected card has been brought to the top of the deck. | ||
== History == | |||
U. F. Grant described a similar procedure in "Reverse Card Location," in his ''Tricks With a Short Card'' (1932). But there, he used it as a trick, in which the reversed card was anything but accidental. In fact, the reversed card WAS the trick--it was found to be directly next to the selected card! The trick was reprinted in [[Jean Hugard|Hugard's]] ''[[Encyclopedia of Card Tricks]]'' (1937, p. 314). | |||
The idea was first described as a covert procedure to control a card in [[John Northern Hilliard|Hilliard's]] ''[[Greater Magic]]'' in 1938, with credit to Grant. | |||
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
* [[U. F. Grant|U. F. Grant's]] '''Reversed key card''', ''Greater Magic'' by [[John Northern Hilliard]] (1938, p. 81) | * [[U. F. Grant|U. F. Grant's]] '''Reversed key card''', ''[[Greater Magic]]'' by [[John Northern Hilliard]] (1938, p. 81) | ||
** '''Three Methods of Eliminating the Pass, Third Method''', ''[[Eliminators|The Eliminators: Three Non-Sleight Methods of Working the Pass, Force, Palm, and Switch]]'' by [[U. F. Grant]] (circa 1943, p. 20) | ** '''Three Methods of Eliminating the Pass, Third Method''', ''[[Eliminators|The Eliminators: Three Non-Sleight Methods of Working the Pass, Force, Palm, and Switch]]'' by [[U. F. Grant]] (circa 1943, p. 20) | ||
** '''Three Methods of Eliminating the Pass, Third Method''', ''[[Eliminators|The Eliminators: Three Non-Sleight Methods of Working the Pass, Force, Palm, and Switch]]'' revised by [[Don O'Neal]] (circa 1975) | ** '''Three Methods of Eliminating the Pass, Third Method''', ''[[Eliminators|The Eliminators: Three Non-Sleight Methods of Working the Pass, Force, Palm, and Switch]]'' revised by [[Don O'Neal]] (circa 1975) | ||
Revision as of 19:23, 4 January 2015
Oops control is an informal name for a card control, in which, after having a card selected and returned to the middle of the deck, the performer spreads the cards face-down between his hands, and sees one card accidentally turned face-up. "Oops," he says, and flips the card face-down. In this action, the selected card has been brought to the top of the deck.
History
U. F. Grant described a similar procedure in "Reverse Card Location," in his Tricks With a Short Card (1932). But there, he used it as a trick, in which the reversed card was anything but accidental. In fact, the reversed card WAS the trick--it was found to be directly next to the selected card! The trick was reprinted in Hugard's Encyclopedia of Card Tricks (1937, p. 314).
The idea was first described as a covert procedure to control a card in Hilliard's Greater Magic in 1938, with credit to Grant.
Publications
- U. F. Grant's Reversed key card, Greater Magic by John Northern Hilliard (1938, p. 81)
- Three Methods of Eliminating the Pass, Third Method, The Eliminators: Three Non-Sleight Methods of Working the Pass, Force, Palm, and Switch by U. F. Grant (circa 1943, p. 20)
- Three Methods of Eliminating the Pass, Third Method, The Eliminators: Three Non-Sleight Methods of Working the Pass, Force, Palm, and Switch revised by Don O'Neal (circa 1975)
- Frank Garcia's Reversed Card Idea, Super Subtle Card Miracles by Frank Garcia (1973, p. 108)
- The "Whoops" Control, Card College, Vol. 1 by Roberto Giobbi (1995, pp. 68-69)