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Cannibal Cards

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Cannibal Cards is a classic plot in card magic developed by Lin Searles, marketed in 1959, where cards disappear when sandwiched between other cards (that is, they are "eaten" by the "cannibal" cards.) The original routine uses gimmicked cards, which eat various small objects (such as a paper clip) in addition to other cards.

Later, magicians began developing sleight of hand versions. The prototypical version first published with credit to Matt Corin in Kabbala #1 (1971).

In a footnote within The Legendary Kabbala (1998), Racherbaumer cites that Corin learned this routine from Sam Schwartz, who at the time had not yet published it. Fulves eventually published it as "A.E.-I.O.U" in Epilogue #14 (March - 1972). Corin demonstrated it to Racherbaumer during the I.B.M. Convention in 1971 and it was subsequently published in Kabbala.

Wesley James, however, claims that he demonstrated his creation to Matt Corin before it was published in Kabbala. (See James' "The Magical Record and Thoughts" or Epilogue Special No. 4, 1976)

Roy Walton recognized that Alex Elmsley's Repulsive Aces could be used to perform Cannibal Cards. See page 229-233 in The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. 1 (1991)

Publications

  • Cannibal Jacks (Lin Searles): Pallbearers Review, Folio No. 8 (Autumn 1973, pp. 669-670).
  • More Cannibals (Lin Searles): Pallbearers Review, Folio No. 8 (Autumn 1973, p. 673).
  • Cannibal Coin (Wesley James): Epilogue, Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 5-7).
    • Wesley James, Stop Fooling Us! (1990, pp. 14-17).
  • Captured (Karl Fulves): Epilogue, Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 14-15).
  • Elmsley's Cannibals (Alex Elmsley): Epilogue, Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 15-16).
  • Women's Cannibal Liberation (David Solomon): Ed Marlo, Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 2 (1977, pp. 3-5).
  • Cannibals - Cannibals (Ed Marlo): Ed Marlo, Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 2 (1977, pp. 6-10).
  • Pieces of Ate (E. T. Hollins): E. T. Hollins, Cardmagic Selfspoken (1980, pp. 32-40).
  • The Complete Walt Lees Cannibal Act, Walt Lees, 1981.
  • Cannibalism (Stephen Tucker): Spell-Binder, Vol. 2 No. 14 (June 1982).
  • A Fourth For Dinner (David Britland): Spell-Binder, Vol. 2 No. 15 (July 1982, pp. 283-285).
    • Stephen Tucker, The Best of Spell-Binder Collection One (1987, p. 38).
  • Vitamin Cannibals (Ed Marlo): Magic Manuscript, Vol. 4 No. 2 (August-September 1982, pp. 21-23).
  • Cannibal Cards (Dan Fleshman): Dan Fleshman, Close Up With Dan Fleshman (1984, p. 10).
  • The Phantom Cannibal (J. K. Hartman): Justin Branch, Progressive Card Magic (1985, p. 35).
  • The Carnivor-ace Aces (Justin Higham): Justin Higham, All Hands on Deck! (1985).[1]
  • Cannibal Cards (Bill Goodwin): Bill Goodwin, Lecture 1988 (1988, pp. 1-3).
  • Cannibal Collectors (Justin Higham): Justin Higham, West End Card Session (1989).[2]
  • A CASE of Indigestion (Mike Powers): Mike Powers, Top Secret Stuff (1990, pp. 87-90).
  • Guardian Angel (Jon Racherbaumer): Jon Racherbaumer, Pastiche II (1993, pp. 13-15).
  • The Cannibal Kings (Allan Ackerman): Allan Ackerman, Wednesday Nights (1994, pp. 28-32).
  • Four Times Two Are Ate! (Melvin Lehair): Melvin Lehair, Five Two Four (1995, pp. 31-33).
  • Red and Blue Cannibals (Steve Bryant): Steve Bryant, The Little Egypt Gazette For Magicians Only: The Lecture '96 (1996).
  • Ediblector (Peter Duffie): Peter Duffie, With Cards (1997).
  • Tweaked Cannibals (Rob James): EGO, Vol. 1 No. 3 (August 2001).


References

  1. http://www.angelfire.com/blog/card-magic/ahod.html
  2. http://www.angelfire.com/blog/card-magic/wecs.html