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| − | '''Snapper''' or '''Red Snapper''' is an gag type effect in which the magician is the only person that can catch a hook on a rubber band inside a cylinder. [[File: | + | '''Snapper''' or '''Red Snapper''' is an gag type effect in which the magician is the only person that can catch a hook on a rubber band inside a cylinder. |
| − | + | [[File:FindTheGimmick.png|right|thumb|Joe Berg's Catalog of Magic: (Catalog No. 2) cicra 1929]] | |
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Invented [[G. W. Hunter]] in the 1910s and brought to the United States by [[Horace Goldin]] in 1920. With permission, [[Joe Berg]] became the first to mass market it in 1929 under the name Find the "Gimmick" Pencil. Originally designed as a wooden pencil with a bullet-shaped end that fit into a tube, it was later substituted with a hook for the pencil and added the rubber band to a red tube's bottom by [[S.S. Adams]] to become a standard joke-shop novelty item.<ref>The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic 1584-1988 by Whaley, Bart (1989) </ref> | Invented [[G. W. Hunter]] in the 1910s and brought to the United States by [[Horace Goldin]] in 1920. With permission, [[Joe Berg]] became the first to mass market it in 1929 under the name Find the "Gimmick" Pencil. Originally designed as a wooden pencil with a bullet-shaped end that fit into a tube, it was later substituted with a hook for the pencil and added the rubber band to a red tube's bottom by [[S.S. Adams]] to become a standard joke-shop novelty item.<ref>The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic 1584-1988 by Whaley, Bart (1989) </ref> | ||
| − | + | [[File:Snapper.jpg|right|thumb|Ad in Magician Monthly (Nov 1935)]] | |
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
* The "Snapper" Move in [[Sankey Unleashed]] | * The "Snapper" Move in [[Sankey Unleashed]] | ||
Revision as of 23:59, 22 July 2014
Snapper or Red Snapper is an gag type effect in which the magician is the only person that can catch a hook on a rubber band inside a cylinder.
Invented G. W. Hunter in the 1910s and brought to the United States by Horace Goldin in 1920. With permission, Joe Berg became the first to mass market it in 1929 under the name Find the "Gimmick" Pencil. Originally designed as a wooden pencil with a bullet-shaped end that fit into a tube, it was later substituted with a hook for the pencil and added the rubber band to a red tube's bottom by S.S. Adams to become a standard joke-shop novelty item.[1]
Publications
- The "Snapper" Move in Sankey Unleashed
- The Fabulous Red Snapper (Scotty York) in Magicana New Series and Genii 1975 May
- REVERSE RED SNAPPER by Ed Marlo in Genii 1976 February
References
- ↑ The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Magic 1584-1988 by Whaley, Bart (1989)
