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Zombie
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
- See also: Zombie (magazine).
The inspiration came to Karson when he was fooling around with the simple impromptu trick where the magician interlocks the fingers of both hands and a lighted match appears to magically suspend in air behind it. He patented the Zombie in 1940.
History of the Floating Ball routine
- A version of the floating ball by Harrison Davies appeared in the September issue of The Sphinx in 1905.[1]
- David P. Abbott developed a version based on Davies and taught it to Howard Thurston and Theo Bamberg (Okito). Okito passed his routine onto his son, David, who performed as Fu Manchu.
- Karson patents his one man version in 1940.
Bibliography
- 1946 - Tips on Zombie By Joe Karson
- 1963 - Further Tips on Zombie By Neil Foster
- 1965 - A la Zombie By Ian Adair
- 1970 - A la Zombie Plus By Ian Adair
- 1977 - Teach-in Series: Zombie, the Floating Ball By Lewis Ganson
- 1981 - Al Schneider on Zombie
- 1983 - The Ken Brooke Series No. 7: The Finn Jon Zombie Routine
- 1983 - The "How To" Book on Zombie By Merlyn Shute
- 1991 - Magic City Library of Magic No. 20 - Zombie Ball By Leo Behnke
References
- ↑ The Floating Ball Illusion, House of Mystery-Volume 2 by Teller and Todd Karr