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{{See also|[[Zombie (magazine)]]}}
{{See also|[[Zombie (magazine)]]}}
'''Zombie''' is one-person floating ball illusion invented by [[Joe Karson]] in which a silver ball floats behind a [[Foulard]]. [[File:ZombieAd.jpg|right|thumb|Ad in Tops (1943)]]
'''Zombie''' is one-person [[Floating Ball]] illusion invented by [[Joe Karson]] in which a silver ball floats behind a [[Foulard]]. [[File:ZombieAd.jpg|right|thumb|Ad in Tops (1943)]]


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]].  
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.<ref>The Floating Ball Illusion, House of Mystery-Volume 2 by Teller and Todd Karr</ref>
* [[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==
==Bibliography==
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{{References}}
{{References}}
* http://www.themagicdetective.com/2014/07/the-floating-ball-illusion-history.html?spref=fb
 






[[Category:Illusions]]
[[Category:Illusions]]

Revision as of 10:55, 26 July 2014

See also: Zombie (magazine).

Zombie is one-person Floating Ball illusion invented by Joe Karson in which a silver ball floats behind a Foulard.

Ad in Tops (1943)

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.

Bibliography


References

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