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** [[Jon Racherbaumer]], ''[[Sea Scams: Memes To Quicken]]'' (2000, pp. 3-5).
** [[Jon Racherbaumer]], ''[[Sea Scams: Memes To Quicken]]'' (2000, pp. 3-5).


* '''''[[Ron Bauer Private Studies Series#Hornswoggled Again!|Hornswoggled Again!]]''''': [[Ron Bauer]], ''[[Ron Bauer Private Studies Series]], No. 5'' (1998; 2001).
* '''''[[Hornswoggled Again!]]''''': [[Ron Bauer]], ''[[Ron Bauer Private Studies Series]], No. 5'' (1998; 2001).


* '''''The Magician and the Flim-Flam Femme''''': [[Larry White]], 1999 (with props).
* '''''The Magician and the Flim-Flam Femme''''': [[Larry White]], 1999 (with props).
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Latest revision as of 00:08, 28 January 2015

Shortchange Trick refers to the trick in which the performer apparently demonstrates how a con artist shortchanges unsuspecting marks, by counting the bills and then showing money has disappeared. Popular versions include George Starke's Hornswoggled and Bert Allerton's Bamboozle. See the $11 Bill Trick for versions of that trick with a Shortchange Theme.

Publications

  • Hornswoggled: The Smash Finish (George Starke): Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 2 No. 11 (April 1945, pp. 111-112).
  • Shorty: A Baffling Short Change Routine: Ray Grismer, 1978; 1981 (with props).
  • The Magician and the Flim-Flam Femme: Larry White, 1999 (with props).

Sleight-of-Hand Bill Steals

References