George Blake

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
George Blake	Time Will Tell	with Full Hunter Pocket Watch, gaffed	Related to Chronologic (Thomas Alan Waters, 1984)	Feb. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 144)	578	Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed
George Blake	How' the Time?			Mar. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 146)	587	Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed
Clayton Rawson	Under the Table	cards under table, one selected, shuffled and found, three methods	Related to Under More! Table (George Blake, 1949) Under the Table (Karl Fulves, 1996) Variations Mental Miracle (Karl Fulves, 1976) Undercover Work (Karl Fulves, John Scarne, 1997)	Feb. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 170)	682	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George Blake	Under More! Table	several methods for finding a card selected under a table	Related to Under the Table (Clayton Rawson, 1949)	Apr. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 174)	698	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
George Blake	Imp-Ossible	bill travels from under handkerchief into a bill tube	Related to Imp-Aled (George Blake, 1949)	Dec. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 192)	767	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Bill / Bill Tube
George Blake	Imp-Aled	Brema bill tube with holes, threaded on a needle, bill travels inside	Related to Imp-Ossible (George Blake, 1949)	Dec. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 193)	771	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Bill / Bill Tube
U. F. Grant	Various Advertisements	only effect descriptions Grant's Production Skunk Miniature Dye Box Maguire's Salt Vanish The Hollis Gizeh Card Deluxe Chink Cans Deluxe Clock Vanish Devil's Ashtray (George Blake) Cen-Tri-Fic (E. J. Moore) Brain Echo (Syl Reilly) Grant's Annula of Magic Grant's Patter Folio Worlds Best Hat Loader Spring Rabbits Slate-of-Mind Egg in Paper Cheek to Cheek Zella Two Word Code Grant's Think-a-Deck Private Instructions Open House		Jan. 1949	Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 4)		Articles / Advertisements
George Blake	Your Deal			Feb. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 197)	788	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction
John A. M. Howie	Ambitious Transpo		Variations Interchange (George Blake, 1951)	June 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 204)	816	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short Side (narrow) Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
George Blake	Interchange		Inspired by Ambitious Transpo (John A. M. Howie, 1950)	Mar. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 224)	896	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Packets
George Blake	Smoking Sailor	sailor on picture smokes real cigarette		June 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 258)	1032	Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous
George Blake	Olla Podrida	ambitious card with two cards, as a magician's gag rabbit from hat joke torn & restored paper, magician's gag		Aug. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 287)	1148	Animal / Rabbit Paper / Torn & Restored Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition Clothing / Hat
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on John Boyko, Dai Vernon, George Blake		Sep. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 289)	1157	Articles / Columns
George Blake	Uncanny Hanks	four silks tied on ribbon, one by one the specified knots dissolve and silks drop	Variations Blow (Aldo Colombini, 1991)	1954	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	107	Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish
Hubert Lambert, George Blake	Clipped on a Ribbon	variation of clipped with, thread and ribbon		Nov. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 319)	84	Paper Clip / Linking / Clipped
Russell "Rusduck" Duck	Study in Stud	system for coding/designating a card with four cards, for a stud deal	Related to Five Card Stud (Karl Fulves, 1980) Introduction (George Blake, 1980) Variations M. K. Telephone Code System (Max Katz, 1958) Card V (Stewart James, 2007)	Sep. 1957	The Cardiste (Issue 4)	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Principles / Coding / Study in Stud
Max Katz	M. K. Telephone Code System	coding a card with four cards, see Interlocutor reference for credit information	Inspired by Study in Stud (Russell "Rusduck" Duck, 1957) Related to 1-3-9 System (George Sands, 1971 ca.) Ein Telephon-Kartencode (Max Katz, 1984) Letters (Howard Schwarzman, Raymond Hafler, Bill Spencer, 1988) Variations The Rusduck Enigma (George Blake, 1980)	Feb. 1958	The Cardiste (Issue 5)	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end Cards / Principles / Coding / Study in Stud
George Blake	Devil Divination	one of six cards, spectator looks for his card in two halves The Added Revelation A Synopsis	Inspired by Hull's "Mental Discernment"	1959	Devil Divination	1	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Piet Forton	24th annual convention at Hastings 21. - 25. Sept. 60	on David Haggarty, Fred Lowe, Francis Haxton, Gus Southall, Peter Warlock, George Blake, Edward Victor, Jack Avis, Devano, Ron Mc Millan, Claude Rix, Mystic Craig, Jerry Andrus, Jack Miller, Al Koran, Johnny Geddes, Tom Harris, Alan Alan, Mila Trnka, Roberta & Hella		1961	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 1)	7	Articles / Convention Reports
Jochen Zmeck	Fräulein Nummer	presentational idea of having a postcard in which a drawn girl announces the next trick on a blackboard repeatedly by spinning a wheel inside the postcard	Related to Die Ansage (Jochen Zmeck, George Blake, 1972)	1961	Mikro-Magie Ganz Gross	5	Paper / Miscellaneous
Werner "Walt Nelson" Nussbaumer (reviewer)	Take a Note	by George Blake		1966	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 4)	60	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
George McLean, Lu Brent, Bruce Cervon, George Blake	Etcetera			Mar. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 5)	88	Articles / Letters
Karl Fulves	Paper Clip Holdout	inside case	Related to p. 122 for idea by George Blake Variations Modified Paper Clip Holdout (Sid Lorraine, Karl Fulves, 1967)	July 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 9)	112	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Leaving a card behind or hiding a card inside Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards
Sid Lorraine, Ed Morrisey, George Blake, Burling Hull	Etcetera	business card idea by Burling Hull		Sep. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 11)	122	Business Cards Articles / Letters
George Blake	Thread Case Holdout			Sep. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 11)	122	Cards / Principles / Thread Work Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Leaving a card behind or hiding a card inside
	Match Puzzle	see p. 144 for solution	Related to p. 172 for George Blake suggestion Also published here Match Layout Puzzle (1968) Scientific American, Nov. 1967	Nov. 1967	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 1)	132	Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle
Lin Searles, George Blake, Robert Eagle, George Jarvis	Etcetera			Apr. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 6)	172	Articles / Letters
George Blake	Match Up	climax for match puzzle in which matches are in both fists head up and down	Inspired by item in Magigram, Nov/Dec 1967	Apr. 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 6)	174	Match & Matchbox / Match / Puzzle
Karl Fulves	Even Money Proposition	spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, see p. 289 for reference, p. 292 for comments by George McLean & George Blake	Related to See Also... (Karl Fulves, 1998) Mexican Poker (David Solomon, 1998) Feminine Side (Tony Chaudhuri, 2001) Mexicali Ruse (Jerry K. Hartman, 2007) Take It or Leave It (David Britland, 2023) Finale: Odd Yet Predictable (Jon Racherbaumer, 2024) Variations Divided We Stand (Roy Walton, 1970) Even Money (Larry Jennings, 1970) Suit Yourself (Brother John Hamman, 1972) Guess Hue (Jerry K. Hartman, 1972) Choosy Choice (Roy Walton, 1973) Lose or Win Proposition (Edward Marlo, Karl Fulves, 1974) The Gaffed Proposition (Edward Marlo, 1974) Favorite Routine and Procedure (Edward Marlo, Karl Fulves, 1974) Even Money World (Ronald B. Edwards, 1974) Automatic Poker (Karl Fulves, 1976) Direct Proposition (Justin Higham, 1990) Color Culler (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991) Out of this World Variation (Even Money Proposition) (Karl Fulves, Jerry Mentzer, 1993) Even Money Extra (Karl Fulves, 1994) Red or Black - Which? (Nick Trost, 1997) Red or Black - Which? (Nick Trost, 1997) The Noir Test (Karl Fulves, 1998) Noir et Rouge (Karl Fulves, 1998) Some Assembly Required (Karl Fulves, 1998) Noir Negative (Karl Fulves, 1998) Reconstruction (Steve Beam, 2000) Ultimate "Even Money" - Improved (Nick Trost, 2008) "Even Money" - Simplified (Nick Trost, 2019) "Even Money" with Suits (Nick Trost, 2019) Also published here Even-Money Proposition (Karl Fulves, 1979)	May 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 4 No. 7)	257	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
George McLean, George Blake, Mel Stover	Etcetera			Nov. 1969	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 1)	292	Articles / Letters
Karl Fulves	Oracle	packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted	Related to Down & Out (John Hamilton, 1970) Riffle Shuffle Control (Karl Fulves, 1978) Encore (Doug Canning, 2006) The Scanning (Lennart Green, 2008) Variations Oracle Jr. (George Blake, 1971) Oracull (Roy Walton, Bob Veeser, 1971) Moracle (Lin Searles, 1971) Another Oracle (Karl Fulves, 1971) Immoracle (Philip T. Goldstein, 1979) Found by Coincidence (Peter Duffie, 2000) Euph-oracle (an Alternate Take) (Simon Aronson, 2001) Fate, Chance and Science (Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson, 2003) Royacle (Mel Bennett, 2011) Bluff Oracle (Simon Aronson, 2013) No-Clue Eliminator (Nick Trost, 2013) Bluff Oracle (Simon Aronson, 2014) The Oracle Lie Speller (Nick Trost, 2017) Also published here Oracle (Karl Fulves, 1977)	Nov. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 1)	374	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
George Blake	Oracle Jr.	"Oracle" as location instead of prediction, packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros	Inspired by Oracle (Karl Fulves, 1970)	Mar. 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 5)	412	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Anti-Faro & Reverse Faro Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Tom Harris	Just Chance	with three envelopes, historical comments	Related to Just Chance - Credit Information (Sid Lorraine, 1973) Variations Pay Day (Karl Fulves, Tom Harris, George Blake, 1989)	July 1971	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 9)	434	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations
George Blake	Elusive Lady	two Jokers and a Queen, Joker and Queen transposes		Oct. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 12)	568	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
George Blake	Pulls	idea for pull construction		1972	McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser	144	Pull & Holdouts
Jochen Zmeck, George Blake	Die Ansage	order of program apparently chosen by performer with list of items, spectators choose numbers, performer performs whatever he has planned though	Related to Fräulein Nummer (Jochen Zmeck, 1961)	1972	Sieben mal Drei	19	Paper / Miscellaneous
Bob Ostin	Vampire- A Method for a Living & Dead Test	small cards on one is written "Vampire", cards are folded and stapled, see also page 87 for additional ideas by Bob Ostin and Bob Byrne	Related to On Vampire (George Blake, 1975) Also published here Vampire (Bob Ostin, 2005)	Dec. 1974	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)	39	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Ken Brooke	Coin Riddle	bar bet	Related to On Coin Puzzle (George Blake, 1975)	Dec. 1974	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)	50	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Ken Brooke	Coin Puzzle		Related to On Coin Puzzle (George Blake, 1975)	Dec. 1974	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)	50	Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
George Blake	Red or Black Force	forcing one of the colors, "for me"		Mar. 1974	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 5)	714	Cards / Principles / Equivoque Cards / Sleights / Force / Without Cards
George Blake	On Coin Puzzle	other solution	Inspired by Coin Riddle (Ken Brooke, 1974)	Feb. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 6)	76	Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
George Blake	On Vampire	other marking system	Inspired by Vampire- A Method for a Living & Dead Test (Bob Ostin, 1974)	Feb. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 6)	76	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Fred Robinson	Focus	on Bob Ostin, George Blake, Patrick Page, Jay Marshall, James Randi, Uri Geller, Ben Martin		Sep. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 1)	159	Articles / Columns
Doug Alker, George Blake	Double Monte	with extra card, second variation with color changing back kicker		Aug. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 12)	294	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Patrick Page	The Page Boy Speaks...	on George Blake, Alf Moore		Nov. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 3)	334	Articles / Columns
Charles T. Jordan, George Blake, Hannes Höller, Alan Cleaver, Eastman N. Hatch	Drehen des Spiels	fourteen methods to secretly turn the deck end for end, in the hands, on the table and in the hands of the spectator		1978	Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach	6	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper
Richard Himber	StaggeRing		Variations BewildeRing (George Blake, Richard Himber, 1978 ca.)	1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	2	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Linking Finger Rings (Himber)
George Blake	About Rings and Things	credit information		1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	7	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Linking Finger Rings (Himber)
George Blake	A Valuable Tip	linking on rope under handkerchief		1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	8	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Linking Finger Rings (Himber)
George Blake	Another Valuable Tip	handling of Himber Ring		1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	8	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Linking Finger Rings (Himber)
George Blake	Ring, Pin and Cord	finger ring and safety pin on rope, ring and pin link		1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	9	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Linking Finger Rings (Himber) Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Miscellaneous Safety Pin / Penetration / Miscellaneous
George Blake	Chinese Coins and Rings	Chinese coins on rope are released, using Himber Ring		1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	11	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / String
George Blake	A Ring and a Loop o'String	ends of short string are tied to thumb and first finger of a spectator's hand, ring penetrates onto string, using Himber Ring		1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	12	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Miscellaneous Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
George Blake	Sefalaljia - By Hand!	finger ring through string		1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	13	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
George Blake, Richard Himber	BewildeRing		Inspired by StaggeRing (Richard Himber, 1978 ca.)	1978 ca.	Routines with the Himber Type Linking Finger Ring	14	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Linking Finger Rings (Himber)
George Blake (reviewer)	What they said about "the other book" by Karrell Fox	by Karrell Fox		1979	Another Book	124	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
George Blake	Introduction	on Rusduck's problem	Related to Study in Stud (Russell "Rusduck" Duck, 1957)	1980	The Perfected Five Card Trick	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Cards / Principles / Coding / Study in Stud
George Blake	The Rusduck Enigma		Inspired by M. K. Telephone Code System (Max Katz, 1958)	1980	The Perfected Five Card Trick	2	Cards / Principles / Coding / Study in Stud
George Blake	The Rusduck Enigma - Solutions One and Two			1980	The Perfected Five Card Trick	6	Cards / Principles / Coding / Study in Stud
Ken De Courcy	The Clever Lady Trick	three cards chosen, one remembered, all cards torn in quarters, performer does same, all pieces tossed in change bag, spectator removes four pieces, they make up selection, it is restored in bag	Inspired by marketed George Blake effect	1980	Cards in Cabaret	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Ken De Courcy	Second Guest: George Blake	short intro		1980	After Dinner Technique	49	Articles / Biographical
George Blake	"Flash!"	reading funny things from newspaper, it vanishes in a flash, then cigarette vanishes in handkerchief, with more elaborate version for magicians		1980	After Dinner Technique	49	Newspaper / Miscellaneous Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material MC & Compere Bits of Business Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
George Blake	Die Sirene	gag, siren starts when performer wants to explain a trick		1980	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 41 No. 2)	69	Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
Peter Wilker	Buchbesprechung: George Blake	on the books of George Blake		1980	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 41 No. 4)	134	Articles / Articles
George Blake	Die brennenden Zigarette im (durchs) Taschentuch	hole can be seen in handkerchief after penetration with lit cigarette, hole is then removed		1980	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 41 No. 4)	136	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored
George Blake	Die verhexten Seidentücher	two knotted silks in box change places with silk in bag		1980	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 41 No. 4)	138	Silk & Handkerchief / Transposition
George Blake	Das "Mit sich selbst sprechen"	on ventriloquism	Also published here Magigram, June 1974	Oct. 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 3)	88	Ventriloquism
Thomas Alan Waters	Chronologic	two phased routine with pocket watch, first selected time is divined, then predicted	Inspired by Time Will Tell (George Blake, 1948)	1984	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk)	628	Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Peter Wilker	Die Orgelpfeife - Eine Studie (Schluss)	study on a production prop George Blake. Alles leer und doch voll. Die Ladung Quellen	Related to Die Orgelpfeife - Eine Studie (Peter Wilker, 1984)	1984	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 45 No. 4)	77	Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Peter Wilker	Das Datum	deck with numbers, cards are cut in packets and top cards changed, cards form date or birthday, using card box	Also published here George Blake's "Four Ace Finale" in "Commercial Card Tricks" 1969.	1988	Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 1)	1	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces Cards / Props & Apparatus / Card Box (e.g. with Flap)
Karl Fulves, Tom Harris, George Blake	Pay Day	No. 91, envelopes torn to pieces according to spectator's wishes, the one with bill remains unharmed	Inspired by Just Chance (Tom Harris, 1971)	1989	Self-Working Coin Magic	134	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations
Aldo Colombini	Blow	four balloons tied on rope, one balloon is selected by drawing a silk from a clear bag, matching balloon flies away	Inspired by Uncanny Hanks (George Blake, 1954)	1991	FISM Lecture Notes	16	Balloon / Miscellaneous
Joseph K. Schmidt	Simulated Vision	die behind paper screen as prediction, secretly pivoted as required	Inspired by "Divination with a Die" (George Blake, Magigram, March 1977) Related to Simulated Vision (Joseph K. Schmidt, 1993)	1993	Rigmarole (Issue 5)	51	Dice (small) / Divination Dice (small) / Color Vision
George Blake	The Handyman	gag with false hand		2011	Magic Page by Page	284	Comedy Magic & Comedy Props
George McBride	Computer Cards	count-spell of a thought-of cards from	Inspired by Computer Cards (Ray Grismer, Bob Hummer, 1967) Duo Spell (Paul Swinford, 1968) "Super Speller" (George Blake, The Pentagram, Vol. 1 No. 1, 1946)	2022	The Glasgow File — Volume 1	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial

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