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====== Invisible Deck Gag ====== | ====== Invisible Deck Gag ====== | ||
- | The idea of miming the playing of a game of cards with an imaginary deck is probably very old. Reports have been located from 1922 forward describing comic sketches in which games of cards were played with an imaginary or invisible deck. For example, in the June 25, 1922, New York //Morning Telegraph//: | + | The idea of miming the playing of a game of cards with an imaginary deck is probably very old. Reports have been located from 1922 forward describing comic sketches in which games of cards were played with an imaginary or invisible deck. For example, in the June 25, 1922, New York //[[http:// |
- | But who was the first to use the idea of an invisible deck for a card trick? Bill Mullins, who provided the two citations above, has found this mention in // | + | But who was the first to use the idea of an invisible deck for a card trick? Bill Mullins, who provided the two citations above, has found this mention in // |
Most of the gags that are now standard in presentations of "The Invisible Deck" can be seen in a Laurel and Hardy film, [[https:// | Most of the gags that are now standard in presentations of "The Invisible Deck" can be seen in a Laurel and Hardy film, [[https:// | ||
- | A photographic retelling of the sketch with stills from the film can be seen in Bill Abbott' | + | A photographic retelling of the sketch with stills from the film can be seen in Bill Abbott' |
It is possible that this routine was developed as a vaudeville sketch before it reached film. | It is possible that this routine was developed as a vaudeville sketch before it reached film. | ||
- | The year after the film, the idea made its way into the magic world. Theo Annemann described the effect (without a method) of having a spectator shuffle an invisible deck, take a card, and shuffle it back in---all invisibly, of course. The performer placed the invisible deck in his pocket and asked the spectator to name her card. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a visible version of her card. He described this under the title, " | + | The year after the film, the idea made its way into the magic world as an actual trick, rather than as merely a gag. Theo Annemann described the effect (without a method) of having a spectator shuffle an invisible deck, take a card, and shuffle it back in---all invisibly, of course. The performer placed the invisible deck in his pocket and asked the spectator to name her card. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a visible version of her card. He described this under the title, " |
The aforementioned film was a likely inspiration--although Leslie Henson' | The aforementioned film was a likely inspiration--although Leslie Henson' | ||
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