Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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Tosheroon

Invented by Bob Driebeek and marketed by Harry Stanley, who later published it in The Gen (Vol. 23, No. 11, March 1968). An additional handling by John F Pooley is also detailed. The original effect was that of placing a coin on a face-up packet, then covering it with the other portion of the deck. When the packets were next separated, the card beneath the coin had changed. The gimmick was a card with a hole in it. Edward Marlo published an “open” version with a face-up deck in Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1, No. 10, Aug. 1966, p. 49) that used a flat palm steal, titled “Card Flight”. An overview of the many subsequent versions appears on page 63 of Kabbala, Vol. 2, under “Tosheroon Two” by Herb Zarrow. See also pages 40-43 (“Razzle Dazzle”) of Frank Garcia's Million Dollar Card Secrets, “Snaparoon” in Don England's Technical Knock-outs for a rubber banded version, “Zaney Gimmick” versions by Mike Rogers and Jon Racherbaumer in The Complete Mike Rogers, and pages 93-95 of Kabbala, Vol. 1, No. 12. Tosheroon was a slang name for the old half crown among British cab drivers and barrow boys.