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 In the late 1950s Tony Slydini worked out a handling in which the magician begins with a single length of rope, cuts it into three seemingly equal strands, which then change into three unequal pieces, become equal again, and ultimately are found to be unequal. Slydini's approach was first published in 1966 in Leon Nathanson's //Slydini Encores//, p. 85, and later as part of his full rope routine in Karl Fulves's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13061/The+Magical+World+of+Slydini+Text/40|The Magical World of Slydini]]//, 1979, p. 18. In the late 1950s Tony Slydini worked out a handling in which the magician begins with a single length of rope, cuts it into three seemingly equal strands, which then change into three unequal pieces, become equal again, and ultimately are found to be unequal. Slydini's approach was first published in 1966 in Leon Nathanson's //Slydini Encores//, p. 85, and later as part of his full rope routine in Karl Fulves's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/13061/The+Magical+World+of+Slydini+Text/40|The Magical World of Slydini]]//, 1979, p. 18.
  
-Rink's "Double Dutch Rope Routine", which appeared in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/3007/Gen+Vol+14/330|The Gen]]//, Vol. 14 No. 11, Mar. 1959, p. 330, also begins with a single strand of rope, but in this case the performer cuts it into three unequal sections. It is worth noting that Rink's routine ended with the restoration of the three pieces into a single, unexaminable length of rope. Also see "The Professor's Incubus" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/11213/The+hierophant+electronic+resource/142|Hierophant]]//, No. 3, Mar. 1970, p. 122. Tim Wenk published a reverse-type of Professor's Nightmare in 1988 in his booklet called "Insomnia". The Wenk routine ended with three examinable equal ropes. Wenk's inspirational source was Jeff Stewart's "Perfect Professor's Nightmare", 1981. In "Insomnia" you begin with three truly equal ropes and proceed to show that they are unequal.+Rink's "Double Dutch Rope Routine", which appeared in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/3007/Gen+Vol+14/330|The Gen]]//, Vol. 14 No. 11, Mar. 1959, p. 330, also begins with a single strand of rope, but in this case the performer cuts it into three unequal sections. It is worth noting that Rink's routine ended with the restoration of the three pieces into a single, unexaminable length of rope. Also see "The Professor's Incubus" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/11213/The+hierophant+electronic+resource/142|Hierophant]]//, No. 3, Mar. 1970, p. 122. Tim Wenk published a version of Professor's Nightmare in 1988 in his booklet called "Insomnia". Wenk's inspirational source was Jeff Stewart's "Perfect Professor's Nightmare", 1981. In "Insomnia", the three equal ropes can be displayed in clearly separated condition.
  
 End of Edwards's notes. For a thorough history of the Young-Carver-Gordon connection, see William Spooner's "The Chronology of a Nightmare" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/40864/Linking+Ring/62|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 88 No. 2, Feb. 2008, p. 62, where Spooner examines Young's claim to credit and places the trick entirely in Carver's hands. End of Edwards's notes. For a thorough history of the Young-Carver-Gordon connection, see William Spooner's "The Chronology of a Nightmare" in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/40864/Linking+Ring/62|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 88 No. 2, Feb. 2008, p. 62, where Spooner examines Young's claim to credit and places the trick entirely in Carver's hands.

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