ACE OF MAGIC - VANNI PULE'
Trust Him to Deceive You!

Vanni Pule website Vanni Pule Art Gallery IBM Ring 202 SICEC		PUBLISHED EFFECTS ORIGINATED BY VANNI PULE'. IMPOSSIBLE INSERTIONS Pepper Money - A vanish of a Fiver and its appearance in a Green, Red or Yellow Pepper. (Magigram March 1991 Vol 23 no 7 Page 339) Bill in Ball Pen - A borrowed note, a corner of which is retained, disappears and appears in the workings of a ball pen. Very cheap to make. (Magigram Vol 24 no 5 January 1992, page 13) Creditude - A borrowed credit card disappears in a flash and after some by play appears between two stapled pieces of cardboard inside a wallet. No palming. (Magigram Vol 25 no 1 September 1992) Ring in Torch - A borrowed finger ring threaded on a silk handkerchief disappears when a flashlight is pointed towards it. Then it appears inside the torch itself. (MAG 1 June 1999 Page 35) Card Behind Glass – An extremely clean torn and restored card where the card appears in a previously shown empty frame that can be examined. (Magigram Vol 25 no 9 , May 1993 page 5) Bill in Rope – The actually borrowed bill appears in the middle of a rope when it is cut and before it is restored. (Magigram Vol 25 no 10, June 1993, page 16) Nuts!- An unsuccessful just chance game with a borrowed bill finishes with the note embedded in a walnut. (Magigram Vol 18 No 1, September 1985, page 59) Liquid Gold – A borrowed ring disappears in a flash and melts into a gold ribbon. It is found in a small fresh bread roll. (Abracadabra no 2353 Vol 91, 2nd March 1991) Tick Away – A borrowed watch is accidentally dropped, vanished and is found baked inside a loaf. (Magigram Vol 24 no 7 March 1992 page 36) N.S.O.H. Card in Wallet – A version of the card in wallet that requires No Sleight Of Hand. (The Magic of Vanni Pule` - lecture notes vol 1) William Tell – A borrowed bill disappears and is supposed to appear inside an apple. Eventually it is found inside a salt shaker. (Magigram – date unknown between late seventies and early eighties) Not a Lesson in Magic – A hilarious and baffling routine that involves failed lessons in cookery, first aid and metallurgy. But a borrowed ring at last ends up stuck in a chicken’s throat. (Magigram Vol 26 no 2 October 1993 page Top Secret – A logical combination of a Keys to Baldpate effect with a torn and restored card. (Magic Info Vol 8 No 10 March – April 1989 page 29) Have a Break! – A credit card is apparently burnt and ends up in the wrapper of a Kit Kat. ( Magigram Vol 26 no 1 September 1993 page 12) The Pocket Tunnel – an attachment sewn to the jacket that makes it possible to load in one pocket and produce from a wallet or something similar in another pocket. (Magigram Vol 22 no 2 October 1989 page 113) Instant Potato – A combination of destroyed bill routine that appears inside a potato after mayhem cooking attempts. (Linking Ring Vol 56 no 7 July 1976 page 54) The Ring Burglar – A very practical and comic routine involving two volunteers. It ends with a borrowed ring appearing inside a ball of wool. (Magic Info Vol 6, no 9, July/August 1984, page 256) MENTAL MARVELS Colour Epic - A mental divination of the thoughts of three spectators using coloured crayons (The Linking Ring - July 1976 Page 56) INSTRUMENTAL -A chosen tune and musical instrument are found to have been foretold on a cassette that has also been chosen freely. (Linking Ring July 1976) INSTRUMENTAL 2 - One out of five miniature musical instruments is chosen. A tune is also chosen from a music book. Another choice is made of a cassette by a process of elimination. The eliminated cassette boxes are found to be empty. The chosen one contains a recording of the chosen tune played on the chosen instrument. (MAGIGRAM June 1989 Page 678) DOUBLE SLATE SURPRISE - A slate is shown blank on one side. The other side bears a prediction. This matches a chosen jumbo card. Another chosen card is mysteriously found written on the previously shown blank side. (MAGIC INFO Vol 9 no 2 1990, page 49) Deadly Intake- A psychometry effect for older children involving the fatal choice of drugs affecting a shrieking skull. (MAGIC INFO Vol 9 no 5 1991 page 134) E.S.P.Ash-ially – A freely chosen ESP symbol appears in ashes on the arm. (Magigram date unknown –late 70s or early 80s) Pot Luck Prediction – A variation on the Potty Prediction involving a choice of a drink and a comedy three dimensional finish. (Mag 1 Vol 1 no 8 September 1999 page 18) The Third Spot – A Psychometry effect using bags based on Ken Brooke’s Second Spot but with an additional subtlety. (Magigram Vol 24 no 4, December 1991, page 33) A Chewing Chance – An unusual Just Chance effect where a chosen chewing gum stick taken from a few different packets contains a large denomination bill while the rest contain only gum. (Magigram Vol 24 no 1, September 1991 page 33) Clairvoyant Influence – Some original and practical touches for the standard dealer’s item called “Clearvoyance”. (Magic Info Vol 8 no 8, November/December 1988, page 235) Mirror, Mirror - A practical Cabaret variation of a Roy Johnson idea where a chosen boyfriend's name magically appears scrawled in lipstick on a mirror. (Info Jan/Feb 1989 Vol 8 no 9 Page 263) Ticket to My Destination – A hilarious prediction producing tickets for a chosen destination. (Magigram Vol 26 no 4, December 1993, page 5) Egg-Splosion – A vibrating egg opens up to reveal a toy chick that carries in its mouth a prediction of a chosen object. (Magigram Vol 24 no 2, October 1991, page 5) VISUAL VARIETY SWALLOWING RAZOR BLADES 1 - Vanni's first original method of performing this classic without having to bring the reel near the mouth to cut the thread. (MAGIC INFO May-June 1989 Page 308) SWALLOWING RAZOR BLADES 2 – An improved and more practical version that doesn’t involve drinking at all. (Abracadabra no 2353 Vol 91 2nd March 1991) MOLECULAR TRANSMUTATION - A round sponge ball becomes a cube while a dice becomes spherical. (MAGIGRAM July 1991 Page 555) IDEAS ON THE SWORD THROUGH NECK - An ingenious method of showing the blade solid and pushing it through the neck without actually switching it. (MAG 1 April 1999 Page 31) Silk in Balloon Blower – Instead of a Silk Gun or a barehand vanish you can put the silk into a tube, blow it and vanish it and cause it to appear in a balloon. (The Linking Ring Vol 56 no 7 - July 1976 Page 54) Slate-A-Dove – A framed picture of a dove facing the audience suddenly and visually becomes real. (Magigram Vol 11 no 2 October 1978) Feathers to Dove - An empty transparent canister is filled with feathers. It is covered and in a second a real dove flutters out and the doves have disappeared. (Magigram Vol 11 no 2 October 1978) Choker – A clean visual and practical version of the Ribbons through Neck. (Magic for the New Millennium ed. Russell J. Hall – Sheffield Magic Circle 2000) Spot On – A combination visual routine involving the Snowstorm effect that causes a cane, hat, scarf and fan to become spotted. (The Linking Ring Vol 56 no 7, July 1976 page 59 – Revised on Magigram Vol 24 no 9, May 1992, page 33) Colour Changing Records Addition – A few ideas how to insert the records more easily into the sleeve, how to avoid tearing the cover every time and still show it empty and how a powerful sucker effect as a finale is achieved. (Magic Info Vol 8 no 6, July/August 1998, page 176) Head Cremation Plus – An ingenious idea that allows you to show the face of the assistant when removing only the inside tube to show it empty. (Magic Info Vol 8 no 7, September/October 1988, page 199) Smoking Through a Balloon – A chosen cigarette is pushed through a chosen hole through a chosen balloon. Everything is examined. (Magic Info Vol 8 no 12, 1990, page 343) Goldfish Production – Some unusual ways of producing live goldfish by using standard props that are not normally suggested for this effect. (Magigram Vol 18 no 2, October 1995, page 129) INTIMATE IMPOSSIBILITIES JACK IN THE BOX - Four Jacks turn over magically one at a time. Then the pictures change to different kinds of Jacks. (MAGIC INFO Vol 9 no 1 1990 page 10) SIMPLEX COIN OR STAMP MATRIX - The classic matrix performed without sleight of hand using just envelopes and coins or - more logically - stamps. (MAGIC INFO Vol 9 no 6 1992 page 96) No Faces Aces – A number of cards are shown singly to have no faces, just backs. A few are removed and the last four develop faces that just happen to be the four Aces. These can immediately be used in some other routine. (Magigram Vol 26 no 3 November 1993 page 40) Uncanny Kings - Four Kings and four Queens are in alternate positions in a small pack. As in other "oil and water" effects separate magically into Queens and Kings, but with a difference. Three of the latter are pictures of famous monarchs, whilst the fourth one is a very different kind of king indeed. (Magigram Vol 24 no 11, July 1992, page 12) Shakin’ It – An ambitious card routine that involves shaking the card to make it jump back to its original position. Finally the shaking proves to be too much and the pips on the card appear in disarray. (Magigram Vol 24 no 8, April 1992, page 11) Chase the Wild Woman – Only four cards are used in this sequence. Three of them are Aces and one is the Queen. One at a time, the Aces turn over so that it becomes very difficult to find the Queen. But when their faces are shown, now they are all Queens! – (Magigram Vol 25 no 12 August 1993 page 33) Homing Coin – A coin disappears from under a card and goes back to its original place. The card is found blank and its pips are on the coin. (Magigram Vol 23 no 8 April 1991 page 402) Double Exposure – Two cards become superimposed on one another while one of them becomes blank. All cards can be examined at the end. (Magigram Vol 24 no 6, February 1992, page 8) Photographic Transfer - A transposition of the face of a chosen card to a side of one of three previously shown blank cards. (Abracadabra March 2nd 1991 -Vol.91 no 2353 page 335) Semi-Blanco Match - Six playing cards cut in halves are displayed on the table, half face up and half face down. One piece is chosen from each row. The two pieces match and the rest become all blank. (Magigram vol. 25 no 2 October 1992) Regal Canines- Four Kings change to King, Prince, Fido and Fifi. (Magigram Vol 25 no 11, July 1993, page 38) CHICANERY for CHILDREN A Foxy Lesson – A Lesson in Magic routine that involves only one bag and various surprises. (Magigram Vol 18 no 2, October 1995, page 130) The Mugger and M'Lady – A kid’s routiene for Oswald Rae’s and Alan Shaxon’s “It’s a Hold Up”. (Magigram Vol 33 no 9, May 1991, page 451) Santa’s Bag – A sock inside a bag becomes all “holey” then patched with colours. When restored the bag changes to Santa. (Magigram Vol 265 no 3, November 1992, page 13) Shuttle Coke – Two totally different dealers’ items which cause a miniature coke can to change into a full sized one. (Magigram Vol 25 no 4, December 1992, page 11) The Arabian Tale – A very entertaining and logical narrative routine that involves the vanish of a coin and its subsequent appearance in a nest of boxes. The children act the parts of a romantic couple from the Arabian Tales with suitable head dresses. (Magigram Vol 25 no 5, January 1993, page 16) It’s a Cracker – Another sucker effect where the baubles on a picture of a Christmas Tree change colours with a double surprise finale. (Magigram Vol 24 no 3, November 1991, page 16) RHYMING PATTER Half-Dyed Silk Magigram Vol 23 no 10 June 1991 page 506 Unique Rope Routine (Magigram Vol 24, no 10, June 1992, page 7) Spicey Silks (Magigram Vol 24, no 10, June 1992, page 7)