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[[Chicago Opener]] also known as [[Red Hot Mama]] is a card routine in which the back of a freely selected card changes color (e.g. from blue to red) and is set aside. A second card is selected and the red-backed card is seen to have transformed into the second selection.  
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'''Chicago Opener''', also known as '''Red Hot Mama''', is a card routine in which the back of a freely selected card changes color (e.g. from blue to red) and is set aside. A second card is selected and the red-backed card is seen to have transformed into the second selection.
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The first published version was  the ''Hot Card Trick No. 1'' by [[Al Leech]], marketed in [[1950]] by [[The Ireland Magic Company]], and then made popular by  [[Frank Everhart]] as ''Chicago Opener'' when published by [[Frank Garcia]]  in [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] (1972).
  
 
[[Michael Ammar]] notes that this routine meets [[Dai Vernon]]'s criterion for clarity of effect in the two simple transformations. Whit Haydn notes that the blending of two methods to achieve the same effect (in this case the transformation of a card) increases the mystery and impossibility.
 
[[Michael Ammar]] notes that this routine meets [[Dai Vernon]]'s criterion for clarity of effect in the two simple transformations. Whit Haydn notes that the blending of two methods to achieve the same effect (in this case the transformation of a card) increases the mystery and impossibility.
  
 
== History==
 
== History==
*''Hot Card Trick No. 1'' by [[Al Leech]]. Trick marketed in 1950 by The Ireland Magic Company.
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*''Hot Card Trick No. 1'' by [[Al Leech]]. Trick marketed in [[1950]] by The Ireland Magic Company.
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*''Red and Blue Fantasy'' in [[What's New in Magic?]] by [[Walter Gibson]] (1956)
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*''Chicago Opener'' by [[Frank Everhart]] in [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] by [[Frank Garcia]] (1972).
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*''Al Leech's Red Hot Mama'' by [[Jim Ryan]] in [[Jim Ryan Close-up: Entertaining Card Quickies]] written by [[Philip Willmarth]] (1980)
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*''Red Hot Mama'' by [[Michael Ammar]] in DVD Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 1 (1994).
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*[[The Chicago Surprise]] by [[Whit Haydn]] (2000).
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*Reprint of the original by Al Leech in [[A Last Look at Leech]] (2004) compiled by [[Anthony Brahams]].
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{{References}}
  
*''Chicago Opener'' by [[Frank Evehard]] in [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] by [[Frank Garcia]] (1972).
 
  
*''Al Leech's Red Hot Mama'' by [[Jim Ryan]] in [[Jim Ryan Close-up]] written by [[Philip Willmarth]] (1980)
 
  
*''Red Hot Mama'' by [[Michael Ammar]] in DVD Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 1 (1994).
 
 
*[[The Chicago Surprise]] by [[Whit Haydn]] (2000).
 
 
*Reprint of the original by Al Leech in [[A Last Look at Leech]] (2004) compiled by [[Anthony Brahams]].
 
  
 
[[Category:Card Routines]]
 
[[Category:Card Routines]]

Latest revision as of 15:30, 1 January 2014

Chicago Opener, also known as Red Hot Mama, is a card routine in which the back of a freely selected card changes color (e.g. from blue to red) and is set aside. A second card is selected and the red-backed card is seen to have transformed into the second selection.

The first published version was the Hot Card Trick No. 1 by Al Leech, marketed in 1950 by The Ireland Magic Company, and then made popular by Frank Everhart as Chicago Opener when published by Frank Garcia in Million Dollar Card Secrets (1972).

Michael Ammar notes that this routine meets Dai Vernon's criterion for clarity of effect in the two simple transformations. Whit Haydn notes that the blending of two methods to achieve the same effect (in this case the transformation of a card) increases the mystery and impossibility.

History

References